So I found those comics I was talking about yesterday. And the story arc was actually started in a two-issue series called X-Men and Alpha Flight. Including them, I have all four still. Yay!
Now, you might be saying, "X-Men? I remember them from such movies as X-Men and X2. But Alpha Flight? What's that? Is it like Alpha Bits?"
Nope, Alpha Flight were Canada's very own team of superheroes. Not being totally up on current comics culture, I have no idea if they still exist or not, but they were never exactly popular, so I would be surprised if they do.
Keep in mind that the coolest of all superheroes is Canadian. Wolverine hails from here- where he fights in cage matches in the rough-and-tumble bars of Northern Alberta, according to the first movie. Hugh Jackman is actually Australian, but that's ok. At least he is still a Commonwealther.
The other Canucks aren't quite so kickass. Let's see, we have:
Guardian, and later his wife, Vindicator: They had a special suit that looked like the Canadian flag, sort of, and it enabled them to fly and be strong.
Aurora and Northstar, twins from Quebec. They say things like "Sacre-mere!" and can fly. Not really sure what else they can do, or if they are seperatists or not.
Puck. An acrobatic dwarf, but not really like Gimli, though he may be from Gimli, Manitoba. The only thing stereotypically Canadian about him is his name, which doesn't seem to have anything to do with anything.
Sasquatch: Long time readers of the Woods will know of the lingering fascination/ fear I have of sasquatches. But Walter Langkowski is not scary at all- he is a scientist, but when he needs to he can transform into some sort of orangey colored monster. A sasquatch, apparently.
Shaman, and his daughter Snowbird. Shaman is a medicine man, and I don't really know what Snowbird can do, since she spends all of the X-Men/Alpha Flight series sick and withering away because of something Loki was doing. The only medicine man I've ever met in real life was white, but they do still exist. But still, it seems kind of predictable. Oh well, at least they didn't all wear toques and live in igloos, and say things like "It's up to us to save the world, eh! So let's get oot and aboot and kick some hoser arse!"