Tania Belinskaya (Earth-616)

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Real Name

Tania Belinskaya

Current Alias

Starlight

Aliases

Red Guardian, Zdezda Syvet ("Starlight" in Russian)

Identity

Secret

Affiliation

Partner of the Presence, formerly Defenders

Relatives

Dr. Andrei Belinsky (father)

Universe

Earth-616

Base Of Operations

"The Forbidden Zone" in Siberia, formerly Moscow, Russia

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Height

5' 9"

Weight

125 lbs (57 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Black

Unusual Features

Transformed into energy

Status

Citizenship

Russian

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Adventurer; neurosurgeon

Education

Doctor

Origin

Origin

Originally a champion for the oppressed, now transformed.

Place of Birth

Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), Russia

First appearance

Defenders #35 (as Red Guardian), Quasar #19 (as Starlight)

History

Tania Belinskya is the daughter of Dr. Andrei Belinsky, a leader of a Soviet dissident movement that protested repressive policies of the Soviet Union.

At a young age, Belinskya had already become one of the world's greatest and most renowned neurosurgeons. After her father was exiled to Siberia for his public denunciations of Soviet policies, Belinskya decided to adopt a secret identity in order to help other dissidents and to fight crime. Belinskya named herself after the deceased Red Guardian and took a similar costume.

Doctor Strange obtained permission for Belinskya to come to the United States to perform a complicated operation on Nighthawk. Richmond was abducted from the hospital by Plant Man, and Tania joined the Defenders to help rescue him.

After having been shunned in the Soviet Union for years because of her father's opinions, Belinskya found her first true friends in the team.

She was forced to return to the Soviet Union by Sergei Krylov, the Presence. Krylov was planning to transform himself and saw Tania as his ideal mate. He used his mind control on her, and after exposure to cobalt radiation and a nuclear explosion, both were transformed into beings of nuclear energy. The Defenders both of them until Tania was able to break Presence's mind control on her. Tania had herself placed on an isolated research facility to not harm others.

Presence returned to the 'Forbidden Zone' and continued to experiment. Tania was sent to stop him, but the two stopped another irradiated monster and found that they did have feelings for one another.

The two worked together against Professor Phobos, and then left the planet hoping to make themselves inert. The enigmatic Stranger found the two. They were later released by Quasar.

Tania is attempting to keep Presence in check after a confrontation with the Avengers and the Winter Guard.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Tania is able to generate, store, and release massive amounts of nuclear energy.

She has used this energy for powerful blasts, flight and heat shields.

Abilities

Tania is one of the world's foremost neurosurgeons. She has considerable skill in hand to hand combat and acrobatics

Strength level

Starlight is able to lift 10 tons

Weaknesses

She is constantly giving off radiation

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: As the Red Guardian, Tania used a throwing disc carried on her belt buckle.

Notes

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Trivia

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See Also

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