Contents 1 History 1.1 Origin 1.2 Academy X 1.3 Members 1.4 M-Day 2 Paraphernalia 3 Notes 4 Trivia 5 See Also 6 Links and References 6.1 Footnotes

History

Origin

With an increasing number in the student body, Cyclops & Emma Frost reorganized the Xavier Institute's educational and training program.^[1] The Alpha Squadron was originally advised by Northstar,^[2][3] and later advised by Karma.^[4][5]

Academy X

When Wolverine was brainwashed by Hydra, the X-Men and the Xavier Institute. When he appeared, Northstar was among the X-Men to respond. Unfortunately, he was killed by Wolverine. Due to this loss, the Squad was assigned Karma as a new adviser.^[6]

Members

• Anole - Victor Borkowski has a reptilian mutation. Field Leader. Retained his powers and remained with the X-Men.
• Indra - Paras Gavaskar is a young boy from India able to extend exoskeletal armor plates over his body. Retained his powers and remained with the X-Men.
• Kidogo - Lazaro Kotikash is a Maasai who could shrink himself down to 4 inches in height. Depowered, and current whereabouts/status unknown.
• Loa- Alani Ryan is a Hawaiian girl who can"swim" through solid matter, causing it to crumble around her as she does so. Retained her powers and remained with the X-Men.
• Network - Sarah Vale's power was cyberpathy. Depowered, and killed in bus bombing by Purifiers.^[7]
• Rubber Maid - Andrea Margulies was able to stretch any portion of her body due to her ultra-elasticity. She was the youngest member of the Squad. Depowered, and killed in bus bombing by Purifiers.^[7]

M-Day

After M-Day only 27 of 182 enrolled Xavier's students retained their powers. The New Mutants Squad was disbanded along with all the other X-Men Training Squads.^[8]

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• No special notes.
  

Trivia

• The squad is named after Alpha Flight to which the original adviser, Northstar, belonged.
• This squad’s colors were black and light blue/grey with red accents.

See Also

• 8 Alpha Squadron (Earth-616) Members
  
• 9 Appearances of Alpha Squadron (Earth-616)
• 5 Images that include Alpha Squadron (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Alpha Squadron (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Alpha Squadron (Earth-616)

Links and References

• None.
  

Footnotes