Captain Nazi – A guide to Captains Nazi
(Disambiguation page)
Context
Originally, Captain Nazi is a 1940s enemy of Captain Marvel (Billy Batson).
But both these characters have been through reboots, which can be confusing to non-experts.
Furthermore, there’s a number of somewhat similar “super-Nazi” World War Two villains, which folks sometimes mix up.
So here’s a quick guide, eh ? Know your enemy, as they say.
Captain Nazi proper
2 The 1970s revival.
DC Comics starts publishing Captain Marvel stories, set on Earth-S. It doesn’t quite stick and vanishes during the Crisis. This version resembled the 1940s one, but was more dangerous.
3 The 1980s reboot.
DC reboots Captain Marvel continuity after the Crisis. The new Captain Nazi is a different guy, but he’s seen but briefly. He’s a neo-Nazi thug with mid-to-high Superman-ish powers.
4 First half of the 1990s reboot.
This new version eventually found its (goose-stepping) legs, and was better-integrated with the DC Universe. In this take he’s also a genuine menace, capable of fighting the JSA.
5 Second half of the 1990s reboot.
This article was split in two for easier reading. And in case it needed to be expanded – but as it turned out Nazi didn’t appear in recent years. The name might just be too weird, I guess.
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Villains who resemble Captain Nazi
The following villains are fairly similar. But with — usually — a name that works better, making them less awkward to use.
1 Übermensch.
Seen in 1980s DC Comics stories set during WWII. Axis Amerika leader. Closer to an evil version of early Superman, but he *might* have been intended to occupy the Captain Nazi niche just after the Crisis.
2 Master Man.
Seen in 1970s Marvel stories set during WWII. He fought Captain America (Steve Rogers), Namor the Submariner, the Human Torch (Jim Hammond), etc..
4 This guy.
He appears indistinctly in one panel of Watchmen, and more clearly in the movie. That’s all we know. But man, it’s Watchmen !
5 Uberman.
Another one-panel (well, a few panels) wonder, but he was in another influential work – Grant Morrison’s Animal Man. He seems to have been a version of Übermensch, and Axis Amerika member, on one of the Earths destroyed during the Crisis On Infinite Earths.
