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Religion of
Saint Elmo
 

Religion: minor deity CBR Scale: M

Name: Saint Elmo

Other Names: Elmo; Erasmus (maybe); Arctic Avatar; Keeper of the Northern Lights

Classification: hero hero   deity deity  


Publisher(s): Marvel

First Appearance: Alpha Flight Special (vol. 2) #1 (June 1992): "First Flight"

Creators: Scott Lobdell, Simon Furman, Pat Broderick, Bruce Patterson

Number of appearances: 1

Teams/Affiliations: First Flight; Alpha Flight

Gender: male

Note: god of the Northern Lights

Saint Elmo has been described as the "god of the Northern Lights" and the "patron saint of sailors." He was said to be thousands of years old. He was, however, not entirely immortal. He sacrificed himself in order to prevent the detonation of Egghead's nuclear bomb.


This character is in the following story which has been indexed by this website:
Alpha Flight Special (vol. 2) #1 (June 1992): "First Flight"


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/saintelmoalphaflight.htm
  - http://www.comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=12212
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/saasak.htm
  - http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=51758
  - http://www.comics.org/issue/50616/