Uncanny X-Men #121

[iamrman]

The X-Men aren’t going to let Alpha Flight take Wolverine without a fight!

Wolverine eventually surrenders to Alpha Flight, but sneaks away as soon as their backs are turned.

Comments

[bruinsfan]

This was a while before they decided that Snowbird was super-strong in even her human form, and proportionately so in her animal forms. As I recall, she brought down the Wendigo (a Hulk-level opponent) by transforming into a 110 lb. wolverine.

[cainofdreaming]

Yeah, because it made her feral to such a degree that Wolverine himself couldn't measure to. That was the justification given in-story, not super-strength.

[bruinsfan]

I remain skeptical that even a triple-sized version of an extremely vicious animal could take down something that throws cars and trees around like pillows and once came through an extended brawl with the Hulk fundamentally unharmed.

[mindsweeper]

The first super-strength I remember was her saving Marinna, breaking the metal with a line like, "Sasquatch isn't the only one with strength" or something like that.