OMEGA FLIGHT
Membership: Arachne (Julia
Carpenter), Beta Ray Bill
(honorary member), Guardian (Michael Pointer), Talisman (Elizabeth
Twoyoungmen), U.S.Agent (John Walker)
Purpose: To protect Canada’s
borders
Affiliations: Rachel Carpenter,
CSIS (Canadian Secret
Intelligence Service) (Agent
Brown (first name unrevealed),
Mrs.
Gruenwald (first name unrevealed), Sandra
(last name unrevealed),
others), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers), Shroud
(Maximillian
Coleridge)
Enemies: Dr.
Elizabeth
Benning, Susan
Catrini, Daisy,
Rap-Tore,
Slag,
Tentakill,
the Wrecking Crew (Bulldozer, Piledriver, Thunderball, Wrecker); many
other
criminals attempting to bypass the United States’ Superhuman
Registration Act
by fleeing into Canada
Base
of Operations: Mobile in Canada, notably CSIS Headquarters,
Ottawa; briefly the Shattered Lands
First
Appearance: Civil War: The
Initiative#1 (April,
2007)
History:
(Civil War Battle Damage Report - Omega Flight entry (fb) - BTS) -
Wishing to keep the Canadian economy stable following an influx of
superpowered criminals escaping the United States' Superhuman
Registration Act into Canada, the Canadian government was assisted in
border patrol by the U.S. government and S.H.I.E.L.D. In an effort to
further assist, the trio of organizations created a new Omega Flight
program, funded jointly by the Canadian government and S.H.I.E.L.D.
After creating a base for their potential Omega Flight team with the
Canadian Secret Intelligence Service (CSIS)' headquarters in Ottawa,
Canada, the CSIS assigned Agent Jeff Brown to manage the team.
(Omega Flight#1 (fb) – BTS) – As superpowered criminals continued to attempt escaping the United States’ Superhuman Registration Act into Canada, Talisman defeated a criminal attempting to steal Shaman’s mystic medicine pouch by magically tricking the criminal into thinking she had erased his face. Terrified, the criminal turned himself in.
(Omega
Flight#1) – The CSIS’s
Agent Jeff Brown met with Dr. Walter Langkowski shortly after Langkowski had
finished a guest teaching day at a Canadian school. Immediately
uninterested in
being a superhero again, Dr. Langkowski agreed to visit the S.H.I.E.L.D.
Helicarrier
and hear what Agent Brown had to say, reminding Brown that he had
already told
the CSIS that he would let them know when and if he were ready to
restart Alpha
Flight. Agent Brown then informed Langkowski that the superpowered
American
criminals escaping into Canada had reached crisis levels and that the
government’s response, called Omega Flight, had already been started.
Brown
then explained that, should Langkowski take the position as head of
Omega
Flight, he would be in charge. Langkowski eventually, reluctantly,
agreed to
head up Omega Flight. Agent Brown then listed some of the possible
recruits the
program, including America’s U.S.Agent and Arachne (Julia Carpenter).
He also
mentioned Michael Pointer who, while being controlled by the mutant
energy Collective, had previously decimated Alpha Flight, leaving Sasquatch
the only
survivor.
(Civil War: The Initiative#1) – As part of the Omega Flight recruitment process, Dr. Walter Langkowski visited the Ottawa prison cell of Michael Pointer, forcing him to watch footage of Alpha Flight’s deaths and reminding him of the crimes he had committed while under the influence of the Collective. He then explained that Michael could honor those killed by wearing a specialized suit created by Mr. Fantastic that could help Michael control the powers he absorbed with his mutant abilities. When Michael asked how he could honor those killed, Sasquatch replied that, after training, Michael could join Omega Flight.
(Civil War Battle
Damage Report - Arachne and Omega Flight entries - BTS) - While writing
up a report on the aftermath of the superhuman Civil War, Iron Man
wrote an entry about Omega Flight, assuming the entire team to be
Arachne, "Beta-Ray Bill" (Iron Man misspelled "Beta Ray Bill"),
Guardian (Michael Pointer), Sasquatch, Talisman and U.S.Agent, possibly
due to his knowledge that Arachne had planned to flee into Canada,
Sasquatch's prior attempt to recruit Michael Pointer onto the team and
a public appearance following the Civil War by U.S.Agent, Beta Ray Bill
and Talisman. In regards to Michael Pointer, Iron Man also assumed that
Pointer would don the costume and alias of the fallen Alpha Flight
member Guardian in an attempt to atone for sins committed while he was
possessed by the mutant Collective.
(Omega
Flight#1) – A week after Sasquatch had met with Agent Brown,
Sasquatch visited Talisman at the Sarcee First Nations Festival and
attempted
to recruit her into Omega Flight but Talisman replied that she was
needed at
the Sarcee camp and urged Sasquatch to let things go. Later, at the
CSIS
headquarters, Dr. Langkowski was looking over photos of the recruited
U.S.Agent and Arachne when he received a phone call informing him that
the
Wrecking
Crew was in Canada. He quickly made his way to their location and, as
Sasquatch, confronted the Wrecking Crew. The Wrecking Crew then teamed
together
and beat Sasquatch savagely.
(Omega
Flight#2) – As per
Sasquatch’s request should anything happen to him, Agent Brown visited
the home
of Talisman to inform her of Sasquatch’s beating. Talisman agreed to
help find
Sasquatch, but refused to properly join Omega Flight. Agreeing to
accompany
Agent Brown to find Sasquatch, Talisman communed with the spirits in an
attempt
to locate Sasquatch and learned of an American soldier named Simon
Walters.
Telling Agent Brown they needed to find Simon Walters, Talisman quickly
learned
that Walters was dead. While Sasquatch was thrown into a pit dug by the
Wrecking Crew, U.S.Agent was battling the super-strong Daisy in
Toronto. His
battle was interrupted when Arachne joined the fray as well, helping to
take
Daisy down. Arachne then informed U.S.Agent that Omega Flight had
sent the
signal for them to assemble. Once at the Ottawa CSIS headquarters,
Talisman was
introduced to Arachne, her daughter Rachel and U.S.Agent, unaware
that "Simon
Walters" (actually Beta Ray Bill in disguise) had arrived in Toronto and visited the Royal Ontario Museum.
Talisman
was then introduced to the captive Michael Pointer, who was to also be
a member
of Omega Flight.
(Omega
Flight#3) – While at the
Royal Ontario Museum, Simon Walters was knocked aside when the Wrecking
Crew
busted into the Museum. Back at CSIS HQ, Talisman angrily confronted
Agent
Brown about using Michael Pointer for Omega Flight. She then stated
that as
long as Michael Pointer was working with Omega Flight, Talisman would
not work
with them and would find Sasquatch on her own. Their argument was
interrupted
by a news feed of the Wrecking Crew dragging Sasquatch out of the Royal
Ontario
Museum. At the Museum, the Wrecking Crew had found a portal to the
Realm of the
Great Beasts (Shattered Lands) and once inside, came face to face with
Tanaraq.
Unaware that Simon Walters had followed them, the Wrecking Crew were
surprised
when Walters transformed into Beta Ray Bill and attacked them, the
force of
their attacks erupting through the portal and out of the Museum.
(Omega
Flight#4) – Feeling that
her mother could be in danger, Rachel Carpenter freed Michael Pointer
from his
CSIS cell while Talisman, U.S.Agent and Arachne battled an invasion
of demons
from the Shattered Lands. When their helicopter went down, Arachne
managed to
save it from crashing into civilians below via a psychic web and Omega
Flight
quickly went into action against the demons on the ground. Sasquatch
was soon
revived by Tanaraq just as the Wrecking Crew entered the fray, not
realizing
that Talisman could absorb the mystic energy of their impacts. The
blindly
enraged Sasquatch joined in as well, battling Omega Flight as Talisman
attempted to reach his human side. Just as the crazed Sasquatch was
about to
kill Talisman, Michael Pointer arrived on the scene and knocked down
Sasquatch,
who quickly grabbed Michael, who refused to kill again.
(Omega
Flight#5) – Omega Flight
drew Sasquatch away from Michael and Beta Ray Bill dealt Sasquatch a
savage
beating. Michael eventually stopped Beta Ray Bill from killing
Sasquatch and
Talisman used her abilities in an attempt to free Sasquatch from
Tanaraq’s
influence. As the Wrecking Crew continued to battle U.S.Agent and
Arachne,
Talisman managed to bring Walter Langkowski’s mind to control
Sasquatch’s form
and he managed to drive Tanaraq from his body, allowing Talisman to
contain
Tanaraq inside Shaman’s mystic medicine bag. With Tanaraq exiled once
more, the
Wrecking Crew lost their boosted abilities, allowing U.S.Agent to
defeat
them. The Shattered Land demons soon came for Shaman’s bag and Beta Ray
Bill
quickly grabbed it up, traveling through the portal into the Shattered
Lands, where
he demanded Michael Pointer seal the portal behind him. With the
Wrecking Crew
and Tanaraq defeated, Sasquatch gave Michael the title of Guardian,
asking him
to continue doing right by the legacy he had inherited. Michael later
began
formal training in the use of his power containment suit while Talisman
returned to her Sarcee reservation. Omega Flight then helped cleanup
the mess
caused by Tanaraq as Beta Ray Bill continued to battle the Shattered
Land
demons in their own realm.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#11/4
(fb)) – Learning that Michael Pointer’s Collective-acquired powers were
fading,
the CSIS's Dr. Elizabeth Benning secretly began the “Weapon Omega
Program,” in
which the CSIS gave criminals apprehended by Omega Flight a choice to
either
stay and have their power siphoned off into the Guardian suit or be
extradited
back to the USA. Many criminals volunteered and were
compensated,
though some had to be forced. Soon realizing that only mutants fed
Michael’s
power, the CSIS began mixing Mutant Growth Hormone into some of the
criminals’
already altered cell structures, producing new super-powered criminals
for
Omega Flight to “apprehend.”
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#1/4) –
While Guardian and U.S.Agent battled the criminal Tentakill along the
US/Canadian borders, Agent Brown and several doctors monitored
Guardian’s
progress, noticing his decrease in power. Guardian eventually passed as
Tentakill escaped and two hours later, Guardian found himself strangely
feeling
much better while U.S.Agent secretly phoned Iron Man to inform him of
Guardian’s status.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#2/4) –
Guardian met Dr. Benning for a psychiatric session while Agent Brown
and other
CSIS employees monitored him, unaware that U.S.Agent was watching
them.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#3/3) –
Sasquatch and Arachne tracked Tentakill to a seemingly abandoned cabin
in the
woods, where they found it full of hiding super-criminals. As they
battled the
criminals, Agent Brown met with Dr. Benning to ask why she had overridden
his
orders for Guardian to join Sasquatch and Arachne. Claiming that
Guardian
needed the rest due to his continuing guilt over his former possession
by the
Collective entity, Dr. Benning explained that Michael Pointer needed
time to
acclimate himself to his power containment suit. U.S.Agent then
watched as
Arachne and Sasquatch arrived back at CSIS HQ with the newly captured
villains
from the cabin.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#4/4) –
While U.S.Agent played video games with Rachel Carpenter and spoke of
his
suspicions about Guardian’s fluctuating power levels, Guardian brushed
his
teeth, unaware of strange transformations occurring within his body, such
as
sharp teeth and fins on his back. Guardian also remained unaware that
CSIS
scientists were continuing to monitor him as his power levels seemed to
spike.
After a conference with Tony Stark concerning Michael Pointer’s health,
Agent
Brown met with the CSIS scientists and learned that they had
transferred power
into the unknowing Guardian while he slept.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#5/4) –
Michael Pointer woke up feeling terrible and decided to put on his
Guardian
suit, unaware that Agent Brown and the CSIS scientists were monitoring
him and
feeding him power from the contained super-villains. As Pointer’s
health
improved due to the power transfer, U.S.Agent met with Dr. Benning to
discuss
Guardian’s field fitness. When U.S.Agent left, Dr. Benning decided to
check
in on Pointer, who had begun to panic due to the increasing power being
fed
into him by the CSIS. Agent Brown demanded the scientists power Pointer
back
down.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#6/4) –
Iron Man met with U.S.Agent to discuss the CSIS’ secretive nature
concerning
Michael Pointer, who had went to another psychiatric session with Dr.
Benning,
where he revealed that he had begun to hear voices. As Agent Brown
monitored
Dr. Benning’s session with Pointer, U.S.Agent met with Arachne and
the
Shroud, who had been secretly monitoring the Agent’s meeting with Iron
Man, who
had seemed confused when U.S.Agent mentioned Raptore. While U.S.Agent
was
asking Arachne to keep an eye on Agent Brown and Dr. Benning, Rachel
Carpenter
visited Michael Pointer’s room.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#7/4) –
As a distraction, U.S.Agent stormed up to Agent Brown and demanded to
know if
Michael Pointer was fit to fighting strength while Arachne secretly
watched
from above in the vents. Agent Brown exclaimed that Pointer was ill and
that he
would set up a training session with U.S.Agent and Guardian the
following
day. When Brown left, U.S.Agent asked Arachne what was really going
on. She
informed him that Guardian was not resting and when Pointer was in his
room, he
was being monitored. U.S.Agent was then surprised by the sudden
arrival of
Rachel Carpenter, who walked by in a a sort of trance, as Agent Brown
returned
to Michael Pointer, who had been training for two hours straight,
unaware that
he sudden boost in energy was due to power from captured criminals
being fed
into him. While Brown and the CSIS scientists transferred power from
the Mutant
Growth Hormone-injected Raptore into Guardian, Arachne noticed the
arrival of
more super-criminals.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#8/4
(fb)/Marvel Comics Presents II#9/4 (fb)) – Arachne informed U.S.Agent
of her
findings. U.S.Agent then went to Walter Langkowski and asked him
about how
the Guardian suit works. Walter explained that the suit was built as a
regulator for the powers fed into Michael Pointer during the time he
was
possessed by the Collective.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#9/4 (fb))
– Rachel Carpenter watched from afar as scientists discussed the poor
health of
Michael Pointer. She later secretly watched as Agent Brown told Dr.
Benning to
encourage Michael Pointer to stay in the Guardian suit as much as
possible in
an effort to control Pointer’s unstable powers.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#8/4) –
Training, U.S.Agent fought Guardian, who wasn’t put up much of a
fight.
Feeding more power into Guardian, Agent Brown tested Guardian’s
performance
against U.S.Agent, who goaded Guardian into unleashing his full
power.
Unknowingly absorbing energy from the captive criminal Raptore,
Guardian
savagely beat U.S.Agent.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#9/4) –
Agent Brown ordered the scientists to retrieve Sasquatch, who busted
his way
into the training room and calmed Guardian down. A medic was quickly
called for
the injured U.S.Agent, who tried to tell Guardian the truth about the
scientists feeding him power via the Guardian suit before he was
sedated.
Confused, Guardian agreed to go with Dr. Benning for a psychiatric
session
while Agent Brown ordered the scientists to figure out what the outside
power
source that had taken over Pointer could be. As Guardian and Dr.
Benning walked
away, they ran into Arachne and Rachel Carpenter. While Arachne and Dr.
Benning
spoke about Michael’s brief uncontrollable outburst against U.S.Agent,
Guardian noticed that Rachel was in a trance-like state. Attempting to
talk to
her, Michael became panicked when Rachel spoke into the same voices
Michael had
been hearing but she soon snapped out of her trance and asked how
Michael was
doing. Arachne and Rachel then left as Dr. Benning asked Michael to
come into
her office to talk.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#10/4)
– While being monitored by the CSIS, Michael Pointer put on his
Guardian suit
and was suddenly communing with the energy Collective. Confused,
Michael
touched a fiery being and gained its powers. Beginning to understand
how to
access a specific power set, Michael telepathically contacted Dr.
Benning using
the powers of Susan Catrini and asked for help. Agent Brown, meanwhile,
was
contacted by Tony Stark, who demanded to know why one of his S.H.I.E.L.D.
telepaths
experienced psychic backlash emanating from Michael Pointer. As Agent
Brown
claimed to not know what was going on, U.S.Agent was pulled off life
support
by Rachel Carpenter.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#11/4)
– Revealing to Dr. Benning that he knew the CSIS had been feeding him
power,
Guardian asked why they had done so. Dr. Benning then explained the
CSIS’s
“Weapon Omega Program” to Michael.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#12/4
(fb)) – The injured U.S.Agent grabbed Agent Brown in a choke hold,
angry that
he had withheld information on the “Weapon Omega Program” from Omega
Flight.
Despite Brown’s claims that he knew nothing about it, U.S.Agent
replied that
Brown would have to earn his trust.
(Marvel
Comics Presents II#11/4)
- Angered that they had essentially turned him into a mutant energy
addict,
Michael revealed that Dr. Benning was not the only person he had
psychically
reached out. Just then, Agent Brown, Rachel Carpenter and the severely
injured U.S.Agent arrived.
(Marvel Comics Presents II#12/4) – Agent Brown asked Dr. Benning why he had to hear about her secret project from Rachel Carpenter but Dr. Benning ordered Agent Brown to remove himself from the room. Refusing, Agent Brown threatened to inform Canada’s Prime Minister of her plot and Michael revealed that he had earlier reached out to Rachel Carpenter, informing her of what Dr. Benning had been doing. He also revealed that he had used the technopathic powers of the criminal Key to record everything that Dr. Benning had told him about the “Weapon Omega Program” and that it would be sent to Tony Stark. Just then, Arachne and Sasquatch busted in. With the full strength of Omega Flight behind him, Agent Brown ordered Dr. Benning to feed Michael power so that he could live. Restored to health, Michael grabbed Dr. Benning and absorbed her lifeforce into the suit, effectively forcing her to confront her own victims. Michael then punched Agent Brown, demanding to know how much Brown knew about Benning’s project. Agent Brown revealed that he knew that using the Guardian suit would create a dependency but claimed he had no idea Dr. Benning was feeding Michael while he slept. Angry at the CSIS and determined to make better choices, Michael quit Omega Flight to help rebuild North Pole, Alaska, a town he had destroyed while possessed by the Collective.
(Mighty Avengers I#21) - As chaos enveloped Earth, Omega Flight was seen battling swarms of flesh-eating insects in Toronto. During that battle, U.S.Agent was transported away by Loki (who was posing as the Scarlet Witch).
(Mighty Avengers I#23)
- Following the defeat of a Chthon-possessed Quicksilver, U.S. Agent
returned to Toronto, where he resigned his membership in Omega Flight,
claiming it was an honor to serve with the team but the Avengers had
called him to serve in their ranks once more. Before U.S. Agent could
say "once an Avenger, always an Avenger," Sasquatch cut him off and
said that Omega Flight understood U.S. Agent's situation.
Comments: Created by Mark
Millar, Steve McNiven,
Dexter Vines, John Dell and Tim Townsend.
Omega Flight’s Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe hardcover entry lists the team’s first appearance as Civil War: The Initiative#1, which shows Sasquatch meeting with Michael Pointer to recruit him onto the team. Beta Ray Bill, Talisman and U.S.Agent all appear in Civil War#7 (which came out three months before Civil War: The Initiative#1), but they are not mentioned by name as Omega Flight and, given that Beta Ray Bill was trapped in the Shattered Lands at the end of the Omega Flight mini-series, it would seem to suggest that the three heroes just made a public appearance at the end of the civil war to show that Canada would remain on good terms with the USA after the civil war or something to that effect. I’m not entirely sure where to place that appearance if it were indeed an appearance of Omega Flight as a team...
The Civil War Battle Damage Report comic (which came out in May of 2007) predated the actual Omega Flight mini-series and therefore, contained a few inaccuracies such as Beta Ray Bill being a full member of Omega Flight and it also spoiled some things from the mini-series such as Michael Pointer becoming Guardian, which had yet to happen when the Battle Damage Report comic was published. Since the comic was written as if it was an internal memo created by Iron Man (Tony Stark), one can assume that Stark was merely making a lot of assumptions based on the intel he had as part of U.S. and S.H.I.E.L.D. government forces involved in the Civil War and the Fifty-State Initiative that followed it. Iron Man knew that Arachne was apprehended during the Civil War while attempting to flee to Canada so his assumption of her being a member of Omega Flight would make sense given that information and Sasquatch had met with Michael Pointer in an attempt to recruit him into Omega Flight prior to the Battle Damage Report being created so Iron Man could have learned of this and again assumed Pointer would be joining Omega Flight. Of course, Pointer's future alias of Guardian would have been a lucky guess on Iron Man's part but perhaps he assumed Pointer would want to atone for the sins of the Collective since he was an active Avenger at the time the Collective decimated Alpha Flight. The misspelling of "Beta Ray Bill" as "Beta-Ray Bill" in the Omega Flight entry in the Battle Damage Report could also be chalked up to Iron Man misspelling it rather than an error on the comic writer's part, haha...
Also, Agent Brown's first name was only revealed in Civil War Battle Damage Report.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Omega Flight has no known connections to
- Omega Flight, former members of Gamma Flight and
Beta Flight, manipulated into attacking Alpha Flight @ Alpha Flight I#11
- Omega Flight, formed by Master of the World, assisted him against Alpha Flight @ Alpha Flight I#110
- Omega Flight, a second heroic Canadian team, managed by Department H in the aftermath of the Avengers vs. X-Men conflict @ Avengers V#10
- or any other "Omega" or "Flight"
characters/teams/items
Dr.
Elizabeth Benning was a CSIS psychologist who worked with Agent Brown
in
helping Michael Pointer deal with the guilt created by Michael’s
destruction
during the time he was possessed by the Collective. Dr. Benning
secretly
plotted to use Michael as a weapon by feeding him Mutant Growth
Hormone-enhanced powers from the criminals captured by Omega Flight.
Knowing
that Michael would become addicted to the power, Benning continued to
pose as
Michael’s psychiatrist, meeting with Pointer on a regular basis and
calming him
when he flared out of control. Eventually, Michael used the powers of
telepath
Susan Catrini to learn Dr. Benning’s true goal. Benning then withheld
additional power from Pointer, causing him to almost die but Pointer managed
to summon
Omega Flight, who forced Benning to return Michael’s power. Michael
immediately
grabbed Benning and absorbed her lifeforce into himself.
--Marvel
Comics Presents II#1
(2, 3, 5, 6, 9-12
Agent (later Director) Jeff Brown
Agent Jeff
Brown was originally the CSIS agent in charge of Omega Flight. In
response to
criminals
fleeing into Canada to avoid the United States’ Superhuman Registration
Act,
Agent Brown spoke with the Canadian Prime Minister to set up a task
force
consisting of Canadian super heroes capable of dealing with the surge
in
superhuman criminal activity. Agent Brown first visited Walter
Langkowski,
Sasquatch, and convinced him to join up with the newly created Omega
Flight
team. While briefing Walter on Omega Flight, Agent Brown revealed that
America’s U.S.Agent and Arachne had already been loaned from the USA
to help
and he soon convinced Sasquatch to make an attempt at recruiting
Talisman
(Elizabeth Twoyoungmen). After Talisman declined and Sasquatch was
captured by
the Wrecking Crew, Agent Brown visited Talisman himself and convinced
her to
join Omega Flight to rescue Sasquatch after a brief fight over Brown’s
recruitment of Michael Pointer. Agent Brown later accompanied Omega
Flight when
the Wrecking Crew released Shattered Lands demons upon Canada. During
the
battle, Agent Brown personally gunned down a few of the demons and
aided Omega
Flight until the Wrecking Crew were defeated and the portal to the
Shattered
Lands closed. Shortly thereafter expanding Omega Flight’s operations,
Agent
Brown began monitoring Michael Pointer’s training as the new Guardian.
Secretly
learning that Pointer’s suit had to be synced up with his biology,
Agent Brown
discovered that in order to allow Michael control over the powers he
had
absorbed, he had to wear the suit constantly to the point of
dependency.
Working with CSIS psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Benning, Agent Brown
continued to
monitor
Michael’s progress as the Guardian while neglecting to tell Tony Stark
of
Pointer’s progress. Eventually learning that. Dr. Benning was feeding
Pointer Mutant
Growth Hormone-enhanced powers in an attempt to use him as a weapon,
Agent
Brown helped expose her. Months later, Brown was secretly brainwashed
by the Master of the World's Unity Program and became director of
Department H to assist the reunited Alpha Flight. Following Alpha
Flight's defeat of the Purple Woman, Director Brown took her into
custody and later interrupted Alpha Flight's battle with Attuma to
inform Guardian that Prime Minister Gary Cody wished to speak with him
via communicator. Despite Brown's reminder that Cody was now Prime
Minister, Guardian ended the communication, feeling that the battle
took precedence. When the equally brainwashed Vindicator later captured
Guardian, she reported back to Brown, who was in the process of taking
the rest of Alpha Flight into custody after their neutralization by
Department H's Box robots. Brown bragged about how easily Alpha Flight
went down but when he mentioned that Northstar was still unaccounted
for, Vindicator warned not to underestimate Northstar. Brown then
focused himself on manipulating the recovering Sasquatch into willingly
joining the Unity Program by claiming Sasquatch suffered from a
degenerative brain issue that Department H could correct before the
escaping Alpha Flight arrived and knocked Brown out. Upon his recovery,
Brown, with a broken nose, visited the cells of the captured Purple
Woman and Citadel and informed them that they were being forcibly
recruited into Alpha Strike, a replacement for the rogue Alpha Flight
created by brainwashed Prime Minister Gary Cody. He later greeted
Vindicator when she returned to Department H with her daughter and
warned Vindicator not to venture in the Department's Red Zone, as the
new recruits were still being stabilized, but Vindicator overrid his
command and showed the recruits her daughter, what she felt they were
fighting for. Director Brown later monitored the public opinion polls
for Gary Cody while noting that Guardian's poll results were dropping.
His conversation with Cody and the Master of the World was interrupted
when Aurora appeared and offered to reveal Alpha Flight's location in
exchange for having her split personality eradicated from her mind.
Brown later informed the Master when Alpha Flight escaped the clutches
of Alpha Strike with the brainwashed Kyle Jinadu. When Alpha Flight
devised a way to undo the Master's Unity Program brainwashing, the
Master threw a tantrum, alerting Director Brown, who asked what was
wrong, only to be swatted aside by the Master, who announced that he
must concentrate on how to handle the situation. After recovering and
bandaging his head, Director Brown found that the Master had unearthed
his ship and asked the Master what he was doing endangering thousands
of civilians. The Master replied that Prime Minister Gary Cody and the
civilians were no longer his concern, prompting Brown to ask what the
Master's plans were, only to feel dejected when the Master informed him
that his plans were to plunder Canada's resources and create a warrior
species to conquer the stars.
--Omega
Flight#1 (2-5,
Marvel Comics Presents II#1-12, Alpha Flight IV#0.1, 1-8,
Mrs.
Gruenwald was a secretary at the CSIS headquarters. When Agent Brown
recruited
Talisman, she informed Brown that Iron Man was waiting for Brown
online.
--Omega
Flight#2
Sandra
was Dr. Benning’s secretary. When U.S.Agent demanded to see Dr.
Benning,
Sandra tried to explain to U.S.Agent that he would need to make an
appointment but he pushed his way past Sandra. Sandra followed and
tried to
apologize to Dr. Benning but Benning told Sandra it was alright and
welcomed U.S.Agent into her office.
--Marvel
Comics Presents II#5/4
images: (without ads)
Civil War: The Initiative#1, p11-12, splash page (Omega Flight main
image)
Omega Flight#1, cover (action shot)
Marvel Comics Presents II#11, p25, pan4 (Dr. Elizabeth Benning)
Marvel Comics Presents II#7, p25, pan2 (Agent Brown)
Omega Flight#2, p15, pan2 (Mrs. Gruenwald)
Marvel Comics Presents II#5, p28, pan2 (Sandra)
Appearances:
Civil War: The Initiative#1 (April, 2007) – Brian Bendis, Warren Ellis
(writers), Marc Silvestri (pencils), Michael Broussard, Eric Basaldua
(background art), Joe Weems, Marco Galli, Rick Basaldua (inks), Tom
Brevoort (editor)
Civil War Battle Damage Report (2007) - Anthony Flamini (head writer,
coordinator), Ronald Byrd (writer), Jeff Youngquist (editor)
Omega Flight#1 (June, 2007) – Michael Avon Oeming (writer), Scott
Kolins (art),
Andy Schmidt (editor)
Omega Flight#2 (July, 2007) – Michael Avon Oeming (writer), Scott
Kolins (art),
Andy Schmidt (editor)
Omega Flight#3 (August, 2007) – Michael Avon Oeming (writer), Scott
Kolins
(art), Andy Schmidt (editor)
Omega Flight#4 (September, 2007) – Michael Avon Oeming (writer), Scott
Kolins
(art), Andy Schmidt (editor)
Omega Flight#5 (October, 2007) – Michael Avon Oeming (writer), Scott
Kolins
(art), Andy Schmidt (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#1/4 (November, 2007) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#2/4 (December, 2007) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#3/3 (January, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#4/4 (January, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#5/4 (March, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#6/4 (April, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#7/4 (May, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski
(writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#8/4 (June, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Marco Checchetto (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#9/4 (July, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Marco Checchetto (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#10/4 (August, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Marco Checchetto (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#11/4 (September, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Marco Checchetto (art), John Barber (editor)
Marvel Comics Presents II#12/4 (October, 2008) – Rich
Koslowski (writer), Marco Checchetto (art), John Barber (editor)
Mighty Avengers I#21 (March, 2009) - Dan Slott (writer), Khoi Pham
(pencils), Allen Martinez, Danny Miki (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Mighty Avengers I#23 (May, 2009) - Dan Slott (writer), Khoi Pham
(pencils), Allen Martinez, Danny Miki (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
First Posted: 09/30/2013
Last Updated 01/09/2018
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