Masters of Evil VII      Organizer : Crimson Cowl



No Complete Villain Pictures for : Bison and Shatterfist.


         


Masters of Evil VII - History After years of being a chronic loser, Baron Zemo schemes his latest plot. He's gathered some of his previous Masters of Evil comrades with plans to kill the Avengers. However, the omnipotent being Onslaught does the deed first, and Baron Zemo is left with a team of villains with no cause. Then it hits him - his Masters can pose as heroes and try to replace the Avengers, thereby gaining access to all of the Avengers' old weapons and computer files! He gives his Masters new identities and costumes, and dubs them The Thunderbolts! Now these "heroes" have gained the respect of the public and are poised to carry out their most devious plot to date!
     However, while the real Masters are playing "hero", there are some new guys in town calling themselves "The New Masters of Evil", led by the Crimson Cowl, and of course the Thunderbolts and Masters mix it up! The new Masters were defeated by the old ones (in Thunderbolts #3), proving this new team is far inferior to the team that stormed the Avengers mansion years ago. However that changed when the Crimson Cowl recruited 19 new members to create one of the most deadly threats that the Masters of Evil have ever done. Using a weather control device The Masters of Evil caused the entire planet's weather system to become destructive and cause massive damage and deaths across the globe. But thanks to the Thunderbolts the Masters of Evil were all defeated except for Man-killer and Cyclone who both fled the scene. What was even more shocking than the battle was the true identity of the Crimson Cowl, the Thunderbolts former city liason, Dallas Riohard (a deception)!.
     The "real" Crimson Cowl later returned and kidnapped Dallas in order to make the Thunderbolts and V-battalion destroy each other. However, the plan failed and Dallas escaped. The Crimson Cowl decided to use her father's legacy as a way to control the world for profit and recruited new and old members into her Masters of Evil. Hawkeye eventually showed up at the Cowl's front doorstep with his "new" Thunderbolts and Silver Sable and her Wild pack in tow. It was revealed that the Crimson Cowl was really Justine Hammer, the daughter of Justin Hammer one of Ironman's oldest foes. Justine had now decided to launch her plan into action and kill her former team-mates who betrayed her. The remaining Masters of Evil captured the traitors and Blackheath. Revealing that Blackheath was the key in activating a bio-toxin that would allow the Crimson Cowl to hold the door to life or death over various heroes and villains around the world. Blackheath decided to activate the antidote and destroyed the toxin in the area. Badly dehydrated, Blackheath used Hydro-man to put water back in his body, while the rest of the Thunderbolts finally defeated the Crimson Cowl and her remaining Masters.

Information and Appearances for The Crimson Cowl's Masters Of Evil
(Note: Klaw and Tiger Shark are excluded)
Amazon (Katrina Luisa Van Horn)
First Appearance: Marvel Team-Up #8
Joined Masters of Evil: Thunderbolts #3
Notes : An Olympic skier until she was crippled by a chauvinistic male rival during a race, Katrina Van Horn was physically rebuilt and retrained under the auspices of a wealthy militant group funded by the terrorist organization AIM. Supplied with a strength-augmenting exo-skeleton, Van Horn became the man-hating costumed assassin known as Man-Killer, later serving as a section chief of the terrorist organization Hydra. She has since operated as a freelance costumed criminal, battling foes such as Spider-Man, the Cat (later Tigra), Iron Man and She-Hulk. She was believed dead for a time but has since re-surfaced, as vicious as ever and somehow embued with natural superhuman strength. Most recently, she has operated as a member of the latest Masters of Evil led by the new Crimson Cowl, battling heroes such as the Black Widow and the Thunderbolts. She took the name; Amazon, after joining The Thunderbolts for a short period.
Avengers Appearances: Avengers #144 (one-panel cameo in flashback to her battle with the Cat and Spider-Man).

Bison (Real Name not known)
First Appearance: Unknown
Joined Masters of Evil: Unknown
Notes : Notes: Bison is a Large, powerfully built humanoid with dark brown fur, a tan underbelly and horns protruding from his head. Apparently not thrilled with his present condition, the Bison is in crime to make money to get back to normal He joined The Masters of Evil in order to gain the wealth he desires.
Description : Height: 5'9"/6'11", Weight: 275 lbs/550 lbs), Sex: Male, Age: 30, Race: Altered Human
Avengers Appearances : Unknown

Cyclone II (true name unrevealed)
First Appearance: Thunderbolts #3
Joined Masters of Evil: Thunderbolts #3
Notes : Cyclone is a French costumed criminal whose uniform contains devices that enable him to generate tremendous winds at will. His costume was invented by the original Cyclone, a French costumed criminal who fought Spider-Man before being murdered by the vigilante Scourge. The original Cyclone's costume was duplicated by unspecified leading figures in French organized crime who hired the current Cyclone to wear the suit as their enforcer, but he deserted his employers and went freelance as a criminal costumed mercenary.
Avengers Appearances : None

Flying Tiger (true name unrevealed)
First Appearance: Spider-Woman #40
Joined Masters of Evil: Thunderbolts #3
Notes : A failed football player, the Flying Tiger turned to crime using an armored costume that grants him enhanced strength, increased durability and the power of flight. A high-priced freelance assassin, the Flying Tiger has occasionally fought super-heroes such as the original Spider-Woman, Iron Man and the Fantastic Four. More recently, he joined the new Crimson Cowl's Masters of Evil, battling Black Widow and the Thunderbolts. The Flying Tiger's true identity and origin remain unknown, but in his recent appearances he has claimed to be more than he appears, even suggesting that he might be one of the World War II aviators known as the Flying Tigers. This would seem to conflict with earlier information regarding the Tiger's identity. Whether the current Flying Tiger is still the original remains to be seen, as does whether the current Flying Tiger really has any connection to his WWII namesakes.
Avengers Appearances: Avengers Spotlight #29 (imprisoned in Vault under supervision of Avengers and Fantastic Four).

All of the following current non-core members have appeared in other comics before joining Cowl's Masters:
Aqueduct, Bison, Blackwing, Boomerang, Cardinal, Constrictor, Dragonfly, Eel II, Icemaster, Joystick, Lodestone, Man-Ape, Quicksand, Scorcher, Shatterfist, Shockwave, Slyde, Sunstroke and Supercharger.

Some of them have appeared in various Avengers comics:
Aqueduct (Peter Van Zante a.k.a. Water Wizard) tried to sabotage the reconstruction of Avengers HQ in Annual #19
Boomerang (Fred Myers) fought Hawkeye in Spotlight #27
Eel (Edward Lavell) appeared briefly as a post-Acts of Vengeance prisoner in Spotlight #29
Icemaster battled Human Torch in a Hostess ad.
Shockwave (Lancaster Sneed) teamed with Zaran & Razorfist to attack the WCA in WCA #11
Sunstroke fought the Avengers as a minion of Dominus in WCA #17 (his first appearance) & #24
Man-Ape (M'Baku) has fought the Avengers several times (v1 #62 & 78-79, Vision & Scarlet Witch #1-2, WCA v2 #1-2).

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