Nikolai Krylenko (Earth-3988)

Winter Guardian Beginning:

Vanguard, or Nicolai Krylenko now known as "Winter Guardian" was born in Minsk son of Russian nuclear physicist Sergei Krylov later to be known as the Presence. Nikolai Krylenko and her twin sister Laynia Petrovna aka Darkstar were taken from birth by the Soviet government to be trained as soldiers after their mutant powers become evident. Hes been trained from youth to serve as soldiers in the Soviet army, are rare examples of not immediately killed mutants, by their genetic differences. Part of their training involved working with the KGB (State Security Committee), possibly alongside the operating Soviet KGB affiliates as Super-Soldiers Soviets, Vanguard became team leader, and often came into conflict with many American super-heroes in this responsibility. Subsequently, the government wanted to eliminated Presence and sent his own children to assassinate him. This face them in battle and confronts Winter Guardian. Later I learned that the Presence was really Sergei Krylov and his father turned against the Soviet regime. Vanguard, Black Star and Ursa Major became agents on their own, fighting evil.

Creation

Vanguard is a fictional character from the Marvel Comics comic, and was created by Bill Mantlo and Carmine Infantino and first appeared in Iron Man # 109 released in April 1978.

Evolution character

Essentially created as a superhero existed as part of a team of Russian superheroes, Nicolai Krylenko came to lead a rich publishing history, typically rooted around his homeland and family. He has been a member of many major Russian superhero teams, Soviet Super-Soldiers, Siberforce, People's Protectorate and Winter Guard. Darkstar arguably his sister had more success than him in terms of appearance and popularity associating with the popular franchise of the X-Men, but regardless his brother character Vanguard has a long history that is likely to continue for much longer. Most recently, he adopted the name of Winter Guardian code and the position of leader and strategist of the Guard Invernal.

Stories largest arches

Winter Guard

Some time later, he finally filled with the communist system, and tried to move to the United States, only to be captured and returned to Soviet states. There, he's been rescued by Blind Faith and joined their cause to form the Siberforce. Vanguard and Darkstar were invited by Quasar to defeat the threat of alien Starblasters. During a battle, Vanguard was killed. Darkstar blamed Quasar and returned to Russia. Meeting with his father again, Darkstar shared his feelings with him, and the presence Quasar forced to flee Earth. His father visited the memorial of her son and tried to bring it back to life. He shifted his atoms to enter your child's body and found a trace of its permanent mutant energy, keeping it slightly alive. The presence almost died but managed to resuscitate the child.

A loyal Communist, despite the fall of the Soviet Union, Vanguard assisted the communist General Tskarov in their efforts to destroy the American economy and replace it with communism. He agreed to help Tskarov but Tskarov had to help him find his sister, then missing. When Ursa Major found that Tskarov was hiding them Darkstar, Vanguard joined with your friends and Daredevil and the Black Widow to defeat Tskarov. In undisclosed circumstances, Vanguard agreed to participate in the newest super team of the Russian Federation, Winter Guard.

The Protectorate

After the death of his sister, Vanguard refused with the government's decision to replace it with a doppelganger and keep the public in the dark about the death of Laynia. The act caused a rift between the heroes, while Vanguard has joined forces with other former members of the Winter Guardian, Iron Guardian, Fantasy, Powersurge, Perun and Starlight to form the Protectorate. Meanwhile Ursa Major and The Crimson Dynamo remained in Russia. The Protectorate group traveled to limbo seeking Immortus to beg him to return Darkstar. Immortus agreed to help, if the Protectorate free Limbo of Dire Wraiths for a year. Vanguard during this year began a relationship with Starlight. Fantasy, proved to be a Dire Wraith, and fled to Earth with the rest of the Protectorate in pursuit. Vanguard was forced to join forces with the new Winter Guardian, in order to defeat Fantasy (which joined forces with Presence) in the case of witnessing the "rebirth" of his sister.

His reason for anger at the Winter Guard program now, Nicolai Krylenko later abandoned the Vanguard identity to become the new Winter Guardian, meeting in Ursa Major, Rosa Alva, Darkstar, and the Crimson Dynamo in the Winter Guard.

Powers and Abilities

Vanguard or rather Winter Guardian has the mutant power to repel any force that goes to he. He can build an invisible force field around your body. Winter Guardian is a trained and skilled gymnast Olympic level .Winter Guardian is also proficient in hand-to-hand combat to have had training by the KGB. Winter Guardian has force close to the maximum limit of the maximum force that a human being is capable of lifting or pressing can move up to 300 kgs. He can also use your force field powers to mimic flight repelling it over the Earth. He also has the power of levitation.

Physical Characteristics

Height: 6 '3 "

Weight: 230 pounds (86 kg)

Red Hair

Blue Eyes

Equipment and weapons

As Winter Guardian, Vanguard wields one Vibranium shield serving as a lens to its powers and enhance the repulsion energy. Inside the shell to a high-density computer that uses a laser gyroscope to guide him when hurled along its flight path back up to the launch point from where it was thrown. The activation of this mechanism can make the shield return to your point of takeoff. Suit circuit allows the Winter Guardian directed to channel the impact shield to strengthen its powers. As demonstrated in their fight against Hyperion in Age of Heroes # 3, the shield and circuits may be overloaded. He can also concentrating its power to issue a gust of concussive force from the shield.