Deadly Ernest
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Deadly Ernest is the name of two fictional characters from the Alpha Flight series. The first was introduced in Alpha Flight #7. The second was first introduced by Scott Lobdell.
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[edit] Deadly Ernest (Ernest St. Ives)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Alpha Flight #7 |
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| Alter ego | Ernest St. Ives |
Deadly Ernest was the alleged father of Nemesis. He became empowered when he fought off a manifestation of death after he was exposed to mustard gas during World War I. He later established a crime cartel in Quebec, killed Raymond Belmonde, Northstar's mentor, and allied himself with his daughter to steal his property. He was eventually killed by Nemesis.
[edit] Deadly Ernest (Ernest Desjardins)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Alpha Flight vol. 1 #110 (March 1992) |
| Created by | Scott Lobdell & Mark Pacella |
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| Alter ego | Ernest Desjardins |
| Team affiliations | none |
| Notable aliases | Lethal Ernie |
| Abilities | able to reproduce Group of Seven paintings with startling accuracy and trap his foes within these pseudo-paintings |
Deadly Ernest is the name of the major Alpha Flight villain from a popular story arc dubbed "Winter Wonderland". He first appeared in Alpha Flight vol. 1 #110.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Ernest Desjardins was born and raised in Ajax, Ontario, in an affluent and well-to-do family. He was sent off to Lakeview prep. school to curb his paint-sniffing habits which he acquired via his constant trips to the McMichael Gallery. Unbeknownst to his parents, this dangerous habit continued as Lakeview has a sizable art collection. The paintings he encountered were unique in that they were painted with paints which had been contaminated by the Pickering Nuclear facility. Ernest, experiencing radiation poisoning, reeling from his paint withdrawal (after being banned from all art collections Ontario-wide), decided to create his own forgeries of Canadian masterpieces to exact revenge on those that had inhibited his personal growth in the past. He was killed in a confrontation with Alpha Flight outside the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto when the Alpha Flight member Puck decapitated him. It was revealed in the panels surrounding his death that he was in fact colourblind, therefore his poor attempts at Group of Seven recreations.
