New Character - Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) 5*

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  • GrimSkald
    GrimSkald Posts: 2,729 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Blackstone said:

    @Waddles_Pines said:
    In the comics have they ever explained why he has those giant gold rectangle things on top of his ears...

    Technology to protect him from psychic attacks.

    In the "Avengers Under Seige" storyline back in the 80s, where' Zemo assembled an absolutely massive number of villains for the Masters of Evil, Helmut had Moonstone brainwash a villain named Blackout (he was more-or-less useless otherwise.) Blackout was Zemo's contigency to counter Captain Marvel (this is the Monica Rambeau, later Photon version, who was incredibly powerful.) He also had the Tinker create a device to over-ride Moonstone's control over Blackout and integrated that device into his headpiece.

    I'm guessing it's whatever the writers need it to be...

  • BriMan2222
    BriMan2222 Posts: 1,713 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 26 August 2025, 20:46

    @Blackstone said:

    @Waddles_Pines said:
    In the comics have they ever explained why he has those giant gold rectangle things on top of his ears...

    Technology to protect him from psychic attacks.

    And what does the WWF championship belt do? Or is that just to let everyone know that he's the undisputed world champion and he's ready to lay the smack down?

  • Blackstone
    Blackstone Posts: 760 Critical Contributor

    @GrimSkald said:

    @Blackstone said:

    @Waddles_Pines said:
    In the comics have they ever explained why he has those giant gold rectangle things on top of his ears...

    Technology to protect him from psychic attacks.

    In the "Avengers Under Seige" storyline back in the 80s, where' Zemo assembled an absolutely massive number of villains for the Masters of Evil, Helmut had Moonstone brainwash a villain named Blackout (he was more-or-less useless otherwise.) Blackout was Zemo's contigency to counter Captain Marvel (this is the Monica Rambeau, later Photon version, who was incredibly powerful.) He also had the Tinker create a device to over-ride Moonstone's control over Blackout and integrated that device into his headpiece.

    I'm guessing it's whatever the writers need it to be...

    Once the seed is planted it's likely open to interpretation including being expanded on to meet the writer's needs. I'm surprised it's not used more in his stories.

  • Blackstone
    Blackstone Posts: 760 Critical Contributor
    edited 26 August 2025, 21:27

    @BriMan2222 said:

    @Blackstone said:

    @Waddles_Pines said:
    In the comics have they ever explained why he has those giant gold rectangle things on top of his ears...

    Technology to protect him from psychic attacks.

    And what does the WWF championship belt do? Or is that just to let everyone know that he's the undisputed world champion and he's ready to lay the smack down?

    To be the champ, you gotta beat the champ...

    (To paraphrase another belt wearer)

  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 3,031 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Blackstone said:

    @BriMan2222 said:

    @Blackstone said:

    @Waddles_Pines said:
    In the comics have they ever explained why he has those giant gold rectangle things on top of his ears...

    Technology to protect him from psychic attacks.

    And what does the WWF championship belt do? Or is that just to let everyone know that he's the undisputed world champion and he's ready to lay the smack down?

    To be the champ, you gotta beat the champ...

    (To paraphrase another belt wearer)

    A jet flying, limousine riding, kiss stealing, wheeling-dealing belt-wearer?

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 7,074 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 27 August 2025 01:23

    So I played the whole Zemo event and he was terrible -- at anything less than 5 black he's actively hindering your team. He ruins free AP supports because he makes everything you cast cost an additional 3AP.

    I think he might be ok eventually but I have no way of knowing until I get that 5th black cover. I can't really test until then.

  • Blackstone
    Blackstone Posts: 760 Critical Contributor

    @Borstock said:

    @Blackstone said:

    @BriMan2222 said:

    @Blackstone said:

    @Waddles_Pines said:
    In the comics have they ever explained why he has those giant gold rectangle things on top of his ears...

    Technology to protect him from psychic attacks.

    And what does the WWF championship belt do? Or is that just to let everyone know that he's the undisputed world champion and he's ready to lay the smack down?

    To be the champ, you gotta beat the champ...

    (To paraphrase another belt wearer)

    A jet flying, limousine riding, kiss stealing, wheeling-dealing belt-wearer?

    Space Mountain... Thunderbolt Mountain... There may be a pattern.

    But according to Mr Bucket Zemo may not live up to the hype.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 7,074 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Blackstone said:

    @Borstock said:

    @Blackstone said:

    @BriMan2222 said:

    @Blackstone said:

    @Waddles_Pines said:
    In the comics have they ever explained why he has those giant gold rectangle things on top of his ears...

    Technology to protect him from psychic attacks.

    And what does the WWF championship belt do? Or is that just to let everyone know that he's the undisputed world champion and he's ready to lay the smack down?

    To be the champ, you gotta beat the champ...

    (To paraphrase another belt wearer)

    A jet flying, limousine riding, kiss stealing, wheeling-dealing belt-wearer?

    Space Mountain... Thunderbolt Mountain... There may be a pattern.

    But according to Mr Bucket Zemo may not live up to the hype.

    No, I'm really actually not sure. At low covers he really hurts your team, but nobody's ever going to use him like that anyway so it doesn't matter.

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