Captain Nazi
Captain Nazi is a male comic supervillain who features in Fawcett Comics/DC Comics.
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Biography
Fawcett
Albrecht Krieger was a male human who was born the son of Siegmund Krieger around the time of World War II where he grew up in Germany. Since infancy, his father fed him a miracle food that he had secretly developed that made his offspring especially strong, agile and intelligent. As he grew up, he went to school at Heidelberg where gained a scar from a duel that he came to wear with pride. In this time, Adolf Hitler came to power and transformed the nation into Nazi Germany. It was then that Siegmund Krieger introduced his son to the Fuhrer where he demonstrated his powers that could be used to benefit the Third Reich. (Shazam! v1 #34)
During a meeting with his warlords, Adolf Hitler presented his newest weapon against democracy's heroes with this being his champion named Captain Nazi. With the power of flight, he travelled to the United States where he attacked a number of American citizens as he made a public challenge against the hero Bulletman. (Master Comics v1 #21)
He later went into hiding and made his plans where he was ready to resume the Nazi movement with the intention of winning the world when he received news regarding the Marvel Family. Captain Nazi came to learn that Doctor Sivana had imprisoned his foes and himself in a strange substance with them being launched into space. Thus, he had no competition to his own conquest of the world but was worried about the Marvel Family being released to challenge him. As a result, Captain Nazi placed himself in suspended animation and waited for a time till they were freed in order to battle them. When he awoke, he found that the Marvel Family had indeed awoken by this point in the future and he set forth his plans to conquer the world where he gathered a number of followers under his banner. (Shazam! v1 #34)
DC
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Albrecht Krieger
Captain Nazi later came to be a member of the Society where he along with Hyena and Count Vertigo were dispatched by Deathstroke on an assignment. They were tasked with aiding the Society's newest ally Black Mask whose operations were being targeted by the Red Hood. Black Mask had agreed to join but on the condition that this new rival was eliminated with the villains confronting the mysterious masked individual. However, Red Hood had the support of Batman where together they managed to defeat the three supervillains. In the fight, the Red Hood targeted Captain Nazi's cybernetic eyes with an electrical shock that seemingly killed the villain. (Batman v1 #647)
He came to lead a team of Nazi supervillains known as the Fourth Reich who began targeting the families of Golden Age superheroes leading to them attacking a gathering of Commander Steel's relatives. (Justice Society of America v3 #3) After succeeding in their task, they split up to target more families with Captain Nazi along with a few of his comrades targeting the former Stripsey Pat Dugan but were stopped by the Justice Society. During this time, he fought against Damage where he managed to take off Grant Emerson's mask when he got distracted after he accidently injured a team mate. This revealed that Emerson's face was badly deformed with Captain Nazi looking at him scornfully and ready to attack only to be knocked out by Hourman along with his wife Jesse Quick. (Justice Society of America v3 #4)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Captain Nazi was a white blonde-haired male with rather handsome features with a powerful dynamic face marked by a Heidelberg dueling scar. (Master Comics v1 #21) It was said that the name was bestowed on him by Adolf Hitler himself. (The Power of Shazam! v1 #5)
Such was his reputation that he was considered the Scourge of Europe and the Terror of an Age. During his attacks, it was noted that he had a murderous expression on his face. He claimed that as Captain Nazi he had no mercy and was perfectly willing to kill innocent children. (Master Comics v1 #21)
After the defeat of the Third Reich, he came to believe that the only true Fuhrer had to be tall and blonde similar to himself. (Shazam! v1 #34)
His father was Siegmund Krieger who was a noted scientist. (Shazam! v1 #34) He was also known to had had a brother named Wolf Krieger. From his brother, he had a grandniece in the form of the blonde-haired Katrina who took the supervillain name of Madame Libertine. (The Power of Shazam! #5)
Powers and abilities
Krieger was fed a miracle food from his father that improved his strength, agility and intelligence to the point that he was considered a true Ubermensch (Overman or Superior Man). (Shazam! v1 #34) He had terrific strength and physical ability with him being as fast as a zooming hawk. With unbelievable power, he could rip apart the iron rails of a trail track. (Master Comics v1 #21)
His uniform had a holster for a gun that he could use in a fight. (Master Comics v1 #21)
The cybernetic eyes though were a weakness and he could be knocked out if they were damaged in an attack. (Batman v1 #647)
Notes
- Captain Nazi was created by William Woolfolk and Mac Raboy where he made his first appearance in Master Comics v1 #21 (December, 1941) by Fawcett Comics.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Justice League Unlimited, Captain Nazi made a brief cameo appearance in the animated television series set in the DC Animated Universe. It was shown that in World War II that the superhero Spy Smasher broke into a Nazi base that was holding trials for the Captain Nazi Project before it could be injected into the test subject. The serum was later confiscated and taken to America where it eventually came into possession by Project Cadmus.
- In Legends of Tomorrow, Captain Nazi appeared in the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse's second season in the episode "The Justice Society of America" where he was portrayed by actor André Eriksen. Baron Albrecht Krieger was shown operating in World War II where he became an ally of the time travelling Eobard Thawne who provided him a sample of a biomolecular enhancer that transformed him into a highly muscular monstrous berserker who was self-proclaimed as an "Übermensch" who was sent to fight the JSA and the time-travelling Legends.
Appearances
- Master Comics v1: (1941)
- Shazam! v1:
- The Power of Shazam! v1:
- Batman v1:
- Justice Society of America v3:
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