Starlight (Marvel Comics)

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Starlight (Russian: Звездный Свет, romanized: Zvezdnyy Svet) is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

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Created by Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema, she first appeared in The Defenders # 35 (May 1976).

Fictional character biography

Tania Belinsky was born in

Tania was then seen in the company of the Presence as his cosmic companion during his attempts to conquer Russia by mutating its citizens and armies into radioactive zombie-like beings. This included some of the Avengers, who fell under his power. He was defeated by Thor and Firebird, who proved immune to the transformations and Tania offered to restore all those who had been transformed to normal.^[volume & issue needed]

Later Tania and the Presence aided the Avengers in battling Kang. The Presence was planning to capitalize on the chaos Kang had sown on Earth by attempting to conquer Russia again once he was defeated, but Tania refused to allow it and this time, it was Tania who threatened to desert him if he did so.^{[volume & issue needed]}

At some point, after the Kang War, Starlight was able to reduce her radioactivity enough to reintegrate within society without fear of causing death to those around her. She later joins up with other Russian heroes to form the Protectorate, serving

Tania has a gifted intellect, and is skilled at neurosurgery and medicine, with a PhD in medicine. She also has extensive experience in hand-to-hand combat and is a highly skilled athlete.

References

External links

• http://www.marvel.com/universe/Red_Guardian_%28Tania_Belinsky%29
• Starlight at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe