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Villains and antagonists appearing in Marvel Comics stories as opponents for the various Alpha Flight superhero teams.Remember, except where the sheet states otherwise, this is only for characters and examples from the main Marvel Universe (referred to in-universe as Earth-616).
Please do not list characters or examples from shows, movies or alternate universe versions here. If you've thought of a trope that fits an alternate version of the characters, please take that example to its respective sheet.
Alpha Flight Rogues Gallery
Attuma
Alter Ego: Attuma
Notable Aliases: Nerkkod
First Appearance: Fantastic Four #33
Attuma is a barbarian chief and citizen of Skarka. He believes he is destined to conquer Atlantis.
For Tropes relating to Attuma, see his entry on the Sub-Mariner page.
Deadly Ernest
Alter Ego: Ernest St. Ives
First appearance: Alpha Flight #7 (February, 1984)
Deadly Ernest is a Canadian criminal that has a 'Death Touch', where any person he touches with his left hand dies immediately. Earnest St. Ives was a Canadian soldier during World War One. During an explosion St. Ives was thrown into a shell hole filled with mustard gas, but when Death came for him he refused to go and Death cursed St. Ives for rejecting her by making his touch deadly. Deadly Ernest rose to become the head of a crime syndicate in Montreal, where if first came into contact with a long time friend of the hero Northstar.
- Bad Powers, Bad People: Having the uncontrollable ability to kill everyone who touches him drove Ernest insane and turned him into a remorseless killer.
- Complete Immortality: Having rejected Death, St. Ives can longer die by any means. Only Nemesis' specially crafted magic blade can kill him.
- Create Your Own Hero: Seeing her father kill her mother with his uncontrolled death touch caused Ernest's daughter to become the vigilante Nemesis and devote her life to destroying him.
- Helping Hands: After his hands were severed by Nemesis' blade, Ernest was still able to use them to attack Puck.
- Immortality Immorality: Ernest St. Ives used to be a loving family man. But after becoming immortal, and accidentally killing his wife when she hugged him, he decided to that his fate was to be the servant of Death, and became a crimelord.
- Poisonous Person: Ernest's touch is instantly fatal.
Dreamqueen
First appearance: Alpha Flight #56 (March, 1988)
Dreamqueen is the daughter of Nightmare and a succubus named Zhilla Char. Her mother died during her birth and as a result Dreamqueen gained all of her memories. Ruling a portion of the Nightmare World she seeks to gain control of all of it. She once defeated Alpha Flight only to have Puck save them. She is over 800 years old.
- Daddy's Little Villain: She is Nightmare's daughter and everything she does only proves that the apple never falls far from the tree.
- Dream Weaver: She can "dreamscan" others to create "dream-maps" of images from their subconscious minds.
- Fangs Are Evil: Dreamqueen has fangs as a mark of her demonic heritage.
- God Save Us from the Queen!: Is the absolute ruler of Liveworld and treats it as her personal plaything.
- Master of Illusion: On Earth, Dreamqueen can alter perceptions to induce full-sensory hallucinations.
- Navel-Deep Neckline: Her outfit has a neckline that goes all the way down to her navel.
- Pointy Ears: Dreamqueen has pointed ears as a mark of her demonic heritage.
- Reality Warper: In her Liveworld dimension she can even rewrite reality and transmute matter. She can also fly, teleport and possesses offensive energy attacks.
- Statuesque Stunner: Dreamqueen is a succubus who stands 6" tall.
- Succubi and Incubi: Dreamqueen is a succubus.
Gilded Lily
Alter Ego: Lillian von Loont
First Appearance: Alpha Flight #20 (March, 1985)
A brilliant alchemist and ancestor of Alpha Flight's Walter Langkowski (Sasquatch) who can turn any substance into gold.
- Black Widow: Lillian used her alchemical knowledge to gain revenge on all those who had turned against Diablo. She first married them and then turned them into living statues, coated in gold.
- Cyborg: To achieve a measure of immortality, Lillian has a mostly cybernetic body.
- Genius Loci: Lily's spirit became a part of her re-constructed house, which was now a government-sponsored base for Alpha Flight. She controlled the house and turned it against Alpha Flight, capturing Aurora.
- Long-Lived: Using alchemy, von Loont had extended her life for at least a century.
- No Ontological Inertia: Sasquatch destroyed Gilded Lily when he broke the seal on her suit, exposing her to the many years that she had avoided. She promptly turned into dust, as did most of her house.
- Transmutation: She could create a golden sheath (which places a person in a form of suspended animation) around anyone she touched.
- Wax Museum Morgue: Lillian used her alchemical knowledge to gain revenge on all those who had turned against Diablo. She first married them and then turned them into living statues, coated in gold.
Hulk
Alter Ego: Dr. Robert Bruce Banner
Notable Aliases: Joe Fixit, War, World-Breaker, Doc Green, Devil Hulk
First Appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1 (May, 1962)
After being bombarded with a massive dose of gamma radiation while saving a young man's life during an experimental bomb testing, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner was transformed into the Incredible Hulk: a green behemoth who is the living personification of rage and pure physical strength.
For tropes relating to the Hulk, see his page.
The Kingpin
Alter Ego: Wilson Fisk
Notable Aliases: The Brainwasher
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #50 (July, 1967)
Growing up poor and bullied, Wilson Fisk drove himself to become stronger, more powerful, and more ruthless than everyone around him, eventually becoming deeply involved in organised crime. Starting out as a bodyguard for Don Rigalotto, Fisk murdered his boss and seized control of the don's empire for himself, expanding his reach until he controlled almost the entirety of New York's underside. He has known who is under Daredevil's mask for a long time, and regularly uses that information to try and ruin Matt Murdock's life.
Master of the World
Alter Ego: Eshu
Notable Aliases: The Master, Master of Weirdworld
First Appearance: Alpha Flight #2 (June, 1983)
Eshu aka the Master of the World, is a 40,000 year old caveman warrior who was cast out of his tribe after killing one of it's members in what is now northern Asia. He wandered the Upper Paleolithic world until summoned to an alien Plodex ship. He was mutated into a immortal world conqueror with vast knowledge and ambition to conquer the Earth. His awakening in Canada lead him into conflict with Alpha Flight.
- The Ageless: The Master's Living Ship's advanced technology has protected him from the ravages of age and disease.
- Alternate Company Equivalent: The Master of the World is very similar to The DCU's Vandal Savage.
- Contemporary Caveman: Eshu is a 40,000 year old caveman warrior.
- Enhanced Archaic Weapon: The Master of the World often carries a metal staff which can project energy beams.
- Hat of Power: His helmet as well as suit both allow interaction and communication with other Plodex technology Master has access to.
- Living Ship: The Master controls a Plodex ship that possesses laboratory, engineering, and manufacturing technology far more advanced than anything known to the general populace of Earth. It is also intelligent to a limited degree but does not seem to possess self-consciousness or will.
- Really 700 Years Old: Eshu is a 40,000 year old caveman warrior.
- Teleportation: Master of the World can teleport to this highly advanced ship at his discretion.
- Tricked-Out Gloves: His gauntlets can absorb, store and channel energy.
Mesmero
Alter Ego: Vincent (last name unrevealed)
Notable Aliases: William H. Thorton, Junichi, "the Wizard"
First Appearance: X-Men #49 (October, 1968)
Under the guidance of who he believed to be Magneto (actually a robot), Mesmero used his ability to mesmerize people to try to make Polaris believe she was Magneto's daughter. The X-Men foiled his plans, and thus began a long cycle of Mesmero attempting to do something criminal and then being stopped by an X-Team. He eventually lost his powers on M-Day, and moved on from his life of controlling people to become a 'normal' person. As of X-Men: Gold, he has regained his powers and is back to mind-controlling people as the apparent leader of a new incarnation of the Brotherhood.
Persuasion
Alter Ego: Kara Killgrave
Notable Aliases: Purple Girl, Purple Woman
First Appearance: Alpha Flight #41 (December, 1986)
Daughter of the Supervillain Zebediah Killgrave AKA The Purple Man, Kara Killgrave's childhood was without incident. She grew up in a normal suburban setting with her mother Melanie. However when Kara turned thirteen, at the onset of puberty, her body completely turned into a shade of purple On seeing this Melanie begins to reveal to Kara the identity of her father, and the circumstances of her birth. The shock of her changing appearance and her mother's startling revelations were too much for Kara to cope with and she fled. Realizing her power, she impulsively kidnapped Northstar and made him take her to a deserted island where she intended for them to remain. Fortunately he managed to regain his mental control and delivered her to Alpha Flight's headquarters where she promptly escaped by using one of their members. Fearing the team intended to harm her, she used her powers again, this time on the whole group. She escaped, taking Madison Jeffries with her. On the run, they fell for a time into the clutches of the Auctioneer. When rescued by Alpha Flight, Heather Hudson recruited Kara as the first member of the newly created Beta Flight.
Pestilence
Alter Ego: F.R. Crozier
First Appearance: Alpha Flight #36 (July, 1986)
Captain F.R. Crozier was doctor and chief science officer on a doomed arctic expedition hundreds of years ago. Trapped in the ice, Crozier attempted to lead half the crew to find civilisation. Running out of food, Crozier developed an elixir that would place himself in a death-like sleep until the summer sun to awakened him. However, his crew interred him beneath the arctic waste, the elixir's effects leaving him fully conscious of his surroundings for over one hundred and fifty years. During this time, he became familiar with the workings of death. His mind developed to the point where he had control over the forces of decay and death. Crozier remained in suspended animation until Alpha Flight came to his grave believing it to be a suitable place of power for Snowbird to give birth to her son. Crozier's consciousness was able to take control of the baby. He gained the ability to control the forces of death and decay and fought Alpha until he retreated.
- And I Must Scream: His crew interred him beneath the arctic waste, the elixir's effects leaving him fully conscious of his surroundings for over one hundred and fifty years.
- Historical Domain Superperson: The real Captain Francis Rawdon Crozier was captain of HMS Terror, part of the Frankin Expedition. He's believed to have died after abandoning the icebound ship and trying to reach the mainland. His fictional version managed to survive via his elixir, but didn't manifest his powers until a century later.
- One-Steve Limit: Crozier is not connected to any of the Horsemen of Apocalypse who have borne the name Pestilence.
- Plaguemaster: Pestilence was capable of controlling and manipulating the forces of death and decay.
- Voluntary Shape Shifting: While in control of Narya's son's body, he could change his shape.
- Walking Wasteland: Pestilence was capable of controlling and manipulating the forces of death and decay.
Pink Pearl
Alter Ego: Pearl Gross
First Appearance: Alpha Flight #22 (May, 1985)
A former circus performer, Pink Pearl turned to crime and fought Alpha Flight and Captain America.
- Acrofatic: Pearl moves surprisingly fast for someone of her bulk and can even take on speedsters like Northstar and Aurora.
- Badass Normal: No powers but incredibly tough.
- Color Character: Codename includes the word Pink.
- Fat Bastard: Large in size, and is a villain.
- Kevlard: Pink Pearl has above-average strength and endurance due to her excess body fat.
- Stout Strength: Pink Pearl has above-average strength and endurance due to her excess body fat.
Scramble
Alter Ego: Lionel Jeffries
Notable Aliases: Omega
First Appearance: Alpha Flight #30 (January, 1986)
Scramble is the brother of Madison Jeffries. He has the ability to transmute organic matter.
- Bio Manipulation: He is to organics as Madison is to technology.
- Cain and Abel: The Cain to Madison's Abel.
- Fusion Dance: Can fuse himself with other bodies.
- Mad Doctor: He used his powers as a medic, but went insane during wartime.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: His costume is green and orange.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: He went insane on the battlefield using his powers in a futile effort to resurrect his fellow soldiers.
Sebastian Shaw
Alter Ego: Sebastian Hiram Shaw
Notable Aliases: Black King, Black Bishop, Lord Imperial
First Appearance: X-Men #129 (January, 1980)
The first seen leader of the Hellfire Club and by far its most prominent member and leader, Sebastian Shaw is a snobbish, elitist, self-centred Jerkass and Corrupt Corporate Executive with the mutant power of kinetic energy absorption, meaning that any physical attack only makes him stronger making him a very difficult opponent to defeat in combat. However, he mostly relies on manipulation, treachery, deceit, and his oodles and oodles of cash and connections to further his evil schemes.He appears as a boss in the first X-Men game for the Sega Game Gear.
Super-Skrull
Alter Ego: Kl'rt
Notable Aliases: Invincible Man, Captain Hero, Bobby Wright, Warlord Kl'rt, Lon Zelig, Joshua Plague, Pointy-Ears
First Appearance: Fantastic Four #18 (September, 1963)
A Skrull warrior who was artificially augmented to get the combined powers of the Fantastic Four.
Wendigo
Alter Ego: Francois Lartigue, Georges Baptiste, Jean-Pierre Beaubier, Larry Brackett, Luc Lemay, Michael Fleet, Paul Cartier, Phillips Waggoner, Numerous Others
First Appearance: The Incredible Hulk Vol 1 #162 (April, 1973)
A mythological hulking beast that roams the Canadian wilderness, attacking and ingesting those unlucky enough to cross it's path.
