First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Northstar in a baby carriage! Just kidding, that's not how it works - next comes Mephisto with the annulment! Until then, congratulations all around as Northstar and his partner Kyle are set to marry in Astonishing X-Men #51.

Here's a look at Alpha Flight #7, in stores December 28.

Alpha Flight marches on to reclaim the Canadian government from the fascist forces that have overtaken it, but one Canadian citizen and former ally might disagree with their tactics… WOLVERINE! It’s Canuck versus Canuck as the battle for Canada continues! Master craftsmen Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak and Dale Eaglesham continue their lauded run!

Oh, the Canadian hair will be pulled! Blood will stain the Tundra and/or Sasquatch's mane! Alpha Flight's Northstar and Aurora are gonna have a brother-sister brawl in the pages of Alpha Flight, which was recently upgraded from a mini to an ongoing series at Marvel.

Here's their official word on the feud:

"Alpha Flight is now an ongoing series, but can the team hold it together as a betrayal comes to blows?"

I'm guessing that they probably do - I don't think Marvel sat down and said "let's upgrade you to ongoing, and start with a storyline that destroys the whole team" unless you're The Order. Still, Alpha Flight has a long and storied history of sweeping team changes and deaths - most of which have been undone - but they could happen again.

Whatever happens I'll be there. I don't think you could publish a book written by Fred Van Lente and Greg Pak with art by Dale Eaglesham and have it be anything less than amazing. That's just a powerhouse team, and the current incarnation of AF is a really great title.

And as if that weren't enough, guess who's coming to dinner...

There was an issue recently in which Guardian suggested calling Wolverine for assistance, and I thought "Doesn't Wolverine want to put a claw in Mac's face, or is that not happening now?" It's difficult to keep up with Wolvie's comings and goings but the MacDonald family have given him plenty of cause to go into full-on berserker mode. That's the thing about Alpha Flight, it's a great team but they're sort of the Curb Your Enthusiasm of the superhero set, in that you don't always know if or why you're rooting for the protagonist, who is kind of a dysfunctional creep. 

Alpha Flight are specialists at pissing people off, and Wolverine is known to be mildly irritable when he doesn't get his beauty sleep, so this should be fun. Greg Pak said to Newsarama of the confrontation:

"It's a slow burn that will have a great payoff, and a perfectly appropriate story/character-related payoff"

Like I said before, I'm in.

Coming Soon In ALPHA FLIGHT!

Alpha Flight is now an ongoing series, but is the team safe as an Avenger heads north?

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ALPHA FLIGHT #5 (AUG110634)
Written by FRED VAN LENTE & GREG PAK
Art by DALE EAGLESHAM
Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN
FOC – 9/19/11, ON-SALE – 10/12/11
 
ALPHA FLIGHT #6 (SEP110563)
Written by FRED VAN LENTE & GREG PAK
Art by DALE EAGLESHAM
Cover by TOM GRUMMETT
FOC – 10/31/11, ON-SALE – 11/23/11