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universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| real_name = Nicolai Krylenko
| identity = Secret
| occupation = Adventurer, former government operative
| place_of_birth = Minsk, Belarus
| groups = Formerly [[Winter Guard]], [[People's Protectorate]], [[Siberforce]], [[Soviet Super-Soldiers]]
| citizenship = Dual citizenship in Belarus and Russia
| education = Military training; KGB intelligence training
| aliases = Great Beast
| relatives = [[Darkstar|Laynia Petrovna]] (Darkstar, sister, deceased), [[Presence|Sergei Krylov]] (Presence, father), Marya Karlova (mother, deceased)
| height = 6'3"
| weight = 230 lbs.
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Red
| powers = Vanguard is a mutant with the ability to repel any force which is directed at him. He can construct an invisible force field around his body. He can focus and magnify his powers through the hammer and sickle he carries with him by crossing them over each other. The full potential of his powers has not been tested yet.
| abilities = Vanguard has been trained by the Soviet government in hand-to-hand combat and is an accomplished gymnast. Due to his rigorous training he is able to press about 350 lbs.
| weapons = Vanguard carries with him a specially designed hammer and sickle which allows him to focus and magnify his powers through. The hammer due to internal circuitry is able to return to its point of origin when it is throw. It is unknown if the sickle has the same ability.
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Iron Man #109
| origin =
| creators = this has not been updated yet
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|main_image= Vanguard.jpg
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{{bio|
bio_text= Born in Minsk as the son of Russian nuclear physicist Sergei Krylov (later, the [[Presence]]), Nikolai Krylenko and his twin sister [[Darkstar|Laynia Petrovna]] were taken from birth by the then-Soviet government to be trained as soldiers after their mutant natures manifested. Joining the KGB-sponsored [[Soviet Super-Soldiers]], Vanguard and the team came into conflict with many American heroes, especially [[Iron Man (Anthony Stark)|Iron Man]].

Later, the government wanted the threat of the Presence eliminated and sent his own children, unaware of their true relationship, to murder him. They learned that he was their father and turned against the Soviet regime. Vanguard, Darkstar, and [[Ursa Major]] became agents on their own, fighting for the good of the people.

At one point, finally fed up with the Communist system, the three heroes defected to the United States, only to be captured and returned to the Soviet states by the government-sponsored [[People's Protectorate]]. There, they were rescued by [[Blindfaith]] and his band of mutant exiles in order to form an [[Siberforce|underground team]] that would fight for the people under a government that hates and fears them. and, ultimately, the [[Winter Guard]].

Later, Vanguard and Darkstar were asked by [[Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)|Quasar]] in defeating the threat of the alien [[Starblasters]], who coveted the power of the mysterious [[Starbrand]], hosted in the body of Quasar's girlfriend. During the battle, Vanguard was killed, and in her grief, Darkstar blamed Quasar and fled back to Russia. Later encountering her father again, Darkstar shared her feelings with him, and the Presence forced Quasar to flee Earth or risk his vengeance. The Presence visited the memorial to his son and sought to revive him. He shifted his atoms to microscopically enter the body of his son and discovered a trace of his mutant energy remained, keeping him faintly alive. The Presence nearly exhausted his own power, but managed to resurrect his son.

A staunch communist despite the fall of the Soviet Union, Vanguard once aided communist sympathizer General Tskarov in his efforts to undermine the American economy and replace it with communism, starting with its businesses on the East Coast. He also agreed to aid Tskarov in order that Tskarov would help him find his then-missing sister. When Ursa Major discovered Tskarov was actually hiding Darkstar from them, Vanguard joined with his friends and [[Daredevil (Matthew Murdock)|Daredevil]] and the [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)|Black Widow]] in defeating Tskarov.
Under circumstances to be revealed, Vanguard agreed to membership in the Russian Federation’s newest super team, the [[Winter Guard]]. One of the first adventures of the Winter Guard, with the help of Iron Man, included stopping the [[Mandarin]]'s giant war machine in the shape of a Chinese dragon.

The Presence, in the meantime, had been cast adrift in the subatomic reality he had entered through his son upon resurrecting him. There, he discovered new aspects of his power and atomic particles, and, when he had sufficiently regenerated, resumed his normal size and returned to the Forbidden Zone. There, he embarked on a plan to unite all of the former Soviet Union by transforming its people into a race of zombie-like radioactive beings living under a communal mind. He managed to convert several Siberian scientists, Vanguard and the rest of the Winter Guard, and the [[Avengers]], who investigated the disturbance. The Presence' companion, [[Starlight]], ultimately offered a surrender used her own power revive those who had been transformed and remand herself and the Presence to Russian custody.
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