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Mansi Bisht

MARVEL RED GUARDIAN


The original incarnation of Red Guardian, Alexei Alanovich Shostakov, was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema and first appeared in Avengers #43. (January 1967).Alexei Shostakov was married to Natasha Romanova and was born in Moscow. Both he and his wife became Soviet agents: the latter as the Black Widow, while the former worked as a test pilot and KGB operative before becoming a Soviet spy.
Alexei Shostakov was a well-known pilot in the Soviet Union. He was credited with helping the Soviet Air Forces gain air superiority over the skies of Stalingrad and Kursk during World War II on the Eastern Front, when he shot down a huge number of Luftwaffe fighter planes in aerial engagements. Shostakov was picked for the most secret and risky experiments and new weapons because of his remarkable abilities.

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