PATHWAY
Real Name: Laura Dean
Group Affiliation: Former member of Beta Flight
First Appearance: (Cameo): Alpha Flight #48 (Real): Alpha Flight #53
Creators: Bill Mantlo & Jim Lee

        You know what? Most of Laura's history has already been covered under Goblyn. I think in the interest of bandwidth I'll refer you to her entry.

        There are a few additional matters to clear up, though. Laura Dean was at one point severely wounded by the mutant named Wild Child. Laura slipped into a coma after this incident. The hospital found her next-of-kin, and this led to Alpha Flight meeting Laura's parents. At that time Heather Hudson stated her intention for the team to seek legal guardianship of Laura and Goblyn; whether this was ever followed up is not known.

        Upon waking from her coma Dean accidentally transported herself, Goblyn, Persuasion, Witchfire and her parents to the dimensional backwater where she had banished the Dreamqueen. Upon the group's return from that dimension, and after an adventure vs. the Master, Dean joined Beta Flight as Pathway. Laura has not appeared since that version of Beta was disbanded after Alpha Flight v1 #130.

        Laura Dean is a mutant capable of opening portals to different dimensions. She can also make portals to different locales on Earth, as she did when she sent China Force home. It's not known whether or not her powers survived the M-Day incident.