WINDSHEAR
Real Name: Colin Ashworth Hume
Group Affiliation: Former member of Alpha Flight, former "mentor" to Beta Flight.
First Appearance: Alpha Flight #87
Creator: Fabian Nicieza & Michael Bair

        Colin Ashworth Hume was born in Canada, but moved to England at an early age. After discovering his mutant abilities Hume got a job as a special operative for Roxxon Oil. In this capacity he encountered Alpha Flight members Madison Jeffries and Lillian Crawly. Jeffries succeeded in bringing Roxxon prisoner James Hudson out of his comatose state. Colin, ashamed of whom he was working for, accompanied the three back to Canada. When Alpha Flight reorganized after the Sorcerer affair, Hume was made part of the team.

        During his time with Alpha Flight Colin gradually became more comfortable with the role of super-hero. He aided the team by using his Roxxon experience as chief administrator. He also became a mentor to the secondary team of adventurers called Beta Flight. [Heh heh heh. I still get a kick out of 'Shear being mentor to Beta... when pretty much all of them had more experience at the hero game then he did at the time. :-) - C]

        Hume retired from super-heroics after Alpha Flight was disbanded following the Joshua Lord incident. It has also been reported that he was one of the mutants depowered during M-Day. This has presumably robbed Hume of his livelihood, as he was living in London, England, making a living by selling objects made of "hard air." (Hume had honed his powers to the point where he could create permanent objects using his ability.) The hard air objects that still exist can be made visible using special lighting, and command a high price

        Windshear had the ability to create "hard air". The ability had a large number of potential applications, from the obvious (shields, "force blasts") to the subtle. [Like using it to turn the air in a gymbag solid, and then using the bag as a bludgeon. - C] He could also turn liquids "solid," although he rarely did so. Hume's powers were capable of killing the average person in an instant.

        Colin used a set of armor he got from Roxxon as physical protection and a mode of transportation. [The armor could fly. -C] Whether he still possesses the armor is unknown.