The fourth group calling themselves the Masters of Evil
were organized by the son of the man who organized the
original Masters of Evil. Baron Helmut Zemo, who had inherited
his father's hatred of Captain
America, sought to assemble the most formidable Masters
of Evil ever. Rather than stopping when he had roughly
the same number of Masters as there are active Avengers,
Zemo decided to organize a veritable army of superhuman
criminals, to assure victory over the Avengers. Zemo's
long range design for the largest assemblage of costumed
criminals is not at present known.
First Appearance of the Assembled Group: AVENGERS
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