  northstar (jean-paul beaubier) is a fictional character, a superhero who appears in comic books published by marvel comics. he is the twin brother of aurora. through his mutation, northstar gains superhuman powers, which he uses for the betterment of society. although originally a member of alpha flight, a fictional team of canadian superhumans, northstar is later portrayed as a member of the x-men. he is one of the first openly gay superheroes in american comic books, and the first openly gay character to come out in a book published by marvel comics. he married his partner, kyle jinadu, in astonishing x-men #51, published june 27, 2012. ==publication history== ===1979â1994=== northstar debuted in uncanny x-men #120 (april 1979) as part of the canadian government sponsored team alpha flight, who seek to take wolverine of the x-men into custody. in 1983, alpha flight went on to star in its own comic, with northstar as a charter member. in addition to the alpha flight comic and associated annuals, northstar and other members of the team made numerous guest appearances in other titles, particularly uncanny x-men and wolverine. northstar was also featured in miniseries including two x-men and alpha flight series and secret wars ii. creator john byrne was reluctant to produce an initial run of the 1983 alpha flight comic series for lack of developed and compelling characters, which had no back-stories and were created as nothing more than a team to face the x-men. so in order to make the team less two-dimensional and more developed, northstar's
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