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Masters of Evil

A uillainous alliance aga i ust the Arntgers

Bcftoving that thortte strength irt numbers. the original Baron Zemo fcyms a sinistor super-toam egual In power to tho nrighty Avengors.

PACTFiLE ORIGINAL MEMBERS

The Masters of Evil arc percnnial foes of the Avenc;f.ks, assembling multiple times over the years, ofteti with no link between the various groupings other than tlieir name. The first Masters of Evil came about through the efforts of Nazi mastermind Baron Zemo.

AND POWERS

America by cnlisting the most notorious enemies of Captain America s i omrades in the Avengers. He gathered the Meller to figlu Iron Man, the Kai>ioactive Man to CghtTHOR.and the Black Knight to battle both the Wasp and Giant Man (I lenry Pym). Later. Zcmo welcomed the Enohantress and the Executionf.r into the Masters ofEvil.The team disbanded atter Zctnos deatli.

A sccond Masters of Evil took its place, founded by the robot Ultron, in his cover identity as the Crimson Cowl.The team obtaincd blueprints ol Avengers' Mansion froin butler Edwin Jarvis and struck at the Awngers in their own homc.The new Black Knight, Dane Whi i man, turned on his teammates in the Masters of Evil and hclped the Avengers scatter the villains.

ESSENTIAL STORYLINES

•    Avengers Vol. 1 96 Baron Zemo iissembtoo the Irst Mastors ol Evtl. tooturing a yflanous counterpart for oach member Of the Avengers.

•    Avengors Vol. 1 9270-277

The Masters of Evtl ra»d ther enemios' iłeaóquar1ofs in the dass»c storytine "Tłte Siego of Avengers Mnreaon *

•    Thundorbolts 924-25

rocont grouping of the Mastors ot Evil unrtes 25 Super VBains. prov»dng a kymkJabte loe lor tho ThurxJert>ołls.

•    Guardians ol the Galaxy 928-29 Doctor Octopus' Masters of Evd team clash with tho Guardians of tho Galaxy

BARON ZEMO Extended

tongesnty. bnikant cnmmal mrxJ MELTER Could mełt any metal

with a moiecuiar beam. RADIOACTIYE MAN

Can retease btasts of lethai

radioactwe energy.

BLACK KNIGHT (Nathan Garrett) Skilied combo tani camed power lance. EXECUTIONER Enhanced strength. camed enchanted axe ENCHANTRESS Sorceress

DECADES OF VILLAI N Y

Zemo schemed to defeat his wartime nemesis Captain

FIRST APPEARANCE

Avengers vol. 1 *6 (Juty 1964)

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The criminal mastermind Egc.iikad organized a third Masters of F.vil, hoping to tako vengcancc on I lenry Pym but met defcat (and dcath) soon after. Helmut Zcmo, son of the original Baron Zcmo, brought together the fourth incarnation of the Masters.

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The Darkest Hour

Baron Zcmo II gathered morę than a dozen criminals to crush the Avengcrs through forte of numbers.Their most infamous achievement was the siege of Avengers* Mansion.

Doctor Octoi*us assembled a fifth Masters of Evil and fought the Guardians oi- i hk Gai axy. Baron Zcmo II returned to organize a śixth team. thcTHUNOKRnoi.TS, who masqucradcd as heroes. Before long. most of thcThunderbolts had become heroes for rcal!.

Justine Hammer, the new Crimson Cowl, assembled a sevcnth version of the team that included a staggering 25 members.

These Masters of Evil failed in an attempt to blackniail the United Nations for one trillion dollars. DW