Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) Reviews

Helmut J. Zemo, the son of Baron Heinrich Zemo, followed in his father's footsteps to become a supervillain. How proud he must be. Beginning his career as an engineer, he was livid when he heard the news that Captain America was coming out of retirement. Why was he so mad? Oh, Mr. America sort of killed his father.

He started out under the moniker The Phoenix, not to be confused with Jean Grey, and quickly captured Captain America. He then accidentally fell into a vat of boiling Adhesive X (the most powerful bonding agent invented) and was thought to be dead. He wasn't. He just looked like a wax figure. Think Joan Rivers.

Years later, he appeared again, allied with Primus, and kidnapped Captain America's friend Arnold Roth to lure the hero into a trap. It didn't work. Later, Zemo was trained under the tutelage of Red Skull and his daughter Mother Superior. Apparently he has a thing for kidnapping Captain America's friends since his buddy David Cox was next. This time, he brainwashed Cox and got him to battle the Captain.

Zemo even once formed an updated version of the group Masters of Evil. They invaded the Avengers Mansion, capturing Captain America and the Black Knight and brutally beating Hercules and Jarvis, in one of the Avengers darkest hours. He then subsequently fell off the roof. He also fell into a volcano once.

Excluding all the falling, Zemo is known for being a genius, skilled in combat and is an excellent marksman. The Moonstones even granted Helmut superhuman powers including but not limited to light and gravity manipulation, molecular phasing, flight and the ability to create spatial warps. In recent years, his plans grew more diabolical, including his formation of the Thunderbolts - in actuality all members of the Masters of Evil, whom Zemo had pose as superheroes in order to conquer from within the system. While that plan ultimately failed, the Thunderbolts have continued on, in various incarnations - some seemingly noble, others extremely dangerous.