ALEXANDER HILARY
Real
Names: Alexander
Hilary
Identity/Class: Normal human
Occupation: Astronaut
Group
Membership: Starcore
One
crew (Dr.
Peter
Corbeau, Dmitri
(last name unrevealed), Geppi, Talia
Kruma, Col.
Mikhail Kutuzov, others)
Affiliations: Dr.
Stephen Beckley
(Comet Man); Starcore One crew (Dr. Peter Corbeau, Talia Kruma, Col.
Mikhail Kutuzov,
others)
Enemies: None
Known
Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base
of Operations: Starcore
One space station, located
near the Sun
First
Appearance: Avengers
I#102 (August, 1972)
Powers/Abilities: Alexander Hilary possessed
no superhuman powers but was a highly trained astronaut and was
capable of
operating the sophisticated machinery of the Starcore One space station.
History:
(Avengers
I#102) – From aboard the Starcore One sunwatch
station in space, astronauts Alexander Hilary and the Russian Dmitri
noticed
readings of a large moving mass passing dangerously close to the Sun.
Thinking
it could be instrument error, as they had reported in past instances of
such
readings, Dmitri and Hilary looked at the Visi-Scanner and actually
briefly saw
a large moving mass of unidentifiable objects. Unsure of what they had
seen,
Dmitri and Hilary decided to report their findings since the mass
seemed to be
on a direct course towards Earth but they were unsure of what exactly
the mass
was.
(X-Men
I#99) – Still aboard
Starcore One, Colonel Kutuzov reported to Hilary solar flare readings
that were
going off the chart. Hilary ordered Kutuzov to re-calibrate the
instruments
then asked Dmitri what was taking so long with his solar flare
forecasting..
(X-Men:
The Return novel) – Alexander
Hilary and Starcore One crew member Talia Kruma interrupted an argument
between
Col. Kutuzov and Dr. Stephen Beckley with news that an alien ship had
emerged
from behind the Sun and was on a direct course to Earth.
Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, Chris Claremont, Rich Buckler and Joe Sinnott.
Annoyingly,
Hilary's name is spelled two different ways: Hillary (two "l"s) in
Avengers, then Hilary (one "l") in the X-Men issue.
Hilary’s
first name was revealed
in X-Men: The Return, a novel published in 2007.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Alexander Hilary has no known connections to
- Hilary, former secretary of Baron
Strucker @ New Thunderbolts#3
- or any other "Alexander" or "Hilary"
characters
Dmitri has no known connections to:
- Dmitri, Soviet agent circa 1958, oversaw Winter Soldier’s assassination of Sergei Ivanov @ Captain America & Bucky#624
- Dmitri, member of ULTIMATUM @ Captain America I#321
- Dmitri, Russian, formerly worked with Vera to share the power of the Virgin @ Soldier X#3
- Dmitri (of Earth-148611), New Universe scientist at Chernobyl, mutated by radiation @ Amazing Fantasy III#19
- or any other "Dmitri" characters
Starcore One astronauts Alexander Hilary and the Russian Dmitri noticed readings of a large moving mass passing dangerously close to the Sun. Thinking it could be instrument error, Dmitri and Hilary looked at the Visi-Scanner and briefly saw a large moving mass of unidentifiable objects. Unsure of what they had seen, Dmitri and Hilary decided to report their findings. Still aboard Starcore One, Dmitri was asked by Colonel Kutuzov what was taking so long with his solar flare forecasting. Knowing that Dr. Peter Corbeau was on a shuttle headed for Starcore One, Dmitri replied that the forecasts were not looking good at all, and that Dr. Corbeau would be flying through one of the worst solar storms in recorded history.
--Avengers I#102 (X-Men I#99