Major Mapleleaf
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Major Mapleleaf is the name of two characters from the Alpha Flight series. Both were created by Scott Lobdell.
Louis Sadler
Louis Sadler is the name of the first Major Mapleleaf. He first appeared in Alpha Flight (vol. 1)'' #106.
Louis Sadler was a Canadian superhero during World War II, and the occasional ally of the Invaders in their battles against Hitler and the Nazis. He gained his powers through an unrevealed process which appears to have retarded his aging process. After the war, he went underground in his crime fighting and eventually revealed his public identity in 1963 to devote time to raising his son, Michael, his most proud achievement. Eventually however, Michael, who was gay, contracted HIV and died of AIDS. Louis went into a deep depression. Michael had always been Sadler's favorite of the two children.
While Louis Sr. was made to appear to have been physically and mentally abusive with his younger son, Louis Sadler Jr., appearances can be deceiving. This belief is based upon Louis Jr.'s memory of a childhood incident in which both he and his older brother were caught in their father's room going through things they had been told to stay out of. Understandably, their father, a war-hero of strong values, was not pleased.
Lou Sadler
Louis Sadler's youngest son, Lou, has currently taken up the mantle of Major Mapleleaf. Lou first appeared in Alpha Flight (vol. 3) #1.Lou has a 'goody two-shoes'-type personality. He is secretly a normal human with no superpowers who just rides a super-powered horse named Thunder.
Bearing the rank of Staff Sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Lou Sadler Jr. took the code name of Major Mapleleaf out of respect for his father. Lou had an abusive relationship with his father, who beat him; blaming him for the death of his mother. It appears that Lou, who speaks very positively of his father, is in denial of the abuse.
Lou was recruited by Sasquatch as one of the new members of the Alpha Flight team when the original team was kidnapped by aliens.
Along with Guardian, Puck I and II, Vindicator, Sasquatch, and Shaman, Major Mapleleaf was among the Alpha Flight members wounded or possibly killed by The Collective in New Avengers #16.The death of Alpha Flight was confirmed in New Avengers #20
External links
- [AlphaFlight.net Alphanex Entry on Major Mapleleaf I]
- [AlphaFlight.net Alphanex Entry on Major Mapleleaf II]
- [Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe - entry on Major Mapleleaf]
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