Adrian Corbo (Earth-616)

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Real Name

Adrian Corbo

Current Alias

Flex

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Good

Affiliation

Alpha Flight, Beta Flight

Relatives

Jared Corbo (brother), Gunther Bain, (alleged father), Carmella Unuscione (alleged half-sister)

Universe

Earth-616

Base Of Operations

Department H (Toronto)

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

5' 9"

Weight

195 lbs (89 kg)

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Black

Status

Citizenship

Canadian

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Government operative

Origin

Origin

Mutant

Creators

Steven Seagle

First appearance

Alpha Flight Vol 2 #-1 (1997)

History

Adrian and his older half-brother Jared (later codenamed Radius) were raised in the Hull House orphanage, which was actually a facility operated by the Canadian government's secretive Department H (Government Agency). While Adrian became shy, reserved and bookish, Jared became athletically inclined, aggressive, and arrogant. Both brothers manifested mutant powers after puberty: Adrian gained the ability to transform parts of his body into blades, while Jared manifested a personal force field that could not be shut down. The brothers were recruited into a new incarnation of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight.

They assisted the new Alpha Flight in battling several foes, including the Zodiac, the Brass Bishop, and Departent H's own power-mad leader, Jeremy Clarke, who died of radiation poisoning during a Zodiac raid on the Department H headquarters. Their Alpha Flight team fought several members of the original Flight and later teamed up with them to defeat a new Weapon X, who had been created by a rogue Department H scientist. Both groups of Alphans merged into a unified Alpha Flight following this adventure. The Corbo brothers and several other members of the new team were later reassigned to Alpha Flight's trainee team, Beta Flight.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Organic Metal Transmutation: Flex is a mutant who can transform his limbs into massive, razor-sharp organic metal blades. It may be possible that he can transform his entire body into this substance.

Adrian has the ability to "flex" parts of his body into thin sheets of organic metal, which are highly resistant to physical damage. Often times he "flexes" his hands into sharp long blades, and has even been shown to flex his leg into a blade preventing someone to grab him. It's relatively thin, but by doing so he had the strength to send over 15 people into the air. Adrian's metal blades have been shown to cut through metal with ease and block laser and gunfire, but the overall strength and durability of his organic metal was never stated.

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Average Human

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

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

Notes

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Trivia

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See Also

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