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. He currently lives in London, England, where he makes a living by selling objects made of "hard air." (Hume has honed his powers to the point where he can create permanent objects using his ability.) The objects can be made visible using special lighting, and command a high price
        Hume has recently learned that someone may have turned "hard air" samples that he gave Roxxon into weapons, "hard air" bullets. Whether he will investigate this further remains to be seen.
        Windshear has the ability to create "hard air". He uses it much like the Invisible Girl uses her forcefields. He's done some rather interesting things with it. [Like using it to turn the air in a gymbag solid, and then use the bag as a bludgeon. - C] He can also turn liquids "solid," although he does so not nearly as often. Apparently Hume's ability has nothing to do with temperature changes.
        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.