Baron Heinrich Zemo

History

Baron Heinrich became one of the top scientists during the Nazi reign and was in high demand. Agent Nick Fury invaded Zemo's castle where he came to destroy Zemo's death ray. He was defeated and took his wife and son into hiding and wore a disguise because of his disgrace. Zemo was once working on a substance called Adhesive X when Captain America invaded and destroyed the only batch available. The adhesive covered his head where his disguise was stuck permanently. As a result, Zemo had formed a deep hatred for Captain America and humankind in general.

Zemo led sabotages against the Allies several times, but also failing. Later in the war, Captain America and Bucky came to defeat Zemo but Bucky died and Captain America was thrown into icy water where he was suspended for some time. Zemo, with his family then left Germany and moved to the South American jungle.

After some time, Zemo built a death ray where he would destroy many cities. Captain America reappeared, joining a team called the Avengers and Zemo created his own team called the Masters Of Evil. In his final fight against Captain America, he kidnapped Rick Jones, who was Captain America's sidekick at the time. Captain America rescued Jones where his shield reflected off a light and blinded Zemo temporarily. Zemo started firing his death ray wildly and caused his own death by an avalanche falling upon him.

In Tales of Suspense #98-99 and Captain America #100, a man appeared who claimed to be Zemo, having survived the avalanche, but it was actually his pilot, Franz Gruber, pretending to be him.