- —Chinook[src]
History
Origin[]
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[]
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
Powers
None, Hume is a depowered mutant.
Weaknesses
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]
See Also
- 48 appearance(s) of Colin Hume (Earth-616)
- 5 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Colin Hume (Earth-616)
- 2 minor appearance(s) of Colin Hume (Earth-616)
- 1 mention(s) of Colin Hume (Earth-616)
- 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Colin Hume (Earth-616)
- 25 image(s) of Colin Hume (Earth-616)
- 2 quotation(s) by or about Colin Hume (Earth-616)
Links and References
- Colin Hume on Marvel.com
- Colin Hume on Wikipedia.org
- Marvel Encyclopedia Vol 2: X-Men
References
- ↑ All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #12
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #2
- ↑ Alpha Flight #124
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Alpha Flight #95
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Thunderbolts #43
- ↑ New Avengers #18
- ↑ Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #2
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #13
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #13
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 13