Windshear (comics)

Windshear
Art By Pat Broderick
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Alpha Flight vol. 1 #87
Created by	Fabian Nicieza Michael Bair
In-story information
Alter ego	Colin Ashworth Hume
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Alpha Flight Beta Flight Roxxon Oil
Abilities	Depowered, formerly: Hard Air Manipulation, Flight

Windshear (Colin Ashworth Hume) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe.

Colin Ashworth Hume was born Toronto, Ontario, Canada; he moved with his family to Great Britain when he was five years old, and grew up in England as a Canadian expatriate. He found work as a special operative, using his mutant powers for the superhuman division of Roxxon Oil Corp's United Kingdom branch, where he was given a suit of armor.

When Hume was unable to defeat a machine-creature at Roxxon's Denver Energy Research station, Roxxon called in Madison Jeffries, at the time known as Box who was aided by Diamond Lil. Windshear, Box, and Diamond Lil encountered the "Muir Island X-Men", and recruited Forge to help battle the machine-creature; with Forge, Windshear discovered James MacDonald Hudson at the core of the machine-creature. Hume, upset over the truth of Roxxon's practices, quit Roxxon Oil and returned to Canada with the members of Alpha Flight, and he was soon accepted onto the team of adventurers as a probationary member.

Alongside Alpha Flight, the Thing, and Human Torch, Windshear battled the Fantastic Four and Alpha Flight members controlled by Headlok. Before long, his background as a Canadian citizen was revealed, and he was elected to full membership in Alpha Flight. He and Alpha Flight battled an oil spill and tanker fire. He and the team defended Kismet against the Consortium; this was his first encounter with the Avengers, Nova (Frankie Raye), and Galactus. Windshear was then appointed the Chief Administrator of Alpha Flight. He even becomes a mentor for Beta Flight. Windshear is one of the many superheroes who travels to alternate dimensions in the Infinity War crossover. He also participates in the Infinity Crusade. He is one of the mind-controlled lackeys of the Goddess. He and his brainwashed allies travel out to confront his former friends when their escape pods land all around the Goddess' citadel. He is defeated by the Vision, who phases his hand partway through his body. This causes intense pain and Windshear blacks out.