Baron Zemo II

Alias
Baron Zemo II Citizen V [II] Iron Cross Phoenix I
Nick Name
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Civilian ID
Baron Helmut Zemo Alias Mark Evanier
Occupation
13th Heir to the Zemo Estate Adventurer Criminal Scientist
Legal Status
Citizen of Germany with no criminal record.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Leipzig, Germany
Group Affiliation
Batroc's Brigade Masters of Evil Redeemers Secret Empire Thunderbolts
Base of Operations
Castle Zemo, Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains, Mexico Mount Charteris, Colorado
Height
5' 10"
Weight
180 lbs.
Eye Color
Blue
Hair Color
Blonde
Skin Tone
Caucasian
Known Powers
Normal human with genius level intelligence a superb military strategist and hand-to-hand and armed combatant. Note: While in possession of the Kree Moonstones, Zemo possesses superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, invulnerability, super-sonic flight, teleportation, invisibility, an ability to emit concussive energy blast, become intangible and manipulate gravity and matter at a molecular level.
Accessories
Adhesive X: A powerful bonding agent created by Baron Zemo I, used to immobilize or bond any object. Not commonly used by Baron Zemo II. Compound X: Chemical compound that prolongs life and youth with regular immersions. Kree Moonstones: Alien artifacts enabling the possessor to gain superhuman powers. Wealth of the Zemo estate. Wide variety of military and civilian weapons.
Common Enemies
Avengers Black Panther I Captain America I Falcon Silver Sable Thunderbolts
Regularly Appearing
Avengers Vol. 1 Captain America Vol. 1 Thunderbolts Vol. 1
First Appearance
Phoenix I Captain America Vol. 1 #168 (Dec. 1973) Baron Zemo II Captain America Vol. 1 #276 (Dec. 1982) Citizen V [II] Thunderbolts #1 (April, 1997)
Creator
Phoenix I Roy Thomas & Sal Buscema Baron Zemo II J. M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck Citizen V [II] Kurt Busiek & Mark Bagley
Origin
The son of the Nazi scientist Baron Heinrich Zemo, Helmut Zemo blamed his father's greatest enemy Captain America for his death. In truth the elder Zemo was crushed under a rockslide triggered by his integrator gun, when he attempted to kill the hero at his South American compound. Seeking revenge using his father's inventions Helmut took the disguise as Phoenix I, captured Captain America and his then-partner the Falcon and devised a plot to immerse them in a vat of boiling Adhesive X. Captain America escaped and when grappling with Zemo he toppled into his own trap. Believed dead Zemo escaped through a drain pipe at the bottom of the cauldron, but not before his face was severely scared by the boiling adhesive, as his father had been by the same invention, battling Captain America during World War II. Zemo would go underground striking at his enemy through others, until he resurfaced adopting his father's costume and his title as Baron Zemo. He would join forces with the Red Skull to plague Captain America, and his allies in the Avengers leading a new Masters of Evil. After the assault of Onslaught, when many of Earth's heroes were presumed dead, Zemo would form another group known as the Thunderbolts, disguising himself as the heir to the legacy of Citizen V. The ruse exposed he reclaimed his hereditary title as Baron Zemo.