History ComicBook / AlphaFlight

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The last issue of ''Comicbook/CrystarCrystalWarrior'' guest-starred Alpha Flight, and gave us the bizarre revelation that Puck had long ago visited that series's dimensional realm of Crystallium and met Crystar's father. In the thirty years since then, this NoodleIncident has never been explained.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The last issue of '''Comicbook/CrystarCrystalWarrior'' guest-starred Alpha Flight, and gave us the bizarre revelation that Puck had long ago visited that series's dimensional realm of Crystallium and met Crystar's father. In the thirty years since then, this NoodleIncident has never been explained.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The last issue of ''CrystarCrystalWarrior" guest-starred Alpha Flight, and gave us the bizarre revelation that Puck had long ago visited that series's dimensional realm of Crystallium and met Crystar's father. In the thirty years since then, this NoodleIncident has never been explained.

* BadPowersBadPeople: Subverted by Purple Girl/Persuasion. She's the daughter of the Purple Man, who by many accounts is a CompleteMonster due to his selfish/sadistic use of his CompellingVoice powers. Kara is a mutant who inherited her father's abilities, but joined Alpha Flight as a teenager after being taught the error of using her powers to control innocent people, and is firmly on the side of angels.

* BadPowersBadPeople: Subverted by Purple Girl/Persuasion. She's the daughter of the Purple Man, who by many accounts is a CompleteMonster due to his selfish/sadistic use of his CommandingVoice powers. Kara is a mutant who inherited her father's powers, but joined Alpha Flight as a teenager and manages to use her powers heroically.

** LikeABadassOutOfHell: Puck, who apparently died somewhere between the return of his dead teammates and the start of the new series. He went to Hell, and teamed up with Wolverine to escape, but only Logan managed to get out, while Puck slayed demons who imprisoned him and took his place. And upon learning his teammates may be in trouble, he immediately gave it up to return and save them.

** After [[TheIncredibleHercules Chaos War]], all dead members of Alpha Flight are back.

* FragileSpeedster: Notably averted with Northstar and Aurora. It was explicitly stated that the faster they moved, the tougher they became in turn. The two were able to dish out rapid fire punches that caused even the Incredible Hulk pain.

->''"We're the UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague of superhero teams! (Except, of course, [[{{Wolverine}} our best heroes]] don't [[HilariousInHindsight go to the U.S. and join the Avengers]]) But if supervillains ever threaten [[AliensInCardiff Campbelltown, New Brunswick]], you'll be glad we're here!"''

* {{Animorphism}}: Snowbird's best-known ability is to turn into an albino female version of any animal. Her favorite is a human-sized owl.
** Note that's it's actually any animal native to Canada. ''This includes Sasquatch.''

Alpha Flight is a fictional superhero team published by Creator/MarvelComics, noteworthy for being one of the few [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] superhero teams. Created by comic book writer/artist Creator/JohnByrne -[[AuthorAppeal who is himself Canadian]]- the team first appeared in ''Uncanny ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' #120 (April 1979). It's considered an X-Men spinoff even though they're more like Canadian [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]]. Throughout most of its history, the team has worked for Department H, a fictitious branch of Canada's Department of National Defence that deals with super-powered persons. Most team members have [[CaptainEthnic distinctly Canadian attributes]], such as Inuit or First Nations heritage. Their name refers to the three levels of training that team members undergo- Alpha, Beta and Gamma- with Gamma Flight being the least trained and Alpha Flight the best. The other flights tend to act as sidekicks for Alpha (though one version of Gamma Flight [[FaceHeelTurn went rogue]].)

->''"We're the Canadian Football League of superhero teams! (Except, of course, [[{{Wolverine}} our best heroes]] don't [[HilariousInHindsight go to the U.S. and join the Avengers]]) But if supervillains ever threaten [[AliensInCardiff Campbelltown, New Brunswick]], you'll be glad we're here!"''

* TechnicolorPopulation: Purple Woman (formerly Purple Girl and Persuasion), as the name implies, is purple. She inherited this from her father, the Purple Man.

* Puck (Eugene Judd), a PintSizedPowerhouse and BadassNormal (named after a hockey puck--he's small, fast, and hard).

* TheAce: Heather Hudson.

* LegacyCharacter: The second Puck from the mid-2000s revival, a sprightly Asian-Canadian girl with super-strength.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Notably averted. Aurora would wear a scarf with one of her more revealing costumes during winter/arctic missions. However, the blue scarf visually clashed with the white-and-yellow costume, and at least once a villain tried to strangle her with it.

* Marrina (Marrina Smallwood), a [[CuteMonsterGirl humanoid fish-girl]] that was raised by humans.

* TheAce: Mac Hudson, the original Guardian.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The second and fourth series attempt to make Alpha Flight EXTREME. The second lasted a good while but the last was a miserable failure.

* FaceHeelTurn: In the new Alpha Flight book, Kara Killgrave pulled one and now calls herself Purple Woman. Like Father like daughter.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: In the fourth series, the [[spoiler:Unity Party. True, "unity" can have connotations of peace and brotherhood. It can also refer to a HiveMind. No prizes for guessing what it means here]].

* FreakyFridayFlip: Walter Langowski is the king of getting stuck in other people's bodies. He starts out turning into a big orange Sasquatch. When it turns out that this form is actually an evil spirit, his soul gets shoved into the Box robot. When that robot's destroyed, he vanishes into Shaman's medicine bag, only to eventually emerge in Smart Alec's shrunken body. From there he surfs into Snowbird's white Sasquatch body (sort of), which incidentally gender-bends him into a Wanda. Eventually, he gets his own gender and coloration back.

The original team's dead members were resurrected during 2010-11's ''Chaos War'', and the reunited team has an eight-part maxiseries in 2011-12, tying into Marvel's ''Fear Itself'' event. It was boosted to be an ongoing, but Marvel pushed it back to an eight-parter after sales dropped off.

Alpha Flight is a fictional superhero team published by Creator/MarvelComics, noteworthy for being one of the few [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] superhero teams. Created by comic book writer/artist JohnByrne -[[AuthorAppeal who is himself Canadian]]- the team first appeared in ''Uncanny ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' #120 (April 1979). It's considered an X-Men spinoff even though they're more like Canadian [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]]. Throughout most of its history, the team has worked for Department H, a fictitious branch of Canada's Department of National Defence that deals with super-powered persons. Most team members have [[CaptainEthnic distinctly Canadian attributes]], such as Inuit or First Nations heritage. Their name refers to the three levels of training that team members undergo- Alpha, Beta and Gamma- with Gamma Flight being the least trained and Alpha Flight the best. The other flights tend to act as sidekicks for Alpha (though one version of Gamma Flight [[FaceHeelTurn went rogue]].)

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Done in the simplest possible way to remove the revelation that Northstar and Aurora were half-elven: that story came from Loki, and Loki ''lies''.

* NiceGuy: Major Mapleleaf, often to the point of naivety.

* TeamMom: After Mac's apparent death, Heather was chosen as the new leader for this very reason, even though she was still a civilian (she didn't become Guardian till later).

** LikeABadassOutOfHell: Puck, who apparently died somewhere between return of his dead teammates and start of the new series. He went to Hell, and teamed up with Wolverine to escape, but only Logan managed to get out, while Puck slayed demon who imprisoned him and took his place. And upon learning his teammates may be in trouble, he immiediately gave it up to return and save them.