He was brilliant scientist. [29][30][31], Under Zemo's direction, the team, called the Thunderbolts, was accepted as New York's newest heroes far easier than they would have expected, and were soon given access to equipment used by heroes such as the Avengers and Fantastic Four. 's custody, he was later freed by the remaining members of his own founded team, the Thunderbolts (formerly the Masters of Evil), which was led by his fiancee while he is not around leading the team. The backstory of the 11 barons before Heinrich and Helmut was later touched upon in the limited series Thunderbolts Presents: Zemo - Born Better. With Zemo was also teleported Erik Selvig, Kobik's caretaker, for having used her to do whatever S.H.I.E.L.D. In the universe of Deadpool MAX, Helmut Zemo is an American white supremacist (with a costume designed to evoke the image of a Klansman) who runs a survivalist community in the wilderness of Wyoming. The teams worked together to stop her, and it ended with Moonstone comatose and Zemo disappearing to an uncertain fate as he stopped the amok moonstones that had empowered her. 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. He formed a rival group of former Thunderbolts to confront the main team and deal with the threat Photon (Genis-Vell) posed. Today we are going to look at one of Captain America’s oldest and greatest foes and one of Marvel’s powerhouse villains: Baron Heinrich Zemo. They eventually returned home and he convinced the team to follow him in trying a large scale project similar to those enacted on Counter-Earth to improve their own world. Zemo kept to the shadows for a while, watching events unfold while making his own plans. [32] The team worked alongside Spider-Man[33] and battled various villains in New York. Baron Zemo appeared in the Marvel Universe line from Hasbro. Baron Helmut Zemo, the second villain to take the name, made his first debut in Captain America #168 in 1973. Eventually summoned to his father’s Amazon base, Helmut was witness to his father’s private army (whose number included Eric Josten, later to become Power Man and Goliath) harshly suppressing dissent among the natives. He helped them foil a plan by Baron Strucker to use mind control. [38], Eventually, the team encountered a spacecraft whose engines emitted a radiation that began eating Counter-Earth from the inside, and confronted a being born of that very radiation, Anomaly. However, in reality, Ghost was working with Zemo and it was just part of his plan to convince Kingpin and the world of his demise. Current Connections to Underworld (High), Thunderbolts, Redeemers, V-Battalion. Helmut went with Herman and his men back to Castle Zemo to find it devastated. [73], Slowed Aging: Like his father, Zemo makes use of the Compound X serum to retain his youth and vitality, despite his considerable chronological age.[74]. In 1945 Heinrich seemingly slew Captain America and Bucky, and went into hiding in the Amazon as the Reich fell. Sgt. Over the course of the following months, Rogers managed to convince Zemo that the life he had lived without Steve by his side was the false one. The activation of the device returned Baron Zemo back to his normal self, and it revealed his ally to be the the Fixer. Captain America #168 - ... And a Phoenix Shall Arise! It should be noted that while he knew Captain America’s other enemy the Red Skull, they didn’t get along very well and they were more allies of convenience against Captain America. 1 Appearances 1.1 Marvel Animated Universe 1.1.1 The Avengers: … [15] This version is revealed to be Howard Stark chemically brainwashed by a combination of zolpidem, ethanol, chloromethane, and "ophentonyl", the acronym forming the name. He insisted he’d use it to help the world, and told the depowered Songbird that would have been the moment she’d have betrayed him. Zemo makes a cameo appearance in the Japanese anime film Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher. By so doing, they would reemerge from the void on the real Earth, forfeiting their roles and place on Counter-Earth.[39]. Then, Lucas revealed himself to be an agent of Hydra to Sam, shooting him in the shoulder and leaving him in the hands of Crossbones, only to return to watch his boss kill Ian Zola, cutting his throat. Helmut, in his tacticalHydra suit disguised as"Mark Gruler". Helmut followed in the footsteps of his father before him, becoming an enemy of Captain America and the Avengers. Baron Zemo was the twelfth person to carry that name. Shortly afterward, he was rematerialized and went into hiding while he tried to rebuild Hydra in secret. Baron Zemo Fantastic. Genius-level intellect: Helmut is a strategic and tactical genius, as well as a brilliant planner and organizer. News of Captain America’s survival led to Heinrich leaving his hideaway to face his old foe. After kidnapping, torturing and tormenting Captain America's closest friends, Zemo and Mother Superior fought for the right of succession and in the ensuing battle Zemo appears to be slain by Mother Superior. He can appear and appeal as an ally to any villain or hero, but may simply be using them to do his bidding; it can vary from using them as a shield against another foe, or even getting him past security inside a highly secure structure such as the U.N. [23], Zemo, with the help of Batroc's Brigade, tried to resurrect his father using the Bloodstone. In the film, Zemo is a colonel from the nation of Sokovia, and the head of an elite military unit. Zemo survived, but was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. Citizen V deactivated-5f035224e8503 Zemo was retroactively added into the history of Captain America upon the hero's reintroduction to the Silver Age two issues prior. While I don’t know how their military experience influenced their later work I do know that Lee and Kirby would go on to create one of the greatest groups of ordinary soldiers who would go toe to toe with some of the greatest villains the budding Marvel Universe had to offer: Sargent Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos. [76], Expert Marksman: Helmut is an Olympic-level marksman with firearms. Skills: custody, using her powers to exist both with him and her caretakers at the same time. Note: Even with the Avengers and Fantastic Four under his control they foiled his plan. The Helmut Zemo version of the character is the main antagonist of Captain America: Civil War. He is, however, more patient, forward-thinking, and innovative than most “criminal masterminds” as is evidenced by a) his structuring of the fourth Masters of Evil as an army of villains, rather than as a simply one-to-one match with the Avengers and b) his plot to gain the public trust with the Thunderbolts. Former Connections to AIM (High), HYDRA (High). The Baron wanted Wendell at his side as he tried to prove his point. The team went on a few missions before Graviton appeared looking for the Thunderbolts, whose base they used. The Avataars: Covenant of the Shield miniseries, set in a sword and sorcery version of the Marvel Universe, features Dreadlord, an alternate version of Zemo, as its main villain. [34], In the present, Rogers returned to the mantle of Captain America and tracked down Baron Zemo when the villain had traveled to Bagalia in an attempt to recreate the Masters of Evil. Zemo is portrayed throughout this story in a neck brace, the result of his fall in the previously described Avengers storyline. Helmut beat his father and started to turn away when his father called out to the German guards that protected him. The reassembled Thunderbolts – including Fixer – were hurled to Counter-Earth, where they encountered the Heinrich and Helmut Zemo of that world. Phoenix Browse Marvel's comprehensive list of Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) comics. 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 its Uprising against the S.H.I.E.L.D., was responsible for unleashing this small fleet of Chitauri into his homeland, feeling that it had to do with his father's last moment of betrayal against Hydra in the end of the Second World War.