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· Comics / Marvel / X-Men
1. The original bottom rung The original Gamma Flight is Department H's starting tier: Diamond Lil, Madison Jeffries, Smart Alec and Wild Child. That is the group shown in the 1983 introduction. Marrina also belongs in its history, having a...
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6. The shutdown sends them in different directions Beta's ending is not a scene where all four members fail a final test. The government closes Department H. Puck and Marrina continue with the independent Alpha Flight, while the others are...
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5. Flashback brings his future into the room Flashback has the strangest power in this little lineup. Gardner Monroe summons versions of himself from the future to fight alongside him. They are real temporal counterparts, not illusions or a...
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4. Box means Roger Bochs The Box on the original Beta roster is Roger Bochs. Madison Jeffries is in Gamma at this point, and Jerry Jaxon is not a Beta member at all. Those names become connected to the robot, but they are not interchangeabl...
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3. Marrina gets there with the water they need Marrina is the other Beta member already selected to move up when the program closes. Her path has taken her through Gamma first, so she is also a clear example of the training system actually...
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2. Puck has already done the work Puck's place in Beta is a useful reminder that trainee does not necessarily mean teenager. Eugene Judd already has a long and complicated life behind him. The background given in Alpha Flight #15 includes H...
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1. The four people just below Alpha The original Beta Flight is a very small group with a surprisingly large place in Alpha Flight's early history: Puck, Marrina, Box and Flashback. This is the Beta introduced in John Byrne's Alpha Flight #...
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9. Winning the fight doesn't put the team back together The mall battle does serious damage beyond the physical fight. In #27, Delphine turns Shaman's pouch inside out. Elizabeth enters the resulting void to rescue her teammates, trusting M...
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8. The apparent return of Guardian is especially cruel to Heather Mac seems to return in #25, complete with an explanation of how he survived and why his body is now partly mechanical. For Heather, the possibility arrives after trying to bu...
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7. Roger Bochs and Madison Jeffries change what Box can do Roger Bochs has his own unfinished business after the first Omega Flight battle. His original robot was used in the attack that killed Mac, and he wants to make sure it cannot be ta...
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6. Sasquatch's origin stops being a scientific question The first year left doubts about Walter's gamma experiment. In #23, those doubts arrive in the middle of the team. Sasquatch is connected to Tanaraq, one of the Great Beasts Snowbird e...
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5. Aurora wants more distance, and Northstar has more to explain Aurora's wish to separate herself from her brother becomes physical. Walter changes her powers so she can generate light without touching Northstar. Her new costume makes the...
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4. Elizabeth returns as somebody her father can't simply instruct Elizabeth Twoyoungmen's arrival brings Shaman's family history into the present. She has grown up, and the anger over her mother's death has not conveniently vanished because...
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3. Puck keeps dealing with the person in front of him Judd is important to Heather's transition because he remains available to her. He can talk about the future of the team, but he can also sit with someone who is having a terrible day wit...
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2. Heather takes command before she has powers The distinction worth holding onto is that Heather becomes Alpha Flight's leader while she is still unpowered and out of costume. Issue #17 brings her together with Wolverine and Puck to discus...
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1. After Guardian, the book stays with Heather Alpha Flight #13 opens with Heather Hudson having a nightmare. Mac's death has not become background information between adventures. She is still living with it, and the next part of the series...
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9. The first year brings the unfinished business back The book spends much of its first year separating the cast into individual stories. In #11–12, the consequences of the old Flight program bring them together again. Jerry Jaxon and Delph...
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8. Sasquatch can carry a story on his own Walter Langkowski's trip to a remote research station in #9–10 is a particularly clear example of how this series works. Most of Alpha Flight is elsewhere. Walt has a scientific problem to investiga...
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7. The twins finally get separate histories Northstar and Aurora look like the most obvious partnership on the roster. They share flight and speed, and their contact produces a brilliant light. Living with each other is much less straightfo...
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6. Snowbird has obligations the others don't share Snowbird's connection to Shaman reaches back to her birth. He helps bring her into the world, and her origin places her between a human father and the northern gods. The Great Beasts are pa...
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