Captain Nazi
Captain Nazi | |
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![]() Captain Nazi (center) makes his debut on the cover of Master Comics #21 (1941), flanked by his enemies Captain Marvel (left) and Bulletman; art by Mac Raboy. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Fawcett Comics (1941–1944) DC Comics (1978–present) |
First appearance | Master Comics #21 (December 1941) |
Created by | William Woolfolk (writer) Mac Raboy (artist) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Albrecht Krieger |
Team affiliations | The Society Monster Society of Evil The Fourth Reich |
Notable aliases | Colonel Nazi |
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Captain Nazi (Baron Albrecht Krieger) is a Fawcett Comics and DC Comics supervillain, and rival of Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr.
Captain Nazi made his first live-action appearance in a 2016
.Publication history
Captain Nazi first appeared in Master Comics #21 (December 1941) and was created by William Woolfolk and Mac Raboy.[1]
Fictional character biography
Fawcett Comics
The super-strong Captain Nazi was genetically altered by his scientist father, and developed into the "perfect specimen" to fight for
Junior, crippled in his Freddy Freeman form by the attack, continues to hold a vendetta against Nazi, and the two frequently battle one another. Nazi also serves as a member of Mister Mind's Monster Society of Evil, one of the most powerful organisations of villains in the world which included Adolf Hitler, and assists their first plan to steal magic fortune-telling pearls from a princess, leading Captain Marvel to their hideout, and revealing their existence, during the World War II years, before making his final Fawcett Comics appearance in the story "General Nippon's Elusive Earthplane", published in Captain Marvel, Jr. #19 in 1944.
DC Comics
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Captain Nazi appeared only sporadically in DC Comics' 1970s/1980s revival of the Marvel Family characters under the title Shazam!, save for reprints of the original Fawcett stories. Nazi's first appearance in a new DC Comics story was in Shazam! #34 (March- April 1978).
Following writer
Captain Nazi was introduced into the modern
Issues #6–8 of The Power of Shazam series retell the story of Captain Nazi's murdering Freddy's grandfather by throwing him a great distance with his superhuman strength, his crippling of Freddy, and Freddy's emergence as Marvel, Jr. and attempted revenge on Nazi. His life was actually saved by Freddy who believed the figure who fell into the lake was Captain Marvel, who had just knocked him into the lake. After the Marvel Family captures and defeats Nazi, he is sent to Europe to be tried for war crimes committed during World War II.[9]
Captain Nazi eventually joins
Captain Nazi meets his apparent end in
He has since appeared as leader of a Nazi-themed team in Justice Society of America named "The Fourth Reich" after the "One Year Later" jump, and is an opponent of Wonder Woman in "The Circle", sporting a generic black costume.
In September 2011, DC Comics engaged in a line-wide revision of its superhero comics, including their stories and characters' fictional histories, known as
Other versions
Flashpoint
In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Captain Nazi is a member of the H.I.V.E. council and represents Germany. He voted for using nuclear weapons to end the war in Western Europe between Aquaman and Wonder Woman. He appears much older here, possibly because he was not placed in suspended animation.[13]
In other media
- Albrecht Krieger makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in a flashback depicted in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Patriot Act". He volunteers to be injected with an unstable super-soldier serum as part of "Project Captain Nazi", but the operation is thwarted by Spy Smasher.[14]
- Baron Krieger appears in the Commander Steel.
References
- ^ OCLC 213309017
- ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
- ^ Master Comics #21. Fawcett Comics.
- ^ Whiz Comics #25. DC Comics.
- ^ "Action Comics Weekly #623". comics.org. Grand Comics Database.
- ^ "Action Comics Weekly #624". comics.org. Grand Comics Database.
- ^ "Action Comics Weekly #625". comics.org. Grand Comics Database.
- ^ "Action Comics Weekly #626". comics.org. Grand Comics Database.
- ^ The Power of Shazam #6–8. DC Comics.
- ^ Batman #647. DC Comics.
- ^ Villains United Special #1. DC Comics.
- ^ Superman (vol. 3) Annual #3. DC Comics.
- ^ Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint #1 (June 2011). DC Comics.
- ^ Matt Wayne (writer); Joaquim Dos Santos (director) (2006-02-25). "Patriot Act". Justice League Unlimited. Season 3. Episode 7. Cartoon Network.
External links
- Captain Nazi's "Who's Who" file at The Marvel Family Web