NORTHSTAR
Earth-92131
Real Name: Jean-Paul Beaubier
Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-92131) human mutant
Occupation: Adventurer
Group Membership: Alpha Flight (Aurora/Jeanne-Marie Beaubier, Puck/Eugene Judd, Sasquatch/Walter Langkowski, Shaman/Michael Twoyoungmen, Snowbird/Narya, Vindicator/James Hudson)
Affiliations: Avalanche (Dominikos Petrakis), Blob (Fred J. Dukes), Caliban, Cipher (Alisa Tager), Department H, Domino (Neena Thurman), Feral (Maria Callasantos), Heather Hudson, Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Psylocke (Elizabeth Braddock), Pyro (St. John Allerdyce), Rictor (Julio Richter), Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida), Warpath (James Proudstar), X-Men (Gambit/Remy LeBeau, Jubilee/Jubilation Lee, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Wolverine/Logan);
formerly General Chasen
Enemies: Bastion (Sebastion Gilberti), General Chasen, Genoshan magistrates (Boone, Leader and unrevealed others), Prime Sentinels, Sentinels, Bolivar Trask
Known Relatives: Jeanne-Marie Beaubier (Aurora, sister)
Aliases: "Frenchy" called by Puck
Base of Operations: Canada
First Appearance: X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island" (February 13, 1993)
Powers/Abilities: Northstar is a mutant who can move and fly at superhuman speed with the potential of reaching near light speeds. When Northstar and his sister Aurora are in contact with each other, usually by holding hands, they can release a cascade of photons, creating momentary bursts of light used to fight and/or blind their opponents.
Height: 5'11" (presumably same as his 616 counterpart)
Weight: 185 lbs. (presumably same as his 616 counterpart)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black with white streaks
History:
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Repo Man" (fb) - BTS) - Northstar and his sister Aurora were drafted onto Canada's premiere superhero team by General Chasen of Department H. They became known as Alpha Flight, consisting of Puck, Sasquatch, Shaman, Snowbird, Vindicator and Wolverine.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Repo Man" (fb) - BTS) - Wolverine left Alpha Flight for unknown reasons, moving to the United States where he joined the X-Men.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island" - BTS) - Along many other mutants, Northstar and Aurora were apprehended and imprisoned on Genosha. Outfitted with power-dampening collars to prevent them from using their mutant abilities, the imprisoned mutants were made to work as a slave-workers to complete a dam which would power a Sentinel factory.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island") - Northstar, Feral, Domino and other slave-workers were in for a shock when three of the X-Men: Storm, Gambit and Jubilee were also imprisoned and forced to work alongside them. However, when the Magistrates deactivated the collars Storm immediately tried to escape and was quickly rendered immobile by a Sentinel and placed in the "box" (isolation). Not long after, the slave-workers once again stopped work when the Magistrates noticed a fire in the nearby forest (courtesy of time traveler Cable), to be safe all slave-workers were returned to their cells.
That night, the slave-workers were woken by the optimistic Jubilee, who escaped her cell and urged the mutants to join an uprising. Northstar and the others refused, believing they would be released when the work on the dam was finished. However, the following morning morale had shifted as the mutants told Jubilee they would join the uprising. Sadly Jubilee's uprising failed when she proved unable to deactivate the power-dampening collars.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island" - BTS) - The following day, Gambit acquired the power-dampening collars' key, freed his friends and together agreed to free the slave-workers.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island") - Northstar, Blob, Avalanche and many other slave-workers were shocked when the X-Men returned, successfully deactivating the power-dampening collars. Freed, Northstar, Aurora and the others joined the X-Men in their fight against the Magistrates and Sentinels. Having defeated them, Jubilee urged the former slaves to help them deal with the Sentinel factory. Sunfire, speaking for the former slaves refused reminding her of their last failed uprising and explained they would take over Genosha as a whole after which they left. To deal with the Sentinel factory, Storm then summoned a powerful storm causing the dam to collapse and destroy the factory.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Repo Man" (fb) - BTS) - The years following Wolverine's defection, Department H and General Chasen repeatedly tried to duplicate the process that gave Wolverine his adamantium skeleton. With the results less than encouraging, Chasen planned to bring Wolverine "home" to examine the mutant. Chasen contacted Alpha Flight, falsely promising to get Wolverine back so he could work with Alpha Flight again. To do so Heather Hudson asked Wolverine to come and meet her in the Canadian wilderness.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Repo Man") - Northstar and the full force of Alpha Flight witnessed Wolverine's arrival and confronted him. Believing he'd fallen into a trap Wolverine attacked his former teammates who quickly retaliated. During the battle that followed Northstar and Aurora joined forces as they picked Wolverine up into the air, hoping he'd stop fighting. Wolverine, however, pushed the siblings' heads together, knocking them out. Not long after the siblings managed to slow Wolverine down long enough for Puck and Sasquatch to strike and take him out. Alpha Flight then brought Wolverine to Department H where General Chasen and Heather Hudson waited to examine the mutant while the team was forced to wait outside.
Curious to learn what they were doing with Wolverine, Northstar and the others waited outside the lab, eavesdropping, the team learned Chasen wished to remove Wolverine's adamantium. Appalled, Northstar and Alpha Flight bursted into the lab but were countered by Department H's security androids. As the fight went on, Wolverine managed to free himself and after destroying several androids and chase off General Chasen, tried to flee but was stopped by Vindicator who'd kept a grudge ever since Wolverine's defection. Vindicator tried to stop Wolverine but when Wolverine tried to kill the team's leader he was stopped by Heather Hudson. Promised to spare his life, Wolverine threatened to other members of Alpha Flight he wouldn't hold back if they came after him. Northstar and the others watched as Wolverine left Department H.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "The Phoenix Saga - Part V: Child of Light") - When Earth suffered a multitude of environmental disasters, Northstar and Alpha Flight did their best to help the people of Earth. They were seen saving people near ruins in Athens, Greece during a powerful storm. Northstar, like other heroes of Earth was unaware the disasters were the result of the Shi'ar emperor D'Ken using the M'Kraan Crystal.
(X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon - "Motendo" - BTS) - Northstar was one of several characters who appeared in a promo for a supposed television show in the Mojoverse called "A Different World". The promo saw him posing next to the X-Men and associates Forge and Darwin (Armando Muñoz). Other shows included Who's the Boss? and Divorce Court: Summers vs Grey. (see comments).
(X-Men '97: the Animated Series cartoon - "Tolerance is Extinction - Part III") - Northstar and his fellow Alpha Flight friends Aurora and Puck appeared in Genosha, presumably to help with the large-scale rescue operation after Bastion's monstrous Mastermold had committed mass genocide. Northstar and his friends stood alongside Cipher and Psylocke when Bastion's large army of Prime Sentinels descended upon Genosha and other parts of the planet after Earth's magnetic field was restored. Although unseen, Northstar and the others supposedly battled the Prime Sentinels until Bastion's assault was halted when he and the downfall of Magneto's Asteroid M was stopped by the X-Men after which they disappeared from the planet.
Comments: Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne;
adapted by Mark Edward Edens and AKOM Productions. (see Appearances list for full list of artists)
Northstar was voiced by Rene Lemieux.
Northstar's cameo in the episode "Motendo" had him appear alongside the X-Men and associates Forge and Darwin (Armando Muñoz) in a promo for the supposed Mojovision show "A Different World", this was a play on the American sitcom with the same name which ran aired for six seasons on NBC from 1987 to 1993. It's been unrevealed, but unlikely that Northstar himself traveled to the Mojoverse to film the sequence.
When, in 2015's Secret Wars, the Multiverse was destroyed following the incursions of planets it appeared as if Reality-92131 was drafted onto Battleworld as the Westchester domain. However, this has since been debunked. As such the reality seen in the two volumes of X-Men '92 (2015 and 2016-2017) now have their own reality-designation of Earth-15730. The X-Men '92: House of XCII (2022) series was inspired by both the animated series and Hickman's House of X run but is its own separate reality. The limited series X-Men '97 (2024), however, is Reality-92131 and bridges the gap between the original X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon and the new X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon.
Profile by MarvellousLuke
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X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series book, p121 (main image, digitally colored by MarvellousLuke)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Repo Man" (catching Wolverine)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "The Phoenix Saga - Part V: Child of Light" (in Athens)
Appearances:
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island" (February 13, 1993) - Mark Edward Edens (writer), Kathi Castillo, Rick Hoberg, Louis Williams (model design), Thibault Descamps, Steve Olds (prop design), Steve Olds (layout design), Jeff Richards, Dennis Venizelos (background design), Flavia Mitman, Trish Medelson (color key design), Dan Gausett, Michael Swanigan, Romeo Francisco, Douglas P. Battle, Clint Taylor, Grey Garcia, Adrian Gonzales, John Ahern, Armando Carillo (storyboard directors), Fred Carillo, Pat Agnasin, Rudy Mesina, Cesar Magsombal, Steve Simone, Abel Laxamana (storyboard cleanup), AKOM Productions (animation studio), Eric Lewald (story editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Repo Man" (November 20, 1993) - Lein Wein (writer), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Steve Olds (prop design), Alfredo Alcala, Cesar Magsombol, Claude Denis, Drew Gentle, Frank Squillace, Ric Chavez, Ric Quiroz, Ted Blackman, Tom Soman, Wayne Schultz, Charles Payne (layout design), Patricia Mendelson, Flavia Mitman, Tania Burton, Allyn Conley, Sparky (color key), Dennis Venizelos (color background), Armando Carillo, Dan Veesenmeyer, Don Manuel, Frank Squillace, Greg Garcia, John Fox, Keith Tucker, Larry Houston, Lewis Williams, Michael Swanigan, Pat Agnasin, Patrick Archibald, Romeo Francisco, Tenny Henson, Vic Dachele (storyboard directors), Alan Gibson, Del Barras, Romeo Lopez, Rudy Mesina, Cesar Magsombal, Steve Simone, Abel Laxamana (storyboard cleanup), AKOM Productions (animation studio), Eric Lewald (story editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "The Phoenix Saga - Part V: Child of Light" (September 9, 1994) - Mark Edens (writer), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Darrel Bowen, Russel Chong, Mark Lewis, Steve Olds, Frank Squillace (prop design), Cesar Magsombol, Frank Squillace, Wayne Schulz, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Trish Mendelson (color key), Philip Kim, Dennis Venizelos (color backgrounds), Sue Peters (animation director), Patrick Archibald, Francis Barrios, Romeo Francisco, Curt Geda, Greg Garcia, Adrian Gonzales, Rick Hoberg, Larry Houston, Jim Janes, Doug Murphy, Tom Nesbitt, Frank Squillace, Michael Swanigan, Dan Veesenmeyer (storyboards), Patrico Aganasin, Abel Laxamana, Mark Lewis, Romeo Lopez, Tec Manalac, Andre Nieves, Phil Stapleton (storyboard cleanup), AKOM Productions (animation studio), Sharon Janis (editor), Eric Lewald (story editor)
X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon - "Motendo" (April 3, 2024) - Beau DeMayo, Charley Feldman (writers), Chase Conley (director), Roger Oda (art director), David Maximo (assistant director), Naseer Pasha (animation lead), Jarret Ballard, Christopher Graybill, Marisa Ledina, Anthony Martin, Russell McCoy, David Miller III (composite artists), Marty Walker (lead retake animator), John Berry, Fabian Corona, Allister Jones, Chayadoll Lomtong, Daisy Schofield (retake animators), Jon Davies (pixel animator), Walter Kim, Derek Kosol, Mark Taihei, Adri Torres (prop designers), Martin Britt, Jerry Gaylord, Ibraheem Jara (storyboard artists), Justin Brown, Amber Blade Jones, Jordan Willis (storyboard revisionists), Marvel Studios (animation), Beau DeMayo, Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum (executive producer), Dana Vasquez-Eberhard (co-executive producter)
X-Men '97: the Animated Series cartoon - "Tolerance is Extinction - Part III" (May 15, 2024) - Beau DeMayo, Anthony Sellitti (writers), Chase Conley (director), Roger Oda (art director), David Maximo (assistant director), Naseer Pasha (animation lead), Jarret Ballard, Christopher Graybill, Hilda Karadsheh, Marisa Ledina, Anthony Martin, Russell McCoy (composite artists), Marty Walker (lead retake animator), John Berry, Fabian Corona, Allister Jones, Chayadoll Lomtong, Daisy Schofield (retake animators), Walter Kim, Derek Kosol, Mark Taihei, Adri Torres (prop designers), David D. Au, Jay Baker, Marvin Britt, Justin Brown, Jalin Harden, Gillian Hei, Andrew Huerta, Ibraheem Jara, Kathy J. Liu, Marvin Madrid (storyboard artists), Jordan Willis (storyboard revisionist), Marvel Studios (animation), Beau DeMayo, Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum (executive producer), Dana Vasquez-Eberhard (co-executive producter)
First Posted: 05/31/2020
Last Updated: 06/28/2024
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