Baron Helmut Zemo

Background

Full Name: Baron Helmut J. Zemo

Powers & Abilities

• Slowed Aging: Like his father, Zemo makes use of the Compound X serum to retain his youth and vitality, despite his considerable chronological age.
• Genius-level intellect: Helmut is a strategic and tactical genius, as well as a brilliant planner and organizer. He also has an impressive scientific and inventive ability, but not at the level his father was.
• Master Combatant: He is a masterful combatant, surpassing his late father in physical skill and prowess, but is only slightly under the level of Captain America.
• Expert Swordsman: He is a world-class fencer portraying phenomenal skill with a rapier, medieval broadswords, and possibly other weapons used in Medieval Europe.
• Expert Marksman: Helmut is an Olympic-level marksman with firearms.
• Master Tactician: He is very skilled in field tactics, close range combat, and even turning the tide of any debate that he is involved in to his favor.
• Master of Deception: Although he can be truthful in simple conversations with his peers, it is hard to deduce what Helmut is really thinking or planning in his mind. He can appear and appeal as an ally to any villain or hero, but may simply be using them to do his bidding; it can vary from using them as a shield against another foe, or even getting him past security inside a highly secure structure such as the U.N. He has gone as far as earning respect and acceptance from former enemies such as Captain America in order to ensure the success of any scheme he hatches. Helmut Zemo is truly a dangerous individual who will travel any distance to achieve his goals.
  • Influential Expert: He is a dangerous influence to any individual he meets. He has used his ability to morally change persons with even the greatest of good intentions to ruthless human beings. His tactics have sometimes even caused individuals to question their own morality, and judgment towards other individuals.

Equipment

• Baron Zemo's Suit: He sometimes wears circuitry in his hood guarding against psychic assault.
• Baron Zemo's Sword: Zemo wields a sword.
• His Father's Devices: Zemo makes use of much of the same devices invented by his father, including particle, formula, and adhesive X, as well as:
  • Disintegrator Gun: His dad's disintegrator gun.
  • Anti-Psychic Headband: Anti-psychic headband.
  • Adamantium Sword: In close-combat, he prefers an Adamantium sword.
  • Mind-Control Devices: He also makes use of various energy weapons and mind-control devices.
• Adhesive X: Zemo occasionally uses weapons or traps incorporating his father's Adhesive X, which forms an unbreakable bond with any substance unless it is subjected to a special solvent.
• Moonstone: Zemo has usurped Karla Sofen's moonstones, alien power gems which enable him to manipulate energy on a massive scale for effects such as strength/durability augmentation, space warp creation, gravity manipulation, light manipulation, molecular phasing, and more.