Editing Winter Guard (section)

==Publication history==
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The Winter Guard first appeared during the [[Kurt Busiek]] run of ''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'' in (vol. 2) #9 (October 1998), where they had several guest appearances.<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=409}}</ref> They would later appear in Busiek's stint on the ''Avengers''.

The team made infrequent appearances in the Marvel Universe before being featured in [[Jeph Loeb]]'s ''[[The Incredible Hulk (comic book)|Hulk]]'' (vol. 2). The Winter Guard soon appeared in ''She-Hulk'' and ''War Machine: Weapon of S.H.I.E.L.D.''.

[[David Gallaher]] brought the team back in ''Hulk: Winter Guard'' which first appeared as a [[Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited|Marvel Digital Comic]] and was later reprinted as a [[comic book]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Beard |first=Jim |date=November 4, 2009 |title=Winter Guard: Cold Warriors |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.10171.Winter_Guard~colon~_Cold_Warriors |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107223516/http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.10171.Winter_Guard~colon~_Cold_Warriors |archive-date=November 7, 2009 |access-date=May 19, 2010 |publisher=Marvel.com}}</ref> Gallaher returned to writing the team with a three-issue limited series called ''Darkstar and the Winter Guard'' in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Gourley |url=http://swordandscript.com/general/the-sword-and-script-interview-david-gallaher |title=The Sword and Script Interview: David Gallaher |publisher=Sword and Script |date=April 20, 2010 |access-date=May 19, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521012134/http://swordandscript.com/general/the-sword-and-script-interview-david-gallaher |archive-date=May 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mahadeo |first=Kevin |date=May 21, 2010 |title=Gallaher Thaws Out the Winter Guard |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26323 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523155140/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26323 |archive-date=May 23, 2010 |access-date=May 21, 2010 |work=[[Comic Book Resources]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="Rogers">{{cite web |last=Rogers |first=Vaneta |date=May 25, 2010 |title=From High Moon to DARKSTAR: Zuda Alums Talk Russian Heroes |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Darkstar-Ellis-Gallaher-100525.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622064743/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Darkstar-Ellis-Gallaher-100525.html |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |access-date=June 10, 2010 |website=[[Newsarama]] |publisher=}}</ref>