Alpha Flight members are comic book characters in the Marvel Comics universe, featured mainly in the Alpha Flight series. In the comics, the Flight teams were created by Department H and tasked with protecting Canada.
The Alpha Flight
[edit]Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes/current status |
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The Flight
The team that would be split into Alpha through Gamma Flights was led by Wolverine. Their first mission is seen in Alpha Flight Special #1 (1992). | |||
Wolverine | James "Logan" Howlett | Alpha Flight Special #1 (1992) | |
Groundhog | Sean Benard | Alpha Flight Special #1 (1992) | Quit after the battle with Egghead's Emissaries of Evil. |
Saint Elmo | Saint Elmo | Alpha Flight Special #1 (1992) | Died in Alpha Flight Special #1 (1992) |
Smart Alec | Alexander Thorne | Alpha Flight Special #1 (1992) | Died in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #46 |
Snowbird | Narya | Alpha Flight Special #1 (1992) | |
Stitch | Jodi Furman | Alpha Flight Special #1 (1992) | Left the team under undisclosed circumstances |
Wild Child Weapon Omega (formerly) Wildheart (formerly) |
Kyle Gibney | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #127 (1993) | Later revealed to have been a Flight member |
Original
[edit]Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes/current status |
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Original Alpha Flight
The team as it debuted in X-Men, vol. 1 #120 (1979). | |||
Guardian Weapon Alpha (formerly) Vindicator (formerly) |
James MacDonald Hudson | X-Men, vol. 1 #109 (1978) | Currently working simultaneously with J.A.N.U.S.[1] |
Aurora | Jeanne-Marie Beaubier | X-Men, vol. 1 #120 (1979) | |
Northstar | Jean-Paul Beaubier | X-Men, vol. 1 #120 (1979) | |
Sasquatch | Walter Langkowski | X-Men, vol. 1 #120 (1979) | Died in Immortal Hulk #21 (2019) |
Shaman | Michael Twoyoungmen | X-Men, vol. 1 #120 (1979) | Currently working simultaneously with Stranger Academy[2] |
Snowbird | Narya/Anne McKenzie | X-Men, vol. 1 #120 (1979) |
Recruits
[edit]Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes/current status |
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Alpha Flight, volume 1 recruits | |||
Marrina | Marrina Smallwood | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) | Married Namor the Sub-Mariner in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #40; killed by Namor after she mutated in Avengers vol. 1 #291-293; resurrected in Chaos War: Alpha Flight; member of the re-formed Alpha Flight |
Puck | Eugene Milton Judd | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) | Current member of Gamma Flight[3] |
Nemesis Vindicator (formerly) Guardian (formerly) |
Heather MacNeil Hudson | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #17 (1984) | Died in New Avengers, vol. 1 #16; resurrected in Chaos War: Alpha Flight; betrayed the re-formed Alpha Flight and joined the Canadian government's new Alpha Strike team; rejoined as the fourth Nemesis in vol.5 #1 |
Talisman | Elizabeth Twoyoungmen | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #20 (1985) | Former member of the government-sponsored Omega Flight team |
Box | Roger Bochs | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #24 (1985) | Died in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #49 |
Transmutator/Box | Madison Jeffries | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #28 (1985) | Current member of the X-Men and X-Club |
Diamond Lil | Lillian Crawley-Jeffries | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #73 (1989) | Married Madison Jeffries after Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #105; died in X-Force, vol. 3 #23 |
Windshear | Colin Ashworth Hume | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #95 (1991) | Depowered on M-Day; currently retired |
Weapon Omega | Kyle Gibney | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #102 (1991) | Last seen as member of Dark X-Men (2009) |
Nemesis | Jane Thorne | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #125 (1993) | Succeeded by Amelia Weatherly |
Wyre | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #125 (1993) | Current whereabouts unknown |
Re-formed (Volume 2)
[edit]Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes/current status |
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Alpha Flight, volume 2 recruits
The team that debuted in Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #1 (1997) | |||
Vindicator Guardian (formerly) |
"James MacDonald Hudson" | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #1 (1997) | Younger synthoid duplicate of James Hudson; died in Wolverine, vol. 2 #143 (1999) |
Flex | Adrian Corbo | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #1 (1997) | Depowered on M-Day |
Manbot | Bernie Lachenay | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #1 (1997) | |
Murmur | Arlette Truffaut | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #1 (1997) | Depowered on M-Day |
Radius | Jared Corbo | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #1 (1997) | Depowered on M-Day, as noted in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #8 |
Sasquatch | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #1 (1997) | Actual Sasquatch mistaken for Walter Langkowski; died in Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #12 (1998) | |
Sunfire | Shiro Yoshida | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #4 (1997) | |
Ghost Girl | Lilli Stephens | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #20 (1999) | |
Earthmover | Charles "Chuck" Moss | Uncanny X-Men #421 (2003) | Apprentice to Shaman |
"All-New, All-Different" Alpha Flight (Volume 3)
[edit]Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes/current status |
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Alpha Flight, volume 3 recruits
The team as it debuted in Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #2 (2004) | |||
Centennial | Rutherford Princeton | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #2 (2004) | Died sometime off panel, as described in Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #12; succeeded by Heather Hudson |
Major Mapleleaf | Louis Sadler Jr. | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #2 (2004) | Died in New Avengers, vol. 1 #16 |
Nemesis | Amelia Weatherly | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #2 (2004) | Died sometime off panel, as described in Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #12 |
Puck | Zuzha Yu | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #2 (2004) | Died in New Avengers, vol. 1 #16 |
Yukon Jack | Yukotujakzurjimozoata | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #2 (2004) | Married the time-displaced Snowbird and retired |
Mar | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #7 (2004) | A young member of Marrina's species |
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes/current status |
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Alpha Flight, volume 5 recruits | |||
Fang | Akihiro | Alpha Flight, vol. 5 #1 (2023) | Died in Wolverine, vol. 7 #41; resurrected as Hellverine in Hellverine #1 |
Alpha Flight temporal copies
[edit]Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes/current status |
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Alpha Flight from the past
Temporal copies of Alpha Flight members from the past are brought to the present in Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #12 (2005). They have since left the team, presumably returning to their own timeline. | |||
Aurora | Jeanne-Marie Beaubier | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #12 (2005) | Current status unrevealed |
Guardian | James MacDonald Hudson | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #12 (2005) | Current status unrevealed |
Northstar | Jean-Paul Beaubier | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #12 (2005) | Current status unrevealed |
Puck | Eugene Judd | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #12 (2005) | Current status unrevealed |
Shaman | Michael Twoyoungmen | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #12 (2005) | Current status unrevealed |
Snowbird | Narya | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #12 (2005) | Current status unrevealed |
Vindicator | Heather Hudson | Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #12 (2005) | Current status unrevealed |
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes/current status |
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Secondary Team
The team as it was revealed in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983). | |||
Box | Roger Bochs | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) | |
Flashback | Gardner Monroe | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) | |
Marrina | Marrina Smallwood | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) | |
Puck | Eugene Judd | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) | |
Trainee Team
Originally re-formed as a trainee team, Beta Flight was later promoted to going on missions separate from Alpha Flight. | |||
Purple Girl/Persuasion | Kara Killgrave | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #42 (1987) | Current member of the Canadian government's new Alpha Strike team as Purple Woman |
Manikin | Whitman Knapp | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #50 (1987) | |
Goblyn | Goblyn Dean | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #55 (1988) | |
Pathway | Laura Dean | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #55 (1988) | |
Talisman | Elizabeth Twoyoungmen | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #95 (1991) | Currently teaching the Mystic arts in Strange Academy[2] |
Witchfire | Ananym | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #95 (1991) | Currently seeking to rule Limbo |
Feedback | Albert Louis | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #126 (1993) | Apparently died in Marauders vol. 2 #11 (2023), revealed to be alive in Alpha Flight vol. 5 # 1 (2023) |
Secret Trainee Team
Secret, captive trainee team that was released following the death of General Clarke. | |||
Ghost Girl | Lilli Stephens | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #8 (1998) | Joined Alpha Flight after her release |
Flinch | Toby Wood | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #14 (1998) | |
Ouija | Bill Astin | Alpha Flight, vol. 2 #14 (1998) | |
Secondary Team
The team as it debuted in a flashback in Wolverine, vol. 2 #142 (1999). | |||
Vindicator | "James MacDonald Hudson" | Wolverine, vol. 2 #142 (1999) | Younger synthoid duplicate of James Hudson; team leader |
Flex | Adrian Corbo | Wolverine, vol. 2 #142 (1999) | |
Ghost Girl | Lilli Stephens | Wolverine, vol. 2 #142 (1999) | |
Manbot | Bernie Lachenay | Wolverine, vol. 2 #142 (1999) | |
Murmur | Arlette Truffaut | Wolverine, vol. 2 #142 (1999) | |
Radius | Jared Corbo | Wolverine, vol. 2 #142 (1999) |
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes/current status |
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Trainee Team
The team as revealed in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983). | |||
Diamond Lil | Lillian Crawley | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) | |
Madison Jeffries | Madison Jeffries | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) | |
Smart Alec | Alec Thorne | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) | |
Wild Child | Kyle Gibney | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #1 (1983) | |
Additional Revealed Members | |||
Marrina | Marrina Smallwood | Revealed to have been a member in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #2 (1983) | |
Primary Government Team
The team as it debuted in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #76 (1989). | |||
Auric | Zhao Tang | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #76 (1989) | |
Nemesis | "Jane Doe" | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #76 (1989) | |
Silver | Jimon Tang | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #76 (1989) | |
Wild Child | Kyle Gibney | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #76 (1989) | |
Witchfire | Ananym | Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #76 (1989) |
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes/current status |
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Government Team
The team as revealed in Omega Flight #1 (2008). | |||
Arachne | Julia Carpenter | Omega Flight #1 (2008) | |
Guardian/Weapon Omega | Michael Pointer | Omega Flight #1 (2008) | |
Sasquatch | Walter Langkowski | Omega Flight #1 (2008) | |
U.S. Agent | John Walker | Omega Flight #1 (2008) | |
Beta Ray Bill | Beta Ray Bill | Omega Flight #1 (2008) | Honorary member |
Shroud | Maximillian Quincy Coleridge | Marvel Comics Presents #8 (2009) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Who Are the Members of JANUS, Marvel's Newest (and Most Dangerous) Group?". CBR. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ a b "Strange Academy Reveals the Ultimate Mystical Marvel Class Schedule". CBR. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ "Marvel Creates Gamma Flight". comicbook.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
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