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While battling Mr Hyde with Guardian and Sasquatch, Northstar discovers an abandoned baby in a trash can. Adopting the child as his own, Northstar names her Joanne, but it is revealed she is dying of AIDS. All of Canada becomes caught up in the child’s plight, which angers retired World War II super hero Major Mapleleaf, who attacks Northstar, revealing that his son died of AIDS, but because his son was gay, he did not receive such love, and it was seen as his own fault. Wanting to kill Joanne, Mapleleaf is stopped by Northstar and the men fight all over Toronto, debating AIDS and homosexuality, when Northstar reveals that he is gay. This angers Mapleleaf more, as he feels Northstar could use his power as a public figure to get the message across that AIDS isn’t a “gay disease” and that there needs to be more done to help those suffering from it. The men make up and after Joanne dies, Alpha Flight holds a press conference in which Northstar announces he is gay to the public.