Alexei Andreevich Shostakov was the first version of the Red Guardian, and was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, first appearing in Avengers #43 (January 1967). Alexei Shostakov was born in Moscow, and was the husband of Natasha Romanova.
The Red Guardian (real name Alexei Alanovich Shostakov) is a Marvel superhero that appears in Black Widow, played by David Harbour. He is Natasha's and Yelena's adoptive father. Red Guardian was created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema.
Biography. Russian test pilot Alexei Shostakov joins the KGB as one of their intelligence agents. A patriot to his country through and through, he becomes the Red Guardian, Russia's take on the United States' Captain America.
During the Cold War, Shostakov joined the Soviet Armed Forces and was the sole recipient of their recreated Super Soldier Serum, becoming the "Red Guardian." Acting as the Soviet counterpart to Captain America of the United States, Shostakov was deployed on numerous missions and won acclaim from the Soviet public, ...
In the MCU, with Red Guardian being somewhat compared to Captain America (Steve Rogers), how does he compare to him? In terms of feats, Captain America completely outclasses him. His hits could damage Mark 46 Iron Man and stop his flight.
According to one fan theory (via Reddit), Red Guardian's Super Soldier Serum was slowly killing him, and he needed medical attention to stay alive. The Black Widow theory focuses on the helicopter Natasha and Yelena fly to Seventh Circle Prison.
During his exploits as Red Guardian, Alexei Shostakov carried his shield in an attempt to imitate Captain America. However, after Shostakov was imprisoned in Seventh Circle Prison by General Dreykov, the shield was confiscated from him.
Alexi was trained by the KGB and was given the title of "Red Guardian", being the Soviet Union's costumed agent and version of the United State's hero, Captain America. Alexi continued his training for years, but started to become cruel and ruthless, possibly due to him being isolated from his family and friends.
Though Alexei may not have had actual superpowers, it was suggested that he had been through some kind of scientific process in order to make him the ultimate soldier. After recognizing the Red Guardian as her former husband in The Avengers #44, Natasha lamented that, "They changed him somehow... made him crueller!
Shostakov was also successful in his private life, having married the equally famous ballerina Natalia (familiarly known as Natasha) Romanova. As the Cold War flared up in the 1950s, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev realized that the Soviet Union needed its own equivalent to Captain America.
He fought a Captain America other than Steve Rogers that the world doesn't know about. He did fight Steve Rogers, who chose to live out his life after returning the stones, but it's not a story that has been shared on screen.
Ivan Romanoff fathered a daughter, Natasha Romanoff, with his wife in 1984. However, he died of unknown circumstances, and after Dreykov ordered the death of his wife for attempting to expose the Red Room, his daughter was left orphaned and recruited by the organization.
Stevie was the artificially engineered genetic son of Natasha Romanoff and a man named James Grey. He was created in a laboratory using their genes by a cabal of Black Widow's enemies after they kidnapped Natasha and conditioned her into a new identity, just as they did with James.
To that end, the Russian super soldier is more than a bit rusty and it's likely Captain America could best him in a fight if the two ever battled each other. On the surface, Red Guardian might seem as strong as Captain America, but Black Widow primarily portrays him as more of a spy and less of a combatant.
The Red Guardian is the Russian counterpart of Captain America. Alexei Shostakov was a test pilot whose death was faked by the KGB to train him as the Russian answer to Captain America, his survival being kept secret to his wife Natasha, who would become Black Widow to honor him.
The first appearance of the Red Guardian! Chinese ally Colonel Ying finds the perfect superweapon in KGB agent Alexei Shostakov. Hawkeye and Hercules are the first to meet this “Communist comrade”, before it's revealed that Shostakov is actually Black Widow's ex-husband!
Red Guardian. , and is set to return in Thunderbolts. He is former Soviet Armed Forces officer and a Russian super-soldier counterpart of Captain America, the ex-husband of Melina Vostokoff, and the adoptive father of Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova.
During the later years of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was able to perfectly recreate the serum and administered it to Alexei Shostakov. However, as they were only able to accomplish this feat once, this left Shostakov as the Soviet Union's only super soldier, whom they sent on missions as Red Guardian.
Red Skull was cursed to become the guardian of the Soul Stone for over seven decades, rendering him unable to leave the planet throughout these years, only able to advise those who came onto the planet seeking the Soul Stone.
Red Skull is the very first Marvel Cinematic Universe villain to be Pure Evil. (Zola is the secondary antagonist and his Pure Evil status wasn't complete yet, so he doesn't count). He is also the only one in phase 1 to count as one.
Black Widow's first romantic relationship was with Nikolai, a soldier she met while both were serving with the Russian Army during WWII. The young soldier had no backstory, but Natasha and Nikolai fell in love and eventually married.
The consensus seems to be that if we're just going by serum quality, Steve takes the cake (Zola's version wasn't quite as good as Erskine's formula), but Bucky's metal arm makes up the difference as far as strength is concerned. So, in that regard, they're roughly equivalent.
