The origin of Superheroes: Alpha Flight

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Alpha Flight is a fictional team of Canadian superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters were created by comic book writer John Byrne. The characters premiered in the April 1979 issue of X-Men. Marvel published an Alpha Flight comic book series from 1983 to 1994.

Created by writer/artist John Byrne, the team first appeared in X-Men #120 (April 1979).

Most team members have distinctly Canadian attributes, such as Inuit or First Nations heritage. Throughout most of its history, the team has worked for Department H, a fictional branch of Canada’s Department of National Defence that deals with super-powered villains.

The team was originally merely a part of the backstory of the X-Men’s Wolverine but, in 1983, Marvel launched an eponymous series featuring the group, which continued until 1994, lasting 130 issues as well as annuals and miniseries. Three short-lived revivals have been attempted since, most recently an eight-issue limited series in 2011-12, after the resurrection of the team in the one shot comic Chaos War: Alpha Flight during the Chaos War event.