This page covers the Marvel comicbook hero Northstar also known as Jean-Paul Martin , Northstar Trigger . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.

Origin

Jean-Paul and his twin sister, Jeanne-Marie were orphaned almost immediately after their birth. Taken in by their mother's cousin, they soon found themselves separated due to finances. Jean-Paul was placed in a foster home and was unaware he even had a sister.

During his teen years, Jean-Paul took to stealing and was caught by Raymonde Belmonde. Raymonde took him in and became his mentor and helped Jean-Paul come to terms with his mutant powers of speed. Jean-Paul also spent some time in a circus, becoming a trapeze artist and later joined a separatist movement. Realizing that the organization was basically a terrorist group and innocents were endangered, Jean-Paul left the group.

He then used his mutant powers and became an Olympic world champion. This fame brought him to the attention of James Hudson. Hudson worked for the Canadian government and was the founder of a team of superhumans. Hudson had already recruited Jeanne-Marie and had noticed a resemblance with Jean-Paul. Jean-Paul was thrilled being reunited with the sister he didn't know existed. Adding to the surprise was the intense blinding light generated when the two touched.

As Northstar, Jean-Paul fought on many missions with his sister in Alpha Flight. Unfortunately their relationship had its ups and downs. Later Jean-Paul discovered an abandoned baby girl. She had been born with AIDS and Jean-Paul decided to adopt her himself. She died a few weeks later. This gave Jean-Paul the idea to publicly announce his homosexuality. It was his hopes as a former Olympic medal winner and Canadian superhero, the public would take more interest in HIV prevention. Jean-Paul ended up leaving Alpha Flight and even wrote a book on his life as a mutant and homosexual.

He was persuaded by Jean Grey-Summers to help the X-Men save Professor Xavier and then became a teacher in economics at the Xavier Institute. Shortly after, the X-Man, Wolverine was captured by the terrorist organization Hydra. Working with a mystical cult, the Dawn of the White Light, Hydra was able to brainwash Wolverine into being an assassin of superhumans.

When Wolverine attacked the X-Men, Northstar was killed. The government organization, S.H.I.E.L.D. took possession of Northstar's body while they attempted to contact his family. His body was taken by Hydra and Jean-Paul was resurrected as another super assassin. S.H.I.E.L.D. had managed to capture and deprogram Wolverine. Wolverine was able to defeat Northstar and bring him back to S.H.I.E.L.D. where they made their attempts to deprogram him. The process wasn't going as well as it did for Wolverine, perhaps due to the fact that Wolverine possesses a healing factor.

Northstar has recently been used as a pawn along his sister by a new group of beings called Children of the Vault to attack the X-Men.

Powers

Northstar, like his sister Aurora, has complete control over the speed of the atoms within his bodies molecules. He normally uses that power to travel at superhuman speeds and to fly.

Northstar can move at speeds up to 99% of the speed of light. He has never gone faster than that, as he would potentially damage himself. Northstar can move just one part of himself at superhuman speeds, and has used that to strike opponents repeatedly in fractions of a second. This tecnique has been shown to even hurt the Hulk.

Northstar also has superhuman reflexes, and has demonstrated the ability to still dodge items while moving at Mach 18.7. Northstar's reflexes even allow him to do complex tasks at high speed, and he can read and understand large documents in seconds.

In addition, by using his atomic control to generate thrust, Northstar can fly at the same speeds he can move. His body is made more durable due to the atomic motion, and he can withstand the atmospheric stress at the high speeds he moves. Northstar is durable enough to fly through a Sentinel unharmed.

Another usage of his atmoic motion control is the ability to compensate for G-Force. He is unaffected by it, as was demonstrated when the X-Men's plane began dropping, and everyone inside the plane except Jean-Paul was sent flying.

Originally, when making physical contact with his sister Aurora, the two would create a blinding flash. Later, after Aurora was genetically altered, the two making contact cancelled out their powers, and Jean-Paul was able to create this light alone. He can use this light to create concussive blasts as well.

After their alteration by the Children of the Vault, it appears that both Northstar and Aurora have enhanced abilities. Both have demonstrated super-strength, as well as the ability to cause an explosion when in contact, but the extent of these new abilities is still unknown.

Creators

Northstar was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne

Status

Known Relatives: Jeanne-Marie aka Aurora , twin sister , Jean-Baptiste Beaubier (alternately given as Jean-Claude Baptiste in Alpha Flight #50; father, deceased), unnamed mother (Loki claimed her name was Danae; deceased), Louis Martin (adoptive father, deceased), unnamed adoptive mother (deceased), Joanne Beaubier (adopted daughter, deceased)

Citizenship: Canadian

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Former terrorist, adventurer, teacher, businessman, novelist, professional skier, trapeze artist, thief

Education: High school level

Characteristics

Gender: Male

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 185 lbs (84 kg)

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Black, silver streaks

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Alternate Realities

Earth-1610

Northstar is a member of Emma Frost's Academy of Tomorrow.

Earth-295 (Age of Apocalypse)

Northstar was a member of Mr. Sinister's Elite Mutant Force.

Earth-9602

Northstar Trigger was an outlaw, a part of first The Alpha Outsiders then Generation Hex, in this Earth's version of the Old West. With his sister, he formed the Twins Trigger.

Earth-58163

In the House of M reality, Northstar is a members of the S.H.I.E.L.D. He is the first marvel character to be gay.

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