Editing Winter Guard (section)

{{short description|Fictional comic book group}}
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{{notability|date=March 2023}}
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|caption      = Textless cover of<br>''Darkstar and the Winter Guard'' #1 (June 2010).<br>Art by [[Clayton Henry]]
|publisher    = [[Marvel Comics]]
|debut        = ''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'' (vol. 2) #9 (October 1998)
|creators     = [[Kurt Busiek]]<br>[[Sean Chen (artist)|Sean Chen]]
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The '''Winter Guard''' ({{langx|ru|Зимняя Гвардия|Zimnyaya Gvardiya}}) is a fictional team of [[Russian people|Russian]] [[superhero]]es appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]].

The Winter Guard are noted for being "Russia's answer to the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]".<ref name="she-hulk34">''She-Hulk'' (vol. 2) #34 (December 2008)</ref> Several members of the group formerly belonged to the [[Soviet Super-Soldiers]], the [[People's Protectorate]], and the [[Supreme Soviets]]. Unlike those teams, which were often adversarial towards other costumed superheroes, the Winter Guard is much more heroic and representative in nature.

Unlike other superhero teams, the Winter Guard currently has a rotating pool of candidates to fill one of three roles on the team: [[Darkstar (Marvel Comics)|Darkstar]], [[Crimson Dynamo]], and [[Red Guardian]].{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}