With his door in the Below Place obstructed, Doc Samson searched for an alternative. He discovered one and ended up revived in Walt Langkowski's body on the Alpha Flight station. When he woke and transformed, his innate gamma radiation gave the resulting Sasquatch form green fur instead of orange. Samson told Gamma Flight about the Leader's meddling and dubbed himself "Doc Sasquatch." Leading Gamma Flight to confront Hulk's gray Joe Fixit persona, Doc prevented everyone from getting sucked out into space when Fixit punched a hole in the space station.