James Hudson (Earth-616)

James MacDonald Hudson, also known as Guardian, was born in Ontario, Canada. He is the youngest of three children fathered by Frederick Hudson, Jr., each with a different mother. Frederick died in a bar fight at age 30.

In his adult life, James worked for the Am-Can Oil Corporation and developed his suit to help search for oil deposits underground. However, after hearing it was intended to be used as a weapon by Am-Can Oil and specifically for his boss Jerome Jaxon, he resigned. Secretly, he left with the suit's helmet, making the suit unusable. A young secretary named Heather McNeil followed him, explaining that she agreed with his decisions and that they could seek help from the Canadian government. They admitted they both had developed a strong attraction to one another and soon married.

In order to avoid prosecution for the theft of the super-suit, James made arrangements with the Canadian Parliament. The Minister of Defense assigned James to head up the Ministry's research and development program known as Department H.

Powers
Many of Guardian's powers originally came from his Guardian battle-suit; however, he was later converted into a cyborg and those powers became a part of him.

Guardian Battle-Suit: Guardian's powers originally came from his suit and later from his cyborg conversion. The suit enables the following:
 * Flight: Guardian is able to fly at supersonic speeds.
 * Superhuman Strength: Guardian is able to lift approximately 3.5 tons.
 * Superhuman Speed: He can let gravity propel the suit westward at high speeds. Visually, this ability is easily confused with teleportation and/or cloaking. It is most effective when used near the Earth's magnetic poles.
 * Superhuman Durability: Guardian possesses durable body armor.
 * Force Field Generation: A protective force field is automatically triggered if the gravity ability is used.
 * Light Generation: Guardian can produce flares.
 * Echolocation: Guardian can generate ultrasound to detect objects and measure distances.
 * Energy Blasts: Guardian can project concussive electromagnetic beams. These were originally designed to allow the wearer of the suit to bore through rock.
 * Electromagnetism Manipulation: Guardian can control electromagnetism for 'dispersal beams', electrostatic charges, and other effects.
 * Gravity Manipulation: Guardian can lift objects via graviton beam.
 * Plasma Manipulation: Guardian has the limited ability to generate and control plasma, often in the form of a funnel or vortex.
 * Cyberpathy: Guardian's mind is computer-like and can access or block neural frequencies.

Abilities
Engineering: Guardian is an accomplished inventor and engineer.

Hand-to-Hand Combat: He is a good hand-to-hand combatant.

Affiliation

 * Royal Canadian Mounted Police
 * Alpha Flight
 * Alpha Flight (Space Program)
 * Department H (formerly)
 * Omega Flight (formerly)
 * Flight (formerly)
 * Headbangers (formerly)
 * Gamma Flight (formerly)