Alexei Shostakov (Earth-199999)

Red Guardian
Name	Alexei Shostakov
Current Alias	Red Guardian
Aliases	Nicknames: Crimson Dynamo
Affiliation and Relationships
Relatives	Parents: Andrei Shostakov (father) Spouses: Melina Vostokoff (fake wife) Children: Natalia Romanoff (fake adoptive daughter) Yelena Belova (fake adoptive daughter)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-199999
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	Soviet, Russian
Occupation	Government agent, spy, prisoner
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jac Schaeffer, Ned Benson, Eric Pearson
First	Black Widow (July 7, 2021)
First	Black Widow (July 7, 2021)

History

During the Cold War, Alexei Shostakov was given Superhuman Strength and made into a Soviet counterpart of Captain America called the Red Guardian. After undertaking a number of missions for General Dreykov Alexei, to his chagrin, was assigned to an undercover operation in Ohio. As part of the cover he lived with his "wife" Melina Vostokoff and daughters Natasha and Yelena. Although their mission was a success and they were able to recover the data they were after, in 1996 their cover was blown and the "family" had to flee to Cuba, where they were separated and the girls were shipped back to Russia and put into the Red Room Program.

Eventually, Alexei fell out favor with Dreykov, who had him put into a Siberian prison for life. Alexei remained there until 2016 when he was rescued by his "daughters", now both rogue Black Widows going after Dreykov but not knowing where he was. Alexei directed them to Melina, who still worked for Dreykov under Saint Petersburg, resulting in their "family" reuniting for the first time in 21 years. At her home, Alexei changed from his prison garb into his old Red Guardian costume.

As part of the plan to bring down the Red Room, they were captured and taken to the floating Academy that served as Dreykov's headquarters. Melina's knowledge of the facility enabled Yelena to escape, recover the antidote samples that were captured alongside them and release it into the group of Black Widows, instantly snapping them out of Dreykov's control. While Alexei fought the Taskmaster, Melina had destabilized the structure, and everyone was forced to make a frantic escape in which Dreykov was killed for good. After landing safely, Natasha said goodbye to her family and tasked them with replicating the antidote, so that the rest of the Widows across the world could be freed as well.

Attributes

Powers

• Superhuman Strength

Paraphernalia

Weapons

• A replica shield of Captain America's, albeit recolored and sporting a Russian star.

Notes

• David Harbour portrays Red Guardian in the film Black Widow. Harbour will reprise his role in the upcoming film Thunderbolts (film).

Trivia

• Unlike his comic counterpart, he was not married to Black Widow prior to taking on his mantle.

See Also

• 1 appearance(s) of Alexei Shostakov (Earth-199999)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Alexei Shostakov (Earth-199999)
• 1 mention(s) of Alexei Shostakov (Earth-199999)
• 15 image(s) of Alexei Shostakov (Earth-199999)