#the winter guard

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Team Supplemental - The Winter Guard

The Winter Guard (Зимняя гвардия) are a government sponsored team of extraordinary individuals with special abilities. They fight for the people of the Russian Federation and their interests around the globe. The team is formed from members of the Soviet Super-Soldiers that existed before the fall of the Soviet Union.  They have been described as ‘Russia's answer for the Avengers.’ 

Principle members of the team include Vanguard, Darkstar, Ursa Major, Red Guardian, Crimson Dynamo and The Red Widow.  

The Soviet Super Soldiers first appeared in the pages of Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #258 (1981); whereas The Winter Guard first appeared in Iron Man Vol. 3 #9 (1998).

[wanderingmind867]

The Union of Soviet Super Soldiers (USSS):

It's 1976 or 1977. At least 12 years since the avengers were founded in the US. The Soviet Union is desperate to create their own superhero team to rival the avengers. They've tried to create figures like the Red Guardian, or the Crimson Dynamo or Titanium Man before, but it always fails. But perhaps it's because they never assembled a proper team? That's the logic that leads to the creation of the Union of Soviet Super Soldiers (Or USSS for short) in 1976 or 1977.

Founded in July 1976, the original team consists of:

Red Guardian III (Vladimir Ivanov): I already have a whole note on him. But he's the team leader, and one of the members of the team most devoted to Communism.

Vanguard (Nikolai Krylenko): He's a real comics character. I'm pretty sure you can find info on him through a Marvel Wiki or through Google (that's how I learned of him).

The Winter Witch (Katerina Obolensky): Abandoned as a child in the snowy mountains of Siberia, Katerina Obolensky learned to be one with the ice and snow. Nobody is sure if she's a mutant or some kind of demigod, but she is definitely powerful. Capable of controlling the ice, snow and winds at a single thought. She can generate winds, blizzards, avalanches, etc. When in her natural element she is a god amongst men. But when she's far separated from any form of cold, she becomes weak and frail.

The Gift-Bringer (Adrian Abel): Adrian Abel is a mutant. Born with the uncanny ability to control poison and even generate it (they can turn their whole body into poison dust or into liquid poison, for instance), they were considered a threat to others and sent off to an elite mutant training facility in Russia. There, they learned how to control their powers and make themselves less dangerous to others. Worst comes to worst, they were at least given a containment suit to prevent them from accidentally killing anyone with their poison.

Considering how powerful they are, it's only natural Adrian was recruited to the USSS. They're both powerful and extremely volatile, however. So they possibly be the most dangerous person on the team. So they require extreme protective measures to ensure they don't accidentally poison the people they're trying to help.

PS: Adrian is the only character not originally from the USSR. They're East German. I realized the German word for poison is gift due to google translate, and so I couldn't resist this bit of humour.

Crimson Dynamo (Dmitri Bukharin): Same as Vanguard. The Crimson Dynamo (including this version of him) is a real comics character who can find out more about through Google or a Marvel Wiki or something.

If you're wondering where in the timeline of comics this is supposed to be, it's shortly after Darkstar defects to the US to join The Champions. And she will join this team eventually, if someone (either me or literally anyone else) takes this idea past the concept stage.

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Wolves

Whenever Hunter has nightmares such as failing a mission as the golden guard, he tries to imagine himself surrounded by wolves.

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[wanderingmind867]

Marvel already had a Soviet Superhero team, the Soviet Super Soldiers. Bill Mantlo created them in 1981 or so (but I think they appeared in prototype form in 1978). I want to take his idea, and create something fresh with it. I haven't read The Champions (where Darkstar, one of the Soviet Heroes is introduced), but I need to write this down immediately!

It's 1976 or 1977. At least 12 years since the avengers were founded in the US. The Soviet Union is desperate to create their own superhero team to rival the avengers. They've tried to create figures like the Red Guardian, or the Crimson Dynamo or Titanium Man before, but it always fails. But perhaps it's because they never assembled a proper team? That's the logic that leads to the creation of the Union of Soviet Super Soldiers (Or USSS for short) in 1976 or 1977.

Some members will be characters you know from the 70s and 80s Marvel Comics: The Crimson Dynamo, Vanguard, Ursa Major, Darkstar (who eventually comes back and joins them following her story in The Champions), etc. But there will be new characters too. There will definitely be my own take on the Red Guardian, as well as some other heroes from across the USSR and the Warsaw Pact, more broadly (I kind of want an East German hero, for example).

PS: Please reblog if you'd like to add anything to this. I'd like it if people did that. At least then when my hyperfixation fades, people will remember this idea and do hopefully do stuff with it.

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