HEATHER HUDSON

 

VINDICATOR II

Real Name: Heather MacNeil Hudson

First Appearance: The Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 1) #139, November 1980

Powers: Heather MacNeil Hudson wore an armor suit virtually identical to that of her husband, James MacDonald Hudson (aka Guardian I). As Guardian II, her suit possessed a few additional features added like an ultrasonic burst to disorient her opponents or scramble mechanical systems, and a flare effect to summon aid or blind targets.

Following her husband's second disappearance, Heather was given a new body suit and joined Alpha Flight as Vindicator II. Her suit was based on some of the same principles as the original suit: It enhanced the user's strength and reflexes, enabled Mach 1 flight, and a force field. The offensive focus of this suit was geothermal, though, not electromagnetic. She could now sense heat fluctuations in her environment, as well as sudden geological activity. The costume used geothermal super-heating effects to help project high-temperature flames, steaming streams of vapor, or volatile plasma bursts. Vindicator could also manipulate tectonic plates to trigger earthquakes, seismic upheavals, or summon forth volcanic activity.

Heather MacNeil Hudson is a master combat strategist.