Russian superheroes: list. Russian superhero ("Marvel")

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The Russian superhero is quite common in Marvel comics. However, few people know that today in our country they publish their own comics with their own superheroes. So, in our article we will talk about domestic and foreign superheroes who are of Russian origin.

Bubble Publishing

To date, this is the largest Russian publishing house that produces comics. It was founded quite recently - in 2012. But, despite this, she managed to create and release several series, where the main characters are Russian superheroes. Below is a list of these characters. However, first of all, we note that today the publishing house releases six independent comic book series.

Major Igor Grom

Russian superhero Grom is an investigator for the St. Petersburg police. The plot of the comics develops around the confrontation between the Thunder and the Citizen (Plague Doctor). A supervillain, a man wearing a medieval doctor's (plague mask) mask, begins to administer justice by killing in cold bloodobjectionable.

Grom's main personality traits are devotion to Russia and faith in the law. For him, a person who decides to take justice into his own hands is just a maniac who needs to be stopped. Not a sympathetic truth seeker.

Exlibrium

Russian superhero defenders continue with the image of Lilia Romanova. She grew up in a family of busy parents and misunderstood peers, so her only friends were the heroes of books, video games and films. It was increasingly difficult for the girls to find a common language with reality, so she went deeper and deeper into fictional worlds. However, her life changed dramatically when Lilya unexpectedly met with characters who had escaped from books.

From now on, a new life begins for her. Now she has to join an ancient order that guards the border between reality and the fictional worlds of films, books and video games.

Russian superhero Besoboy

One of the first characters created by Bubble. A comic featuring this character began to appear in 2012.

The main character Danila is a demon hunter. Once he was an ordinary military man, until a demon killed his wife and daughter. From that moment on, Danila starts a war with evil spirits, but loses in the first battle. Wounded, bleeding, he dies. However, just before his death, some Higher Forces come to him, calling themselves the Council of Equilibrium. Danila is offered a deal - he will agree to be the representative of the Council on earth and will exterminate the demons, and they will save his life.

The streets of Moscow are filled with criminals, which attracts demons to the capital. Evil makes a deal with the villains, becoming stronger. If the situation is not changed quickly, the world will be conquered by demons.

Danila agrees to the proposed conditions and becomes Besoboy. The hero receives superpowers: the magical power to fight evil lies in the tattoos that have appeared on his body. In addition, he is given enchanted pistols that have enough power to kill a demon.

Red Fury

Nika Chaikina is an orphan who grew up in Russia. In childhood, she was thrown into the circus, where she gradually mastered acrobatic tricks. However, the talents of little Nicky attracted the attention of an ancient criminal society called the Brotherhood of the Raven. They kidnapped the girl and forced her to undergo brutal training in the Brotherhood. So Nika learned to steal, fight and handle firearms.

The girl completed her studies at the age of 12, after which she became a full member of the Brotherhood. And she worked for this organization for many years. However, she perfectly remembered that she was not here of her own free will. And when the opportunity presented itself, she faked her own death and fled the Brotherhood.

From that moment on, Nika began to work for herself, quickly gaining a reputation as the best thief in the world. However, it soon fell into the hands of an international agency. She was faced with a choice - either to help stop the Third World War, or to be behind bars. Of course, Nika did not want to go to prison. From this moment begins her longcooperation with the government.

Inok

Another Russian superhero is Andrei Radov, nicknamed Monk. After the death of his grandfather, the hero inherits a family heirloom - a cross decorated with stones. Without thinking twice, Andrey takes it to a pawnshop, and with the money he gets, he buys a car. It was on this car that he and his brother got into an accident a few days later.

Radov is in the hospital and falls into a coma. Here, visions begin to come to him about how his ancestors mined the very stones that inlaid the cross. It turns out that his ancestors have kept Russia from evil for centuries. Having learned this, Andrei becomes the successor of the family business and calls himself Monk.

From this moment, the hero's dangerous and exciting time travel begins.

Russian Marvel superheroes: list

Many characters of Russian origin appeared on the pages of Marvel comics. The most famous was, mainly due to the film industry, Black Widow, a former Russian spy. But not only Russian superheroes appeared in American comics, there were quite a few supervillains as well. For example, Omega Red, Rhino, Chameleon and many others. However, we want to emphasize right away that superheroes will be discussed below.

1. Black Widow

Natalia Romanova, or the Black Widow, is a Russian superhero. Initially, she was an employee of the KGB, then she ended up on the side of SHIELD (an organization to combat crime), becoming its agent. The next period - she spied in SHIELD for the KGB, listed as a double agentSHIELD.

She is not endowed with any superpowers, except for the fact that she was once injected with an analogue of the very serum with which Captain America was created. However, he has a sharp mind, good physical fitness, owns many types of firearms and cold weapons.

As noted above, today this is the most popular Marvel hero of Russian origin, thanks to the films about the Avengers and the game Scarlett Johansson.

2. Colossus

Pyotr Rasputin, or Colossus, is a Russian superhero from the X-Men team. Primary Ability - Turns your body into metal, making you immune to most physical attacks.

Peter was born during Soviet times on the shores of Lake Baikal, on the Ust-Orda collective farm. It was from here that he was later kidnapped by Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men.

Despite all his strength, Peter has a peaceful and calm disposition. Not to mention the fact that he gave his life for his sentimentality. His sister died from a terrible virus called "Legacy". After some time, an experimental sample of the antidote from him was obtained. For testing, a test subject was needed, and Colossus immediately volunteered. As a result, he died in terrible agony. Fortunately, it later turned out that Peter's dead body was frozen, not cremated. This made it possible for the X-Men to kidnap him and resurrect him.

Interesting are the adventures of the Colossus in post-perestroika Russia. The hero was asked about this by his distant relative Larisa Mishchenko. Somebodysystematically began to exterminate all the relatives of Peter. When the Colossus arrived at home, it turned out that he was one of the heirs of that same Grishka Rasputin. Sinister (a supervillain who opposes the X-men) decided to resurrect Grishka, for which he needed to exterminate all his descendants. Of course, Colossus did everything to ensure that his ancestor remained forever in his grave.

3. Red Guard

Another Russian superhero of the Marvel universe is Krasnogvardeets. Under this name, three people were hiding at different times. This character was created as a Soviet analogue of Captain America. Their costumes are similar - both resemble the flag of the country they are defending; similar names; both of them have the same origin - superpowers were given to them by the serum.

The first Red Guard was Alexei Shostakovich. He was the husband of Natalia Romanova, who was informed that he was dead, although in fact he became the object of a secret experiment. It was in memory of her husband that Natalia became a scout.

Sometimes Alexei is referred to as anti-heroes. This is due to the fact that he very often had to fight with America, defending the interests of his homeland. However, just before his death, he will save Captain America's life by preventing him from being shot.

The next Red Guard is Vladimir Fomin. The serum was lost by that time, so he did not receive any superpowers, except for his own strength and endurance.

And the last Red Guard - Nikolai Krylenko. He used a sickle and a hammer as a weapon. Was a mutantand could fight superheroes like the Hulk or Iron Man.

4. Blind Faith

Alexey Garnov is a Russian superhero ("Marvel"), active during the Soviet era. The government of the Soviet Union decided that the threat posed by mutants was too great. This led to the beginning of the mass extermination of mutants. However, the most interesting representatives of the species were brought to Moscow, where Wolfgang Weinrich, a former Nazi, conducted experiments on them.

One of those who could openly oppose the new regime was a Catholic priest, a mutant with telepathy and empathy - Alexei Garnov. He helps his brothers and begins cooperation with American saboteurs.

His nickname came from the fact that when he took control of the minds of a group of people, his eyes began to glow white.

5. Kraven the Hunter

The last Russian Marvel superhero on our list is Sergei Kravinov, better known as Kraven the Hunter.

By origin - a Russian nobleman. From his youth, Kravinov was fond of hunting, but gradually this hobby grew into a real passion. Kraven does not recognize firearms and prefers to face the beast face to face. That is why he often uses poisons and cunning traps. At one time, he took a special serum that allowed him to gain animal power.

Kraven is often considered a villain due to the fact that he hunted Spider-Man. It was this hero that the avid hunter considered worthy prey for himself. However, this character is not entirely unambiguous, he was also on the sidegood.

Original Russian superheroes

Not so long ago in Russia they began to talk about the fact that we always had enough of our own superheroes. Of course, the closest attention was paid to the three epic heroes. And the expression "Russian superhero Ilya Muromets" can be found almost everywhere today.

In addition, very often the " title" of a superhero is attributed to fairy-tale characters. For example, Ivan the Fool, the Frog Princess, Moidodyr, Kolobok, Ryaba Hen (for her ability to lay golden eggs is an obviously humorous move) and many others. Even Aibolit is credited with superpowers. However, the talents of such superheroes are described in a very ironic way.

And if epic heroes are taken quite seriously - their strength can really compete with the abilities of American superheroes - then the elevation of fairy-tale characters to the rank of superheroes is clearly satirical.

Tomorrow

Continuing the satirical theme, we must not forget about one of the most famous native Russian heroes with a speaking name - Tomorrow. The Russian superhero with such a nickname, of course, refers to the characteristic feature of the Russian people - leaving things for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is not a comic book hero, rather, it is a kind of mythological semi-fairytale character. It is not surprising that he was born, one might say, among the people.

Thus, Russia has not only its own comic book heroes, but also fairy-tale characters who are credited with superpowers.