GRANDFATHER
TWOYOUNGMEN
Real
Name: (First
name unrevealed) Twoyoungmen
Identity/Class: Ghost;
formerly human magic user
Occupation: Mystic
Group
Membership: None
Affiliations: Shaman (Michael
Twoyoungmen)
Enemies: None known
Known
Relatives: (First
name unrevealed) Twoyoungmen
(son, deceased), Michael Twoyoungmen (Shaman, grandson), Elizabeth
Twoyoungmen
(Talisman, great-granddaughter), Katheryn Twoyoungmen
(granddaughter-in-law)
Aliases: "Old
Father"
Base
of Operations: The Sarcee
Reserve, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada
First
Appearance: (skull
seen): Alpha Flight I#1
(August, 1983); (fully seen): Alpha Flight I#5 (December, 1983)
Powers/Abilities: Grandfather
Twoyoungmen had
unspecified mystic abilities native to a Sarcee mystic. After his
death, his
skull emitted a mystic warning of danger that Shaman could sense
whenever a
threat was looming. He later took on a ghostly form that appeared before
his grandson, Michael.
History:
(Alpha
Flight
I#5/2 (fb)) - Grandfather Twoyoungmen was
visited by his grandson, Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen, who announced that he
was
turning his back on the old mystic ways of the Sarcee. Grandfather
tried to
remind Michael that he could deny his own heritage and that Michael's
path was
pre-ordained. Michael shrugged off the attempts to dissuade him,
explaining to
Grandfather that the present day was an age of science and that he was
a doctor
with a wife and child. Michael then asked Grandfather if he would have
Michael
sacrifice all of those things for something that Grandfather alone
believed, to
which Grandfather replied that Michael must, as the ancient Sarcee
knowledge
had to be passed from blood to blood. Michael quickly reminded
Grandfather that
Michael's father had died, freeing Michael of his bond to Grandfather
and the
old ways. He then said goodbye to Grandfather as Grandfather spoke that
Michael
knew what he was turning away from. Grandfather then proclaimed that
the white
man's ways had clouded Michael's wisdom and that a time of great
testing way
ahead. Grandfather Twoyoungmen later passed away on the same day that
Michael's
wife Katheryn died.
(Alpha Flight I#1) - When the Great Beast Tundra's arrival on the Earthly plane loomed, Michael (now known as Alpha Flight's Shaman) sensed an approaching danger. Hearing Grandfather's voice, Michael took a box down from his office shelf and opened it, revealing Grandfather Twoyoungmen's skull. Mystically speaking to the skull, Michael bade the skull to speak to him and explained that he awaited the words of his grandfather.
(Alpha
Flight I#31) - Michael Twoyoungmen arrived at the cabin he had spent
several years at and found his Grandfather's skull. His Grandfather's
voice spoke of Michael's rejection of his mystical heritage fueled by
personal doubts. The spirit of his Grandfather then appeared and
Michael declared that he now sought to reclaim his powers. Grandfather
next made them all vanish.
(Alpha Flight I#34) - Now in the barren lands, near the ancient Sarcee shaman cairns, the ghostly form of Grandfather attended his grandson Michael, showing the path where he would be tested in reclaiming his powers.
(Alpha Flight I#35) - Grandfather's ghost told Michael that animal spirits would appear to test him on his spirit journey. Later, once Michael had completed his initial spirit journey, Grandfather passed the sacred relics of the eagle crest and caribou cloak that allowed Michael to reclaim his magical powers. Grandfather told him that his last test was to avenge his ancestors against the Vikings who once stole the ancient artifacts.
Comments: Created by John
Byrne (writer & artist).
Grandfather called Michael the 40th in a long line of Sarcee mystics, marking himself as the 38th in that line.
Grandfather
Twoyoungmen's first
name was never revealed.
The images show him sitting in front of a fire, hence the yellow glow.
Thanks to Grendel Prime for adding the AF#31, 34 & 35 appearances.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Grandfather Twoyoungmen has no known connections to
- any other "Twoyoungmen" or
"Grandfather" characters
images: (without ads)
Alpha Flight I#5, p18, pan1 (main image)
Alpha Flight I#5, p19, pan1 (headshot)
Appearances:
Alpha Flight I#1 (August, 1983) - John Byrne (writer, art), Denny
O’Neil
(editor)
Alpha Flight I#5 (December, 1983) - John Byrne (writer, art), Denny
O’Neil
(editor)
Alpha Flight I#31 (February, 1986) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Mike Mignola (pencils), Gerry Talaoc (inks), Carl Potts (editor)
Alpha Flight I#34 (May, 1986) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Sal Buscema
(pencils), Gerry Talaoc (inks), Carl Potts (editor)
Alpha Flight I#35 (June, 1986) - Bill Mantlo (writer), David Ross
(pencils), Gerry Talaoc (inks), Carl Potts (editor)
First Posted:
12/08/2012
Last
updated: 12/08/2012
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Additions/Corrections? please
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