Alpha Flight
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Men #120 (April, 1979) |
| Created by | John Byrne |
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| Type of organization | Team |
| Base(s) |
Parliament Hill Tamarind Island Maison Alpha Department H |
| Agent(s) |
Current members: Aurora Guardian Marrina Northstar Puck Sasquatch Shaman Snowbird Talisman Vindicator |
| Roster | |
| See: List of Alpha Flight members | |
Alpha Flight is a fictional team of Canadian superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters were created by comic book writer John Byrne. The characters premiered in the April 1979 issue of X-Men. Marvel published an Alpha Flight comic book series from 1983 to 1994.
Created by John Byrne, the team first appeared in X-Men #120 (April 1979).
Most team members have distinctly Canadian attributes, such as Inuit or First Nations heritage. Throughout most of its history, the team has worked for Department H, a fictional branch of Canada’s Department of National Defence that deals with super-powered villains.
The team was originally merely a part of the backstory of the X-Men’s Wolverine but, in 1983, Marvel launched an eponymous series featuring the group, which continued until 1994, lasting 130 issues as well as annuals and miniseries. Three short-lived revivals have been attempted since, most recently an eight-issue limited series in 2011-12, after the resurrection of the team in the one shot comic Chaos War: Alpha Flight during the Chaos War event.
Alpha Flight first appeared in X-Men #120 (April 1979), in which they are sent to follow up on Vindicator's first mission to retrieve Wolverine from the X-Men.
The initial makeup of Alpha Flight was pan-Canadian, including:
The first Alpha Flight comic book series started in 1983.
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