QUOTE: Hey, who coined the term Byrne victims?  JB?

A fan suggested it, as detailed in "A Flame About This High" in JBNM #28.

AF #12 is probably one of the most horrifying issues because Guardian's death was not sacrificial like many heroe's deaths are.  No greater good comes out of it.  It certainly isn't dignified.

Because of the immediate drama involving Heather, I often forget that Guardian's fate is exactly what Jerry Jaxon and Omega Flight intended.  The scene above is why they signed up.  Although it is said in the series that Delphine Courtney used some sort of hypnosis beam, it is obvious that it only heightens existing feelings - it couldn't work on Bochs - so it doesn't excuse them.  What a bunch of despicable monsters.  I wonder what their reactions would have been if they were present?

This issue highlights that this could be the fate of any hero who stands against evil.  In Guardian's death, we see the fate of what could be any of the characters we read.

Of course, Jaxon died, too, so the scales were balanced somewhat.

And, for some reason, despite being in the room when Jaxon got fried, Bochs seemed to think he was still alive later on...

Hmmm.

One more reason to utterly despise what came after JB's run--Diamond Lil and Wild Child "reformed" and became members of Alpha Flight, while Roger Bochs went insane and died.