Captain Nazi
Captain Nazi is a male comic supervillain who features in Fawcett Comics/DC Comics.
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Biography
Fawcett
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)
DC
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Albrecht Krieger
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)
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
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)
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)
- The Power of Shazam! v1:
- Justice Society of America v3:
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