Baron Zemo II

Baron Helmet Zemo, the 13th Zemo

Baron Helmut Zemo, the thirteenth Zemo, is a man born to a legacy of evil. His father Heinrich Zemo was one of the most brilliant scientists working for the Nazis in World War II. Heinrich managed to accidentally kill himself in a fight with Captain America, but even before then Zemo blamed Captain America for all his life's problems. Recently Zemo has come to realize that Cap needn't be the focal point of his life, and has decided to give world domination a try.

Appearances in Chronological Order

Captain America: The Medusa Effect- Helmet pictured as a very young child with his mother and father.

Captain America #168-Flashback-Helmut seen as a child being tossed into the air by his father. Later when Heinrich became Baron Zemo he is seen hitting Helmut. Helmut is then seen mourning at his mother's grave.

Captain America: The Medusa Effect- Bucky awakens a young Helmut Zemo. Bucky informs him his mother isn't really dead. He takes Helmut back to Zemo's hideout. Helmut helps sneak Bucky in, but Helmut double crosses him once inside. Zemo tells Helmut that his mother IS dead, but that he may fire Zemo's new Medusa cannon. Helmut's mother died helping Cap escape Heinrich's prison. Cap attempts to stop Zemo. He protects Helmut from his father's bullets trying to shoot Cap. While Cap fights Zemo Helmut fires his father's cannon, but the cannon was moved and it starts to bring down the building. Helmut goes at Bucky with a knife, but is knocked out by falling rock. Cap and Bucky get him out of the collapsing building.

Thunderbolts #-1-Heinrich, Helmut Zemo's father, tells Helmut a story about the time he killed the original Citizen V. Erik Josten interupts Heinrich and Helmut Zemo's rejuvenation in Compound X to inform Heinrich of an uprising. Heinrich orders Josten to protect his son with his life. Josten tells Helmut Zemo of his admiration for his father. Josten reveals his past as a mercenary and smuggler until Heinrich gave Josten's life order and structure. This leaves a lasting impression on Helmut of what his life could be like if he followed in his father's footsteps. Helmut is still a little hesitant when he witnesses Heinrich cold-bloodedly killing the uprisers. Heinrich is sure he can cure him of this though.

Captain America #168-Flashback-When he grew Helmut recreated his father's death ray and Adhesive X to use against Captain America.

Captain America #168- The Phoenix attacks Cap and Falcon. Falcon knocks Phoenix but Phoenix knocks him down and would have killed him, but his weapon was out of energy. So he ran. Phoenix, in civillian attire, tricks Cap into attacking a dummy dressed in Phoenix clothes. He then uses gas to knock out Cap. Cap wakes up over a vat of Adhesive X, and Helmut reveals himself as a Zemo. Falcon breaks into Zemo's hideout to rescue Cap. Falcon frees Cap. Zemo takes Cap's shield and throws it. Cap dodges it, and when it returns to Zemo it knocks him into the boiling vat of Adhesive X.

Captain America #275-278- Zemo sits and looks at a picture of his family building anger towards Captain America. Zemo activates a monster from within S.H.E.I.L.D. headquarters. The monster frees Vermin and kidnaps Arnie Roth and his roomie Micheal as he goes. Baron Zemo II is teamed with Primus (disguised as Arnim Zola). Cap is taken to a castle by a genetically altered human. Primus morphs into Steve Rogers to go and wreck Cap's new life as Zemo percieves Cap did to his life. This was before Zemo's dreams of conquest. His plan was to imprison Cap and Vermin (who had outlived his usefulness to Zemo) in chains while projecting the minds of Arnie and Micheal into two genetic rampaging monsters. Cap and Vermin break free, however Vermin fights back and kills Micheal. Zemo is pleased that Cap's relationship with Arnie is ruined. Arnie forgives Cap saying he was only angry from frustration. Vermin flees. Arnie and Cap get to Zemo and Anrie(!) knocks Zemo out, when Zemo escapes we see that Vermin is aboard the ship and attacks Zemo

Captain America #290-Mother Superior appears before Zemo, touches his forehead, and takes him off to help him. Zemo and Mother Superior later appear before Arnie Roth to warn him of his impending death. Mother Superior then takes Zemo to meet her father, the Red Skull.

Captain America #293-295-Mother Superior shows Zemo his potential as a conquerer. While Mother is teaching Zemo to fight the Skull comes and chastizes Zemo for his lack of patience. Mother takes him to "widen his view". Zemo and Mother take David Cox and turn him into the Slayer. Slayer defeats Cap. Cap sees Zemo, but Mother disiplines Slayer when he won't finish Nomad. Zemo meets the Sisters of Sin. Mother and Zemo kidnap Roth. Zemo and Skull have a talk.

Captain America #296-299- Zemo watches with Mother and Red Skull as Captain America begins to age rapidly. As Mother goes off Skull holds back Zemo to remain with him. Mother defeats an aged Cap. Skull and Zemo, garbbed in his father's costume emerge. Using Skull's "Dues Machina" Cap is forced to re-enact the day Bucky Barnes died. Zemo plays the part of his father and controls the machine with his will. Cap manages to overide his will and saves Nomad (who played Bucky). Skull sends Zemo and Mother away to lock up Nomad. Zemo spying upon Skull and Cap hears Skull badmouthed him and his father. Mother freaks out on Zemo blaming him for her father's displeasure. Mother blasts Zemo with a mental blast possibly killing him.

Avengers #275-Flashback- Zemo's headgear partially blocked Mother's assault.Zemo is seen fleeing Skull House

Secret Wars II #7-part of the collective of villains Mephisto puts together to attack the Beyonder

Avengers #270- behind the scenes

Avengers #271- behind the scenes

Avengers #273

Captain America #324- behind the scenes- Under orders from Zemo Whirlwind goes to way lay Captain America with the Trapster.

Captain America #357-362-Zemo contracts Bartoc's Brigade to steal the skeleton of Ulysses Bloodstone. Zemo then has his psychic detective (?!?) to help him locate the five bloodstones. Bartoc's Brigade defeats Diamondback and place her in the box with Bloodstone's skeleton. Cap later frees her. Then with Diamondback Cap is taken captive and placed on a "Wheel of Death", with Zemo and Bartoc's Brigade, by a tribe of Incas(?!?). Cap busts everybody out and Zemo and the Brigade escape. Zemo now has two of the five bloodstones. Bartoc scuba dives for the next bloodstone. Bartoc, Zaran, and Machete fight Cap until a group of sharks causes everyone to flee. Diamondback gets the drop on Baron Zemo, but Helmut is saved by his dwarf psychic. Bartoc saves Cap from the sharks. Diamondback floors the dwarf. When the trio make it back onto the boat they find Diamondback holding Zemo captive. Bartoc throws her the newly acquired stone, but when she reaches out for it Zaran tags her with a knife. After she falls overboard Zemo discovers Diamondback stole the two stones in his case. Cap saves Diamondback again. Zemo has the Brigade enter a pyramid to find the next bloodstone. A mummy gives Cap his bloodstone, and John Jameson, who is watching Zemo has the other two. Bartoc managed to grab the stone Cap dropped. That gives Zemo two pieces and Cap's team two pieces. The psychic warns Zemo that someone else is also after the stones. Bartoc's Brigade tracks the last stone to a Japenese restaurant where they interrupt a resurrection with the stone. They defeat all those who oppose them and Machete slices open the old man who swallowed the stone. When they leave Captain America is waiting for them. Bartoc arranges for Zemo and Cap to meet to discuss Cap's two pieces. When they meet Zemo threatens to blow up a city block in Tokyo if he doesn't get the pieces. Diamondback finds Heinrech Zemo's body while spying in Zemo's ship. Cap finds his pilot down and his gems gone. When he gets back to Zemo a flash of power comes out of Zemo's ship. Then the corpse of Heinrich Zemo is floating reanimated. Zemo notices that it doesn't seem like his father. The body uses the Hellfire Helix to activate the volcano. Crossbones stoe Cap's stones, but when they were near the other 3 they united on Zemo's head. Whoever is within Heinrich's body it isn't him. Crossbones manages to use a crossbow to break the stone off Zemo's head. Zemo's body falls down a hole, and Zemo jumps in after his father.

Spectacular Spider-Man #195-196-Zemo is seen burning his father's old mask. The mutants from Zemo's attack in Captain America #275-278 speak to Vermin about leading them. Zemo later burns his own mask. Zemo confronts Vermin and the mutates on their rampage to reclaim his "property". Spider-Man prepares to pulp Zemo, but Zemo tells Vermin to eat Dr. Kafka alive if Spider-Man doesn't release him. A device Zemo holds makes the mutates and Vermin obey him. Zemo reveals that when he "fell" into the volcano he had really jumped, in an insulated suit. Except the one glove that had fallen off deforming his hand in the lava. The mutates beat Spider-Man down until Vermin fights Zemo's control. Vermin/Edward beats on Zemo swearing to kill him for making him into Vermin. Eventually Vermin turns back into Edward. Spider-Man knocks out Zemo.

Captain America #431-434-Captain America confronts Baron Zemo at Castle Zemo. Zemo's face is seemingly healed, and Zemo is married to the Baroness. Zemo informs Cap that the 25 children he is looking for were adopted by him and his wife. The children then pull guns on Cap and Diamondback. Diamondback runs. The guns are a joke and are harmless. Zemo shows Cap that he treats the children with love, and that he kidnapped the children from abusive families. Zemo drops Cap into a trap door. Diamondback is confronted with a plastoid. Zemo sends the kids with another plastoid to school. Zemo thinks to himself how Heike, his wife, has helped him not to obsess on Captain America. Zemo can't see Cap in the dungeon he dropped him into. When the plastoids go to investigate Cap springs from his hiding place. Zemo notices Cap's new style, forced by a degenerative disease Cap has. The plastoids capture Cap. Baroness Heike is meeting with a woman. The woman has heard that Heike is actually Heinrich Zemo, Helmut's father, is a female body. Heike laughs claiming that she always lies to her enemies. Helmut notices them talking, but when he can't hear them he goes to investigate. He hears the woman offering alliance and a strength enhancing formula to the Baroness. The Baroness calls Zemo weak now, and to further her own goals she would join up with her. And when it is suggested that Helmut should be killed she doesn't object. Zemo sends Cap, encapsulated in a plastoid, to a vat of Adhesive X, but not before asking about how to handle women. Zemo goes to the kids to tell them mommy is going bye bye. Crying (wuss) causes the flesh mask Zemo wears to loosen the glue that holds it on is face. Zemo captures his wife and her new ally and gases them. Heike convinces Zemo that she was lying to the woman to get the formula. The woman is later rescued by Diamondback. Zemo and his wife bring the children to witness the Plas-monster execute Captain America into a vat of Adhesive X. Cap escapes the drop and starts fighting. Zemo is knocked towards the vat. Cap catches him, but the Baroness shoots Cap causing him to drop Zemo. The Baroness dives in after Zemo trying to save him. Cap knows it's a trick and captures the two. Cap takes the children back and tries to get them new homes.

Thunderbolts Annual #1-Zemo, frustrated over his many losses, searches for a new plan. While scanning other dimensions Zemo discovers Erik Josten trapped in an alternate reality. Zemo goes to enlist Fixer's help in freeing Josten. Zemo decides to enlist more villains into his new Masters of Evil. Zemo enlists Screaming Mimi after Angar the Screamer, her partner is killed in a heist.

Thunderbolts #59-flashback

Thunderbolts Annual #1-Next Zemo elisted the Beetle. Zemo helps train Mimi in the new powers Fixer gave her. Zemo witnesses the heros' demise as they defeat Onslaught. Zemo went to tell Fixer he no longer needed to rescue Josten, but by then Fixer had a lock on him, and had begun a fight with Kosmos. Not being one to surrender Zemo defeats Kosmos by force of will, saving Josten. Zemo overhears Josten and Beetle talking about how they could be Avengers now that the Avengers were dead and decides to form the Thunderbolts. While stopping a prison break at the Vault the Thunderbolts enlist Moonstone to the group.

Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #449

Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #450

Thunderbolts #1

Tales of the Marvel Universe #1-Seen rescuing people from a burning building

Thunderbolts Annual 1997

Thunderbolts #6

Thunderbolts #7

Thunderbolts #8

Heroes for Hire #7-The Thunderbolts are contacted by Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch, to deal with the Super-Adaptoid. Zemo bites his lip as Jim Hammond insults Zemo's father. Zemo views it as a chance to get inside the Heroes for Hire files.

Hulk #459-(Behind the scenes)-Thunderbolts credited on the radio for helping contain the mess from the Hulk and Abomination fight

Thunderbolts #9

Heroes Return #2-With Hercules, the Thunderbolts confront the Hulk.

Amazing Spider-Man #430-Zemo lectures the Bolts for thinking of risking their secret in order to stop and collect the bounty on Spider-Man.

Captain America / Citizen V-Shown in the Amazon digging for an invention of Zemo's father. Techno recalls how Zemo dug him out of the rubble from the destroyed castle and fixed him up. Techno helps dig up Particle X. Zemo then tells Techno to discover how Particle X is made. Later Zemo flips out when a soldier notes how smart Techno is screaming that it was his father who deserved the credit. Before Zemo can launch Particle X into the air Cap, Citizen V, and those who follow V storm Zemo's hideout. Techno knocks out V and Zemo has her tied to the missle. Cap frees V, but when Zemo launches it V jumps back on and stops Particle X from spreading. As the heroes rejoice Techno tells Zemo that his new stronghold cannot be found because of the shields Techno has put around it. Zemo wishes Techno good luck and tells him he will call the next time he goes to take over the world.

Citizen V and the V-Battalion #1

Citizen V and the V-Battalion #2

Citizen V and the V-Battalion #3-