origin told, parents killed shortly after birth, separated from twin sister, adoptive parents killed when six years old
Northstar #1-2
befriends Raymonde Belmonde, accepts who and what he is, works in a circus, joins Separatist movement
Marvel Fanfare (1st series) #28
becomes part of terrorist subgroup Cell Combattre, cuts all ties to them when they commit murder
Alpha Flight (1st series) #10 backstory
becomes a ski champion by using his powers, contacted by Department H, introduced to his twin sister
X-Men (1st series) #120
first appearance
Alpha Flight (1st series) #1
Alpha Flight disbanded, shocked to see Aurora retreat into her “Jeanne-Marie“ personality
Alpha Flight (1st series) #7
takes Jeanne-Marie to psychiatrist, visits Raymonde Belmonde, witnesses him murdered by Ernest St. Ives
Alpha Flight (1st series) #8
Aurora distances herself from him after he suspects her of “romancing herself to safety“ while captured by St. Ives
Alpha Flight (1st series) #18
quits Alpha Flight as he was only among the team because of Aurora who no longer speaks to him
Alpha Flight (1st series) #22
“Jeanne-Marie“ dominant again, asks for help, takes her to his circus friend Clementine D’Arbanville, Aurora learns of his terrorist past
X-Men and Alpha Flight (1st series) #1-2
encounters Rogue who learns all his secret by absorbing his memories, later they talk about the incident and make up, actually become friends
Alpha Flight (1st series) #24
summoned by Alpha Flight against his will, chosen to represent “hate“ during a ritual to save Sasquatch‘s soul
Alpha Flight (1st series) #29
griefs with his sister over Walter Langkowski’s death, siblings discover that touching each other negates both their powers, because of Aurora having her powers altered
Alpha Flight (1st series) #41-42
secret identity revealed to the public, enthralled by Purple Girl
Alpha Flight (1st series) #44
Pestilence’s kiss speeds up an already existing illness, constantly coughing and wounds no longer heal
Alpha Flight (1st series) #50
Loki tells the twins of their Asgardian heritage, Aurora saves all her light to cure her brother’s illness, Northstar taken to Asgard
Alpha Flight (1st series) #81-82
Loki’s story revealed as a lie, Northstar almost sacrificed by Asgardian trolls, rescued by his teammates and brought back to earth
Alpha Flight (1st series) #85
shares the light with his sister, restoring her powers
Alpha Flight (1st series) #101
asks Dr. Strange for help to search for Aurora who he believes lost in another dimension
Alpha Flight (1st series) #104
Aurora discovered alive, she has been mentally tortured by Headlok for weeks
Alpha Flight (1st series) #106
adopts an abandoned baby that dies of AIDS, publicly outs himself as gay
Alpha Flight (1st series) #130
angry about the government once more closing down Alpha Flight
Northstar #1-4
framed for murder, chased all around the globe by Arcade who threatens to kill close friends of him, the mastermind behind all this turns out to be a businessman who wants to cleanse society, Northstar fails his moral standards in two ways, he is a mutant and gay
Alpha Flight (2nd series) #12-13, 15
discovers that Aurora’s mental status has taken a turn for the worse
Alpha Flight (2nd series) #17
asks Shaman for help, joins other original Alphans to figure out the mysteries behind the reopened Department H
Alpha Flight (2nd series) #20
original team is back to official status
Eve of Destruction
has left Alpha Flight to promote his own book, recruited by Jean Grey for an interim team of X-Men to stop Magneto from starting a third World War, leaves after the crisis has passed
Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #414
follows Xavier’s invitation and joins the Xavier Institute / X-Men
Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #415
befriends school nurse Annie, is attracted to Iceman
Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #422
confronts his old teammates from Alpha Flight
New Mutants (2nd series) #2, 7-8
teaches newer students, becomes personal advisor to some of them
X-Men (2nd series) #157
taken off the active X-Men roster, reassigned to merely teaching
X-Men (2nd series) #163-164
considers leaving the school, but decides against it and fully devotes himself to Xavier’s cause
Wolverine (3rd series) #25
killed by a brainwashed Wolverine
Wolverine (3rd series) #26
resurrected by the Hand and turned into one of their assassins
Wolverine (3rd series) #27-28, 31
defeated by a recovered Wolverine, ends up in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody
X-Men (2nd series) #189-190
busted out by the Children of the Vault, who manipulate him into attacking the X-Men
X-Men Annual (3rd series) #1
virtual reality device is supposed to re-program his memory, briefly experiences a mind-meld with Aurora; apparently fully cured of the Hand’s brainwashing
Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #508
founds Team Northstar with Kyle and Jeanne-Marie
Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #509
rejoins the X-Men in San Francisco
Nation X #2
continues his relationship with Kyle
Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #530
forms ad hoc X-Men with Dazzler when Utopia quarantined
Chaos War: Alpha Flight #1
reunites Alpha Flight with resurrected members
Alpha Flight (4th series) #2-8
aided Alpha Flight against Unity
Astonishing X-Men (3rd series) #48
begins assisting Jean Grey School X-Men
Astonishing X-Men (3rd series) #50
proposes to Kyle
Astonishing X-Men (3rd series) #51
marriage in Central Park
Astonishing X-Men (3rd series) #68
settles dual citizenship
Amazing X-Men (2nd series) #13
mends fences with Nightcrawler
Uncanny X-Men (5th series) #1
joins with X-Men in wake of mutant vaccine
X-Factor (4th series) #1
forms X-Factor Investigations in light of Aurora’s death
X-Men: the Trial of Magneto #5
learns his adopted daughter Joanne has entered Cerebro's resurrection queue