Marvel комиксінің қаһарманы - «Қорған» (Guardian)

Fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics

Guardian (James Hudson; also known as Weapon Alpha or Vindicator) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by John Byrne, the character made his first appearance in The Uncanny X Men #109 (February 1978) which was co plotted by Byrne and his long time collaborator Chris Claremont. The character is a founding member and leader of Alpha Flight. He was designed to be the Canadian equivalent of Captain America, hence his costume markings are modeled after the Canadian flag. Guardian is often confused with Captain Canuck, another Canadian themed superhero with similar costume and superpowers. As Vindicator, the character appears in X Men: The Animated Series, voiced by Barry Flatman.

Guardian was a fan character, created by John Byrne years before he did any professional work in comics. He was originally called "the Canadian Shield", after the rock formation, but when Byrne introduced the character in X Men, this name was rejected by publisher Marvel Comics because of their prominent fictional organization named S. H. I. E. L. D. Byrne then suggested "Guardian", but this was also rejected due to the numerous extant Marvel characters under that name, so X Men scripter Chris Claremont came up with Weapon Alpha and later Vindicator. Byrne disliked both these names, He is a leading petrochemical engineer and scientist for the Am Can Corporation developing a powered exoskeleton suit. When he learns that his work will be used for American military purposes, Hudson raids his workplace, steals the prototype suit and destroys the plans. He leaves the suit to be recovered (albeit without the vital control helmet, which he built before coming to the company) and fully expects to be sued and arrested for his actions. However, Hudson's girlfriend, Heather MacNeil, uses political connections in the Canadian government to persuade Am Can to waive the charges against him. As a result, Department H is formed, a secret branch of the Canadian Department of National Defence, and Hudson is named as head of operations. Inspired by the debut of the Fantastic Four, James Hudson planned to create a superhero team for Canada. He started out with a prototype superhero team called the Flight which had Wolverine as one of its members. Following his prototype team the Flight, Hudson forms Alpha Flight as a superhero team for the Canadian government and develops his exoskeleton into a battle suit. As Weapon Alpha, Hudson sought to capture Wolverine, who had left Canada and joined the X Men. He accidentally injured Moira MacTaggert in the process. After that mission failed, he made no further attempts to forcibly return Wolverine to Canada. With the cancellation of Department H and its funding, Alpha Flight is temporarily disbanded. Hudson laments this for a time, but then is called to action by the arrival of the Great Beast Tundra. He sets out alone, but Heather takes it upon herself to summon the rest of Alpha Flight, plus two recently "gold striped" members. The team defeats Tundra, and then summarily decides to reform, albeit without direct Government support. Hudson and Alpha Flight retain their security clearances and status as RCMP Auxiliaries. They have a series of adventures, both as a team and as individuals. Early on, Hudson expresses a lack of confidence in himself, but he slowly gains some over time. For example, his initial reaction to the imposing creature the Wendigo has him expressing fear. Nevertheless, he confronts the creature "like a super hero borne." Though Hudson and his wife initially struggle as any Canadian middle class couple do, he is soon offered a plum job with the large corporation Roxxon in New York City. Relocated to New York, Hudson is almost immediately trapped and set upon by an evil incarnation of Omega Flight and an old foe: his old boss from Am Can, Jerry Jaxon. The battle is soon joined by the rest of Alpha Flight, though it does not end well for Hudson. Although seemingly killed when his battle suit explodes due to the strain of energizing a multiple teleportation matrix system (thanks to Jaxon), he is in fact transported to Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. There he meets an alien race known as the Q`wrrlln. In their attempts to heal Hudson, the Q`wrrlln integrate his battle suit into his body, fusing it to his biological and nervous systems. This is originally posed as a ruse by Delphine Courtney to confuse and deceive Heather Hudson and the surviving members of Alpha Flight. Hudson eventually returns to Earth and takes the name Vindicator, leaving the title of "Guardian" (and position of leadership) with his wife, Heather. Again, Hudson's time with the team is cut short when the Q'wrrlln summon him (and a select group of heroes) to protect their planet against Galactus. As before, Hudson seemingly perishes when his suit detonates while transporting the heroes back home. However, during the explosion Hudson is transported to an alternate dimension. After some time, he eventually returns to Earth. While again working for Department H, Hudson becomes caught up in the plans of its new director, General Jeremy Clarke. Scientists working for Clarke clone Hudson, steal his memories, and attempt to shoot his body into outer space. The plan does not succeed, though, as Hudson crash lands in Antarctica. A seemingly de aged Hudson reappears to the members of Alpha Flight. This is in fact the clone created by Department H. The original Hudson is eventually found by Sasquatch in Antarctica. After his return he once again becomes team leader while the clone becomes leader of Beta Flight. Later, both Hudsons are captured by AIM, and the clone is killed in the escape. Along with several other members of Alpha Flight, Hudson attempts to return a clutch of Plodex eggs to their homeworld. However, an accident brings temporal copies of most of the original Alpha Flight from a time before Hudson's first "death" to the present. This group, including James Hudson, takes up the role of Alpha Flight while the original ones are helping to rebuild the Plodex homeworld. Alpha Flight (Sasquatch, Major Mapleleaf II, Puck Jr., Guardian, Vindicator, Shaman, and Puck) is brutally attacked by The Collective, resulting in the deaths of Guardian, Vindicator, Shaman, and Puck. Their bodies are left in the Yukon Territory as the Collective continues on to the United States. The Guardian suit was worn by Michael Pointer during his run in Omega Flight before joining Norman Osborn's Dark X Men as Weapon Omega. During the Chaos War storyline, Guardian (alongside Vindicator, Shaman, and Marrina Smallwood) are among the heroes that return from the dead following what happened to the death realms. He reunites Alpha Flight to fight the Great Beasts. James Hudson remains among the living after the defeat of the Chaos King. In the pages of the "Ravencroft" miniseries, James is seen as a member of J. A. N. U. S.

On Earth 3240, where the Cold War never ended, Guardian was Heather Hudson's second husband. Her previous husband was Logan, whom she had killed while under the control of Weapon X. This Guardian has much the same powers as the Earth 616 Guardian.

On Earth 2149, a zombified Guardian can be seen attacking the X Men alongside zombified versions of Alpha Flight. He is killed when Magneto scalps him with a metal blade. His body can later be seen being examined by Reed Richards on the S. H. I. E. L. D. Helicarrier.

On Earth 1610, the Ultimate Universe version of Hudson is a non powered Gulf war veteran and sheriff of Port St. Lucie, Florida, and was acquainted with Wolverine, who also introduced him to his wife Heather. Wolverine entrusted him with raising his son from Magda a. k. a. "The Witch of Wundagore". Hudson named him James Hudson Jr. (which later became James Howlett, after James discovered his true father). James eventually manifested a healing factor and claws in Ultimate Comics: X.

Derek Morgan was a mutant who can assume an avian form with prehensile wings, sharp talons, enhanced sight, super strength, enhanced durability, and a healing factor.

Hudson as Vindicator appears in X Men: The Animated Series, voiced by Barry Flatman. This version conspired with the head of Alpha Flight to force Wolverine to return Canada so they can experiment on him and research how he was able to survive the adamantium bonding process, regardless of the possibility of killing him. He felt heavily betrayed by Wolverine leaving Alpha Flight and used that as justification for his actions. When Wolverine fought Vindicator, he chose to spare him due to his love for Vindicator's wife Heather. However, he threatened that, if he or Alpha Flight came after him again, all bets were off. On February 23, 2022, Luke Cage showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker confirmed that the death of antagonist Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the episode "Manifest" was based on that of Guardian in Alpha Flight #12.

Guardian appears as a non playable character (NPC) in X Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, voiced by Jim Ward. Guardian appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online. Guardian appears as a playable character in Marvel Contest of Champions.

In 2008, Hasbro released an action figure of Guardian in its Walmart exclusive Marvel Legends line. In 2019, Hasbro released another Marvel Legends figure of Guardian alongside the Wendigo.