Image: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby/Marvel Comics The ensuing rift between Captain America, loyal to Bucky, and Iron Man, really mad about his parents, sundered the Avengers - and Zemo’s revenge was complete ( Captain America: Civil War). Specifically, he showed Steve and Tony that Bucky killed Tony’s parents, Maria and Howard Stark, while making their deaths look like a car accident. Zemo’s scheme involved both framing Captain America’s long-lost best friend for some murders he didn’t commit, and revealing some of the secret murders he actually did commit while brainwashed. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s weirdly easy to pick up old Hydra diaries full of Russian code words for brainwashed assassins. And a bit of torture later, he uncovered a subliminal trigger phrase that would send Bucky into a killing frenzy. They did do that.)īut Zemo had also done his research, tracking down the former Soviet operatives who, back in the day, had created the Winter Soldier. Zemo is Sokovian, and when his wife and children were killed in Ultron’s attack (in Avengers: Age of Ultron) he blamed the Avengers for creating the evil machine intelligence. The last time we saw Helmut Zemo, Wakandan hero T’Challa, aka the Black Panther, had captured him and turned him over to the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre for doing quite a lot of crimes, including killing T’Challa’s dad, the king of Wakanda. With his return playing a key role in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, here’s a quick refresher on how Zemo became Bucky’s worst nightmare - and viable informant. If it’s not fresh in your memories, the newly initiated arc might be foggy - he spent most of the movie hovering in the background as Steve and Tony punched each other in the face. if you remember exactly what happened in Captain America: Civil War. A scene between the ex-Winter Soldier and Zemo is tense. In episode 3, Sam and Bucky go one step further than a consultation by breaking out their old enemy to aid in the investigation of the mysterious Power Broker. note: This post contains spoilers for the latest episode But Marvel’s Disney Plus series has taken Zemo in a different direction: part Hannibal Lecter, part Suicide Squad. Was Zemo the big bad of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier? Trailers showing off the Captain America: Civil War villain in his classic purple-masked costume from the comics suggested that the aggrieved Sokovian mastermind would once again duke it out with the Avengers.
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