Baron Zemo Character Review
Baron Zemo is the name of two fictional Characters, both supervillains, in various Marvel Comics comic books, notably Captain America and the Avengers. The original Baron Zemo was first seen in The Avengers (March 1964); the second Baron Zemo first appeared in Captain America (December 1973). More about Baron Zemo Character Review - keep reading !!
In 2009, Baron Helmut Zemo was ranked as IGN's 40th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Fictional Character Biography
Dr. Heinrich Zemo, 12th Baron Zemo was one of the top scientists in the Nazi Party. Zemo fought both Captain America and his allies the Howling Commandos during World War II.
A brilliant and sadistic scientific genius, Zemo created many weapons
of mass destruction for Hitler's army, including a large-scale death ray cannon, a disintegration pistol that was a miniaturized version of his death ray, and primitive androids
of considerable strength and invulnerability. Heinrich Zemo's
intelligence was only matched by his sadism, as he routinely tested his
deadly weapons on innocent people, both prisoner and civilian inside the
Third Reich. This ultimately came to a head, during an early encounter
with the Howling Commandos, when Zemo decided to test an experimental
death-ray cannon on a nearby German town. The death-ray killed hundreds
of innocent German civilians as a result, making Zemo a mass murderer.
Though he arrogantly believed that he could frame his act of mass murder
on the Allied Forces, Nick Fury
and his fellow Howling Commandos exposed Zemo's role in the town's
destruction, resulting in Zemo becoming a reviled figure throughout Europe, even amongst his fellow Germans.
In an attempt to regain a level of anonymity, Zemo began wearing a reddish-pink hood
over his face as he continued to build weapons for the Nazis. His
activities ultimately drew the attention of Captain America, resulting
in a confrontation just as Heinrich was ready to unveil his newest
scientific breakthrough: Adhesive X, an extremely strong adhesive that could not be dissolved or removed by any known process at the time (only after the war, the adhesive-using villain Paste-Pot Pete found a way to neutralize it).
When Captain America confronted Zemo, to destroy his limited supply
of Adhesive X so that the Nazis could not use it against Allied troops, Captain America threw his shield to release the adhesive from its vat,
onto the ground. However, Zemo was standing right next to the vat
containing the chemical, which poured over his hooded face. The adhesive
quickly seeped inside and permanently attached the hood to Heinrich's
flesh, preventing Zemo from ever removing his hood.
Though Zemo could still see through the eye holes of the hood, as
well as hear, breathe, and speak through the thin fabric of the cloth
that made up the hood, Zemo could no longer eat normally (due to the
hood having no mouth hole) and had to be fed intravenously.
Heinrich Zemo quickly recovered but having his hood permanently
attached to his face drove the Nazi scientist insane. Adopting a new
costume to go along with his new hooded face, Zemo went from becoming a
normal, if not infamous, Nazi scientist to become an active field agent
for the Third Reich, leading German troops into combat and espionage
missions. His reputation in combat quickly grew and was rivaled only by
the Red Skull; the two quickly became rivals, united only in their hatred for Captain America.
When it became apparent that the Nazis would lose the war, the Skull sent Zemo to London to steal an experimental airplane.
At this point the plane would do them no good, but the Skull made sure
this knowledge was leaked to Captain America and his young sidekick Bucky
so as to ensure that Zemo would be caught, ridding him of his rival
once and for all. Captain America would not learn of Zemo's scheme for
several weeks, by which time he would defeat Red Skull for the final
time during World War II, burying Skull alive in a state of suspended
animation. By the time that Captain America learned of Zemo's plot, it
was too late and both Captain America and his sidekick Bucky were taken
prisoner by Zemo. Zemo tied the two heroes to the experimental plane,
which was now booby-trapped to explode, and launched to their deaths.
Captain America fell from the plane as it exploded, and Bucky was
apparently killed. Captain America landed in the Arctic Ocean and was frozen in ice for decades until recovered by the recently-formed Avengers.
Believing that he had killed his rival at long last, Zemo fled to South America
as Hitler and the Nazis fell and World War II ended. Zemo abandoned his
long-suffering wife and toddler son, Helmut, whom he had become
emotionally and physically abusive towards, after the mask was
permanently bonded to his face. With an army of mercenaries loyal to
him, Zemo enslaved a tribe of natives and lived as a king as he tried
desperately to find a solvent that would remove his mask. As decades
passed, Captain America was ultimately revived by the Avengers, causing
Zemo to renew his rivalry with the Captain, after finding out about
Cap's revival from a newspaper his pilot brought him, as he brought him
supplies and news annually in exchange for gold.
Heinrich formed the Masters of Evil to serve as a villainous counterpart to the Avengers; the other founding members included the original villainous Black Knight, the Melter, and the Radioactive Man,
who were gathered by his pilot. He tried to have Adhesive X spread over
New York, but the Teen Brigade seized Zemo's pilot, preventing him from
speaking then tied him up to stop him causing trouble. They switched
the adhesive with remover made by Paste-Pot Pete. Zemo used his
sceptre's hypno-ray on the Teen Brigade, placing them under his control.
He then battled Captain America using combat skills he had gained, but
Captain America began to beat him. The pilot freed himself from his
bonds and shot at Captain America from behind. Captain America heard the
sound and dodged the bullet, though his skull was grazed.
Giant-Man was
able to stop the pilot from killing Captain America thus capturing him.
Zemo was tricked into opening a container of tear gas while in his helicopter during his escape back to South America. He was later joined by the Enchantress and the Executioner, who had been exiled to Earth from Asgard by Odin.
The Enchantress hypnotized Thor into attacking the Avengers, while the
Executioner had disguised himself as a former ally of Zemo and lured
Captain America to South America to fight Zemo. Iron Man broke him out
of this trance and the Masters of Evil were sent to another dimension by
Thor. Later Zemo created the superstrong Wonder Man with his ionic ray,
and told him he would die within a week unless given an antidote which
he possessed. Wonder Man was able to capture the Wasp and lead the group
into a trap where they were defeated. Wonder Man however sacrificed
himself to save the Avengers.
In his final battle with Captain America, Zemo lured the Captain to his jungle fortress by kidnapping Avengers ally Rick Jones using an attractor ray. His Masters of Evil
were broken out of prison and attacked the Avengers, forcing Captain
America to go on alone. Zemo raised a glass cage containing Rick out of
the ground as Captain America fired at his men, hoping Captain America
would kill Rick, but the gunfire only broke open the cage. Zemo tried
attacking with his men, but Captain America was able to use a rockslide
caused by his shield to block them. In the ensuing battle, Captain
America used his shield
to deflect the sun's rays and cause Zemo to shoot blindly. His ray
gun's shot hit a rock, starting an avalanche that killed him, and
Captain America felt that Bucky's death had finally been avenged. During Hercules' journey to the underworld, Zemo was seen in Erebus, gambling for his resurrection.
Baron Helmut Zemo - Zemo's legacy was revived by his son, Helmut J. Zemo, 13th Baron Zemo who was born in Leipzig,
Germany. His father taught him the idea that the Master Race should
rule the world. Helmut was originally an engineer until he became
enraged when reading a report about the return of Captain America.
Helmut would ultimately follow in his father's footsteps as a
supervillain using his family's money and his own scientific know-how to
recreate his father's work.
He first surfaced under the alias of The Phoenix,
and captured Captain America to get revenge upon him for the death of
his father. He was presumed deceased when he fell into a vat of boiling,
specially-treated Adhesive X. As he had not been wearing his mask when
he fell into the vat, his face was hideously scarred by the boiling Adhesive X, giving his face the appearance of molten wax.
He resurfaced years later as Baron Zemo, first allied with Arnim Zola's mutates. He allied with Primus I, and kidnapped Captain America's childhood friend Arnold Roth
in order to lure Captain America into a trap. He forced the Captain to
battle hordes of mutates before revealing that he knew the Captain's
secret identity.
Zemo later encountered Mother Superior (Sin) and her father the Red Skull. Zemo underwent tutelage by Mother Superior and the Red Skull, and then
kidnapped Captain America's friend David Cox and brainwashed him to
battle the Captain. Zemo then kidnapped Arnold Roth again, and directed a shared mental
reenactment of Heinrich Zemo's last World War II encounter with Captain
America. Zemo then battled Mother Superior, but was psychically overpowered.
Most notably, he formed a new incarnation of the Masters of Evil.
This fourth Masters of Evil was formed to strike at Captain America
through the Avengers; they invaded and occupied Avengers Mansion and crippled Hercules and the Avengers' butler Edwin Jarvis. Zemo captured Captain America and the Black Knight. Zemo battled Captain America, but fell off the Mansion roof.
Zemo later hired Batroc's Brigade and psychic detective Tristram Micawber to help him locate the five fragments of the Bloodstone in hopes of restoring his father to life. Zemo battled Captain America and Diamondback, but fell down an inactive volcano in Japan.
Zemo was again believed dead, though he eventually returned, now married to a woman named Heike who had once called herself The Baroness and had claimed to be the reincarnation of Heinrich Zemo.
Powers and Abilities (Baron Zemo)
Zemo has a gifted intellect, with certain scientific expertise,
excellent marksmanship, and extensive training in hand-to-hand combat.
He is also a highly accomplished strategist and leader. Helmut has
circuitry in his headband designed to disrupt psionic manipulation. He
carried various rifles, and sometimes carries a hand-held spray-gun for
Adhesive X, the most powerful bonding agent ever invented.
The Moonstones grant Helmut Zemo a massive array of superhuman powers such as energy/gravity/light manipulation, molecular phasing, strength/durability augmentation, the ability to create spatial warps, flight and more.
In Other Media (Film)
Baron Zemo is featured in the animated direct-to-video film Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, as one of the villains that the Avengers defeated when an elderly Tony Stark mentions "Masters of Evil."
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