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Omega Flight is the name used by three teams of fictional characters with superpowers in the Marvel Universe, one of the few Canadian teams published by an American comic book company. Omega Flight first appeared in the pages of Alpha Flight as a supervillain team. The latest incarnation is a team of heroes.

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Omega Flight first appeared in Alpha Flight vol. 1 #11. A different incarnation first appeared in Alpha Flight vol. 1 #110.

In the wake of Marvel's Civil War, a comic book series about a group of superheroes in Canada is scheduled for release in April 2007. The new series is created by Michael Avon Oeming and Scott Kolins. Appearances of this team has been seen through out the ongoing Marvel Comics Presents series.

[edit] Fictional team biography

[edit] Jaxon's villains

Omega Flight

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Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Alpha Flight vol 1 #11
Created by John Byrne
In story information
Member(s) Wild Child
Box (controlled by Jerome Jaxon)
Dark Guardian
Diamond Lil
Flashback
Smart Alec

The name of Omega Flight was originally used by a group of super-villains assembled with the specific purpose of killing the original Alpha Flight - particularly its founder, the original Guardian.

Delphine Courtney, the robotic assistant to Jerome Jaxon, recruited superhuman operatives to join Omega Flight as part of Jaxon's revenge scheme against James McDonald Hudson. Jaxon had been Hudson's boss and blamed Hudson for his dismissal. Recruits primarily came from members of the then disbanded Beta and Gamma Flights.[1]

It included Wild Child, Box (controlled by Jerome Jaxon), Diamond Lil, Flashback and Smart Alec.


[edit] The Master's villains

Omega Flight

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Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Alpha Flight vol 1 #
In story information
Member(s) Bile
Brain Drain
Dark Guardian
Miss Mass
Sinew
Strongarm
Technoir
The Master

The second incaration was organized by The Master with membership including Bile, Brain Drain, Miss Mass, Sinew, Strongarm, Technoir and The Master.


[edit] Canadian superhero team

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Omega Flight

Omega Flight.
Art by Scott Kolins.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Omega Flight (vol 1) #1
Created by Michael Avon Oeming
Scott Kolins
In story information
Member(s) Arachne
Guardian
Sasquatch
Talisman
U.S. Agent
Beta Ray Bill

The team emerges from the aftermath of Marvel's Civil War crossover event. The lineup includes elements of the original Canadian super-team Alpha Flight as well as other superheroes, mostly American superheroes on loan from S.H.I.E.L.D. thanks to Iron Man and the Initiative. The team roster includes U.S. Agent, Arachne, Beta Ray Bill, Talisman and Michael Pointer as the new Guardian.[2]

Former Alpha Flight member Sasquatch acts as recruiter for the team. After his attempts at recruiting Talisman are initially rebuffed, Sasquatch is forced to battle the rampaging Wrecking Crew alone, and is defeated. Upon learning of her friend's capture, Talisman accepts the offer to join Omega Flight, even for a temporary basis. As the Wrecking Crew carve a path of destruction towards Toronto, driven by a series of mysterious visions, Talisman joins up with U.S. Agent and Arachne in Ottawa, but not before lambasting Iron Man and blaming him for the supervillain crisis that has engulfed Canada. Somewhat concerned about the presence of Americans on a Canadian superhero team, Elizabeth reacts violently when she learns that Michael Pointer, the man who killed Alpha Flight as the Collective, has become the new Guardian.

Meanwhile, the Wrecking Crew (along with the captured Sasquatch) storm into the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, drawn there by visions. Also present in the museum is Simon Walters, the human avatar of Beta Ray Bill, who has also been receiving the visions leading him to the ROM's exhibit on the Great Beasts. Opening a portal to the Realm of the Great Beasts, the Wrecking Crew is further empowered by Tanaraq, who also summons a horde of Surtur demons to aid the Crew in destroying the world. Spurred into action, Walters unveils himself as Beta Ray Bill and engages the villains, who ultimately prove too strong for the Korbinite warrior to handle. As the Wrecking Crew and the Surtur demons spill out onto the streets of Toronto, Talisman, Arachne and U.S. Agent arrive to confront them. While Omega Flight is capable of holding off the villains and their demonic allies with the assistance of Beta Ray Bill, the situation takes a turn for the worst when Tanaraq possesses and empowers Sasquatch. The team is saved by the eleventh-hour intervention of Pointer, who devastates the ranks of demons and even throws away the Wrecking Crew, but refuses to kill the possessed Sasquatch even as his life is threatened by him.

With no other viable options left, Talisman uses the power of Shaman's medicine bag to exorcise Tanaraq's hold over Sasquatch and the Wrecking Crew, draining them of their newfound powers. Seizing the bag, Beta Ray Bill lures the demons back into the Realm of the Great Beasts claiming he has been in worse situations before. Forcing Guardian to seal the portal behind him, he effectively sacrifices himself to save the planet. With Tanaraq's plot foiled and the Surtur demons locked away, Omega Flight is able to defeat the Wrecking Crew and finally bring them into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. After the battle, the team finally begins to establish itself as a functioning unit; Guardian is able to move past his guilt over his role in the Collective incident, U.S. Agent finally retrieves his genuine shield from the Purple Man, defeating the villain in the process, Sasquatch helps out with the reconstruction efforts in Toronto but afterwards is still guilt ridden over what he did while possessed and disappears, Talisman retires from active duty to serve as her tribe's shaman, and Arachne decides to remain with the team. The series ends with Beta Ray Bill locked in eternal combat with the Surtur demons in the Realm of the Great Beasts, truly trapped in the nightmare plane but uncaring for his seemingly hopeless situation.

Marvel Comics Presents follows on with a story regarding Pointer's powers . The series has yet to show Talisman or Beta Ray Bill as still being on the team.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sanderson, Peter (2007). The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City. New York City: Pocket Books, 7. ISBN 1-14653-141-6. 
  2. ^  Brian Michael Bendis (w),  Marc Silvestri (p),  Joe Weems (i). "War" Civil War: The Initiative  #1 (March 2007)  Marvel Comics

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