tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408822912223468853.post111883744351260186..comments2023-11-17T14:40:42.181-06:00Comments on The Defenders Fansite: Red Guardian: The Super SurgeonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408822912223468853.post-82402214419742188992018-03-07T13:15:41.465-06:002018-03-07T13:15:41.465-06:00Actually reading The (original) Defenders now. Cur...Actually reading The (original) Defenders now. Currently at issue 37 (Luke Cage has just been called into help). As I go through the series, I get curious about some of the minor characters and whether I can consider them 'core' team members.<br /><br />It's good to see that Red Guardian is going to stick around for a few issues (including the Annual #1, 1976). I did note that other info-sites have given the Tania Belinsky version incredible powers (10 ton strength, nuclear energy and even limited flight). This (early) version, for anyone passing through, is a normal human, great fighting skills, some minor weapons and a premiere super neurosurgeon.jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408822912223468853.post-87322106766758830332008-11-26T20:02:00.000-06:002008-11-26T20:02:00.000-06:00Another example of why the "Defenders" are the bes...Another example of why the "Defenders" are the best comic books, anything can, and will happen. I remember reading as a youth how "Red Guardian" encountered the "Presence" and evolved beyond mortal. And I think the politics involved in the story were interesting. With the Soviet protecting their involvement then relenting to matters out of control. My memories, have melded the "Defenders" and the "Hulk" issues into one story. But I've always had a fondness for the "Soviet Super Soldiers."Peter Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12212321302720238995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408822912223468853.post-37514656978456538392008-11-24T15:15:00.000-06:002008-11-24T15:15:00.000-06:00Red Guardian is similar to Crimson Dynamo in that ...Red Guardian is similar to Crimson Dynamo in that there have been (seemingly) numerous versions of them over the years but none of them has "stuck" any more than another. It's at the point where the current versions of each are featured in both Hulk and Iron Man as members of the Winter Guard, and I don't think anyone can say with any confidence just who the heck is in each of the costumes.<BR/><BR/>That said I dig them both, and I did not know that there was 1) a female version and that 2) she was on the Defenders for a spell. Neat.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352646370918575626noreply@blogger.com