Fictional character biography Red Guardian

1 fictional character biography

1.1 aleksey lebedev
1.2 alexei shostakov

1.2.1 fictional character biography


1.3 dr. tania belinsky
1.4 josef petkus

1.4.1 publication history
1.4.2 fictional character biography


1.5 krassno granitsky
1.6 anton
1.7 nicolai krylenko

fictional character biography

many people have taken mantle of red guardian:

aleksey lebedev

aleksey lebedev, golden age version of red guardian, first appeared in namor, sub-mariner annual #1. little known of him, fought alongside captain america (william naslund) , sub-mariner @ potsdam conference, in july, 1945. began career during world war ii , met all-winners squad (formerly invaders) on 1 recorded occasion, shortly after war s end. other crusaders of same name, created soviet counterpart captain america. later apparently killed during purges of 1950s, opposing brutal experiments later create successor.

alexei shostakov

alexei alanovich shostakov second version of red guardian, , created roy thomas , john buscema.

fictional character biography

alexei shostakov born in moscow, , husband of natasha romanova. both , wife became agents of soviets: latter became black widow while former became test pilot , kgb agent , trained soviet counterpart captain america red guardian .

alexei shostakov 1 of soviet union s acclaimed pilots. during world war ii on eastern front, shot down large number of luftwaffe fighter planes in aerial battles , credited helping soviet air force win air supremacy on skies of stalingrad , kursk. because of extraordinary skill, shostakov chosen secret , dangerous tests , new aircraft soviet union. included being first pilot test fly mig 15. soviet state controlled news media publicized , other missions of such aerial battles against u.s. air force on mig alley during korean war. result, shostakov decorated hero of soviet union. shostakov successful in private life, having married equally famous ballerina natalie (familiarly known natasha) romanova.

as cold war flared in 1950s, soviet premier nikita khrushchev realized soviet union needed own equivalent captain america. khrushchev chose alexi shostakov on yuri gagarin later become first man in space. kgb faked death , trained him in secret, keeping survival secret natasha. became master of hand-to-hand combat , highly skilled athlete. in addition, carried throwing disc on belt used against opponent. magnetic force returned disc after throwing. disc had yellow hammer , sickle symbol on , costume red star on chest symbolise soviet flag. while black widow became disillusioned kgb masters , defected united states, red guardian remained loyal , became more ruthless , vindictive. red guardian battled avengers chinese ally colonel ling, protect communist chinese secret weapon located @ secret military base @ unrevealed location in people s republic of china, encountering black widow , captain america (steve rogers). when black widow noticed familiar him, revealed identity her. shot , mortally wounded minutes later colonel ling while saving lives of black widow , captain america. buried under molten lava when laser blast caused eruption of long-dormant volcano.

some time later, life model decoy patterned after shostakov. destroyed in first battle black widow.

shostakov later revealed alive , had risen high in power within bulgaria ronin. became responsible plot capture natasha , try former wife crimes soviet super soldier. natasha foiled plan of daredevil , avengers.

dr. tania belinsky

dr. tania belinsky, neurosurgeon ussr, later adopted costumed identity of red guardian , joined defenders. created steve gerber , sal buscema, first appeared in defenders #35 (may 1976).

josef petkus

publication history

red guardian first appeared in captain america #352-353 (april–may 1989), , created mark gruenwald , kieron dwyer.

the character subsequently appears in avengers #319-324 (july–october 1990), incredible hulk #393 (may 1992), , soviet super-soldiers #1 (november 1992). character subsequently appears steel guardian in iron man #9 (october 1998).

red guardian appeared part of supreme soviets entry in official handbook of marvel universe update 89 #7.

fictional character biography

the fourth red guardian, josef petkus, special operative intelligence agencies of soviet union, , appeared member of militant supreme soviets. alongside supreme soviets, attacked soviet super-soldiers defecting soviet union. alongside captain america, later battled bear-like creature composed of darkforce. supreme soviets later became known people s protectorate. alongside people s protectorate, teamed avengers , alpha flight battle peace corpse, atlantean army, , combine. petkus later joined post-soviet russian super-team winter guard, calling himself steel guardian . while fighting off dire wraiths, killed in line of duty.

krassno granitsky

a fifth red guardian, krassno granitsky, appeared in maverick #10. teamed mercenary superhero maverick battle crime lord.

the name krassno granitsky comes james bond novel, russia love; russianized name of assassin donovan red grant. appeared in first issue of ed brubaker s captain america, executed aleksander lukin.

anton

the sixth red guardian, anton, made first appearance in first issue of jeph loeb s hulk series member of winter guard. anton claims engineer , former crimson dynamo pilot, , later revealed (at least partially) life model decoy. decapitated dire wraith, although head kept in storage, seemingly still alive.

nicolai krylenko

nicolai krylenko, known vanguard, seventh red guardian, , leads winter guard.