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Quote1 Chinook is a type of wind not a-- It doesn't matter. I tried to get out of it. I did. But I still wanted to... leave something behind. Thought I'd make art. Touch people with beauty. But there was something about my time as Wind-Shear. The look on the faces of people when I arrived. The feeling of being... bigger. I did... questionable things while I worked for Roxxon. But that didn't matter when I put on the mask. That "silly costume" makes me a symbol, not a man. Those "bright colors" can't be stained by past mistakes and regret. Those colors are a symbol, X-23, for the most uncomplicated, most untainted elements of what truly lies in our souls. In an age of mistrust and divisiveness, we need a few things that are just bloody simple and pure. Quote2
Chinook[src]

History

Origin[]

Colin Hume (Earth-616) from Alpha Flight Vol 1 105 001

Roxxon employee

Colin grew up mostly in Canada, but moved to England with his step-father and mother in his pre-teens. He discovered his mutant powers as a teenager when he was attacked. He subconsciously used his powers to make the gym bag he was carrying have the weight of a brick and used that to subdue his attackers.[3] He later served with the Canadian Armed Forces[2] before eventually coming to be a Roxxon super-powered employee.[4]

Alpha Flight[]

Colin Hume (Earth-616) from Alpha Flight Vol 1 124 001

Member of Alpha Flight

Ashamed of the villainous deeds he was forced to perform as a special operative for Roxxon Oil, Windshear quit and became an official member of Alpha Flight.[4] He served as an administrator and adviser to Beta Flight. During his time with Alpha Flight, Windshear gradually became more comfortable with the role of a superhero.

When the Canadian government disbanded Alpha Flight, Windshear retired from the superhero life and returned to his home in England, where he set up a curio shop that sold high-priced objects, created with his mutant power, that were only visible under special lighting.[5]

M-Day[]

Hume was later revealed to be depowered.[6]

Leukemia and Chinook[]

After being diagnosed with leukemia, Colin decided that being a sculptor wasn't for him anymore, he missed the life he lived as an adventurer and the feeling he got by helping people. Calling himself Chinook, Colin rescued X-23 after she got caught up in a gang fight at a club owned by the Pink Pearl in Toronto.

Taking her back to his place to recover, he explained to her why he still did it after everything he had been through: that the suit makes him a symbol, not just a man, and the bright colors can't be stained by past mistakes and regrets. He reminded her of Logan, so X-23 decided to help Colin by taking out Pink Pearl at her hideout.[7]

Attributes

Power Grid[10]
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Powers

None, Hume is a depowered mutant.

Weaknesses

The weakness of Hume's mutation power is that he would be hit with psionic backlash if his constructs were destroyed.[8]

Paraphernalia

Equipment

  • Battlesuit: As Windshear, Hume wore a battlesuit developed for him by Roxxon Oil technicians to fully harness his power. The suit also contained a communications and sensor array. Later, his armor was modified by Alpha Flight when they all wore identical red costumes as a team. The armor also has a retractable protective tinted acrylic glass/plexiglass faceplate and a radio communicator built into the helmet.
    • Flight: Windshear's armor has electrically powered Turbojets built into the armor enable Windshear to better control his projection of "hard-air" molecules from his gauntlets and propulsive force from his boots and allows him to fly at subsonic speeds[8], later, his armor was modified when he joined Alpha Flight and was capable of reaching Mach 1.
    • Superhuman Strength: The battle-suit also increased his strength.[8]
    • Superhuman Durability: The battle-suit gave him increased protection from injury.[8]

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References

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