Flex (real name Adrian Corbo) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a former member of the superhero team Alpha Flight. He first appeared in Alpha Flight: In The Beginning, and first appeared as Flex in Alpha Flight volume 2 #1 (both published in 1998). A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Superman (left) and Batman, two of the most recognizable and influential superheroes. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Marvel Universe is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place. ... Cover to Alpha Flight #1. ...

Adrian and his older half-brother Jared (later codenamed Radius) were raised in the Hull House orphanage, which was actually a facility operated by the Canadian government's secretive Department H. While Adrian became shy, reserved and bookish, Jared became athletically inclined, aggressive, and arrogant. Both brothers manifested mutant powers after puberty: Adrian gained the ability to transform parts of his body into blades, while Jared manifested a personal force field that could not be shut down. The brothers were recruited into a new incarnation of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight. // Marvel Comics In Marvel comic books, particularly those of the X-Men franchise, a mutant is a human being who is born with genetic modifications that allow for abilities not possessed by regular humans. ...

They assisted the new Alpha Flight in battling several foes, including the Zodiac, the Brass Bishop, and Departent H's own power-mad leader, Jeremy Clarke, who died of radiation poisoning during a Zodiac raid on the Department H headquarters. Their Alpha Flight team fought several members of the original Flight and later teamed up with them to defeat a new Weapon X, who had been created by a rogue Department H scientist. Both groups of Alphans merged into a unified Alpha Flight following this adventure. The Corbo brothers and several other members of the new team were later reasigned to Alpha Flight's trainee team, Beta Flight. The Zodiac is a fictional criminal cartel in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Weapon X was a fictional clandestine government project in the Marvel Universe conducted by the Canadian Governments Department K (and secretly funded by the US government) which turns willing and unwilling beings into living weapons. ... Beta Flight Along with Gamma flight,Beta flight is one of the minor leagues of Alpha flight it includes: Madison jeffries Wild child Windshear Flex Marrina Radius Nemesis and more Eventually if a member from Beta flight proves himeself worthy of alpha flight they will get promoted to the team. ...

Flex is a mutant who can transform his limbs into massive, razor-sharp organic metal blades. It may be possible that he can transform his entire body into this substance. // Marvel Comics In Marvel comic books, particularly those of the X-Men franchise, a mutant is a human being who is born with genetic modifications that allow for abilities not possessed by regular humans. ...

It was suggested that Hull House was a facility that collected the children of other superhumans. It was suggested that Jared's father was Unus the Untouchable; Adrian's father was never confirmed, although writer Steven Seagle has suggested that it was actually Wolverine. Unus the Untouchable is a mutant from Marvel Comics. ... Wolverine (Logan, later revealed to have been born James Howlett) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero, and member of the X-Men. ...