Helmut Zemo
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| + | Helmut Zemo was the son of '''Hilda Zemo''' and the son of [[Heinrich Zemo]] who worked for the Nazi's as a scientist during World War II where he worked to advance the cause of the Third Reich. Both him and his mother loved his father who operated as [[Baron Zemo]] who was condemned by the Americans. Upon becoming the most hated man in Germany, Baron Zemo began to wear a mask to conceal his identity with one of his actions being the development of '''Adhesive X'''. During the war, [[Captain America]] arrived and fought with Baron Zemo with the tank containing the adhesive being shattered which fell on Heinrich Zemo that permanently fixed his mask to his face. The event caused Heinrich Zemo to be driven mad as a result and left him in a rage where he took out his anger on his own family with him striking his son Helmut. The love shown to Helmut was gone forever with Heinrich leaving his wife Hilda with Helmut's mother believed dying shortly afterwards as she did not want to live without him. (Captain America v1 #168) | ||
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| + | Seeking revenge, he took on the masked identity of the '''Phoenix''' as he sought to kill Captain America. (Captain America v1 #168) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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Helmut Zemo is a male comic supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Helmut Zemo was the son of Hilda Zemo and the son of Heinrich Zemo who worked for the Nazi's as a scientist during World War II where he worked to advance the cause of the Third Reich. Both him and his mother loved his father who operated as Baron Zemo who was condemned by the Americans. Upon becoming the most hated man in Germany, Baron Zemo began to wear a mask to conceal his identity with one of his actions being the development of Adhesive X. During the war, Captain America arrived and fought with Baron Zemo with the tank containing the adhesive being shattered which fell on Heinrich Zemo that permanently fixed his mask to his face. The event caused Heinrich Zemo to be driven mad as a result and left him in a rage where he took out his anger on his own family with him striking his son Helmut. The love shown to Helmut was gone forever with Heinrich leaving his wife Hilda with Helmut's mother believed dying shortly afterwards as she did not want to live without him. (Captain America v1 #168)
Seeking revenge, he took on the masked identity of the Phoenix as he sought to kill Captain America. (Captain America v1 #168)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
With the Baroness, he at one point had a group of abducted 25 children named the Kinder (German: Children) that were brainwashed into valuing family values, love and honor for their adoptive parents. Thus, they were trained to hate those that they perceived would take that away from them allowing him to direct their actions. These children tended to refer to the Baroness as Mater and Helmut as Vater that were the German words for mother and father. During this time, they resided at his home in Castle Zemo and willingly followed his commands. (Captain America v1 #431)
Notes
- Helmut Zemo was created by Tony Isabella and Sal Buscema where he first appeared as Phoenix in Captain America v1 #168 (December, 1973) then made a cameo appearance as Baron Zemo in Captain America v1 #275 (November, 1982) before fully appearing in Captain America v1 #276 (December, 1982).
- The character operated as Citizen V in Thunderbolts Annual #1997 (August, 1997).
- He was the second Baron Zemo with him being based on the first that was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Avengers Assemble: Ultron Revolution, Helmut Zemo appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor David Kaye who provided him a German accent whereas he provided an American accent in his guise as Citizen V.
Films
- In Captain America: Civil War, Colonel Helmut Zemo appeared in the 2016 live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he was portrayed by actor Daniel Brühl.
Video games
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, the Helmut Baron Zero appeared as a character in the Facebook video game with his own Dossier.
Appearances
- Captain America:
- Captain America: Steve Rogers:
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