Alec Thorne (Earth-616)

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Real Name

Alec Thorne

Current Alias

Smart Alec

Identity

Secret

Affiliation

Former member of The Flight, Gamma Flight, Omega Flight

Universe

Earth-616

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Hair

Brown

Status

Citizenship

Canadian

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Inventor

Education

University

Origin

Origin

Super-genius

Place of Death

New York City

First appearance

Last appearance

Alpha Flight #1
(August, 1983)

Alpha Flight #12
(July, 1984)

History

Alec Thorne was a highly intelligent inventor who came to the attention of James Hudson. Hudson recruited Thorne to serve as a member of The Flight, Canada's super-human response team. Thorne accepted the position though often lamented this level of activity was "beneath" him.

Thorne demonstrated a careless nature in training exercises, endangering his teammates. During the Flight's first mission he was unable to deal with the pressure.

After the re-organization of the Flight into various training groups, Thorne was demoted to the most junior ranking (Gamma Flight). After the Canadian government closed Department H, Thorne found himself without direction or ambition. He made money demonstrating his intelligence at exhibition chess matches.

He was later approached by Delphine Courtney and offered a position within Omega Flight. Thorne accepted the offer and travelled to New York City. There, he used the resources of Roxxon Oil to build weapons and tools that would enable him to battle Alpha Flight.

James Hudson was lured to New York and Omega Flight proceeded to attack him. Once Alpha Flight arrived to assist, Thorne grabbed Shaman's Medicine Pouch and looked inside. This act essentially killed him (though his physical body lived on). When the battle was completed, Shaman shrunk Thorne's body to the size of a toy and stored him in the pouch, hoping to one day find a way to restore his mind.

Thorne's body was later used by Walter Langkowski to escape from transdimensional space. Langkowski's soul took over the body and escaped from the pouch. After escaping the pouch, the miniature body was crushed when the Box robot fell on it.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None known.

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Normal Human

Weaknesses

Smart Alec once suffered from performance anxiety and could not work under stress.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: Ecephalo-Helmet: designed to heighten his intelligence, speed his response time and allow him to see far beyond the visual spectrum.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

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