Aleksey Puns

Do not fear Americans I won’t bite you. I am called the Red Guardian!

Aleksey Lebedev was the first Red Guardian, created as a Soviet counterpart to Captain America during World War II. He fought along side the Allies and Captain America throughout the war. Aleksey was killed during Soviet purges in the 1950s, for his protest to the experiments that lead to Alexi Shostakov becoming the next Red Guardian.

#Strength

• Supports both his own and Stalin’s weight with one arm although he couldn't do it for long ^(Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #1)

• Stuns a Nazi with a punch despite seemingly striking him in the helmet ^(Captain America Annual #13)

• Bullrushes three Nazi’s clotheslining one, picking up another over his shoulder and tackling the third so here he did a flip ^(Captain America Annual #13)

#Speed

• Pushed Captain America out of the way of machine gun fire ^(Captain America Annual #13)

• Caught Captain America’s (Jeff Mace) shield when he threw it at him noting how slow and weak he is compared to Steve and claimed he almost caught one of Steve’s shield throws back in Stalingrad ^(Captain America: Patriot #2)

#Durability

• Survived being blasted by Grüber Brinkhaus ^(Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #1)

• Took a kick from Jeff Davis ^(Captain America: Patriot #2)

#Skill

• Saved a mother and her child from a burning building ^(Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #1)

• Noticed an assassin sneaking into his room and shot him dead before the assassin could make his move ^(Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #1)

• Got information out of someone in a... particularly Russian fashion ^(Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #1)

#Other

• His Marvel Handbook entry ^(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #4)