History ComicBook / AlphaFlight

* BadPowersBadPeople: Subverted by Purple Girl/Persuasion. She is the daughter of the Purple Man, who by many accounts is a monster 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. Unfortunately, she later became a villain, becoming the Purple Woman. However as of Jessica Jones 2019 storyline The Purple Daughter Kara has since reform back into being a good person.

The team was originally just a part of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s backstory; he left Alpha Flight to join the X-Men. Their first appearance was an attempt to force him to return, during which a fight ensued. They proved popular with readers and after a second appearance in the pages of ''X-Men'' in 1983, Byrne launched an eponymous series featuring the group, which continued until 1994. Three short-lived revivals have been attempted since, the most recent titled Omega Flight, in April 2007. Most infamously, the ''entire'' team was killed off in one panel [[TheWorfeffect just to set up how dangerous]] The Collective, a new Avengers foe, was.

As of ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'', the Alpha Flight program - including Aurora, Sasquatch, Puck, and [[ComicBook/AstonishingXMen Abigail Brand]] - has replaced S.W.O.R.D. as Earth's primary defense against alien threats, under the command of [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]]. They are appearing as supporting characters in her comic.

* CaptainGeographic: Guardian and Vindicator always had this going on, though the entire original team plays up some aspect of Canadian culture: Mac, Heather, and Puck are from Ontario; Marrina's from the Atlantic Coast; Northstar and Aurora are from Quebec (with Northstar being a former separatist); Snowbird's from the Northern Territories; Shaman represents the First Nations; and Sasquatch is from British Columbia.

->''"We're the UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague of superhero teams! (Except, of course, [[ComicBook/{{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!"''

->''"We're the UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague of superhero teams! (Except, of course, [[ComicBook/{{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!"''

* BadPowersBadPeople: Subverted by Purple Girl/Persuasion. She is the daughter of the Purple Man, who by many accounts is a monster 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. Unfortunately, she later became a villain, becoming the Purple Woman.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Sasquatch

* BadPowersBadPeople: Subverted by Purple Girl/Persuasion. She is the daughter of the Purple Man, who by many accounts is a monster 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.

* TakeOurWordForIt: Very deliberately invoked by John Byrne when, early in the first series, Puck mentions his adventures fighting the "Brass Bishop", with an editors note pointing out that this adventure has yet to be chronicled. Whether Byrne ever intended on writing said adventure is anyone's guess. It would take almost a decade for other writers to avert the trope and actually pen a "Brass Bishop" story.

* BadPowersBadPeople: Subverted by Purple Girl/Persuasion. She's the daughter of the Purple Man, who by many accounts is a monster 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.

''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 ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #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]].)

* Snowbird, an Inuit demi-goddess who can transform into an albino female version of any animal native to Canada.

* Snowbird, an Inuit demi-goddess who can transform into an albino female version of any animal.

* Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) and Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier), HalfIdenticalTwins with flight, SuperSpeed and the ability to generate intense light [[WonderTwinPowers when they touch]].

* CaptainGeographic: Guardian and Vindicator always had this going on, though the entire original team plays up some aspect of Canadian culture: Mac, Heather, and Puck are from Ontario; Marrina's from the Atlantic Coast; Northstar and Aurora are from Quebec (with Northstar being a former separatist); Snowbird's from the Northern Territories; Shaman represents the First Nations; and Sasquatch is from [[TheOtherRainforest British Columbia]].

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 ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #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]].)

* MamaBear: Heather becomes this for her daughter Claire to a horrible extreme and acts as a deconstruction for the trope because of the actions she commits in the same of possessive motherhood. Her desire to gain custody of her daughter leads her to join an evil political party that takes over her country, kill her daughter's kind adopted parents which are actually her distant cousins, and eventually kidnap her daughter and head off to parts unknown without her husband's knowledge.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The second and fourth series attempt to make Alpha Flight EXTREME. The second series in particular was a case of "FollowTheLeader" by turning the book into an X-Files clone, if

The team was originally just a part of {{Wolverine}}'s backstory; he left Alpha Flight to join the X-Men. Their first appearance was an attempt to force him to return, during which a fight ensued. They proved popular with readers and after a second appearance in the pages of ''X-Men'' in 1983, Byrne launched an eponymous series featuring the group, which continued until 1994. Three short-lived revivals have been attempted since, the most recent titled Omega Flight, in April 2007. Most infamously, the ''entire'' team was killed off in one panel [[TheWorfeffect just to set up how dangerous]] The Collective, a new Avengers foe, was.

* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: [[FishPeople Fish girl]] and Newfoundlander Marrina spent more time in her own subplot than on the team. Most readers know her better as an honorary Avenger and [[{{Sub-Mariner}} Namor's wife]] whom he had to kill when her alien powers spiraled out of control.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The last issue of ''Comicbook/CrystarCrystalWarrior'' guest-starrs Alpha Flight. When a Chaos creature winds up on Earth, Puck recognizes it and reveals that he visited that series's dimensional realm of Crystallium years ago and met Crystar's late 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 Puck suddenly announced that he had visited that series's dimensional realm of Crystallium years ago and met Crystar's father, and clearly recognized the place and its weird wildlife. In the thirty years since then, this NoodleIncident has never been explained.