Baron Blitzkrieg
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Baron Blitzkrieg is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics universe, originally residing on Earth-Two. He first appeared in World's Finest Comics #246 (August-September 1977). His first several appearances marked an antagonistic relationship with Wonder Woman and he later faced both the Amazon and Superman towards the end of World War II.
He was a frequent opponent of the heroic All-Star Squadron, a band of costumed adventurers who fought domestic and foreign menaces during World War II. Baron Blitzkrieg was originally an especially vicious German army officer who was blinded when a concentration camp prisoner threw acid in his face. German scientists experimented on Blitzkrieg, giving him superhuman strength, optical energy beams and the ability to fly. However, each of these abilities were manifested one at a time and only with training was he able to incorporate them together.
Baron Blitzkrieg was leader of Shadowspire and allied with Vandal Savage's organization known as Symbolix. Together, they incorporated experimental research which produced the superhero Damage. The Baron became a recurring foe in Damage's series, starting with issue number three.
During the JSA tie-in to Infinite Crisis, it was revealed the Baron Blitzkrieg had joined the Society. The Philadelphia heroine known as Liberty Belle, who gets her powers from the Liberty Bell, attempted to jumpstart her abilities by ringing the bell. However, due to the recent supposed death of Uncle Sam (who has recently returned in A Brave New World), her powers are unfocused, and Blitzkrieg was thought to have been killed by the sonic shockwaves. He appeared again in Infinite Crisis #7 where he was killed by Superboy-Prime who fried the Baron's head with his heat vision.
[edit] One Year Later
A new, Nazi-themed speedster supervillain named Baroness Blitzkrieg recently appeared as a member of The Fourth Reich, a team of Nazi-themed supervillains in Justice Society of America. Brutal in her killings, she runs through her victims and turns them into pulp. Her connection to the Baron, save for the same purple lightning symbol, has yet to be revealed. She appears to be a speedster, although considering recent events in Flash (comics), a connection to the Speed Force is unlikely. The story is ongoing.
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