Presence (Marvel Comics)

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The Presence
Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Defenders #52 Created by
Characteristics Alter ego Sergei Krylov

Sergei Krylov is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. As a younger man, Sergei was a Russian nuclear physicist. His twin children, Nikolai Krylenko and Laynia Petrovna were taken from birth by the Soviet government to be trained as soliders, after their mutant natures manifested.

Sergei eventually became one of the most influential men behind the scenes of the Soviet government. However, despite being a scientific genius, he was also quite mad. He caused a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster, which transformed Tania Belinsky into his super-powered thrall, now calling herself Starlight. Due to his own transformation, Sergi began calling himself "The Presence".

The government now wanted the threat of the Presence eliminated. His own children had been trained by the government as super-powered soldiers and, unaware of their true relationship, were sent to kill him. They learned that he was their father and turned against the Soviet regime. They became agents on their own, fighting for the good of the people, and sometimes working with their father.

Vanguard was ultimately killed in a battle while he and Darkstar were aiding the cosmic hero Quasar. Darkstar blamed Quasar for her brother's death and fled back to Russia. When she encountered her father, Darkstar shared her feelings with him, and the Presence forced Quasar to flee Earth on the threat of killing Quasar's loved ones. Sergei visited his son's memorial and sought to revive him by shifting his atoms to microscopically enter Vanguard's body. There he discovered a trace of Vanguard's mutant energy remained, keeping him faintly alive. The Presence managed to use this energy to resurrect his son, but nearly exhausted his own power, and was cast adrift in the subatomic reality he had entered.

While in subatomic exile, The Presence 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. Starlight, as the Presence's companion, ultimately offered a surrender and used her own power to revive those who had been transformed and remand herself and the Presence to Russian custody.

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