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Masters of Evil
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The Masters of Evil are a fictional team of supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. They have gone through many incarnations, accumulating dozens of members in total. The first incarnation appeared in Avengers (1st series) #6 (July 1964). The Masters of Evil are primarily opposed to the Avengers, although they have also battled the Thunderbolts and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
The original Masters team was organized by Baron Zemo, who led the team until his death. The second team of Masters was organized by the android Ultron under the alias of Crimson Cowl. The third team was organized by the criminal scientist Egghead. The fourth team was organized by the second Baron Zemo, the son of the original Zemo. The fifth team was organized by Doctor Octopus, and bore little resemblance to any other incarnation of the team. The sixth incarnation was assembled by the second Baron Zemo; they are better known under the alias they adopted, the Thunderbolts. The seventh and eighth incarnations were gathered by the mysterious Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer).
"Avengers Under Siege" is generally considered the definitive Masters of Evil storyline. In it, the forth incarnation of the team invades Avengers Mansion, wrecking the headquarters, torturing their butler Jarvis, beating Hercules into a coma, and taking down the team. It took a hastily assembled squad of reserve Avengers to defeat this version of the Masters, but they finally were defeated.
listed alphabetically, after leader
The original grouping, from Avengers (vol. 1) #6–7, #9–10, #15–16 (July 1964–May 1965)
- Baron Heinrich Zemo (leader) (died in Avengers #15)
- Black Knight (Nathan Garrett) (died in Tales of Suspense #72)
- Enchantress (joined in Avengers #7; died in Thor volume two #80)
- Executioner (joined in Avengers #7; died in Thor #362)
- Melter (died in Avengers #263)
- Radioactive Man
From Avengers (vol. 1) #54–55, #83 (July 1968–December 1970)
- Ultron-5, (leader, "died" in Avengers #57)
- Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (joined with the intention of betraying the Masters)
- Klaw
- Melter (died in Avengers #263)
- Radioactive Man
- Whirlwind
From Avengers (vol. 1) #222, #227–230 (August 1982–April 1983)
- Egghead (leader) (died in Avengers #229)
- Beetle
- Moonstone
- Radioactive Man
- Scorpion
- Shocker
- Tiger Shark
- Whirlwind
From Avengers (vol. 1) #270–277, West Coast Avengers #16, and Amazing Spider-Man #283 (August 1986–March 1987)
- Baron Helmut Zemo (leader)
- Absorbing Man
- Goliath
- Blackout (new recruit) (died in Avengers #277)
- Black Mamba (associate, appears as Tanya Sealy)
- Fixer
- Grey Gargoyle
- Mister Hyde
- Moonstone
- Screaming Mimi (new recruit)
- Tiger Shark
- Titania
- Whirlwind
- The Wrecking Crew
- Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara) (died in Avengers: The Crossing)
- Dr. Octopus (leader)
- Absorbing Man
- Gargantua
- Jackhammer
- Oddball (died in Wolverine #167)
- Powderkeg
- Puff Adder
- Shocker
- Titania
- Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara) (died in Avengers: The Crossing)
- Baron Helmut Zemo (leader)
- Beetle/MACH-1
- Fixer/Techno
- Goliath/Atlas
- Moonstone/Meteorite
- Screaming Mimi/Songbird
- Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer) (leader)
- Aqueduct
- Bison
- Blackwing
- Boomerang
- Cardinal
- Constrictor
- Cyclone (Pierre Fresson)
- Dragonfly
- Eel (Edward Lavell)
- Flying Tiger
- Icemaster
- Jackhammer
- Joystick
- Klaw
- Lodestone
- Man-Ape
- Man-Killer
- Quicksand
- Scorcher
- Shatterfist
- Shockwave
- Slyde (Died in Civil War: War Crimes #1)
- Sunstroke
- Supercharger
- Tiger Shark
- Crimson Cowl (leader)
- Black Mamba
- Cardinal
- Cyclone (Pierre Fresson)
- Gypsy Moth
- Hydro-Man
- Machinesmith
- Man-Killer
Allan Heinberg has said that he plans to introduce a young Masters of Evil in the second "season" of the Young Avengers. Source
Though no team with the name "Masters of Evil" has appeared in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, the Liberators are also a team directly opposed to the Ultimates, the Ultimate version of the Avengers, who also appear without their Earth 616 team name.
The first Masters of Evil appeared in Story 4 and Story 6 of the Captain America segment of The Marvel Superheroes Show. The lineup consisted of Baron Helmut Zemo, Melter, Radioactive Man, and Black Knight.
The Masters of Evil appeared in the sixth chapter of The Avengers: United They Stand called "Command Decision". In this episode, the team was formed by Baron Heinrich Zemo, Moonstone, Whirlwind, Absorbing Man, Tiger Shark, Dragonfly, Cardinal and Boomerang.
Most of the Marvel villains featured in the videogame Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal were members of the Masters of Evil, and they were led by Baron Zemo. Likely, the game programmers intended to show the Masters of Evil as the primary Marvel villains of the game.
An incarnation of the Masters of Evil are the primary (though not only) villains of the videogame Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. They are led by Doctor Doom with his lieutenants Loki, Enchantress, Ultron, and Baron Mordo. Its other members include:
- Arcade
- Attuma
- Bullseye
- Byrrah
- Crimson Dynamo (version unknown)
- Executioner
- Fin Fang Foom
- Kurse
- Lizard
- M.O.D.O.K.
- Mysterio
- Radioactive Man
- Rhino
- Scorpion
- Shocker
- Tiger Shark
- Ulik
- Warlord Krang
- Winter Soldier
- The Wrecking Crew
The Mandarin (and his Ultimo robots), Dragon Man and the Grey Gargoyle were originally members as well, but were expelled (and subsequently backstabbed) by the other Masters when they tried to steal leadership from Doctor Doom. They plotted to steal Odin's powers. The Masters of Evil are supported by various "cannon fodder" troops/foot soldiers such as A.I.M. soldiers, mass-produced clones of Ultron, Asgardian trolls, Doom-bots, and giants created from a S.H.I.E.L.D. Super Soldier Serum.