MX39147 (Earth-616)

Dark Guardian
Name	MX39147
Current Alias	Dark Guardian
Aliases	Delphine Courtney, Guardian, James McDonald Hudson
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Creation of Roxxon Oil/Brand Corporation, assistant to Jerome Jaxon, Omega Flight
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5′9″ (1.75 m)
Weight	175 lbs (79.38 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue as Courtney
Hair	No Hair At All, Black wig, as Courtney
Unusual Features	In her true form, Courtney is a green-hued robot.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Android
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	The Brand Corporation, New York City
Place of Death	West Edmonton Mall
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Occupation	Assistant
Base of Operations	New York City
Creators and Appearances
Creators	John Byrne
First	Alpha Flight #7 (November, 1983)
First	Alpha Flight #7 (November, 1983)
Death	Alpha Flight #28 (July, 1985)
Death	Alpha Flight #28 (July, 1985)

History

Delphine Courtney was actually a robot MX39147, a highly advanced creation of the Brand Corporation, a subsidiary of Roxxon Oil. She was assigned to Roxxon's executive vice-president Jerome Jaxon as his assistant, though Jaxon did not know Courtney was not human.

Jaxon held a grudge against the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight and its leader James MacDonald Hudson, and on Jaxon's behalf, Courtney recruited a team of Alpha Flight's former trainees as Omega Flight to oppose them.

Jaxon lured Hudson to New York, where he had Omega Flight make their move against him and his team. Meanwhile, Courtney kidnapped Hudson's wife Heather and held her hostage while Omega Flight fought Alpha Flight. When Heather fought back, she scratched Courtney's face and to her shock, revealed the robotic form underneath. Although Omega Flight were defeated, Courtney escaped.

Courtney rebuilt herself into a male humanoid form and created a duplicate of Guardian's battlesuit. Wearing fake skin and hair that disguised her as James McDonald Hudson, Courtney convinced Heather and the rest of Alpha Flight that she was Hudson. As Hudson, Courtney set up a trap for Alpha Flight with the surviving members of Omega Flight at the West Edmonton Mall. When Courtney tried to release Smart Alec from Shaman's Medicine Pouch, she inadvertently released out-of-control mystical forces. Omega Flight were confronted by Alpha Flight's ally Madison Jeffries, who destroyed Courtney.

Courtney's Guardian battlesuit was salvaged and later used by Heather Hudson as Vindicator.

Attributes

Powers

• Robotic Body: As a robot Delphine has several superhuman abilities.
  • Superhuman Strength: Delphine is superhumanly strong and can lift at least 1000 lbs.
  • Superhuman Durability: Delphine possesses high resistance to physical damage.
  • Superhuman Senses: Delphine's sight and hearing is sharper than a human being's.
  • Vocal Imitation: Delphine can imitate other people's voices.

Abilities

• High Intelligence: Courtney was designed to have the highest level of intelligence her creators could give her, and an open-ended deductive capability its creators likened to intuition.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Guardian's Battle-Suit: Delphine was able to use the remains of the battlesuit of Guardian to duplicate his powers.
  • Flight: The battlesuit allowed Delphine to fly.
  • Energy Projection: The battlesuit could discharge powerful energy blasts.
  • Force Field: With the battlesuit Delphine could create resistant force fields.
• Influencer: Delphine had a device that allowed her to manipulate human emotions.

See Also

• 8 appearance(s) of MX39147 (Earth-616)
• 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of MX39147 (Earth-616)
• 3 minor appearance(s) of MX39147 (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of MX39147 (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of MX39147 (Earth-616)
• 7 image(s) of MX39147 (Earth-616)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about MX39147 (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by MX39147 (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Delphine Courtney at the Marvel Appendix
• Delphine Courtney at Comic Vine