Masters of Evil

<h2 id="publication-history">Publication history</h2>
The first version of the Masters of Evil debuted in <a href="/facts/The_Avengers_(comic_book)/2axLhUYU">The Avengers</a> #6, created by <a href="/facts/Stan_Lee/4N2b8yQL">Stan Lee</a> and <a href="/facts/Jack_Kirby/R2BS6MWY">Jack Kirby</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a>
The second version of the Masters of Evil debuted in The Avengers #54, created by <a href="/facts/Roy_Thomas/8LnvXCcj">Roy Thomas</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Buscema/q1BH0EAt">John Buscema</a>, and <a href="/facts/George_Tuska/kwMu6mUL">George Tuska</a>.
The third version of the Masters of Evil debuted in The Avengers #222, created by <a href="/facts/Jim_Shooter/mTm99LgY">Jim Shooter</a>, <a href="/facts/Steven_Grant/cKAMgGcy">Steven Grant</a>, and <a href="/facts/Greg_LaRocque/mRj7Yy8D">Greg LaRocque</a>.
The fourth version of the Masters of Evil debuted in The Avengers #270, created by <a href="/facts/Roger_Stern/pwvc4Evr">Roger Stern</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Buscema/q1BH0EAt">John Buscema</a>, and <a href="/facts/Tom_Palmer_(comics)/oqFwMMta">Tom Palmer</a>.
The fifth version of the Masters of Evil debuted in <a href="/facts/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(1969_team)/lSLGIfx8">Guardians of the Galaxy</a> #28, created by <a href="/facts/Jim_Valentino/Sj61JwmM">Jim Valentino</a>, <a href="/facts/Herb_Trimpe/4L3FN0aQ">Herb Trimpe</a>, and Steve Montano.
The sixth version of the Masters of Evil debuted in <a href="/facts/The_Incredible_Hulk_(comic_book)/JzMjFaHg">The Incredible Hulk</a> #449, created by <a href="/facts/Kurt_Busiek/xXHEQIyx">Kurt Busiek</a> and <a href="/facts/Mark_Bagley/gk6T1Pdv">Mark Bagley</a>.
The seventh version of the Masters of Evil debuted in <a href="/facts/Thunderbolts_(comics)/Dg4tAT60">Thunderbolts</a> #3 created by <a href="/facts/Kurt_Busiek/xXHEQIyx">Kurt Busiek</a>, <a href="/facts/Mark_Bagley/gk6T1Pdv">Mark Bagley</a>, and Vince Russell.
The eighth version of the Masters of Evil debuted in <a href="/facts/Secret_Avengers/7JxNHBJ9">Secret Avengers</a> #21.1, created by <a href="/facts/Rick_Remender/29XcSNsl">Rick Remender</a>, <a href="/facts/Patrick_Zircher/t2aHybbR">Patrick Zircher</a>, and Andy Troy.
The ninth version of the Masters of Evil debuted in <a href="/facts/Thunderbolts_(comics)/Dg4tAT60">Thunderbolts</a> #10, created by <a href="/facts/Jim_Zub/qvoWBScF">Jim Zub</a>, Jon Malin, <a href="/facts/Kurt_Busiek/xXHEQIyx">Kurt Busiek</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mark_Bagley/gk6T1Pdv">Mark Bagley</a>.

<h2 id="fictional-team-biography">Fictional team biography</h2>
<h3>Baron Heinrich Zemo's Masters of Evil</h3>
The original Masters of Evil (consisting of existing supervillains the <a href="/facts/Black_Knight_(Nathan_Garrett)/s6xCkG58">Black Knight (Nathan Garrett)</a>, <a href="/facts/Melter/dfNRQ5hr">Melter</a>, and <a href="/facts/Radioactive_Man_(comics)/PhbefbLQ">Radioactive Man</a>) was gathered by <a href="/facts/Heinrich_Zemo/Pw2EQMNq">Baron Heinrich Zemo</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> Despite attempting to capture the <a href="/facts/Avengers_(comics)/P3U6UVba">Avengers</a> with Adhesive X and spreading it over <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, the Avengers find an antidote with the help of <a href="/facts/Trapster/tTpzaXYv">Paste-Pot Pete</a>, give it to the Masters in secret, and then send most of the members to jail. Zemo is tricked into opening a container filled with tear gas inside his helicopter, but escapes anyway.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>
Baron Zemo leads the team in his revenge on <a href="/facts/Captain_America/RKUWvzYg">Captain America</a> and the <a href="/facts/Avengers_(comics)/P3U6UVba">Avengers</a>. The team had been joined by the <a href="/facts/Enchantress_(Marvel_Comics)/BYbFQzN1">Enchantress</a> and the <a href="/facts/Executioner_(character)/TmKvhqqz">Executioner</a>, whom Zemo found in their exile to Earth that was imposed on them by <a href="/facts/Odin_(Marvel_Comics)/xrfd0TyL">Odin</a> for attacking Thor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> The Enchantress hypnotizes Thor into attacking the Avengers, but Iron Man breaks him out of the trance. Meanwhile, Captain America has been lured to South America to fight Zemo. After defeating Zemo, Captain America returns on Zemo's helicopter and stops Zemo from shooting the Avengers. However, Enchantress casts a spell that gets the helicopter to the rooftop she and the Executioner are on. The Executioner knocks Captain America out by striking his shoulder, and takes him out of the helicopter, after which they all try to escape. The Masters are sent to another dimension in a space warp generated by Thor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>
Two issues later, Enchantress returns them to Earth using a spell. <a href="/facts/Wonder_Man/e7vECUcX">Simon Williams</a> is given superhuman strength with an ionic ray, though he is told he will die in a week unless given an antidote Zemo has. He captures the <a href="/facts/Wasp_(character)/0FdtHoIe">Wasp</a> and lures the Avengers into a trap, but sacrifices himself to save the Avengers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> <a href="/facts/Immortus/o8jALxpf">Immortus</a> appears and offers to help the Masters by defeating the Avengers. He succeeds in sending Captain America to the <a href="/facts/Tower_of_London/D80dKXrh">Tower of London</a> in 1760. The Masters attack the Avengers, but Captain America manages to return. The Enchantress, sensing defeat, sends the villains back in time to before they met Immortus.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a>
In a later issue, Zemo kidnaps <a href="/facts/Rick_Jones_(character)/wB3x5Sha">Rick Jones</a> with an attractor beam and has the Enchantress and the Executioner release the Black Knight and the Melter (the Radioactive Man having been deported back to China). They attack the other Avengers, forcing Captain America to go alone to Zemo's kingdom to rescue Rick. The Executioner tells the Avengers that a battle in the city would hurt many people, meaning they should surrender. Captain America blinds Zemo with his shield and Zemo dies when he accidentally triggers a rock slide.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> The Black Knight and the Melter are then captured after Thor transports them to another dimension with different scientific laws, meaning their weapons rebound. The Enchantress and the Executioner escape by running away before the transportation happened.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a>

<h3>Ultron's Masters of Evil</h3>

The second version, organized by <a href="/facts/Ultron/Iw5VyD9l">Ultron-5</a> in his <a href="/facts/Crimson_Cowl/zy9k55sG">Crimson Cowl</a> disguise, consisted of <a href="/facts/Black_Knight_(Dane_Whitman)/VRXT5QKw">Black Knight</a> (Dane Whitman), <a href="/facts/Klaw_(character)/z1IKKEe8">Klaw</a>, <a href="/facts/Melter/dfNRQ5hr">Melter</a>, and <a href="/facts/Whirlwind_(comics)/Hhe5kmG2">Whirlwind</a>. <a href="/facts/Radioactive_Man_(comics)/PhbefbLQ">Radioactive Man</a> was also added to the group after being sprung from the group. The <a href="/facts/Black_Knight_(Dane_Whitman)/VRXT5QKw">Dane Whitman version of Black Knight</a> received the invitation in Nathan Garrett mailbox as Ultron-5 was unaware that Nathan is dead. Whitman joined as a spy. Ultron-5 also captured <a href="/facts/Edwin_Jarvis/9oJSoSNL">Edwin Jarvis</a> and used him as a proxy Crimson Cowl as they make their way towards Avengers Mansion. Learning of Ultron-5's plot, Black Knight headed out to try to warn the Avengers only for Ultron-5 to figure out what Black Knight was up to. The Masters of Evil attacked Black Knight as he sent Aragorn in an attempt to continue warning the Avengers of the Masters of Evil as <a href="/facts/Hawkeye_(Clint_Barton)/CIbNB4JA">Hawkeye</a> saw it. When opening a channel, the Masters of Evil made a false claim that the fake Crimson Cowl is a robot and that Edwin Jarvis was the real Crimson Cowl. The Avengers were taken captive by the Masters of Evil. Hank Pym's Goliath form broke free only to be hit by knockout gas. With the Avengers as their prisoners and placed in a hydrogen bomb, the Masters of Evil blackmailed New York City into begging for the Avengers to be spared. Edwin Jarvis escaped and helped Black Knight rescue the Avengers while exposing Ultron-5 has the real Crimson Cowl. The Masters of Evil were defeated by the Avengers, but Ultron-5 got away.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a>
During Holloween in Rutland, Vermont, Klaw later took over the Masters of Evil in a plot to kidnap the scientist T.W. Erwin at the Halloween parade. The Avengers were also present at the Halloween parade. The Liberators led by Enchantress posing as Valkyrie arrived and both groups were able to defeat the Masters of Evil.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a>

<h3>Egghead's Masters of Evil</h3>
Criminal scientist <a href="/facts/Egghead_(Marvel_Comics)/Gk25pIGm">Egghead</a> organized a third version, consisting of <a href="/facts/Karla_Sofen/JaQeY9T3">Moonstone</a> (who was made Egghead's deputy leader), <a href="/facts/Mac_Gargan/GaxNAzWs">Scorpion</a>, <a href="/facts/Tiger_Shark_(Marvel_Comics)/Vz4XmgWl">Tiger Shark</a>, and <a href="/facts/Whirlwind_(comics)/Hhe5kmG2">Whirlwind</a>. Egghead uses this incarnation to assist him in making technological breakthroughs. When Whirlwind when out to attack Wasp at the time when she was dealing with a divorce from Hank Pym, Moonstone led Scorpion and Tiger Shark to rescue Whirlwind. The villains were defeated by the Avengers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>
After that incident, Egghead kept only Moonstone and Tiger Shark on his team after springing them from prison while the Scorpion and Whirlwind were replaced with <a href="/facts/Abner_Jenkins/uHv17zul">Beetle</a>, <a href="/facts/Shocker_(character)/mAERPrDg">Shocker</a>, and <a href="/facts/Radioactive_Man_(comics)/PhbefbLQ">Radioactive Man</a>. Shocker was brainwashed as part of a plot by Egghead to bring Hank Pym into the Masters of Evil. At the time when Hank was on trial, the Masters of Evil invaded the courtroom. They were fought off leaving Shocker behind as he claimed that Hank hired him. Pym was shown the footage that made people believe that Hank is leading the Masters of Evil. As a result, Hank had no other choice but to assist Egghead on his life-prolongment project. Shocker was able to tell the Avengers where the Masters of Evil were hiding out. After that was done, Hank proceeded to defeat Beetle, Moonstone, Radioactive Man, and Tiger Shark as Hawkeye arrived. When Egghead grabbed a laser gun and prepared to fire it at Hank, Hawkeye fired the arrow at the gun's shaft where its overloaded effect appeared to kill Egghead. Moonstone regained consciousness and tried to flee only for the Avengers to show up. Beetle and Moonstone cooperated with the Avengers by revealing that Egghead framed Hank. As a result, Hank was cleared of all charges.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a>

<h3>Baron Helmut Zemo's Masters of Evil</h3>
<a href="/facts/Helmut_Zemo/5lxrGB1G">Baron Helmut Zemo</a> formed the fourth version of the Masters of Evil from over a dozen villains, consisting of <a href="/facts/Absorbing_Man/uvrC3E48">Absorbing Man</a>, <a href="/facts/Blackout_(Marcus_Daniels)/tM25eGMb">Blackout</a>, <a href="/facts/Black_Mamba_(character)/RdCjh1X7">Black Mamba</a>, <a href="/facts/Fixer_(Marvel_Comics)/KJH6uluh">Fixer</a>, <a href="/facts/Erik_Josten/Tt7V5VQq">Goliath</a>, <a href="/facts/Grey_Gargoyle/SpfpN6RG">Grey Gargoyle</a>, <a href="/facts/Mister_Hyde_(Marvel_Comics)/4nbD9Nx6">Mister Hyde</a>, <a href="/facts/Karla_Sofen/JaQeY9T3">Moonstone</a>, <a href="/facts/Songbird_(character)/zKv237Rd">Screaming Mimi</a>, <a href="/facts/Tiger_Shark_(Marvel_Comics)/Vz4XmgWl">Tiger Shark</a>, <a href="/facts/Titania_(Marvel_Comics)/j1MBFHcs">Titania</a>, <a href="/facts/Whirlwind_(comics)/Hhe5kmG2">Whirlwind</a>, the <a href="/facts/Wrecking_Crew_(comics)/90MNKWdj">Wrecking Crew</a> (<a href="/facts/Bulldozer_(character)/SJtKk0nU">Bulldozer</a>, <a href="/facts/Piledriver_(character)/tjB70Muw">Piledriver</a>, <a href="/facts/Thunderball_(character)/8PjMDoGB">Thunderball</a> and <a href="/facts/Wrecker_(comics)/JanqtJkj">Wrecker</a>), and <a href="/facts/Yellowjacket_(Rita_DeMara)/5dPQ10Rq">Yellowjacket</a>, created with the goal of obtaining vengeance on Captain America and overwhelming the <a href="/facts/Avengers_(comics)/P3U6UVba">Avengers</a> with sheer raw power, whereas others had attempted to match the current line-up. The villains storm <a href="/facts/Avengers_Mansion/zQ0H4pLN">Avengers Mansion</a> in a multi-issue storyline titled "Avengers Under Siege". During this time, <a href="/facts/Hercules_(Marvel_Comics)/maEjxXLe">Hercules</a> was beaten into a coma by Goliath, Mister Hyde, and the Wrecking Crew.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a>
During that time, Absorbing Man and Titania were sent by Baron Zemo to pick up <a href="/facts/Mongoose_(comics)/T6dNrSVo">Mongoose</a> from <a href="/facts/LaGuardia_Airport/M8TFJbam">LaGuardia Airport</a> and recruit him into the Masters of Evil. This plan was thwarted by <a href="/facts/Spider-Man/7NmsI0l5">Spider-Man</a> who prevented Absorbing Man and Titania from meeting up with Mongoose. They repelled by Spider-Man by threatening an airplane full of passengers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a>
A flashback later revealed that <a href="/facts/Regent_(comics)/04XW8A7b">Augustus Roman</a>'s family had died during the fight between the Avengers and this incarnation of the Masters of Evil.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a>

<h3>Doctor Octopus' Masters of Evil</h3>
The fifth incarnation was organized by <a href="/facts/Doctor_Octopus/zhEBGgVJ">Doctor Octopus</a>, but bore little resemblance to previous incarnations. Its roster included <a href="/facts/Gargantua_(comics)/2lWoL7aN">Gargantua</a>, <a href="/facts/Jackhammer_(comics)/5aP8J3LC">Jackhammer</a>, <a href="/facts/Oddball_(comics)/ELhKwrgP">Oddball</a>, <a href="/facts/Powderkeg_(character)/bVvu2Xd3">Powderkeg</a>, and <a href="/facts/Puff_Adder_(character)/ge6gGgDI">Puff Adder</a>, in addition to former members <a href="/facts/Absorbing_Man/uvrC3E48">Absorbing Man</a>, <a href="/facts/Shocker_(character)/mAERPrDg">Shocker</a>, <a href="/facts/Titania_(Marvel_Comics)/j1MBFHcs">Titania</a>, and <a href="/facts/Yellowjacket_(Rita_DeMara)/5dPQ10Rq">Yellowjacket</a>. Doctor Octopus used this incarnation of the Masters of Evil to steal the technology of the Avengers and ended up initially fighting the original <a href="/facts/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(1969_team)/lSLGIfx8">Guardians of the Galaxy</a>, a superhero group from an alternate future timeline. Then they fought with the Guardians against an army of doppelgangers. After the doppelgangers were defeated and rendered inert by <a href="/facts/Galactus/bK7oUJ4b">Galactus</a>, Doctor Still wanted to raid the Avengers Headquarters. When Gargantua, Puff Adder, and Shocker became sympathetic towards the Guardians of the Galaxy, they turned on Doctor Octopus who fled.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a>

<h3>Baron Helmut Zemo's second Masters of Evil</h3>

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The sixth incarnation was again assembled by Helmut Zemo, and posed as superheroes known as the <a href="/facts/Thunderbolts_(comics)/Dg4tAT60">Thunderbolts</a> upon assuming that the Avengers perished fighting <a href="/facts/Onslaught_(Marvel_Comics)/pQKbUU2P">Onslaught</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a> In addition to Zemo, the team consisted of <a href="/facts/Abner_Jenkins/uHv17zul">Beetle</a>, <a href="/facts/Fixer_(Marvel_Comics)/KJH6uluh">Fixer</a>, <a href="/facts/Erik_Josten/Tt7V5VQq">Goliath</a>, <a href="/facts/Karla_Sofen/JaQeY9T3">Moonstone</a>, and <a href="/facts/Songbird_(character)/zKv237Rd">Screaming Mimi</a>. All eventually became heroes and renounced their criminal ways, though Zemo, the Fixer, and Moonstone all returned to villainy some time later.

<h3>Crimson Cowl's Masters of Evil</h3>
The seventh incarnation was recruited by the <a href="/facts/Crimson_Cowl/zy9k55sG">Crimson Cowl</a>. This version consisted first of the third <a href="/facts/Cyclone_(Marvel_Comics)/jHtCulET">Cyclone</a>, <a href="/facts/Flying_Tiger_(Marvel_Comics)/QyB1Gn8H">Flying Tiger</a>, <a href="/facts/Klaw_(character)/z1IKKEe8">Klaw</a>, <a href="/facts/Man-Killer/6YzugXFK">Man-Killer</a>, and <a href="/facts/Tiger_Shark_(Marvel_Comics)/Vz4XmgWl">Tiger Shark</a>. Crimson Cowl expanded her Masters of Evil to include later recruits like <a href="/facts/Aqueduct_(comics)/FJVVQ4pG">Aqueduct</a>, <a href="/facts/Bison_(comics)/TXhWEfvH">Bison</a>, <a href="/facts/Blackwing_(character)/wB5GPagE">Blackwing</a>, <a href="/facts/Boomerang_(comics)/cdef71A1">Boomerang</a>, <a href="/facts/Cardinal_(comics)/YgvcHNzd">Cardinal</a>, <a href="/facts/Constrictor_(character)/5D1xU8yI">Constrictor</a>, <a href="/facts/Dragonfly_(Marvel_Comics)/CyGhwHEu">Dragonfly</a>, <a href="/facts/Eel_(Marvel_Comics)/K6YJ8Eng">Eel</a>, <a href="/facts/Icemaster/MkyJSvMt">Icemaster</a>, <a href="/facts/Joystick_(comics)/7G58UkWU">Joystick</a>, Lodestone, <a href="/facts/Man-Ape/0UKlRlwz">Man-Ape</a>, <a href="/facts/Quicksand_(comics)/tSBqSVBv">Quicksand</a>, <a href="/facts/Scorcher_(character)/JBC16QHl">Scorcher</a>, <a href="/facts/Shatterfist_(Marvel_Comics)/DqCRnboq">Shatterfist</a>, <a href="/facts/Shockwave_(comics)/ejH9zqdy">Shockwave</a>, <a href="/facts/Slyde/Igq8oUVl">Slyde</a>, <a href="/facts/Sunstroke_(comics)/DqCRnboq">Sunstroke</a>, and <a href="/facts/Supercharger_(comics)/vRwTFpef">Supercharger</a>. They plotted to get control of Earth's superhuman mercenaries and tried to get the Thunderbolts to join them.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a> The Masters of Evil were defeated by the Thunderbolts, but the Crimson Cowl that was apprehended was <a href="/facts/Dallas_Riordan/tLGVeXk2">Dallas Riordan</a> who was used as a decoy while the real Crimson Cowl got away.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a> 

<h3>Crimson Cowl's second Masters of Evil</h3>
The eighth incarnation, led by the <a href="/facts/Crimson_Cowl/zy9k55sG">Crimson Cowl</a>, consisted of <a href="/facts/Black_Mamba_(character)/RdCjh1X7">Black Mamba</a>, Cardinal, <a href="/facts/Cyclone_(Marvel_Comics)/jHtCulET">Cyclone</a>, <a href="/facts/Skein_(character)/UPnppDvF">Gypsy Moth</a>, <a href="/facts/Hydro-Man/Pj5s35kd">Hydro-Man</a>, <a href="/facts/Machinesmith/cIzLWfPE">Machinesmith</a>, and <a href="/facts/Man-Killer/6YzugXFK">Man-Killer</a>. Crimson Cowl used this incarnation in her second attempt to master and control Earth's superhuman mercenaries. While Cyclone tried to steal a disc formerly owned by <a href="/facts/Justin_Hammer/t7HTpIMa">Justin Hammer</a> that contained information on a weapon would've assisted in this plot, Crimson Cowl got Cardinal on her side by claiming that Hawkeye killed his daughter Meteorite. When the Thunderbolts caught up to the Masters of Evil, Hawkeye showed the disc in question that contained the biotoxin that Justin Hammer would've used to kill them all. This caused Cardinal, Cyclone, Gypsy Moth, and Man-Killer to forcefully aid the Thunderbolts. With help from <a href="/facts/Silver_Sable/KvIJM4NY">Silver Sable</a> upon them finding out that Crimson Cowl was Justin Hammer's daughter Justine Hammer, the Thunderbolts raided Justine Hammer's home in Symkaria where Black Mamba, Hydro-Man, and Machinesmith were defeated while Gypsy Moth used her powers to tear apart Crimson Cowl's costume.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a>

<h3>The Shadow Council's Masters of Evil</h3>
Max Fury of the Shadow Council forms a ninth incarnation of the Masters of Evil, consisting of <a href="/facts/Princess_Python/nTUfHa5o">Princess Python</a>, <a href="/facts/Vengeance_(comics)/pndVoxjP">Vengeance</a>, and <a href="/facts/Whiplash_(Marvel_Comics)/nyhb04qq">Whiplash</a>. They were discovered by the <a href="/facts/Secret_Avengers/7JxNHBJ9">Secret Avengers</a> during a mission run by Captain America and Hawkeye.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24">24</a> Max Fury later recruits <a href="/facts/Black_Talon_(comics)/rH9S1GWI">Black Talon</a>, the <a href="/facts/Brothers_Grimm_(comics)/E7Mpoukx">Brothers Grimm</a>, <a href="/facts/Carrion_(comics)/9N2RUWBR">Carrion</a>, <a href="/facts/Constrictor_(character)/5D1xU8yI">Constrictor</a>, <a href="/facts/Crossfire_(comics)/h15szkI7">Crossfire</a>, <a href="/facts/Diablo_(Marvel_Comics)/Fm0MolT2">Diablo</a>, <a href="/facts/Firebrand_(Marvel_Comics)/Ift1r1yB">Firebrand</a>, <a href="/facts/Griffin_(Marvel_Comics)/7q86uPMC">Griffin</a>, <a href="/facts/Killer_Shrike/gTEwjzJf">Killer Shrike</a>, <a href="/facts/Stilt-Man/8vT5sPLl">Lady Stilt-Man</a>, <a href="/facts/Pink_Pearl_(comics)/N38DK6xv">Pink Pearl</a>, and <a href="/facts/Squid_(Marvel_Comics)/dEVPezTY">Squid</a> to join the Shadow Council's Masters of Evil. Fury and the Masters of Evil capture <a href="/facts/John_Steele_(comics)/0nkTxu1p">John Steele</a> after he attempts to escape <a href="/facts/Bagalia/ezvt3eYf">Bagalia</a> with the Serpent Crown and the Crown of Thorns.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25">25</a> In order for the Masters of Evil to obtain the Crown of Wolves for the Shadow Council, Fury hired the <a href="/facts/Taskmaster_(character)/hFz2yzFL">Taskmaster</a> to retrieve it. The Taskmaster demanded more money for the job and he hid in the Hole (a bar located in an underground city in Bagalia). Upon claiming the Crown of Wolves, Fury was unable to harness its power because he is a Life Model Decoy. When the Taskmaster donned the Crown of Wolves, he was unable to control the powers of the Abyss.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26">26</a> Under the control of the Abyss, the Masters of Evil and the other people in Bagalia make their move. The Secret Avengers fight to keep the people under control of the Abyss from leaving Bagalia and invading other countries to spread the possession to other people.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27">27</a> While possessed by the Abyss, Taskmaster used its power to take control of the villains and have them board an airplane out of Bagalia to spread the campaign of the Abyss. While the others fight the possessed villains and other people, Venom uses his symbiote to break the Crowns and capture the Taskmaster.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28">28</a>
When the second incarnation of the Secret Avengers raid Bagalia to free the Taskmaster, they have to fight through the Masters of Evil. During this time, it is shown that <a href="/facts/Bi-Beast/VCN9DgQA">Bi-Beast</a>, <a href="/facts/Madcap_(comics)/AqFgUgjo">Madcap</a>, <a href="/facts/Ringer_(comics)/obQvWDGu">Ringer</a>, and a number of other supervillains have joined the Masters of Evil.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29">29</a>
The Masters of Evil are featured in "<a href="/facts/Avengers_Undercover/NWAerhke">Avengers Undercover</a>" as part of the second wave of comics that are part of the "<a href="/facts/Marvel_NOW!/IPBpeuFV">Marvel NOW!</a>" branding.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30">30</a> Following the death of Max Fury, Baron Helmut Zemo had been sworn in as the new leader of the Masters of Evil. He is shown to have <a href="/facts/Madame_Masque/vImU5CpA">Madame Masque</a> as his right-hand woman, has <a href="/facts/Constrictor_(character)/5D1xU8yI">Constrictor</a> as his bodyguard, and <a href="/facts/Daimon_Hellstrom/0yLQtgkJ">Daimon Hellstrom</a> is in their company as their magic expert.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31">31</a> The <a href="/facts/Anachronism_(comics)/hjoUxAw5">Anachronism</a>, <a href="/facts/Cammi_(character)/PUo37K4g">Cammi</a>, <a href="/facts/Chase_Stein/7lYLzeTT">Chase Stein</a>, <a href="/facts/Death_Locket/UbzG0J7u">Death Locket</a>, <a href="/facts/Hazmat_(comics)/WcQRqkB6">Hazmat</a>, and <a href="/facts/Nico_Minoru/Mnvb588S">Nico Minoru</a> teleport to Bagalia in disguise and locate <a href="/facts/Cullen_Bloodstone/WfbE9f1n">Cullen Bloodstone</a> at the Hole, a Bagalian bar owned by Arcade. After a fight with the villains there, Cullen reveals that he has become a member of the Masters of Evil, having been accepted by them. Constrictor and Madam Masque arrange for Cullen to teleport the group to a nearby swanky party at Massacrer Casino hosted by Arcade so that they can get revenge on him once and for all.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32">32</a> Zemo, Masque, Constrictor, and Hellstrom watch as the young heroes try to avoid being killed, as Arcade has arranged the party at Massacrer Casino as the testing grounds for his newest version of "Murderworld": fancy parties at casinos where the rich and powerful can try and kill each other to prove their supremacy. After Arcade was killed, Zemo, Masque, Constrictor, and Hellstrom begin plotting their next move regarding the heroes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33">33</a> After the young heroes are apprehended during a <a href="/facts/S.H.I.E.L.D./aAg2QHer">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a> raid on Bagalia, Hellstrom later teleports the S.H.I.E.L.D. lair back to Bagalia, where Zemo offers the group a chance to join the Masters of Evil.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34">34</a> Zemo instructs Constrictor, Hellstrom, and Masque to take a portion of the Murderworld survivors and take them into Bagalia City. While the other young heroes take up Zemo's offer to join the Masters of Evil (with a plan to take the group down from within), Cammi is the only one to decline. Zemo hears that she is the only one not joining and says that they will respect her choice. Cammi flies away, only to be caught by Constrictor and slammed into a rock wall.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35">35</a>

<h3>Lightmaster's Masters of Evil</h3>
While the Shadow Council had their version, <a href="/facts/Lightmaster/m07eRVxI">Lightmaster</a> assembles a more traditional lineup (10th incarnation) when he and his henchmen, the <a href="/facts/Wrecking_Crew_(comics)/90MNKWdj">Wrecking Crew</a>, encounter of the <a href="/facts/The_Superior_Spider-Man/nSPslGMf">Superior Spider-Man</a> and his <a href="/facts/Sinister_Six/XdX0zL4T">Superior Six</a> while attacking <a href="/facts/Alchemax/FVQv5zxE">Alchemax</a> and attempting to steal its technology during a plot to blackmail New York City for money.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36">36</a> Besides the Wrecking Crew, this roster includes the <a href="/facts/Absorbing_Man/uvrC3E48">Absorbing Man</a>, <a href="/facts/Titania_(Marvel_Comics)/j1MBFHcs">Titania</a>, <a href="/facts/Mister_Hyde_(Marvel_Comics)/4nbD9Nx6">Mister Hyde</a>, <a href="/facts/Whirlwind_(comics)/Hhe5kmG2">Whirlwind</a>, and <a href="/facts/Blackout_(Marcus_Daniels)/tM25eGMb">Blackout</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37">37</a>

<h3>Baron Helmut Zemo's third Masters of Evil</h3>
Baron Helmut Zemo created an 11th incarnation consisting of Whiplash, Man-Killer, Klaw, Tiger Shark, and the Wrecking Crew, all of whom had been members of previous incarnations of the Masters of Evil. Baron Zemo sent them out to persuade Atlas of the Thunderbolts, the former Goliath of Zemo's earlier incarnation of the Masters of Evil, to rejoin the team. Atlas resisted and only an unexpected reappearance of the Thunderbolt Jolt interrupted the Masters' plan. The Masters then went after the <a href="/facts/Bucky_Barnes/3sSgcvMV">Winter Soldier</a>, who was then leading the Thunderbolts, and captured him. Zemo and the Masters then assaulted the Thunderbolts in their base, capturing several of them.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38">38</a>
During the <a href="/facts/Secret_Empire_(2017_comic)/h9D6rRA8">Secret Empire</a> storyline, Baron Zemo has <a href="/facts/Kobik/eSxq0zxj">Kobik</a> send <a href="/facts/Bucky_Barnes/3sSgcvMV">Bucky Barnes</a> back through time to <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> and another battle with the Thunderbolts, in which the Man-Killer was apparently killed by Kobik. Upon Atlas, the Fixer, and Moonstone joining the Masters of Evil, they worked to reassemble Kobik. As <a href="/facts/Erik_Selvig/MhmxfQR7">Erik Selvig</a> hordes the fragments that he has, kisses them, and commits suicide, the Kobik-reprogrammed Captain America persuaded Baron Zemo to have the Masters of Evil join <a href="/facts/Hydra_(comics)/XGPV4GY9">HYDRA</a>'s "<a href="/facts/List_of_Hydra_members/gJehESVT">Army of Evil</a>."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39">39</a> Baron Zemo did just that.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40">40</a> The Masters of Evil assisted the Army of Evil in causing havoc in protest for what happened at Pleasant Hill.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41">41</a>

<h3>West Coast version</h3>
To combat the <a href="/facts/West_Coast_Avengers/STGVk9m7">West Coast Avengers</a>, <a href="/facts/Madame_Masque/vImU5CpA">Madame Masque</a> formed a West Coast version of the Masters of Evil consisting of Eel, <a href="/facts/Graviton_(comics)/62Y4MCcK">Graviton</a>, <a href="/facts/Lady_Bullseye/IvqU71Wt">Lady Bullseye</a>, <a href="/facts/MODOK_Superior/2KycjHsA">MODOK Superior</a>, <a href="/facts/Satana_(Marvel_Comics)/0bAe2F5p">Satana</a>, and <a href="/facts/Hawkeye_(Kate_Bishop)/3p2C0rFR">Kate Bishop</a>'s parents <a href="/facts/Derek_Bishop/5QApCdK6">Derek</a> and <a href="/facts/Eleanor_Bishop_(comics)/5QApCdK6">Eleanor Bishop</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42">42</a>

<h3>Multiversal Masters of Evil</h3>
When the Prehistoric Avengers fought a younger <a href="/facts/Thanos/FrXxnENy">Thanos</a> and sent him back to the future, Mephisto found out that an alternate version of Doctor Doom called <a href="/facts/Doom_Supreme/R3StlpPv">Doom Supreme</a> had witnessed this fight. Mephisto suggested to Doom Supreme to form a team of evil villains that would take on the Avengers. As a condition from the Council of Red, Doom Supreme is to save Earth-616 for last. He formed a Multiverse version of the Masters of Evil that consisted of <a href="/facts/Black_Skull_(comics)/RTRuMSQu">Black Skull</a>, <a href="/facts/Mystique_(character)/B6Pt961D">Dark Phoenix</a>, <a href="/facts/Ghost_Goblin/fK45fq83">Ghost Goblin</a>, Kid Thanos, and <a href="/facts/King_Killmonger/IxuYQ5uR">King Killmonger</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43">43</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44">44</a>

<h3>One World Under Doom</h3>
During the "<a href="/facts/One_World_Under_Doom/uLAwLSdf">One World Under Doom</a>" storyline at the time when Doctor Doom had become Sorcerer Supreme and started reworking Earth, Carol Danvers tells the Avengers that they are willing to work with <a href="/facts/Arcade_(Marvel_Comics)/d66hPCjw">Arcade</a>, <a href="/facts/Baron_Mordo/BugANnMs">Baron Mordo</a>, Doctor Octopus, MODOK Superior, <a href="/facts/Madelyne_Pryor/jzvkUTPd">Madelyne Pryor</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mysterio/I3GI9GsC">Mysterio</a> when fighting Doom. With Iron Man willing to go along with this plan, it was MODOK Superior "welcomes" Iron Man to the Masters of Evil.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45">45</a> While most of the Avengers and the Masters of Evil fought Doctor Doom, Scarlet Witch, Baron Mordo, and Madelyne Pryor scanned the minds of the world leaders and found that they followed them through human nature and that Doom did not cheat. Doctor Doom then teleports the Avengers and the Masters of Evil to the Raft to prevent a mass-breakout.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46">46</a>
Wanting to take advantage of this, <a href="/facts/Mad_Thinker/pJGIXNsq">Mad Thinker</a> formed his branch of the Masters of Evil with <a href="/facts/Dreadknight/BPXry5hF">Dreadknight</a>, <a href="/facts/Exterminatrix/D7UJn4E6">Exterminatrix</a>, Madcap, and Mister Hyde. In addition, Mad Thinker rebuilt <a href="/facts/Quasimodo_(comics)/tSBqSVBv">Quasimodo</a> in his Mark X form. They start by planning to take over the <a href="/facts/Impossible_City/MkyJSvMt">Impossible City</a>. Quasimodo Mark X hacks into the Impossible City enabling the Masters of Evil to enter it. They did find the imprisoned Ashen Combined as there were talks about dropping their prison on Earth. With the Impossible City possessing a Man-Slayer, it forms armor around an injured Sam Wilson as he was able to behead Madcap. The rest of the Masters of Evil vote to drop an asteroid on New York City.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47">47</a>

<h2 id="membership">Membership</h2>
Main article: <a href="/facts/List_of_Masters_of_Evil_members/N38DK6xv">List of Masters of Evil members</a>
<h2 id="related-teams">Related teams</h2>
<h3>Young Masters</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Young_Masters/J0DnzqLt">Young Masters</a>
During the "<a href="/facts/Dark_Reign_(comics)/JDcXtI86">Dark Reign</a>" storyline, a young version of the team - controlled by criminal mastermind <a href="/facts/Norman_Osborn/fK45fq83">Norman Osborn</a> - debuts in the <a href="/facts/Limited_series_(comics)/BbrU7WP3">miniseries</a> Dark Reign: Young Avengers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48">48</a>

<h3>Bastards of Evil</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Bastards_of_Evil/YcJkBIH9">Bastards of Evil</a>
A group calling themselves the Bastards of Evil debuted in the 2010 "<a href="/facts/Heroic_Age_(comics)/YUQFh1fD">Heroic Age</a>" storyline. All members claim to be the children of supervillains who were discarded and disavowed by their parents. They include <a href="/facts/Aftershock_(comics)/dxXdgy8r">Aftershock</a> (the supposed daughter of <a href="/facts/Electro_(Marvel_Comics)/dxXdgy8r">Electro</a>), Warhead (the supposed son of the <a href="/facts/Radioactive_Man_(comics)/PhbefbLQ">Radioactive Man</a>), Mortar (the supposed daughter of the <a href="/facts/Grey_Gargoyle/SpfpN6RG">Grey Gargoyle</a>), Singularity (the supposed son of <a href="/facts/Graviton_(comics)/62Y4MCcK">Graviton</a>), and Ember (the supposed son of <a href="/facts/Pyro_(Marvel_Comics)/rU7PR45Y">Pyro</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49">49</a>
It was later revealed that the Bastards are led by a child genius known as Superior (who claims to be the son of the <a href="/facts/Leader_(character)/exUXJdoD">Leader</a>). It was also revealed that the Bastards were actually normal teenagers who were mutated by exposure to radiation by Superior as well as given false memory implants. The surviving Bastards are held in the Raft after their capture.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50">50</a>

<h2 id="reception">Reception</h2>
<h3>Critical response</h3>
Darby Harn of <a href="/facts/Screen_Rant/lajVbT8T">Screen Rant</a> included the Masters of Evil in their "10 Most Powerful Hercules Villains In Marvel Comics" list,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51">51</a> and in their "15 Most Powerful Black Panther Villains" list.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52">52</a> Mark Ginocchio of <a href="/facts/ComicBook.com/7HKJQIzy">ComicBook.com</a> ranked the Master of Evil 1st in their " Marvel's 5 Greatest Supervillain Stables" list."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53">53</a> Jerry Stanford of <a href="/facts/Comic_Book_Resources/h2mcCfnK">Comic Book Resources</a> ranked 3rd in their "10 Most Important Marvel Villain Teams" list,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54">54</a> while David Harth ranked the team 6th in their "5 Best Marvel Villain Teams (& The 5 Best DC Villain Teams)" list.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55">55</a>

<h2 id="other-versions">Other versions</h2>
<h3>Heroes Reborn (1996)</h3>
An alternate universe iteration of the Masters of Evil appear in <a href="/facts/Heroes_Reborn_(1996_comic)/y1aBxzFW">Heroes Reborn: Masters of Evil</a>, initially consisting of <a href="/facts/Black_Knight_(Nathan_Garrett)/s6xCkG58">Black Knight</a>, <a href="/facts/Klaw_(character)/z1IKKEe8">Klaw</a>, <a href="/facts/Melter/dfNRQ5hr">Melter</a>, <a href="/facts/Radioactive_Man_(comics)/PhbefbLQ">Radioactive Man</a>, and <a href="/facts/Whirlwind_(comics)/Hhe5kmG2">Whirlwind</a> before Klaw leaves the group and the <a href="/facts/Crimson_Dynamo/bv8s3Xq9">Crimson Dynamo</a> and <a href="/facts/Titanium_Man/KgwjmjXI">Titanium Man</a> take his place.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56">56</a> After <a href="/facts/Doctor_Doom/R3StlpPv">Doctor Doom</a>'s <a href="/facts/Doombot/NTmglVjt">Doombots</a> kill Black Knight, Crimson Dynamo, and Titanium Man, Whirlwind leaves the group to start a new life.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57">57</a>

<h3>"Heroes Reborn" (2021)</h3>
A group based on the Masters of Evil called the Masters of Doom appear in "<a href="/facts/Heroes_Reborn_(2021_comic)/L920f7j4">Heroes Reborn</a>" (2021), consisting of <a href="/facts/Doctor_Juggernaut/R3StlpPv">Doctor Juggernaut</a>, <a href="/facts/Silver_Witch/R6obj0jM">Silver Witch</a>, <a href="/facts/All-Gog/cTVdKE3v">All-Gog</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Black_Skull_(comics)/RTRuMSQu">Black Skull</a>. This version of the group are enemies of the <a href="/facts/Squadron_Supreme_of_America/R3b0kghG">Squadron Supreme of America</a> and were previously imprisoned in the <a href="/facts/Negative_Zone/bkHJ25Nf">Negative Zone</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58">58</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59">59</a>

<h3>House of M</h3>
An alternate reality iteration of the Masters of Evil appear in <a href="/facts/House_of_M/c4wHTJ9Q">House of M: Masters of Evil</a>, formed and led by <a href="/facts/The_Hood/aRMHehTu">the Hood</a> and consisting of <a href="/facts/Absorbing_Man/uvrC3E48">Absorbing Man</a>, <a href="/facts/Batroc_the_Leaper/JAlIzN0K">Batroc the Leaper</a>, <a href="/facts/Blizzard_(Marvel_Comics)/qFbzqAc1">Blizzard</a>, <a href="/facts/Chemistro/cemLbzMd">Chemistro</a>, <a href="/facts/Cobra_(Marvel_Comics)/aUtIHEnh">Cobra</a>, <a href="/facts/Constrictor_(character)/5D1xU8yI">Constrictor</a>, <a href="/facts/Crossbones_(character)/foRa1EsT">Crossbones</a>, <a href="/facts/Madame_Masque/vImU5CpA">Madame Masque</a>, <a href="/facts/Mister_Hyde_(Marvel_Comics)/4nbD9Nx6">Mister Hyde</a>, <a href="/facts/Nitro_(character)/RSbkzofy">Nitro</a>, <a href="/facts/Sandman_(Marvel_Comics)/Y262VTGt">Sandman</a>, <a href="/facts/Titania_(Marvel_Comics)/j1MBFHcs">Titania</a>, <a href="/facts/Wizard_(Marvel_Comics)/sul6x3vb">Wizard</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Wrecking_Crew_(comics)/90MNKWdj">Wrecking Crew</a>. This version of the group was formed to defy <a href="/facts/Magneto_(Marvel_Comics)/1aeH0P9I">Magneto</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60">60</a> While taking over the Central American country of Santo Rico, its dictators <a href="/facts/Madison_Jeffries/CClGrj2S">Madison</a> and <a href="/facts/Scramble_(comics)/kQKxNK67">Lionel Jeffries</a> kill two of the Wrecking Crew, <a href="/facts/Bulldozer_(character)/SJtKk0nU">Bulldozer</a> and <a href="/facts/Piledriver_(character)/tjB70Muw">Piledriver</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61">61</a> Though the group succeed in killing the Jeffries in turn, Magneto and <a href="/facts/Sebastian_Shaw_(character)/gkehytDK">Sebastian Shaw</a> expose the Masters of Evil's criminal pasts, leading to Cobra, Crossbones, Hyde, Chemistro, Wizard, and Wrecking Crew member <a href="/facts/Thunderball_(character)/8PjMDoGB">Thunderball</a> abandoning the remaining members, most of whom are killed by the Red Guard, though Absorbing Man throws Titania to safety.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62">62</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63">63</a>

<h3>Marvel Adventures</h3>
The Masters of Evil appear in <a href="/facts/Marvel_Adventures/nfAQMGIp">Marvel Adventures</a> #4, consisting of <a href="/facts/Helmut_Zemo/5lxrGB1G">Helmut Zemo</a>, <a href="/facts/Abomination_(character)/SHY5Hd8y">Abomination</a>, <a href="/facts/Leader_(character)/exUXJdoD">Leader</a>, and <a href="/facts/Ultron/Iw5VyD9l">Ultron</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64">64</a> Additionally, a group called the New Masters of Evil appear in Marvel Adventures: The Avengers #16, consisting of <a href="/facts/Egghead_(Marvel_Comics)/Gk25pIGm">Egghead</a>, <a href="/facts/Man-Bull/zHYFjKJ1">Man-Bull</a>, Melter, and Whirlwind.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65">65</a>

<h3>Marvel 2099</h3>
A future incarnation of the Masters of Evil from Earth-2099 appear in the <a href="/facts/Marvel_2099/EBFHzh0A">Marvel 2099</a> story Spider-Man 2099: Exodus #3, consisting of <a href="/facts/Norman_Osborn/fK45fq83">Patriot</a>, <a href="/facts/Black_Knight_(Marvel_Comics)/p5VvMIQa">Black Knight</a>, <a href="/facts/Baron_Zemo/1mLIyrze">Baron Zemo</a>, <a href="/facts/Enchantress_(Marvel_Comics)/BYbFQzN1">Enchantress</a>, <a href="/facts/Melter/dfNRQ5hr">Melter</a>, and <a href="/facts/Radioactive_Man_(comics)/PhbefbLQ">Radioactive Man</a>. This version of the group killed several members of the <a href="/facts/Avengers_(comics)/P3U6UVba">Avengers</a> and conquered multiple worlds. After Zemo kills the Black Knight for disobeying orders, the Masters of Evil are defeated by the <a href="/facts/The_New_Avengers_(comics)/35f7mk8b">New Avengers</a> and remanded to a prison on the planet Wakanda.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66">66</a>

<h3>Ultimate Marvel</h3>
A group based on the Masters of Evil called the Liberators appear in <a href="/facts/Ultimates_2/MAUfp91V">Ultimates 2</a>, formed by <a href="/facts/Loki_(Marvel_Comics)/XDJBFUb8">Loki</a> under the alias of <a href="/facts/Norwegians/K7PdhVMG">Norwegian</a> scientist "Gunnar Golman" and consisting of <a href="/facts/Abomination_(character)/SHY5Hd8y">Abomination</a>, <a href="/facts/Crimson_Dynamo/bv8s3Xq9">Crimson Dynamo</a>, <a href="/facts/Schizoid_Man_(comics)/DqCRnboq">Schizoid Man</a>, <a href="/facts/Red_Guardian/jLnobUnP">Colonel Abdul al-Rahma</a>, <a href="/facts/Hurricane_(comics)/2UuWPm1q">Hurricane</a>, <a href="/facts/Swarm_(Marvel_Comics)/Rq8XG43G">Insect Queen</a>, and <a href="/facts/Perun_(comics)/bzAQ1h8n">Perun</a>. They received support from international governments, such as <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>, <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>, <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a>, <a href="/facts/North_Korea/Q41laakP">North Korea</a>, <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a>, and later <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>, and other superpowered individuals such as <a href="/facts/Black_Widow_(Natasha_Romanova)/27NHeQBV">Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow</a>, <a href="/facts/Hank_Pym/oBKcKr46">Hank Pym</a>, and his <a href="/facts/Ultron/Iw5VyD9l">Ultron</a> / <a href="/facts/Vision_(Marvel_Comics)/n9UJH2uk">Vision II</a> sentries to invade the United States.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67">67</a> However, they are defeated by the U.S.'s heroes, with Perun surrendering to <a href="/facts/S.H.I.E.L.D./aAg2QHer">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a> and being held in the Triskelion and Loki being held by <a href="/facts/Odin_(Marvel_Comics)/xrfd0TyL">Odin</a> for inciting a world war.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68">68</a>

<h2 id="in-other-media">In other media</h2>
<h3>Television</h3>
<ul><li>The Masters of Evil appear in <a href="/facts/The_Marvel_Super_Heroes/0XVFIoS9">The Marvel Super Heroes</a> episode "Zemo and his Masters of Evil", consisting of <a href="/facts/Heinrich_Zemo/Pw2EQMNq">Heinrich Zemo</a>, <a href="/facts/Black_Knight_(Nathan_Garrett)/s6xCkG58">Black Knight</a>, <a href="/facts/Radioactive_Man_(comics)/PhbefbLQ">Radioactive Man</a>, and <a href="/facts/Melter/dfNRQ5hr">Melter</a>.</li>
<li>The Masters of Evil appear in <a href="/facts/The_Avengers%3a_United_They_Stand/huj2ozns">The Avengers: United They Stand</a> episode "Command Decision", consisting of <a href="/facts/Helmut_Zemo/5lxrGB1G">Helmut Zemo</a>, <a href="/facts/Absorbing_Man/uvrC3E48">Absorbing Man</a>, <a href="/facts/Boomerang_(character)/5QApCdK6">Boomerang</a>, <a href="/facts/Cardinal_(comics)/YgvcHNzd">Cardinal</a>, <a href="/facts/Dragonfly_(Marvel_Comics)/CyGhwHEu">Dragonfly</a>, <a href="/facts/Karla_Sofen/JaQeY9T3">Moonstone</a>, <a href="/facts/Tiger_Shark_(Marvel_Comics)/Vz4XmgWl">Tiger Shark</a>, and <a href="/facts/Whirlwind_(comics)/Hhe5kmG2">Whirlwind</a>.</li>
<li>The Masters of Evil appear in <a href="/facts/The_Avengers%3a_Earth%2527s_Mightiest_Heroes/MY5TuBfQ">The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes</a>, formed by <a href="/facts/Enchantress_(Marvel_Comics)/BYbFQzN1">Enchantress</a>, <a href="/facts/Executioner_(character)/TmKvhqqz">Executioner</a>, and Heinrich Zemo and consisting of them, <a href="/facts/Arnim_Zola/PLp0RUPn">Arnim Zola</a>, <a href="/facts/Wonder_Man/e7vECUcX">Wonder Man</a>, <a href="/facts/Crimson_Dynamo/bv8s3Xq9">Crimson Dynamo</a>, <a href="/facts/Abomination_(character)/SHY5Hd8y">Abomination</a>, <a href="/facts/Chemistro/cemLbzMd">Chemistro</a>, <a href="/facts/Grey_Gargoyle/SpfpN6RG">Grey Gargoyle</a>, and <a href="/facts/Living_Laser/7ksVre2Y">Living Laser</a>. They battle the Avengers twice until Zemo discovers the Enchantress was secretly working with <a href="/facts/Loki_(Marvel_Comics)/XDJBFUb8">Loki</a> to help him take over <a href="/facts/Asgard_(comics)/xHeCCVCh">Asgard</a> while <a href="/facts/Thor_(Marvel_Comics)/Mv61HeRo">Thor</a> is away on Earth and betrays her while enacting a plot to use <a href="/facts/Karnilla/eSxq0zxj">Karnilla</a>'s <a href="/facts/Norn_Stones/Jka3FRnI">Norn Stones</a> to fuse Earth with Asgard. After the Avengers foil the plot, Enchantress seeks vengeance on Zemo and eliminates Chemistro, Living Laser, and Zola, forcing the surviving Masters of Evil to ask for the Avengers' help in stopping her. During the Enchantress' subsequent attack, <a href="/facts/Black_Panther_(character)/XhRxA9Vj">Black Panther</a> builds a power dampener, which successfully negates her powers. Wonder Man prevents Zemo from finishing her off, but when the Enchantress tries to take the last Norn Stone, Wonder Man grabs it simultaneously, causing both of them to disappear. In the aftermath, Zemo, Abomination, Crimson Dynamo, and the Executioner are incarcerated at <a href="/facts/Negative_Zone_Prison_Alpha/ezvt3eYf">Prison 42</a>.</li>
<li>The Masters of Evil appear in <a href="/facts/Marvel_Disk_Wars%3a_The_Avengers/zYYLnaM5">Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers</a>, consisting of <a href="/facts/MODOK/2KycjHsA">MODOK</a>, Abomination, Heinrich Zemo, <a href="/facts/Graviton_(comics)/62Y4MCcK">Graviton</a>, and Tiger Shark.</li>
<li>The Masters of Evil appear in <a href="/facts/Avengers_Assemble_(TV_series)/2W0713LT">Avengers Assemble</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69">69</a> consisting of Helmut Zemo, <a href="/facts/Abner_Jenkins/uHv17zul">Beetle</a>, <a href="/facts/Fixer_(Marvel_Comics)/KJH6uluh">Fixer</a>, <a href="/facts/Erik_Josten/Tt7V5VQq">Goliath</a>, Moonstone, and <a href="/facts/Songbird_(character)/zKv237Rd">Screaming Mimi</a>. Following failed attacks on <a href="/facts/Stark_Industries/a51oy5r4">Stark Industries</a> and <a href="/facts/Avengers_Tower/LLFdvs8U">Avengers Tower</a>, the Masters of Evil reappear as the superhero team, the <a href="/facts/Thunderbolts_(comics)/Dg4tAT60">Thunderbolts</a>, via a shrouding device to mask their appearances. However, Screaming Mimi has a change of heart and convinces her teammates to join the Avengers in exposing Zemo, who escapes while the remaining Masters of Evil turn themselves in.</li>
<li>The Masters of Evil appear in the first season of <a href="/facts/Marvel_Future_Avengers/cgW8mVfN">Marvel Future Avengers</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70">70</a> consisting of the <a href="/facts/Leader_(character)/exUXJdoD">Leader</a>, Enchantress, <a href="/facts/Ares_(Marvel_Comics)/c0e9Ypru">Ares</a>, <a href="/facts/Bucky_Barnes/3sSgcvMV">Winter Soldier</a>, and Bruno, a teenage <a href="/facts/Hydra_(comics)/XGPV4GY9">Hydra</a> operative who underwent genetic manipulation. The group is recruited by <a href="/facts/Kang_the_Conqueror/VLABGeY0">Kang the Conqueror</a> and join forces with Hydra and Loki to enact the "Emerald Rain" project, a plan to reverse-engineer Terrigen crystals and use them to mutate Earth's populace to become Kang's new foot soldiers. The Winter Soldier and Bruno later defect, with Bruno joining the Future Avengers.</li></ul>
<h3>Video games</h3>
<ul><li>The Masters of Evil appear in <a href="/facts/Marvel%3a_Ultimate_Alliance/4B2w9Rb7">Marvel: Ultimate Alliance</a>, led by <a href="/facts/Doctor_Doom/R3StlpPv">Doctor Doom</a> and consisting of <a href="/facts/Baron_Mordo/BugANnMs">Baron Mordo</a>, Loki, Enchantress, and <a href="/facts/Ultron/Iw5VyD9l">Ultron</a> as his lieutenants as well as <a href="/facts/Arcade_(Marvel_Comics)/d66hPCjw">Arcade</a>, <a href="/facts/Attuma/CLSVz5T8">Attuma</a>, <a href="/facts/Bullseye_(Marvel_Comics)/twjsXSEa">Bullseye</a>, <a href="/facts/Byrrah/ut2VcmRG">Byrrah</a>, Crimson Dynamo, Executioner, <a href="/facts/Fin_Fang_Foom/YVXzwzwR">Fin Fang Foom</a>, <a href="/facts/Lizard_(character)/sk4NvKgf">Lizard</a>, MODOK, <a href="/facts/Mysterio/I3GI9GsC">Mysterio</a>, Radioactive Man, <a href="/facts/Rhino_(character)/9g20buGL">Rhino</a>, <a href="/facts/Mac_Gargan/GaxNAzWs">Scorpion</a>, <a href="/facts/Shocker_(character)/mAERPrDg">Shocker</a>, Tiger Shark, <a href="/facts/Krang_(Marvel_Comics)/0Cl8GxNl">Warlord Krang</a>, Winter Soldier, and the <a href="/facts/Wrecking_Crew_(comics)/90MNKWdj">Wrecking Crew</a>. Additionally, <a href="/facts/Mandarin_(character)/SUyHP90b">Mandarin</a>, Grey Gargoyle, and <a href="/facts/Dragon_Man_(character)/CyGhwHEu">Dragon Man</a> appear as former members who left when the Mandarin failed to take leadership from Doom.</li>
<li>The Masters of Evil appear in a self-titled <a href="/facts/Downloadable_content/zjRXW3N4">DLC</a> pack for <a href="/facts/Lego_Marvel%2527s_Avengers/EoME5zr8">Lego Marvel's Avengers</a>, consisting of Helmut Zemo, Enchantress, Black Knight, Skurge, Melter, Radioactive Man, and Whirlwind.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71">71</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.marvel.com/universe/Masters_of_Evil">Masters of Evil</a> at Marvel.com</li>
<li><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/mastersheinrich.htm">Baron Heinrich Zemo's Masters of Evil</a> at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe</li>
<li><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/mastersultron.htm">Ultron's Masters of Evil</a> at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe</li>
<li><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/mastersegghead.htm">Egghead's Masters of Evil</a> at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe</li>
<li><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/mastershelmut.htm">Baron Helmut Zemo's Masters of Evil</a> at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe</li>
<li><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/mastersoctopus.htm">Doctor Octopus' Masters of Evil</a> at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe</li>
<li><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/masterscowl.htm">Justine Hammer's Masters of Evil</a> at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe</li>
<li><a href="https://comicvine.gamespot.com/masters-of-evil/4060-7582/">Masters of Evil</a> at Comic Vine</li></ul>

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