Vindicator (comics)
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Partnerships | Guardian |
Notable aliases | Guardian Nemesis |
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Vindicator (Heather MacNeil Hudson) is a
Publication history
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Heather Hudson first appeared in
Fictional character biography
Heather was born in
Heather supported her husband in the forming of Department H and his becoming a superhero. She also assisted Wolverine in a time of trouble before his career with the X-Men, and was later reunited with him.[4]
After Department H is dissolved, Heather brought the members of the disbanded Alpha Flight together to battle
Heather is asked by the members of
Eventually, these dangerous encounters led to Heather adopting a copy of her husband's battle-suit.[13] Through extensive training by Wolverine, Heather is able to hold her own in a battle.[14] Heather teamed with Wolverine against Lady Deathstrike, and took the name Vindicator.[15] She became stranded in the Savage Land, and formed the mutated natives into a team called Alpha Prime.[16] Some time later, Heather was forced to defend Alpha Flight in a Parliamentary hearing.[17]
Eventually her husband returns and her suit is altered to manipulate geothermal forces and she takes the name Guardian.[18] Soon after that, she battled the Fantastic Four.[19]
Heather and James have a baby (an as-yet-unnamed girl) and travel with their child and several other members of Alpha Flight to return a clutch of Plodex eggs to their homeworld. In addition, an accident brings temporal copies of most of the original Alpha Flight – from a time before her husband's "death" – to the present. This group includes a copy of Heather. While she is not a member, this "new" group is active as Alpha Flight while the originals are helping to rebuild the Plodex homeworld.
Alpha Flight (the team consisting of
During the
During the
Heather and Claire spend months on the run until Guardian, who never lost track of them, reluctantly follows orders to bring them to Department H on the condition that Heather and Claire would remain unharmed and safe. Through the use of virtual reality and neuro-stimulants, Guardian tricks Heather into believing she is being rescued by mercenaries and taken to a safehouse in British Columbia, when in reality was being taken to a prison and subjected to more mental brainwashing to trust Department H again.[28]
During the "
Powers and abilities
Formerly, Vindicator wore the Guardian suit that her husband currently wears. Currently Heather's suit, which she first employed in Alpha Flight vol. 2, taps into a different source for its power. Instead of manipulating electromagnetic energies, this suit allows its wearer to control geothermal energy, allowing Heather to melt rock and manipulate the resulting lava, create jets of lava, create both hot and cold jets of water, including jets of steam and cooling sprays of water. The suit can absorb heat into its power cells, provides its wearer with a personal force field, and enables feats of super-strength and super-speed.
Heather is a master combat strategist, and received training in hand-to-hand combat from
While as Nemesis, Heather wields the mystical sword Scell, granting her ability to teleport herself and others[32] and superhuman durability, protecting her from serious injuries.[33] However, using Scell's abilities without taking a life drains Heather of her life-force. Due to Scell requiring the life-force of its victims to sustain itself, Heather's lack of victims with Scell causes the sword to drain her of her own life-force whenever she uses its teleportation abilities, worsening depending on the distance traveled and the number of people being teleported. As Heather's predecessors were undead and able to bypass Scell's requirement, Heather's continued use would result in her death.[34]
Other versions
Exiles
A
Ultimate Marvel
In the series of
The Vindicator name was used by John Wraith.[38]
In other media
Television
- Heather Hudson appears in the X-Men episode "Repo Man", voiced by Rebecca Jenkins.[39]
Video games
- Heather Hudson as Vindicator appears in X-Men Legends II,[40] voiced by Marsha Clark.
Notes
- ^ As revealed in Alpha Flight #3.
References
- ^ Alpha Flight (vol. 4) #3
- ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
- ^ revealed in Alpha Flight #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^ The Uncanny X-Men #139. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #12. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #14. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #17. Marvel Comics.
- ^ X-Men and Alpha Flight #1-2. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #25. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #30. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #31. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #32. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #33. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #34. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight Annual #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #61. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #90. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight #93. Marvel Comics.
- ^ The New Avengers #16, Marvel Comics.
- ^ The New Avengers #16. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Chaos War: Alpha Flight #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 4 #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 4 #2. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 4 #4. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 4 #7. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 4 #8. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight: The True North #1. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 5 #4 (2023). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 5 #3 (2023). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 5 #5 (2023). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 5 #1 (2023)
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 5 #4 (2023)
- ^ Alpha Flight vol. 5 #4 (2023)
- ^ Exiles #10
- ^ Exiles #33
- ^ Ultimate Comics: X #1
- ^ Ultimate X-Men #94
- ^ "Rebecca Jenkins". IMDb.
- ^ "IGN: X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Preview". Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
External links
- Vindicator (Heather Hudson) at the Marvel Universe
- Vindicator at AlphaFlight.Net