HERR BLITZ

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Unrevealed (World War II era)

Occupation: Saboteur

Group Membership: Nazi Party

Affiliations: Unrevealed

Enemies: Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (see comments)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed

First Appearance: (Mentioned) Captain America Comics#34/4 (January, 1944)

Powers/Abilities: Unrevealed (see comments)

Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Unrevealed

History:
(Captain America Comics#34/4 (fb) - BTS) -  At some point in the past, the Human Torch apparently fought Herr Blitz, who was sabotaging factories on the Pacific Coast (see comments).

(Captain America Comics#34/4) - The Human Torch and Toro were investigating a Nazi sabotage ring that threatened the Hartford Cannon Plant. Suspecting that plant-worker Otto Heinkle was involved with the saboteurs, the Torch assumed the identity of "Hans," a German-American who was loyal to Hitler. After meeting Heinkle, "Hans" convinced him that he would make a good addition to the sabotage ring...

(Captain America Comics#34/4 - BTS) - ...because "Hans" claimed he used to work for Herr Blitz, and blew up factories on the Pacific Coast--he even showed Heinkle photos to prove it.

(Captain America Comics#34/4) - Later, Heinkle went to the hideout of Herr Mole, the leader of the sabotage ring, and mentioned that "Hans" had worked for Herr Blitz.

Comments: Created by an unidentified writer and Jimmy Thompson.

This one word-balloon in a single panel is the only "appearance" of Herr Blitz (underlined in red), which explains the Main Image.

Since Herr Mole seemed to be somewhat familiar with him, and since "Hans" had photos to corroborate his story, then presumably Herr Blitz was "real," and the Human Torch battled him in an earlier untold story--it was unrevealed if Toro (Thomas Raymond) joined his partner in the battle, so I didn't include him as an enemy.

And that's all we know about this mysterious character; but since "Herr Blitz" basically translates to "Mr. Lightning," maybe he was a super-powered Nazi agent--perhaps electrically-empowered, or a speedster?

Profile by Ron Fredricks.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Herr Blitz has no known connections to:

• Blitz (Jaime Zimmerman), New Enforcers, Spider-Man foe @ Web of Spider-Man I#99
• Blitzkrieg, Vernichtungs Kommandos, Nazi agent @ Adventures of Captain America#1
• Blitzkrieg Squad, Nazi soldiers led by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker @ Sgt.Fury and his Howling Commandos I#14
• Blitzkrieger (Franz Mittelstadt), alias Generator, German superhero @ Marvel Super-Heroes: Contest of Champions#1
• Baron von Blitzschlag (Wernher von Blitzschlag), former Nazi scientist, defected to US, joined Initiative @ Avengers: The Initiative#1
• Count von Blitzkrieg, former Nazi operative, Icon member @ Avengers 1959#4
• any other characters with similar names

images: (without ads)
Captain America Comics#34/4, p4, pan7 (Otto Heinkle tells Herr Mole that "Hans" worked for Herr Blitz (underlined in red) )

Appearances:
Captain America Comics#34/4 (January, 1944) - unidentified writer, Jimmy Thompson (pencils) Al Gabriele (inks), Vince Fago (editor)

First Posted: 05/04/2021
Last updated: 05/04/2021

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

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