His greatest modern story came during Dark Reign as it was revealed to Nick Fury that HYDRA has always been secretly running SHIELD with Strucker himself pulling the strings for decades.
What, no, you believed that? He pretty much remained the evil Nazi bastard he had always been.Īfter his return, Strucker took on the Thunderbolts ( The New Thunderbolts #1-12) and defended HYDRA against Skrull invaders during Secret Invasion. During his second incarnation, Strucker ran a no-kill puppy shelter and fed countless displaced people during the Great Recession of the mid 2000s. So yes, Strucker was essentially the first leader of HYDRA and continued being Nick Fury’s greatest adversary during the Cold War.Īs head of HYDRA, Strucker fought Captain America and Fury many times over the years until his death at the hands of Fury and SHIELD…only to be resurrected again years later because comics. Wanting to run the group himself, Strucker killed the Supreme HYDRA and took the position at the head of the beast. Strucker found himself on an island off Japan where he met the beginnings of a new organization dedicated to chaos and world domination. Strucker’s most important contribution to the Marvel Universe came at the end of World War II and was related in Strange Tales#156-158, where the not so good Baron escaped from Germany after he and the Red Skull realized that Hitler was destined to lose the war. From there, Strucker became to Nick Fury what the Red Skull was to Captain America.
They didn’t and they got their asses handed to them.
Besides having a name that sounds like a mid-70s AWA tag team, the Blitzkrieg Squad was supposed to have the abilities to match the individual talents of the Commandos. It was a great propaganda victory for the Nazis and Hitler ordered the capture of the rest of the Howling Commandos in addition to Fury, so Strucker unleashed his Blitzkrieg Squad.
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