Nemesis (Alpha Flight)

Nemesis
Amelia Weatherly as Nemesis from the pages of Alpha Flight.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	(St. Ives) Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #8 (Thorne) Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #76 (Weatherly) Alpha Flight, vol. 3 #1
Created by	(St. Ives) John Byrne (Thorne) James Hudnall (Weatherly) Scott Lobdell
In-story information
Alter ego	-Isabel St. Ives -Jane Thorne -Amelia Weatherly
Team affiliations	(Thorne) Alpha Flight Children of the Night Gamma Flight (Weatherly) Alpha Flight
Abilities	(all) Flight, use of a magical blade (Weatherly) Teleportation, time travel

Nemesis is the name of three fictional superheroines appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. All three women have encountered the superhero team Alpha Flight team, and wore the same black and red costume, carried a mystical sword, and were capable of flight.

Nemesis (Isabel St. Ives) first appeared in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #8, and was created by John Byrne.

Isabel St. Ives was the daughter of "Deadly" Ernest St. Ives, and used a magical sword "scarcely an atom's width thick," allegedly the only weapon capable of killing her father, to assist the Canadian superheroes Northstar and Aurora in combat with him. Although she apparently killed Deadly Ernest, he did return. There, the Flight member Puck used Nemesis's sword to fatally wound her father, who was then knocked in front of an oncoming subway train and apparently killed. Nemesis then explained to the heroes her relation to the villain and disintegrated.

The second Nemesis, Jane Thorne, first appeared in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #76 and was created by writer James Hudnall.

Jane Thorne wore a costume identical to the first Nemesis, and used the original's sword and, on occasion, had used a teleportation device. Nothing about her past has been revealed, save that she once led a cult called the "Children of the Night".

The second Nemesis was introduced as a member of Canada's new government sanctioned team, Gamma Flight, and remained a member until the team was disbanded, at which point she fled to keep her teammate Wild Child from being placed in government custody. After Alpha Flight was reinstated, Wild Child, now a full member of Alpha Flight, rescued her from Rok, the new leader of the Children of the Night. She accompanied him to the Alpha Flight headquarters and became a member of Alpha Flight.