Starlight (comics)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Defenders #35 (May 1976) (as Red Guardian) Quasar #19 (Feb 1991) (as Starlight) |
| Created by | Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema |
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| Alter ego | Tania Belinsky (Belinskaya) |
| Team affiliations | Defenders |
| Partnerships | Presence |
| Notable aliases | Red Guardian |
Starlight is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. Created by Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema, she first appeared in Defenders # 35 (May 1976).
[edit] Fictional character biography
Tania Belinsky was born in Leningrad, in the former Soviet Union. Tania became a young neurosurgeon, though after her dissident father Andrei had been sent to Siberia, she adopted a costume and identity similar to the original Red Guardian's, and fought crime and protected dissidents in an attempt to reform Soviet society. She left the USSR at the request of Doctor Strange staying in America and joining the Defenders.
Dr. Belinsky fell under the influence of Sergei Krylov, alias the "Presence", a mad scientific genius who had become one of the most influential men behind the scenes of the Soviet government. He used a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster to transform Tania into his super-powered thrall with nuclear powers, currently called Starlight. Since her mutation by the Presence, Tania continually emits harmful radiation which she can harness for a variety of effects, including superhuman strength and durability, flight, and energy blasts. She and the Presence left Earth for a time, when their radiation levels were too dangerous to remain on Earth.[1]
Tania remains under the influence of the Presence.
[edit] References
- ^ Incredible Hulk #259
