Alpha Flight

Alpha Flight in Alpha Flight v4 #6.

Alpha Flight is a superhero team that features in Marvel Comics.

History

The Alpha Flight was a team of heroes created by Department H that consisted of superheroes tasked with defending Canada. (Alpha Flight v1 #1)

Its creation stemmed from an earlier effort made by Dr. James Hudson who had formed a team of superpowered individuals called the Flight. Their first and only mission was to combat the efforts of Egghead who was attempting to establish himself as an international terrorist who led a group of villains operating in Canada at the time. The mission saw the death of several members of the team with the Flight being disbanded. (Alpha Flight Special v2 #1)

A week later, the Prime Minister met with Vindicator only to inform him that they were disbanding Department H and Alpha Flight. Later on, a threat emerged at Parliament Hill when Tundra of the Great Beasts was awakened by a human agent in the world. The anomaly being generated saw Vindicator investigating the scene where he made a call to gather Alpha Flight once again in order to combat the threat. (Alpha Flight v1 #1)

The Canadian government later resumed its funding of Alpha Flight, establishing for the team a headquarters on Tamarind Island off British Columbia. (Alpha Flight v1 #29)

Later, Department H was reinstated by the Canadian government at unprecedented levels of funding. The Department sponsored many institutions, including an orphanage called Hull House. It also formed a new Alpha Flight, with an inexplicably teenaged version of Guardian leading the team. (Alpha Flight v2 #1) In reality, Department H was involved in many clandestine and criminal activities, unknown to Alpha Flight. General Clarke was the administrative head of Department H, who operated a hidden agenda and employed brainwashing techniques and Epsilon Flight guards to apprehend and coerce suspected traitors within Alpha Flight. It is unclear whether he had the official sanction of the Canadian government. Eventually, Clarke was opposed by Alpha Flight, but died a hero when Zodiac invaded Department H, so his crimes were never prosecuted. (Alpha Flight v2 #12)

Alpha Flight sought to impede the progress of the supremely empowered Michael Pointer, but were decimated by his multitude of powers. (New Avengers v1 #16)

During the Chaos War, Guardian, Vindicator, Shaman, and Marrina Smallwood returned from the dead after Amatsu-Mikaboshi's victory in the death realms. They reunited with Aurora, Northstar, Sasquatch, and Snowbird when the Great Beasts appeared on Earth. They fight the Great Beasts until Amatsu-Mikaboshi appears and impales the Great Beasts. (Chaos War: Alpha Flight v1 #1)

Overview

In appearance, Alpha Flight was a state-sanctioned national organization whose core field roster was composed of diverse human mutants, mystical doctors, and ancient demigoddesses. They featured an incredibly irregular, drastically mismatched collective build that ranged from the massive, orange-furred nine-foot-tall monstrous framework of Sasquatch to the slender, athletic bipedal frames of the speedster twins Northstar and Aurora. The organization possessed no unified natural hair or skin coloration due to the distinct genetic and racial heritages of its individual members, with separate field operatives presenting long white hair, stark pale skin, or traditional Native American features. They expanded their visual identity by enforcing separate costume standards that highlighted their unique heritages while utilizing distinct regional patterns. Their garments and gear consisted of a diverse mixture of high-tech gear and traditional attire, including the maple-leaf themed bodysuit worn, the traditional fabric medicine robes worn, and the flowing white vestments worn. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #120) They served under the oversight of Department H which was a top-secret bureau of the Ministry of Defense. (Alpha Flight v1 #1)

They made use of omni-ships that were a unique top-secret kind of craft. (Alpha Flight v1 #2)

Members

• James Hudson : Dr. James MacDonald Hudson
• Heather Hudson :
• Northstar : Jean-Paul Beaubier
• Aurora : Jeanne-Marie Beaubier
• Puck : Eugene Judd :
• Marrina Smallwood :
• Snowbird :
• Shaman : Michael Twoyoungmen
• Sasquatch : Walter Langowski

Notes

• Alpha Flight was created by John Byrne where they made their first appearance in Uncanny X-Men v1 #121 (May, 1979).

In other media

Television

• In X-Men, Alpha Flight appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series in the episode "Repo Man".

Appearances

• Uncanny X-Men v1: (1979)
• Alpha Flight v1:
• Captain Marvel:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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