Favorite Alphan and why

[Mrfurious87]

I was just wondering who every1s favorite alphan is and why as the questionaire only asks favorite it would be great to see why a character tops you list, so Ill start.

My favorite Alphan has been and always will be Marrina, the reason for this is that my first comic was a guest appearance by her in Power Pack 10 in 1992 at the ripe age of 5, I guess you could say she was my first crush, from there I picked up the first 20 issues of Alpha Flight and even though she only starred in 6 of those issues they really gave me something to love about her, all of my friends have the typical favorite heros such as spiderman hulk batman and superman but why drove me to Marrina was her tragic life, she truly was a simple girl before the master and that made her feel like a real person as most major heroes usually dont have a tragic life from beginning to end.

[Alpha Rider]

My favorite Alpha Flighter would be Guardian, Talisman, and Diamond Lil. I really liked the 3 Charaters. Guardian (Mac/ Mac clone) The Original Guardian was great taking on the responsabilities for the greater good of the team, wanting that Wolverine would lead the team. I liked the idea that the clone was made to fill in the roll of Guardian, too bad he was died due to some degenrative flaw (if I remember correctlly). Diamond Lil was just a hard ass back in the day with OF, and when she killed the dark version of Spider Man was awsome. Too bad she's dead now too. Talisman I always liked from the get go, to be the next sorrceress suprime in my eyes instead of Dr. Voodoo.

[Mrfurious87]

ya talisman was/is awesome, and diamond lil had great potential

[Mokole]

Feedback, Windshear, Nemesis, Box; All 4 have powers I like (I always like what I call non-example powers) and the last 3 have great costumes. Not the only ones I like (Ghost Girl, Guardian,...) but my top 4.

[Mrfurious87]

I've tried to like Jefferies and I do dont get me wrong but I hate how he took over the Box robot, but Ill give you his box suit was awesome

[mos_def]

Puck and Mac will always be up there but over the years it morphed into Madison. Smart guy whose powers were a cross between Magneto and Forge - who was big at the time. Throw in the Box armor who is like Gundam Heavy Arms and you have a winner. I dont like all the tampering they have been doing though but the sheer fact that he wasnt an original Alphan helps alot cuz he has. to me, looked like a loved veteran

[PWalk]

Sasquatch hands down, when he lands on Tundra in vol. 1 # 1 and just starts ripping him to shreds is for me the stuff of legend.

[DIGGER]

My favorite has always been Guardian (Mac, not the clone, not Heather). When he first appeared I was 12 and had been reading comics for quite some time. To see a truly Canadian superhero right down to the flag on his uniform was just such a thrill. What I will never forget was when issue 11 came out with the promo ad of who will survive/die in issue 12. I kept looking at it and tried to figure out who would die. Certainly not Guardian. He was the leader...the first Alphan (I know, I know. Wolverine) he couldn't possibly be the one to die. When issue 12 came out it was the first time I had ever turned to the end of the story to see what happened. I am pretty sure that I sat staring at that page for quite some time before reading the whole story. After having read it, I was still upset that Byrne killed Mac, but I had to admit to myself that even though he died he went out a TRUE HERO. He died while saving someone.

[cmdrkoenig67]

My most favorite has to be Heather, followed by Sasquatch and Talisman...I'm also fond of Northstar and Aurora.

Dana

[Powersurge]

For me it was definitely Mac, followed by Sasquatch. Both them were Canucks afterall, and they were out there before Alpha ever even hit print. Right there with such heavies as the Hulk and the X-Men, with the Thing having to admit Sasq was his all around better, and Mac, draped in the Mapleleaf, KO'ing Wolverine with ONE punch ... and then fighting the X-Men to a standstill.

WOW. What a beginning!

[cmdrkoenig67]

Um...Only Mac had a solo appearance before the rest of Alpha Flight was shown in the X-Men, PS.

Dana

[Mrfurious87]

I think he was talking about the Alpha Flight series

[suzene]

Northstar, hands down. Proud to the point of arrogance, sharp-tongued, easy on the eyes, low BS tolerance, and sensible enough to know that there's a difference between "friends" and "co-workers". Not to mention that I like reluctant heroes -- I always find them more relatable than do-gooders.

[marvelboy74]

Talisman, hands down.

[Le Messor]

Calibre, hands up!

[Mrfurious87]

Finally a fan of Calibre! and I thought I was the only one, another one of my favorites would have to be Razor...What? No one else likes?

[Le Messor]

Fan? No, I just wanted him to surrender... :P

[cmdrkoenig67]

LOL! I dunno...I think Caliber has potential. ;)

I forgot to say why I like the characters I do (I apologize)...

Heather is one of my most faves, because she's one of the earlier characters (appearing before Volume 1 in the X-Men), the way she and Logan interacted was intriguing and once I got to know her better in Volume 1, I really grew to love her...She was strong-willed, smart and feisty (not to mention very, very brave for a woman with no powers...I.e. Diving into the water to save a baby after it was snatched by an unknown aquatic horror)...She brought the team back together (I loved that she seemed a part of the team from the beginning) and when Mac died, turned from grieving widow to fantastic leader, even before she put the suit on...Great character. It's a flipping shame Marvel is letting her go to waste....I'd love to see Heather being the single mom (I'd prefer if Mac were not brought back again...His multi-deaths and returns have become one of Alpha's most tired and worn-out jokes) and leading Alpha from home...I think that would be cool.

Sasquatch is a fun character all around (and also kind of frightening)...Big, furry, strong and insanely smart...He also had that unpredictable quality of losing his temper/losing his control to Tanaraq and nearly killing his team-mates...It made things interesting...Hated when he became Wanda, though.

Talisman IMHO was one of the best additions to the original team, related to not one but three members (technically), interesting powers and had that new kid thing going (I didn't really feel that way with Puck and Marrina, since they had been through training already and had been operating for a few years behind the scenes. She and Shaman had that Dad and rebellious teen thing going (I liked their chemistry via John Byrne, the most)...Heather being her "foster" big sister, was a cool twist...And Snowbird being another "long-lost" sister (in a way) was also interesting...Elizabeth really didn't seem to care for Narya much (that unspoken rivalry)...Jealousy is an ugly thing.

I'm also fond of Aurora and Northstar, I found them to be fun and very interesting...Aurora/Jeanne-Marie's (and Company's) mental tug of war and Jean Paul's arrogance and attitude (and that he was an interesting gay character).

I guess that's it.

Dana

BTW: Should we have a favorite Alpha villain thread too?

[Trodorne]

Sasquatch: He is crazy smart and tough, and very little credit is given to the man...beast. cause his nails are one of the few things that can cut into hulks skin naturally. AND he took on the super-skrull by himself that the fantastic four took all of them to defeat. to me his 100% pure hairy bad ass.

Heather: always was a fan of red heads. and i liked her green vindicator costume. she was a strong woman outside of the times when she dwelled on Mac. but she tried to pull through even when she thought she lost everyone. like northstar, and aurora and puck.

than in 3rd and fourth i have to have .... Caliber, and .. tough one... ill have to go with Talisman.

[Wildcard]

Favourite Alphan - Sasquatch! Scientist, Football player, Rich, Super strong monster. I didnt like the aspect of him losing control to the beast.
After that - Talisman, Heather, Northstar & Aurora
Talisman - Not sure what it is I find most appealing about her. I like the aboriginal representation. Wasnt keen on Shaman however. Her Omega costume was cool too :)
Heather - Liked her more than Mac. Strong female leader dealing witht he loss of her husband. Not many strong females represented in comics. She wasnt the typical scantily clad boxom type either.
Northstar - First openly gay character in comics. Added to the great diversification of AF
Aurora - split personalities, a very different trait back in the day. I always found her to be a very interesting character.
Box (Roger Bochs) - a disabled character who uses technology to gain the ability to walk as well as kick some butt. I even prefer Roger's Box over Madison's
I also liked Goblyn, well...cause, she just seemed very dangerous not to mention she looked cool.
I'll add Nemesis to the list as well but mainly because that was a killer costume.

[Mokole]

Why I like:

Feedback: making energy duplicates out of electricity is just cool but so impossible
Windshear: same basic idea, hard air, plus a good costume
Nemesis: OK, the costume was the hook to get me to like her; simple power, flight, a sword, not 'super' in the traditional sense.
Box: cool if impossible powers, best robotic character ever, powerful when he put his mind to it, 'living metal', so much

No need for me to explain all of them, but Ghost Girl and Guardian grew on me.

[Sypes]

Northstar and Sasquatch for me... just cause I find them hot!

[Flightpath07]

Puck, who is Alpha's true heart and soul. Followed swiftly by Wild Child and Yukon Jack.

[Legerd]

Shaman. I've always been fascinated by real life shamans, and the idea of a character who can reach into a never-ending magic pouch and pull out anything is so cool!

[Remedy]

Wildchild! Something so terribly vulnerable about Kyle and yet he manages to be strong ... depsite the crappy recent (and not so recent) rewritings. My fav period is when he's Weapon Omega and trying really hard to hold it all together. Then Wyre shows up and royal farks things over. O_o

Poor Kyle gets the crappy end of the stick from Marvel every time; has an OFFscreen relationship with the team skank... er I mean Aurora... then gets beastialized AGAIN... then captured by Weapon X, his voice taken away along with his identity- then rejected by Aurora in favour of a guy even more 'hideous' than he's become - then relegated to no-name bad guy flunkie with Romulus... argh!

In the beginning when I started collecting AF when I was 12 or so I liked Marrina but then really identified with Kyle. He was hideous, I was fat... I was treated like poop, so was he. He eventually redeemed himself, or tried to, as Weapon Omega and won a place in my heart cause of that. ^_^

My next fav is Heather, just cause she's an ordinary woman who makes a go of it after she loses the love of her life.

I feel bad for Aurora, too! She could have been awesome but they made her a sloot and crazy to boot then now they've killed her (and the others) off. Yet another example of how Marvel hates women. *head desk*

[suzene]

I feel bad for Aurora, too! She could have been awesome but they made her a sloot and crazy to boot then now they've killed her (and the others) off. Yet another example of how Marvel hates women. *head desk*

Alpha Flight's roster has really taken a beating over the last few years, but Aurora's not among the dead.

[Remedy]

Alpha Flight's roster has really taken a beating over the last few years, but Aurora's not among the dead.

Oh good! maybe there's hope that someone can redeem Marvel then and get her straightened out and interesting again! AND make her not-a-sloot... poor girl, she deserves better treatment than that! Sheesh!

[kozzi24]

My favorite Alphan has been and always will be Marrina, the reason for this is that my first comic was a guest appearance by her in Power Pack 10 in 1992 at the ripe age of 5, I guess you could say she was my first crush...


So, you've liked girls who smell like fish since you were FIVE?

[Flightpath07]

So, you've liked girls who smell like fish since you were FIVE?

Groan...

[-(

[Mokole]

Not many people are ripe at five, unless they work out at noon and don't shower or change clothes.

[DIGGER]

Or unless the potty training took a little longer.

DIGGER

[Le Messor]

The girl doesn't have to be five, just Mr. Furious.

- Le Messor "Hell for engineers is a place without right angles."

[DaVeO]

Talisman. Strong young woman. Interesting powers. Likable personality. Cool costume. I just like her and was happy to see her in such a central role in Omega Flight. I really would prefer to have her take over the Shaman duties in the team and keep Michael as a spiritual adviser.

[Muerman]

As my avatar would suggest I would definitely have to say NORTHSTAR! At the risk of sounding totally cliché he was a bit of a role model. Being gay and growing up in Northern Ontario I used to love comics for the escape that they could provide. It was nice to know that the worlds I would escape to included a person much like myself.

On top of all of that I just genuinely like the character, stern, strong minded, willful and a person that sets his own agenda. I also loved the relationship that he has with his sister Aurora and the story lines that explore their connection and past. His powers, although not god-like, are a great asset to any team!

I love seeing him more now that he's part of the X-Men although I feel the writers of the X-Titles have made him a shell of his once multifaceted personality... he's way too token these days.

Plus, his costume is the bomb!

[Sypes]

Totally hear ya!!! Same boat for me!!!



As my avatar would suggest I would definitely have to say NORTHSTAR! At the risk of sounding totally cliché he was a bit of a role model. Being gay and growing up in Northern Ontario I used to love comics for the escape that they could provide. It was nice to know that the worlds I would escape to included a person much like myself.

On top of all of that I just genuinely like the character, stern, strong minded, willful and a person that sets his own agenda. I also loved the relationship that he has with his sister Aurora and the story lines that explore their connection and past. His powers, although not god-like, are a great asset to any team!

I love seeing him more now that he's part of the X-Men although I feel the writers of the X-Titles have made him a shell of his once multifaceted personality... he's way too token these days.

Plus, his costume is the bomb!

[Sasquatch17]

Sasquatch followed by the original Guardian!