Aero (comics)

Aero
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New Mutants #42 (1986)
Created by	Chris Claremont Jackson Guice Kyle Baker
In-story information
Alter ego	Melody Guthrie
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Xavier Institute
Abilities	Depowered, formerly: flight

Aero (Melody Guthrie) is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe who first appeared in New Mutants #42.

Fictional character biography

Melody is the younger sister of Cannonball, Husk, and Icarus. Her father dies early in her life due to black lung. Melody is seen in multiple issues of the New Mutants, living at their Kentucky farm, as her brother Cannonball is a featured character in that series. Many stories focus on his home life.

Melody sees her siblings develop powers one by one. Her brother Sam is the first, followed by Paige (aka Husk). Husk comes to the attention of the alien entities known as the Phalanx; they come to the farm, endangering the lives of the entire family, kidnap Paige and destroy the family home. Much later Josh/Icarus manifests his wings during a music festival; the resulting chaos draws all the Guthries into a brutal feud with another family. Melody then develops the ability to produce an aura which allows her to fly. After this manifestation, she becomes known as Aero. She then joins Xavier's team as a student during a time when Cannonball is one of the supporting staff. At one point he rebukes her for showing off in front of a helicopter news crew.

M-Day

Due to the effects of Scarlet Witch going insane in the Marvel crossover event "Decimation", 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 doesn't 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 leaps off of a roof. Fortunately, another teacher, Hank McCoy is able to save her from injury.

Back to Kentucky

Melody moves 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 is receiving a call from Emma Frost concerning the death of her brother. Joshua had been slain during a murderous attack on Xavier's.^[1]

Footnotes

1. ^ Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost (w), Paco Medina (p), Juan Vlasco (i). "Nimrod Part 1" New X-Men vol. 2 28 (September 2006), Marvel Comics