FRITZ KLEIN-SCHMIDT

Real Name: Fritz Klein-Schmidt

Identity/Class: Human (World War II era)

Occupation: Nazi agent

Group Membership: The Nazi Party

Affiliations: The Nazi Party

Enemies: Carl Burgos, Captain America (Steve Rogers), Bill Everett, the FBI (Agent McCloskey, Agent O'Brien, others), Walter "Old Man" Jameson

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "The Bund-Leader"

Base of Operations: An abandoned warehouse in Manhattan, New York, USA

First Appearance: Captain America I#255 (March, 1981)

Powers/Abilities: Fritz Klein-Schmidt was a skilled organizer and espionage agent. He was not utilizing nearby objects, such as a lead pipe, in battle.

Height: 6'3" (by approximation)
Weight: 175 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Red

History: (Captain America I#255 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, American Fritz Klein-Schmidt joined the German Nazi party and became a German spy within America, operating out of an abandoned warehouse in Manhattan, New York.

(Captain America I#255 (fb)/Captain America & the Invaders: The Bahamas Triangle#1) - On Tuesday, March 18, 1941, several other Nazi soldiers reported to Fritz Klein-Schmidt on their failures and when Klein-Schmidt remarked that their fuhrer would not be pleased, the soldiers admitted that while they could not figure out what had went wrong, they had heard rumors of a new American government agent. As if on cue, the new agent, star-spangled Captain America, burst into the warehouse and announced his disgust at home-grown Nazis. During the scuffle, the FBI arrived behind Captain America to apprehend the Nazi agents and Klein-Schmidt fled on foot. Captain America pursued Klein-Schmidt, who ran past an exit onto the street in a panic, his retreat witnessed by Daily Bugle reporter Mac as well as comic book artists Carl Burgos and Bill Everett. Finding a lead pipe, Klein-Schmidt hit Captain America in the face, disrupting Cap's mask, but Mac's attempt to photograph the semi-maskless Captain America resulted in Klein-Schmidt being temporarily blinded. Taking advantage of the situation, Captain America knocked out Klein-Schmidt with his shield and the FBI quickly arrested Klein-Schmidt and his agents.

Comments: Created by Roger Stern and John Byrne.

Fritz Klein-Schmidt was never seen in a way that showed what his eye color was.

Klein-Schmidt must have been German-American, as Captain America referred to Fritz and his allies as "home-grown" Nazis, suggesting that they were all American.

Klein-Schmidt was only identified by his last name in his first appearance in Captain America I#255 (March, 1981) and his first name was not revealed until Captain America & the Invaders: The Bahamas Triangle#1 (September, 2019).

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Fritz Klein-Schmidt has no known connections to:

• Klein, female member of That Which Endures @ West Coast Avengers II#44
• Klein, Det., police detective, District X @ District X I#3
• Klein, Mr., lawyer, defended Namor @ Namor the Sub-Mariner I#6
  
• Klein, Mr., diamond dealer, robbed by King Cobra @ Toxin I#1
• Klein, Abe, Tony Stark's electrical engineering professor, Stark International director of engineering, killed by Mordecai Midas @ Iron Man I#82
• Klein, Cameron, SHIELD technician, grandson of Stanley, who inspired him to join SHIELD @ Captain America III#32
• Klein, Dr. David, nephew of Dr. Jacob Weisenthal @ Morbius I#32
• Klein, Joey, security guard, killed by Verys @ Spider-Man: The Final Adventure#1
  
• Klein, Linda, friend of Foolkiller (Gerhardt) @ Foolkiller I#1
• Klein, Prof. Paul, uncle of Faceless Man @ Man Comics I#27
• Klein, Sarah, niece of Jonah Jameson @ Spider-Man I#38
• Klein, Scott of Earth-93060, schoolmate of Mantra (Sherwood), temporarily possessed by Ajak-Kar @ Mantra I#21
• Klein, Stanley, grandfather of Cameron, life saved by Captain America in WWII, died from heart attack @ Captain America III#25
• Kleinenshvitz, Elsbeth, Hilliard Zemo's love @ Thunderbolts Presents: Zemo-Born Better#2
  
• Kleinfeldt, Laura, Silver Sable International @ Silver Sable I#1
• Kleinman, Dr. Horst of Earth-148611, responsible for deaths of Keith Remsen's parents @ Nightmask I#1
• Kleinschmidt, Nazi agent serving the Red Skull, defeated by Young Allies @ Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special#1
• Kleinstock Brothers (Eric, Harlan & Sven Kleinstock), Acolytes, could merge into combined form @ Uncanny X-Men I#298
• Schmidt, Maj., Nazi, oversaw work of Capt. Eric Leroux, whom he ultimately had killed @ Sgt. Fury & His Howling Commandos I#72
  
• Schmidt, Alan, posed as Spider-Man when real Spider-Man unmasked in front of Daily Bugle @ Spider-Man Special: Black & Blue & Read All Over#1
• Schmidt, Andy, political editor at Daily Bugle @ Daily Bugle Civil War Newspaper Special
• Schmidt, Hermann @ Marvel Mystery Comics I#48
• Schmidt, "Smitty," murdered Milos Opperman, exposed by Patriot (Jeff Mace) @ Captain America: Patriot#1
• Schmidt, Stewart, childhood bully turned small-time criminal as Stymie @ Daredevil I#176
• Schmidt, Werner, Nazi scientist who survived into modern era as the bodiless Brain Drain, later became hero using alias Brian Drayne @ Invaders I#2
  
• Schmidt, Werner, ICON, posed as lover & assistant to Veronica Frankenstein @ Frankenstein's Monster I#16
• Schmidt, Wilhelm, former Nazi, encountered Gnobians in 1944, raised an egg to become Lump, slain by Gnobian mother while trying to stop her from following Baron Strucker's genocidal directive @ Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. II#1
• Shmidt, Johann, better known as the Nazi criminal Red Skull @ Captain America Comics I#3
  
• or any other "Fritz" or "Klein-Schmidt" characters

images: (without ads)
Captain America & the Invaders: The Bahamas Triangle#1, p2, pan4 (Fritz Klein-Schmidt running, main image)
Captain America & the Invaders: The Bahamas Triangle#1, p3, pan4 (Fritz grabbing pipe)
Captain America I#255, p14, pan4 (Fritz Klein-Schmidt escaping)

Appearances:
Captain America I#255 (March, 1981) - Roger Stern (writer), John Byrne (art), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Captain America & the Invaders: The Bahamas Triangle#1 (September, 2019) - Roy Thomas (writer), Jerry Ordway (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)

First Posted: 10/23/2019
Last updated: 10/23/2019

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