Post by Baron Helmut Zemo on Dec 20, 2009 13:45:07 GMT -5
First Name: Helmut
Last Name: Zemo
Alias or Nick-name: Iron Cross, Citizen V, Mark Evanier, Phoenix
Age: Indeterminable, due to periodic exposure to Compound X
Height/Weight: 5'10"/183 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Bald
Persuasion: Neutral-Good
Powers/Weapons: Zemo has a gifted intellect, with certain scientific expertise, excellent marksmanship, and extensive training in hand-to-hand combat. He is also a highly accomplished strategist and leader. Helmut has circuitry in his headband designed to disrupt psionic manipulation. He carried various rifles, and sometimes carries a hand-held spray-gun for Adhesive X, the most powerful bonding agent ever invented.
History: Zemo's legacy was revived by his son, Helmut J. Zemo, 13th Baron Zemo who was born in Leipzig, Germany. Helmut was originally an engineer until he became enraged when reading a report about the return of Captain America. Helmut would ultimately follow in his father's footsteps as a super-villain using his family's money and his own scientific know-how to recreate his father's work.
He first surfaced under the alias of The Phoenix, and captured Captain America to get revenge upon him for the death of his father. He was presumed deceased when he fell into a vat of boiling, specially-treated Adhesive X. As he had not been wearing his mask when he fell into the vat, his face was hideously scarred by the boiling Adhesive X, giving his face the appearance of molten wax.
He resurfaced years later as Baron Zemo, first allied with Arnim Zola's mutates. He allied with Primus, and kidnapped Captain America's childhood friend Arnold Roth in order to lure Captain America into a trap. He forced the Captain to battle hordes of mutates before revealing that he knew the Captain's secret identity.
Zemo later encountered Mother Superior and her father the Red Skull. Zemo underwent tutelage by Mother Superior and the Red Skull, and then kidnapped Captain America's friend David Cox and brainwashed him to battle the Captain. Zemo then kidnapped Arnold Roth again, and directed a shared mental reenactment of Heinrich Zemo's last World War II encounter with Captain America. Zemo then battled Mother Superior, but was psychically overpowered.
Most notably, he formed a new incarnation of the Masters of Evil. This fourth Masters of Evil was formed to strike at Captain America through the Avengers; they invaded and occupied Avengers Mansion and crippled Hercules and the Avengers' butler Edwin Jarvis. Zemo captured Captain America and the Black Knight. Zemo battled Captain America, but fell off the Mansion roof.
Zemo later hired Batroc's Brigade and psychic detective Tristram Micawber to help him locate the five fragments of the Bloodstone in hopes of restoring his father to life. Zemo battled Captain America and Diamondback, but fell down an inactive volcano in Japan.
Zemo was again believed dead, though he eventually returned, now married to a woman named Heike who had once called herself The Baroness and had claimed to be the reincarnation of Heinrich Zemo.
Zemo, having abandoned Heike to prison, organized a new team of Masters of Evil when the Avengers and Fantastic Four disappeared during the Onslaught crisis and were presumed dead. These Masters of Evil took false identities and called themselves the Thunderbolts. Leading them under the alias Citizen V (a twist of irony, as Heinrich Zemo had killed the original Citizen V during World War II) Zemo planned to have the Thunderbolts gain the world's trust in order to conquer it. The public took a liking to the team much more quickly than Zemo or any of the other Thunderbolts, expected and soon most of the team came to like being heroes.
When the missing heroes returned, Zemo had the Thunderbolts' true identities leaked, forcing them to flee with him into deep space to assist his plan to conquer the world through mind control. However, most of the Thunderbolts rebelled and foiled Zemo's plan. Zemo went into hiding and plotted revenge on his former teammates (who were trying to win back the publics trust by being true heroes). After another of Zemo's plans was foiled by Captain America and a new Citizen V (Dallas Riordan), Helmut was killed by the new Scourge of the Underworld, though his mind was transferred via bio-modem technology into the body of a comatose John Watkins III, grandson of the original Citizen V. Now in possession of Watkins' body, Zemo again played the role of Citizen V, this time as a member of the V-Battalion, until the Thunderbolts' final battle with Graviton, during which his consciousness was removed from Watkins' body and transferred, in electronic form, into his ally Fixer's mechanical "tech-pack".
On the artificial world Counter-Earth - the same world to which the Avengers and Fantastic Four had previously vanished - the Thunderbolts encountered Zemo's counterpart in that world, Iron Cross. Fixer transferred Zemo's mind into his doubles un-mutilated body. Zemo then took up leadership of the Thunderbolts who were on Counter-Earth; when this group was reunited with their teammates who had remained on the normal Marvel Universe Earth, Hawkeye briefly resumed leadership but then left the team to return to the Avengers.
For a while Zemo remained the leader of the Thunderbolts. In 2004's "Avengers/Thunderbolts" limited series he attempted to take over the world again—this time with the belief that he could save the world by taking it over. Zemo now seems to be motivated by a twisted altruism rather than his original selfish desires; he feels he has grown beyond his father in that regard. However, the Avengers foiled his scheme, his teammate Moonstone went berserk, Zemo's new body was blasted while he attempted to protect Captain America, and he left the team and went into hiding after obtaining Moonstone's twin alien gems, two artifacts of great power.
**Here is where thcontinuityty diverges**
After some time to heal his body, Zemeventuallyly returned to the Thunderbolts. However, the team began to notice that he was losing touch with reality, due to his exposure to the Moonstones. The stones did give him great power, but also force his mind to see things no ordinary human imeantnt to see: cosmimachinationsns in their truallegoricic structure, pathways into countless periods of time and space, including possible futures, etc. There visions were at first welcomed by Zemo, seeing it as an opportunity to gain true knowledge. Bueventuallyly, even he notice the degradation in hipsycheie, making him lose touch with reality.
It was then decided to return one of the Moonstones to the still comatose Karla Sofen, who promptly regaineconsciousesse. Before this, Zemo discussed his behavior with Songbird, fearing that continued exposure to the Moonstones would reverted him to his old personality. Even witnessing possible futures where he ruled the worldUnfortunatelyly, after only having the one Moonstone was not enough to maintain the Folding Castle, which promptldisappeareded.
Soon after, Zemo and Songbird dissolved their relationship, seeing that it was just a farce and known so by both sides. The reason for him to allow her to lie to him, was a precaution to prevent the possible futures as he has seen her do so by killing him.
A year later, with the aid of Dallas Riordan and Val Cooper, the Thunderbolts werfinallyly recognized by the Government, and was given sanction to protect the western United States, while the Avengers protected the east.
Zemo continued to slip in and out of sanityunbeknownst to the team, until a nervous breakdown nearly ravaged part of the base. It was resolved when Moonstone convinced him to relinquish the other moonstone to her, which brought him back from the break in time. Nomentallyly stable, he continues to lead the Thunderbolts along with Moonstone and Songbird, acting as a buffer between the two.
Comic character is from: Avengers, Captain America, Thunderbolts, etc.
Last Name: Zemo
Alias or Nick-name: Iron Cross, Citizen V, Mark Evanier, Phoenix
Age: Indeterminable, due to periodic exposure to Compound X
Height/Weight: 5'10"/183 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Bald
Persuasion: Neutral-Good
Powers/Weapons: Zemo has a gifted intellect, with certain scientific expertise, excellent marksmanship, and extensive training in hand-to-hand combat. He is also a highly accomplished strategist and leader. Helmut has circuitry in his headband designed to disrupt psionic manipulation. He carried various rifles, and sometimes carries a hand-held spray-gun for Adhesive X, the most powerful bonding agent ever invented.
History: Zemo's legacy was revived by his son, Helmut J. Zemo, 13th Baron Zemo who was born in Leipzig, Germany. Helmut was originally an engineer until he became enraged when reading a report about the return of Captain America. Helmut would ultimately follow in his father's footsteps as a super-villain using his family's money and his own scientific know-how to recreate his father's work.
He first surfaced under the alias of The Phoenix, and captured Captain America to get revenge upon him for the death of his father. He was presumed deceased when he fell into a vat of boiling, specially-treated Adhesive X. As he had not been wearing his mask when he fell into the vat, his face was hideously scarred by the boiling Adhesive X, giving his face the appearance of molten wax.
He resurfaced years later as Baron Zemo, first allied with Arnim Zola's mutates. He allied with Primus, and kidnapped Captain America's childhood friend Arnold Roth in order to lure Captain America into a trap. He forced the Captain to battle hordes of mutates before revealing that he knew the Captain's secret identity.
Zemo later encountered Mother Superior and her father the Red Skull. Zemo underwent tutelage by Mother Superior and the Red Skull, and then kidnapped Captain America's friend David Cox and brainwashed him to battle the Captain. Zemo then kidnapped Arnold Roth again, and directed a shared mental reenactment of Heinrich Zemo's last World War II encounter with Captain America. Zemo then battled Mother Superior, but was psychically overpowered.
Most notably, he formed a new incarnation of the Masters of Evil. This fourth Masters of Evil was formed to strike at Captain America through the Avengers; they invaded and occupied Avengers Mansion and crippled Hercules and the Avengers' butler Edwin Jarvis. Zemo captured Captain America and the Black Knight. Zemo battled Captain America, but fell off the Mansion roof.
Zemo later hired Batroc's Brigade and psychic detective Tristram Micawber to help him locate the five fragments of the Bloodstone in hopes of restoring his father to life. Zemo battled Captain America and Diamondback, but fell down an inactive volcano in Japan.
Zemo was again believed dead, though he eventually returned, now married to a woman named Heike who had once called herself The Baroness and had claimed to be the reincarnation of Heinrich Zemo.
Zemo, having abandoned Heike to prison, organized a new team of Masters of Evil when the Avengers and Fantastic Four disappeared during the Onslaught crisis and were presumed dead. These Masters of Evil took false identities and called themselves the Thunderbolts. Leading them under the alias Citizen V (a twist of irony, as Heinrich Zemo had killed the original Citizen V during World War II) Zemo planned to have the Thunderbolts gain the world's trust in order to conquer it. The public took a liking to the team much more quickly than Zemo or any of the other Thunderbolts, expected and soon most of the team came to like being heroes.
When the missing heroes returned, Zemo had the Thunderbolts' true identities leaked, forcing them to flee with him into deep space to assist his plan to conquer the world through mind control. However, most of the Thunderbolts rebelled and foiled Zemo's plan. Zemo went into hiding and plotted revenge on his former teammates (who were trying to win back the publics trust by being true heroes). After another of Zemo's plans was foiled by Captain America and a new Citizen V (Dallas Riordan), Helmut was killed by the new Scourge of the Underworld, though his mind was transferred via bio-modem technology into the body of a comatose John Watkins III, grandson of the original Citizen V. Now in possession of Watkins' body, Zemo again played the role of Citizen V, this time as a member of the V-Battalion, until the Thunderbolts' final battle with Graviton, during which his consciousness was removed from Watkins' body and transferred, in electronic form, into his ally Fixer's mechanical "tech-pack".
On the artificial world Counter-Earth - the same world to which the Avengers and Fantastic Four had previously vanished - the Thunderbolts encountered Zemo's counterpart in that world, Iron Cross. Fixer transferred Zemo's mind into his doubles un-mutilated body. Zemo then took up leadership of the Thunderbolts who were on Counter-Earth; when this group was reunited with their teammates who had remained on the normal Marvel Universe Earth, Hawkeye briefly resumed leadership but then left the team to return to the Avengers.
For a while Zemo remained the leader of the Thunderbolts. In 2004's "Avengers/Thunderbolts" limited series he attempted to take over the world again—this time with the belief that he could save the world by taking it over. Zemo now seems to be motivated by a twisted altruism rather than his original selfish desires; he feels he has grown beyond his father in that regard. However, the Avengers foiled his scheme, his teammate Moonstone went berserk, Zemo's new body was blasted while he attempted to protect Captain America, and he left the team and went into hiding after obtaining Moonstone's twin alien gems, two artifacts of great power.
**Here is where thcontinuityty diverges**
After some time to heal his body, Zemeventuallyly returned to the Thunderbolts. However, the team began to notice that he was losing touch with reality, due to his exposure to the Moonstones. The stones did give him great power, but also force his mind to see things no ordinary human imeantnt to see: cosmimachinationsns in their truallegoricic structure, pathways into countless periods of time and space, including possible futures, etc. There visions were at first welcomed by Zemo, seeing it as an opportunity to gain true knowledge. Bueventuallyly, even he notice the degradation in hipsycheie, making him lose touch with reality.
It was then decided to return one of the Moonstones to the still comatose Karla Sofen, who promptly regaineconsciousesse. Before this, Zemo discussed his behavior with Songbird, fearing that continued exposure to the Moonstones would reverted him to his old personality. Even witnessing possible futures where he ruled the worldUnfortunatelyly, after only having the one Moonstone was not enough to maintain the Folding Castle, which promptldisappeareded.
Soon after, Zemo and Songbird dissolved their relationship, seeing that it was just a farce and known so by both sides. The reason for him to allow her to lie to him, was a precaution to prevent the possible futures as he has seen her do so by killing him.
A year later, with the aid of Dallas Riordan and Val Cooper, the Thunderbolts werfinallyly recognized by the Government, and was given sanction to protect the western United States, while the Avengers protected the east.
Zemo continued to slip in and out of sanityunbeknownst to the team, until a nervous breakdown nearly ravaged part of the base. It was resolved when Moonstone convinced him to relinquish the other moonstone to her, which brought him back from the break in time. Nomentallyly stable, he continues to lead the Thunderbolts along with Moonstone and Songbird, acting as a buffer between the two.
Comic character is from: Avengers, Captain America, Thunderbolts, etc.
