Peregrine (comics)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Contest of Champions #1 (Jun 1982) |
| Created by | Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo, Steven Grant, John Romita, Jr., and Pablo Marcos |
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| Alter ego | Alain Racine |
| Abilities | Costume with flying unit; athlete-level strength, skilled fighter |
Le Peregrine (Alain Racine) is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Alain Racine was born in Moulins, France. He is a superhero, using a falcon-like costume with artificial wings giving him the ability to fly.
Peregrine was first seen in the Grandmaster's Contest of Champions against Death for the life of the Collector. He competed on the Grandmaster's side, in the illustrious company of other heroes such as Captain America, Captain Britain, Wolverine, Daredevil, She-Hulk, and the Thing. He was pitted against another winged opponent, the Angel, but the Angel's greater experience gave him the edge to defeat Le Peregrine.
Later, back on Earth, Peregrine encountered Silver Sable, who invited him to become her freelance operative in France. He assisted the archer Hawkeye in destroying a nuclear warhead generator stolen by the Red Skull, and freeing the Sandman--another of Silver Sable's operatives — in the process.
During the superhero Civil War, Peregrine was protecting France's borders from refugee U.S. superhumans fleeing the Superhuman Registration Act.[1]
[edit] Name
It should be noted that the word "peregrine" does not mean "Falcon" in French, making the name "Le Peregrine" quite odd to a French reader (the word does exist in French, though it is used to refer to the Peregrine Saltbush, or Atriplex Suberecta and not any species of birds); in French translations of comics featuring the character, his name was changed to "Le Faucon Pèlerin", meaning "The Peregrine Falcon". Faucon-pérégrin does exists as the bird's alternate name, but is unfrequently used.
