Who Is Smart Alec? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Smart Alec is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Alexander Thorne, with over 39 comic issue appearances. A man with the computer brain, he is the smartest man in the world!

Who is Smart Alec?

Origin Not much is known about Thorne's life before he was contacted by James Hudson to join the then-fledgling Department H . Alec Thorne was one of James MacDonald Hudson's first recruits to join the fledgling Alpha Flight , where, in their first mission, he and his team-mates stopped the terrorist known as Egghead and his cadre of American super-human terrorists from launching a thermo-nuclear missile at the United States1. Creation Smart Alec was created by John Byrne in 1983 and first appeared in Alpha Flight # 1. Story Arcs Later, after Hudson divided the team into three tiers, Thorne (under the mantle of Smart Alec) began training in Gamma Flight , and continued to train with them before Department H was shut down2. Later, he was contacted by Jerry Jaxon to join Omega Flight in a bid to extract vengeance against Hudson, but was defeated when he tried to look in Shaman 's magic medicine bag. This mental shock caused him to become a mindless husk, so the Shaman shrunk him and stuck him in his bag3. The next appearance of Smart Alec's body was shortly after the death of Snowbird , when Walter Langkowski 's mind - having been freed from his body after Snowbird was forced to kill.

Key facts

Smart Alec is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Tundra!". The character is published by Marvel. With 39 recorded issue appearances, Smart Alec ranks among the most featured characters in comics.