{{Minor Characters|
image=[[Image:Tom_smallwood_1.jpg]]
|name=Tom Smallwood
|known_relatives=[[Marrina|Marrina Smallwood]] (adopted daughter), [[Smallwood Gladys|Gladys Smallwood]] (Wife), [[Smallwood Dan|Dan Smallwood]] (Grandson)
|debut=Alpha Flight #2 vol.1
|}}

==History==

Tom Smallwood was the captain of a small fishing trawler off the coast of Newfoundland. During a powerful storm, he was swept overboard and became caught in the nets, with their sinkers pulling him under. As he sank to the ocean floor, he saw an egg nestled in the mud. Reaching, it he pulled it free and it began to float to the surface, pulling him up. Returning to shore, he brought the egg home to his wife, [[Smallwood Gladys|Gladys]], and grandson, [[Smallwood Dan|Dan]].

[[Smallwood Gladys|Gladys]] broke the shell, and retrieved the tiny humanoid female that was inside. [[Smallwood Gladys|Gladys]] and Tom named her [[Marrina]] and raised her as their own. [[Marrina]] would later prove to have superhuman abilities and join [[Alpha Flight]].