Canadian Superheroes and Supervillains from non-Canadian Companies

Grand Opening: Aug. 12, 1998; Last Update: Sept. 5, 1998
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DC:

HEROES:

CENTRIX
Alter Ego:?
Born:?
Debut: Justice League Quarterly#16
Team: Global Guardians
Comment: New member of the Global Guardians; no adventures to date

CORONA
Alter Ego: Kako
Born: Inupiat village probably in Northern Canada
Debut: (As Kako): Time and Tide #3 (As Corona): Aquaman v5#7
Teams: None
Comments: Aquaman's first lover, mother of Koryak, turned into a fire
elemental by the Deep Six. Mostly appeared in the early part of Peter
David's Aquaman run.

FLYING FOX
Alter Ego:
Born: ? (somewhere in Northern Canada)
Debut: Young All-Stars#1
Teams: Young All-Stars, All-Star Squadron
Comment: a regular during Young All-Stars; pretty much replaced Batman in the All-Star Squadron

KORYAK: see under VILLAINS
PLASTIQUE: see under VILLAINS

VILLAINS:

KORYAK
Alter Ego: Koryak
Born: Inupiat village probably in Northern Canada
Debut: Aquaman v5#5
Teams: None
Comments: Aquaman's son; possibibly not Canadian at birth; presumably now
considers citizenship to be Atlantean

PLASTIQUE
Alter Ego:
Born:?, QC
Debut:Fury of Firestorm#7
Teams: French Canadian separist terrorists, Suicide Squad, Extreme Justice
Comment Firestorm foe turned foe then lover of Captain Atom

MARVEL:

HEROES:

Too little known (by me) for description:
 from Alpha Flight v2 (members): FLEX, MANBOT, MURMUR, RADIUS, SASQUATCH II, LILLI, OUIJA, FLINCH;
Others: FEEDBACK, MAJOR MAPLE LEAF, NEMESIS II (is this the same as the villain from Alpha Flight v1?), WYRE, ST ELMO, GROUNDHOG,. STITCH

AURORA
Alter Ego:Jeanne-Marie Beaubier
Born: Montreal QC
Debut: X-Men v1#120
Team: Alpha Flight
Comments: Appears in most issues of Alpha Flight v1

BOX I
Alter Ego: Roger Bochs
Born: Moosejaw, SK
Died: I forget, but in Canada
Debut: Alpha Flight v!#1 as Box, 11 as Bochs
Death: Alpha Flight v1#?
Teams: Gamma Flight, Beta Flight, Alpha Flight
Comments: Appeared regularly during AF v1's second year

BOX III: see SASQUATCH

BOX IV
Alter Ego: Madison Jeffries
Born: ?, Canada
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#10 as Jeffries, ? as Box IV
Teams: Gamma Flight, Beta Flight, Alpha Flight
Comments: after #10 a mainstay of the first series

DAYDREAMER
Alter Ego: Catherine Moranis
Born: Ottawa, ON 19th century
Debut:Thor v1#300
Team: Young Gods
Comments: part of a team of rarely seen Thor Allies

DIAMOND LIL
Alter Ego: Lillian Crawley
Born: Yellowknifem, NT
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#1 (unnamed)  v1#11 (named)
Teams: Gamma Flight, Omega Flight, Alpha Flight
Comments: An Alpha Flight foe turned member in the original title

GOBLYN
Alter Ego: presumably Goblyn Dean or something like that
Born:?
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#53
Team: Dereangers, Beta Flight
Comment: allied with Alpha Flight sometimes after 2nd Beta Flight debuted

GUARDIAN I
Alter Ego: James MacDonald Hudson
Born: London ON
Died (debatable): New York, NY
Debut: X-Men v1#109 as Weapon Alpha, 120 as Vindicator; Alpha Flight v1#1 as Guardian
Death (arguable): Alpha Flight v1#12
Team: Alpha Flight
Comment: Founder/original leader; death info reflects a personal bias of mine

GUARDIAN II: see VINDICATOR II

MANIKIN
Alter Ego: Whitman Knapp
Born:?
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#49
Team:  Beta Flight
Comment: allied with Alpha Flight sometimes after 2nd Beta Flight debuted

MARRINA
Alter Ego: Marrina Smallwood
Born:?,  NF
Died: North Atlantic Ocean
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#1 (Avengers#291 as Leviathan III)
Death: Avengers#293
Team: Alpha Flight
Comment: though of alien origin, was hatched in Canada; appeared often in first 40 issues of Alpha Flight v1

NORTHSTAR
Alter Ego: Jean-Paul Beaubier
Born: Montreal QC
Debut: X-Men v1#120
Team: Alpha Flight
Comment: while his sexual orientation was heavily hyped, and often hinted at before the official revelation, after the revelation it was barely mentioned within the Alpha Flight title; appears in most issues of the first run of that title as well in his mini-series

PATHWAY
Alter Ego: Laura Dean
Born:?
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#53 as Dean, ? as Pathway
Team: Dereangers, Beta Flight
Comment: allied with Alpha Flight sometimes after 2nd Beta Flight debuted


PERSUASION
Alter Ego: Kara Killgrave
Born:Toronto, ON
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#41 as Purple Girl, ? as Persuasion
Team:  Beta Flight, Gamma Flight
Comment: allied with Alpha Flight sometimes after 2nd Beta Flight debuted; daughter of the Purple Man

PUCK
Alter Ego: Eugne Milton Judd
Born: Saskatoon, SK
Debut: Alpha Flight#1
Teams: Gamma Flight, Beta flight, Alpha Flight
Comments: appears frequently in both runs of Alpha Flight

PURPLE GIRL: see PERSUASION

SASQUATCH I
Alter Ego: Walter Langkowski
Born: Vancouver BC
Debut: X-Men#120 (Alpha Flight v1#24 as Box, 45 as Wanda)
Team: Alpha Flight
Comment: a regular in the original run of Alpha Flight; nephew of Gilden Lily

SNOWBIRD
Alter Ego: Narya
Born: near Resolute Bay, NT
Debut: X-Men v1#120
Death: Alpha Flight v1#?
Team: Alpha Flight, Arctic Canada Gods
Comments: a regular during the early issues; continued to help the team after her death

TALISMAN II
Alter Ego: Elizabeth Twoyoungmen
Born: Calgary AB
Debut: Alpha Flight#5 as Elizabeth, 19 as Talisman
Team: Tribe of the Moon (past life), Beta Flight, Alpha Flight
Comments: a semi-regular during Alpha Flight v1

TALISMAN III: see SHAMAN

VINDICATOR I: GUARDIAN I

VINDICATOR II
Alter Ego: Heather McNeil Hudson
Born: Calgary AB
Debut: X-Men v1#139 as Heather; alpha Flight v1#32 in costume, 34 as
Vindicator, 90 briefly as Guardian II
Team: Alpha Flight
Comment: Became a hero in honor of her last husband Guardian

WEAPON ALPHA: see GUARDIAN I

WEAPON OMEGA: see WILDHEART

WILDHEART
Alter Ego: Kyle?
Born: ?, Canada
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#1 unnamed (but Wild Child), 11 as Wild Child, 102 as Weapon Omega, 118 as Wildheart (name), 119 as Wildheart (costume)
Team: Gamma Flight, Omega Flight, Alpha Flight
Comment: Alpha Flight foe turned member

WINDSHEAR
Alter Ego: Colin Ashworrth Hume
Born: Toronto ON
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#87
Team: Roxxon Oil, Alpha Flight
Comment: late addition regular to Alpha Flight v1

WOLVERINE
Alter Ego: Logan
Born:?, Canada
Debut: Incredible Hulk#180
Team: Alpha Flight, X-Men
Comment: Mainstay of New X-Men; has his own title

VILLAINS:

Certain villains will only receive entries after I gather more info on them: CHINOOK, CALIBER, HARDLINERS, WEAPON P..R.I.M.E., KODIAK, DOUBLE TROUBLE, TECHNOMASTER
Also Omega Flight II:STRONGARM, SINEW, MS MASS, BRAIN DRAIN II, Bile, Tech-Noir

BEDLAM: see DERANGERS

BOX I: see under HEROES

BOX II
Alter Ego: Jerome "Jerry" Jaxon
Born: Red Deer, AB
Died: New York, NY
Team: Omega Flight
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#3 as Jaxon, 12 as Box
Death: Alpha Flight v1#12
Comment:During the first year of AF, a foe of Guardian

BREAKDOWN: see DERANGERS

CYBER
Alter Ego:?
Born:In Canada, but where exactly unknown
Debut: Marvel Comics Presents#85
Teams: Drug cartel, Hell's Belles (mentor)
Comments: Primarily a wolverine foe in MCP

DEADLY ERNEST
Alter Ego: ? (first name Ernest?)
Born:?
Died:?
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#7
Death: Alpha Flight v1#8?
Team: ?
Comments:Northstar/Aurora foe killed by vigilante Nemesis

DERANGERS (except GOBLYN and PATHWAY)
Alter Ego:?
Born: ?
Died: ?
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#?
Dearth: Alpha Flight v1#?
Team: Derangers
Comments: Too little known to warrrant individual entires; Bedlam was leader; Alpha Flight foes who died (except for heroic members) in a clash with them

DIAMOND LIL-see HEROES

FLASHBACK
Alter Ego: Gardner Munroe
Born: ?, MB
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#1 unnamed, 11 named
Teams: Gamma Flight, Beta Flight, Omega Flight
Comment: One of his future selves died in Alpha Flight v1#?; it is unclear if this was from the mainstream Marvel Universe

FREAKOUT: see DERANGERS

GILDED LILY
Alter Ego:?
Born:?
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#20
Teams: None
Comment: An ex-lover of non-Canadian villain Diablo who appeared in an early Alpha Flight v1 tale; I think she was also in the second Alpha Flight Annual; aunt of Sasquatch

GRAVITON
Alter Ego: Franklin Hall
Born: Banff, AB
Debut: Avengers v1#158
Teams: None
Comment: Foes generally Avengers related

JANUS III: see DERANGERS

LEVIATHAN III: see MARRINA under HEROES

NEMESIS
Alter Ego:?
Born:?
Debut:Alpha Flight v1#7
Teams: None
Comment: Violent vigilante; Deadly Ernest's killed; appear in an early Northstar/Aurora solo tale in Alpha Flight and at least one subsequent tale

OMEGA III: see BOX I under HEROES, SCRAMBLE

PINK PEARL
Alter Ego:?
Born: ?
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#22
Team: Quebec separtists
Comments: Appeared in a Northstar/Aurora tale in Alpha Flight v1

SCRAMBLE THE MIXED-UP MAN
Alter Ego: Lionel Jeffries
Born:?
Died:?
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#?
Death: Alpha Flight v1#?
Teams: None
Comment: brother of Box IV; merged with Box I before his death

SMART ALEC
Alter Ego: Alexander "Alex" Thorne
Born:London, GB (but gained Canadian citizenship)
Died:?
Debut: Alpha Flight v1#1 unnamed, 11 named
Death: Alpha Flight v1#?
Teams: Canadian Chess Federation, Gamma Flight, Omega Flight
Comment: a hard luck villain; first battle with Alpha Flight left him a vegatable, the second got him killed

SNAKE MARSTON
Alter Ego: Sylvester Marston
Born: ?, ON
Debut: Marvel Team-Up#138
Team: Enforcers
Comments:  Joined the team only after they stopped appearing regularly in
Spider-Man books

WEAPON X II
Alter Ego: Garrison Kane
Born:?, Canada
Debut: X-Force#2
Teams: Six Pack/Wild Pack II, Department K, Weapon PRIME, Clan Chosen
Comments: X-Force foe

WEAPON X CREW
Names: I forget
Born: ?
Debut: Marvel Comics Presents#72-73 (I think some in #72 the rest in #73)
Team: unnamed group responsible for Wolverine's origin; above name is a description and not their actual title
Comments: First seen in Wolverine's origin in Marvel Comics Presents. Later accounts in Wolverine's title cast doubts as to what actually was going on.

WENDIGO I
Alter Ego: Paul Cartier
Born:?, Canada
Debut: Incredible Hulk v2#162
Team: none
Comment: Hulk foe; battled Wolverine during his debut

WENDIGO II
Alter Ego: George Baptiste
Born: ?, Canada
Debut: Incredible Hulk v2#181
Team: None
Comment: Hulk foe, replaced Paul

WENDIGO III
Alter Ego: Francois Lartigue
Born:?, Canada
Debut: Incredible Hulk v2#272
Team: None
Comment: Hulk/Sasquatch foe

WENDIGO V
Alter Ego: ?
Born:? Canada
Debut: Spider-Man#8
Team: None
Comment: Spider-Man/Wolverine foe

WILD CHILD: see WILDHEART under HEROES

Note: Foxfire was born in New Brunswick, but on Earth-Squadron that's part of the US;Also, while the great Beasts have strong Canadian ties, Marvel Universe Update '89 makes it clear they're from a pocket dimension and therefore not Canadian

CANADIAN HEROES AND VILLAINS IN OTHER AMERICAN COMPANIES:


None known to me

CANADIAN HEROES AND VILLAINS IN NON-US/CANADA COMIC COMPANIES:


None known to me

 Thanks to: BigBlue, Owen Erasmus, Kevin Everhart, Pat Gauthier, Laura Gjovaag, Bala Menon, Jim Murdoch, Lief Olson, Joel Riuz, Michael Standish, Brian Smith, and Daniel Smith for helping me with this document

 Sources: Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (various editions), Gamer's Handbook of the Marvel Universe (various editions), Who's who (various editions)

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