Publication history

Maison Alpha first appeared in Alpha Flight

Alpha Flight

Alpha Flight is a fictional superhero team published by Marvel Comics, noteworthy for being one of the few Canadian superhero teams. Created by John Byrne, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #120 ....

#79 (December 1989), and was created by James Hudnall and John Calimee.

Maison Alpha received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

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#4.

Fictional description

Maison Alpha is a two-story headquarters once used by the team Alpha Flight, located in what was the Civic Block, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square, in the city of Edmonton

Edmonton

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, province of Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. The original structure of the Maison was built in 1957 by the city of Edmonton to be used as a city hall and civic offices. The building was donated by the city to Alpha Flight following their defeat of the Dreamqueen

Dreamqueen

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 in Edmonton. The mutant Madison Jeffries

Madison Jeffries

Madison Jeffries is a fictional character, a mutant superhero in the . He first appears in Alpha Flight #16 and was created by John Byrne.- Publication history :...

used his ability to transmute metals to reconfigure the facility internally.