Indeed, it initially appears that Zemo is resurrecting other dormant “Winter Soldiers” in Civil War, only for him to kill them off-screen.
Through Zemo not being a HYDRA/Nazi supervillain, he diverts from the world-domineering goals established in previous Captain America films. Zemo intentionally distinguishes himself from the collective “cut-off-one-head” nature of HYDRA, remarking to one of its scientists how “HYDRA deserves its place on the ash heap.” Captain America had already fought HYDRA and the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and battled their malignant presence in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). Part of why Civil War works so well is that despite the political frameworks hovering around the film, it is grounded in messy human developments. But for Civil War, Zemo had little similarity to his comic origins, and that’s okay.
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Images from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier show Daniel Brühl donning this mask, and it’s possible for the series to add to his origins like WandaVision retconned the Scarlet Witch. This Helmut Zemo is the heir of WW2 Nazi supervillain “Heinrich” Zemo, both of whom clash with Captain America for world domination and wear an iconic purple balaclava (Heinrich because it gets bonded to his face, Helmut because he becomes disfigured). Now, just like how Civil War is only loosely based on the Marvel event comic, Zemo has little resemblance to his supervillain comic counterpart Baron Zemo. It’s a welcome return, as although the MCU has steadily improved its “villain problem,” Zemo remains an excellent and underrated addition to its roster. Now, Zemo has seemingly escaped from prison and is intent on finishing his work of destroying the Avengers (even if Cap and Iron Man are now both gone). RELATED: Falcon And Winter Soldier Theories Might Be Bigger Than WandaVision He escalated Bucky’s fugitive status by framing him for bombing the UN – killing the father of Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) in the process – and turned Captain America and Iron Man against each other, not only over the Sokovia Accords, but also the more immediate issue of Bucky’s fate, who Zemo reveals assassinated Iron Man’s mother. Zemo was the terrorist mastermind behind the scenes of Civil War, blaming the Avengers for his family’s Sokovian deaths during Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Both have taken up Cap’s vibranium shield in the comics, but they will also have to deal with the leftover threat from Captain America: Civil War (2016): Helmut Zemo (Daniel Brühl). The series will pick up after Avengers: Endgame (2019) to follow the mutual friends of Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), and how they live up to Captain America. Despite having just aired the finale of WandaVision, fresh new content from the MCU is not far away, as on March 19, Disney+ will release The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
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