Melody Guthrie

Melody Guthrie is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Origin

Melody Guthrie was the younger sister of Cannonball, Husk, and Icarus. Her father dies early in her life due to black lung. Melody was seen primarily living at her family's Kentucky-based farm. She saw her siblings develop powers one by one with her brother Sam being the first, followed by her sister Paige. Husk came to the attention of the alien entities known as the Phalanx who came to the farm for her thus endangering the lives of the entire family. This led to Paige being kidnapped and the destruction of the family home. Much later, her brother Josh Guthrie manifested his wings during a music festival resulting in chaos as it drew all the Guthries into a brutal feud with another family. Melody then developed the ability to produce an aura which allows her to fly. After this manifestation, she becomes known as Aero. She then joined Xavier's team as a student during a time when Cannonball was one of the supporting staff. At one point, he rebuked her for showing off in front of a helicopter news crew.

Due to the effects of Scarlet Witch going insane, a majority of Earth's mutants lose their powers. Aero and her brother Jeb both lost their powers following the events of M-Day. She did not quite understand how this affects her. In an attempt to prove to one of her teachers, Emma Frost, that she still has her powers, she leapt off of a roof. Fortunately, another teacher, Hank McCoy was able to save her from injury. Melody moved back home with her mother, Lucinda, and her other siblings. She's later seen in an astral projection caused by Emma Frost during a confrontation with Ms. Marvel. She was last seen with her mother, who was receiving a call from Emma Frost concerning the death of her brother. Joshua Guthrie had been slain during a murderous attack on Xavier's by the Purifiers.

House of X

Following the establishment of the nation of Krakoa, Mutants from around the world flocked to the living island to be their homeland. Among them included Melody who stayed with her sibling Mutants that resided there. However, she still lacked her powers but came to be accepted into the Crucible. This was a new ritual created by Mutants whereby those of their kind that were 'broken' fought in a brutal arena to prove their worth. These fights saw them die and be reborn in a new copy of their body with their powers restored to them. Melody willingly fought in the match where she battled Apocalypse and died with her being reborn. This saw her powers restored to her and she thanked Apocalypse as she showed her restored abilities to the Mutants on the island. (X-Men v5 #7)

Notes

• Aero was created by Chris Claremont, Jackson Guice and Kyle Baker where she made her first appearance in New Mutants v1 #42 (August, 1986).

Appearances

• New Mutants v1: (1986)
• X-Men v5: (2020)

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