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===Part 2===
That same morning, Madam Menace puts the finishing touches on her sonic disruptor, a weapon designed to incapacitate Machine Man. She has Rollins place a classified ad in the following day's ''[[Daily Bugle]]'' to lure Machine Man into her web once again.
Later, in her civilian identity of Sunset Bain, she hosts a high society party on behalf of a grateful gentleman who insists on introducing her to the guest of honour: prospective president Miles Brickman. Sunset tells the senator that they have something of a mutual friend...
At [[Delmar Insurance]], Aaron dismisses another one of [[Eddie Harris|Eddie]]'s gambling schemes before bumping right into [[Pamela Quinn|Pamela]], whom he has been trying to avoid due to the confusing emotions she stirs in him.
Elsewhere, the alter egos of Alpha Flight are put up in a fancy New York hotel. While K investigates his own leads, Langkowski plans to equip each of them with a wrist monitor keyed to track Machine Man's unique bio-radiations and then stake out the address of the only Aaron Stack in the phone book. Jean-Paul and Jeanne-Marie scoff, thinking Langkowski is joking, and before he can protest, the twins head off to party the night away.
The next morning, Peter and Aaron become aware of Madam Menace's ad in the ''Bugle'': "Put a little menace in your life, robot! Meet me at the usual place!" Both men suspect a trap, but even so, this is Machine Man's only lead on his enemy, and he can't rest while she's still at large.
At street level, Langkowski continues his solo investigation while the Beaubier twins sleep off their hangover. When his wrist monitor kicks in, having detected Machine Man's flight overhead, he asks his cabby to take him in specific directions, much to the driver's confusion.
Machine Man finds that the waterfront warehouse has been fortified from the outside. Avoiding a conventional entrance, he extends his arm and uses his finger sensors to scout around inside, finding only a single point of interest: a maser-controlled homing device he is intended to use to trace Menace to her next hideout.
Elsewhere, Agent K has determined that the anonymous dossier was mailed from a particular post office and typed out on stationery only for federal use, concluding that someone in the American government is intending to make Machine Man an enemy of Canada.
Langkowski follows Machine Man to the waterfront and triggers his gamma radiation powers to transform into the monstrous form of Sasquatch. He rips part of the warehouse loose to get Machine Man on uneven footing and announces his intent to apprehend Machine Man. The living robot concludes that Sasquatch acts too strait-laced to be a part of Menace's criminal empire. As they battle, Sasquatch demands to know why Machine Man sent the Hulk to Canada, but Machine Man argues that, in his dazed and damaged state, all he did was throw Hulk away from civilisation. Fearing that Menace will deactivate the homing beacon if he takes too long, Machine Man cuts their conversation short by upending Sasquatch and tossing him into the Hudson...
===Part 3===
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*Sunset's partygoers
*Cabby
'''Canadian government'''
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"Is the lady of the house at home? I've come to end her ruthless criminal rampage!"
:—'''Machine Man''' makes his entrance at the deserted warehouse.
'''Machine Man:''' "Wake up, fleshy! Tell me how to find your sexy superior!"<br>
'''Henchman:''' "''No!'' I won't!"<br>
'''Machine Man:''' (I'll have to bluff him!) "Don't sake around with me, human! My patience fuse - - is easily blown!"
"Forget it, Stack! You'll never be a big-time operator like me! Hey, Maggie! Can you lend me five bucks for lunch?"
:–'''Eddie''', right after talking up his dead cert gambling.
(Pam, you make me feel strange, puzzling, very unrobotlike emotions - - and they frighten me!)
:—'''Aaron''' thinks what he can't express aloud.
'''Sasquatch:''' "If your motives were noble, you have nothing to fear from our authorities!"<br>
'''Machinne Man:''' "Sorry, Sasquatch! I have little faith in the authorities of any country!"
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===Continuity notes===
*"Barely a week" has passed since Machine Man first encountered Madam Menace, in "[[Arms and the Robot!]]". "Alone Against Alpha Flight!" takes place over the span of three days.
*Machine Man's fight with the Hulk occurred before "[[Introducing Machine Man]]", in Marvel U.S.'s {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Vol_1_235|''The Incredible Hulk'' issue 235}} to {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Vol_1_237|237}} (or Marvel UK's {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_35|''Hulk Comic'' issues 35}} to {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_40|40}}). Hulk then encountered Sasquatch {{Marvel|Incredible_Hulk_Annual_Vol_1_8|''The Incredible Hulk Annual'' #8}} (or Marvel UK's {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_52|''Hulk Comic'' issues 52}} to {{Marvel|Hulk_Comic_(UK)_Vol_1_56|56}}).
*The other half of Alpha Flight is on assignment in Northern Quebec, as seen in {{Marvel|X-Men_Vol_1_139|''The Uncanny X-Men'' issue 139}} and {{Marvel|X-Men_Vol_1_140|140}} (or Marvel UK's {{Marvel|Marvel_Super-Heroes_(UK)_Vol_1_396|''Marvel Super-Heroes'' issue 396}} and {{Marvel|Marvel_Super-Heroes_(UK)_Vol_1_397|issue 397}}).
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