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Alpha Flight is a fictional team of Canadian superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.The characters premiered in The Uncanny X-Men #120 (April 1979), and were created to serve as part of the X-Men member Wolverine's backstory.
The first Puck debuted in Alpha Flight #1 (Aug 1983) and was created by John Byrne. [1] He had intended for the original Puck to be a dwarf with no superhuman powers, merely great fighting and acrobatic skills; subsequent writer Bill Mantlo retconned Puck's small stature as being due to mystical influences.
Character Real name Joined in Notes/current status 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
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, the character first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #120 (April 1979) as a member of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight.
Alongside Alpha Flight, he battles Diablo. [11] He joins Alpha Flight's "Core Alpha", [12] meet the second X-Factor team, [13] and prevents the mind-controlled Omerta from assassinating Italy's head of state. [14] He also fights a Wild Child doppelganger during the Infinity War. [15] He is attacked by Wyre but rescued by Alpha Flight. [16]
Sadler is recruited by Sasquatch as one of the new members of the Alpha Flight team when the original team is kidnapped by aliens. [5] Along with Guardian, both incarnations of Puck, Vindicator, and Shaman, Major Mapleleaf is among the Alpha Flight members killed by the Collective. [6]
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On Alpha Flight's first mission, Aurora aided in combating the X-Men to capture Wolverine. [5] With Northstar, she battled Deadly Ernest. [6] She later recounted how she developed her superhuman powers and developed her Aurora personality, and how Wolverine recruited her into Alpha Flight, [7] as well as how she met Northstar. [8]