{{Minor Characters|
image=[[Image:Gladys_smallwood_1.jpg]]
|name=Gladys Smallwood
|known_relatives=[[Marrina|Marrina Smallwood]] (adopted daughter), [[Smallwood Tom|Tom Smallwood]] (Husband), [[Smallwood Dan|Dan Smallwood]] (Grandson)
|debut=Alpha Flight #2 vol.1
|}}

==Hystory==

Gladys Smallwood's husband was captain of a fishing trawler. During a particularly bad storm, [[Smallwood Tom|Tom]] was knocked off the ship and sank, weighted by the sinkers on his fishing net. On the ocean floor he found a glowing egg, which, floating, pulled him to the top. He brought it home to his wife and grandson, [[Smallwood Dan|Dan]]. Gladys saw that there was something inside the egg. She was sure it wasn't humanoid, but when she broke the shell she held a tiny infant female, yellow skinned and distinctly humanoid.
[[Marrina]], as she was named by the Smallwoods, grew up fast and eventually became a member of [[Alpha Flight]]. It was later revealed she was part of an alien race called the [[Plodex]]. They automatically adapt to any environment, and when Gladys broke the egg shell, she imprinted [[Marrina]] with human, female, DNA.