Captain America's Best Villains
Captain America has faced off with some of the most heinous evildoers in the history of comics. Here are eleven of his most notorious foes.
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By K. Thor Jensen July 29, 2011 |
| 8 | Taskmaster |
The villain for hire known as Taskmaster has battled just about everybody in the Marvel Universe, but he has a special affection for Captain America. Born with the rare gift of "photographic reflexes" that allows him to mimic the movements of anybody he sees, Tasky fights with the styles of some of Marvel's best. One of his many weapons is a slightly less durable duplicate of Cap's shield that he can swing just as well as Steve Rogers can. Throw in the archery of Hawkeye, the acrobatics of Daredevil, the accuracy of the Punisher, and you've got a problem.
| 7 | Baron Von Strucker |
Baron Von Strucker is the second baron on this list - Cap must really have a problem with European royalty. Baron Von Strucker was the first leader of the terrorist organization known as HYDRA, which gave both Captain America and Nick Fury a royal pain during the old days. Strucker, a former Nazi general, had his hand severed and replaced with a device, known as the "Satan Claw," that let him chop through just about everything. He's tried dozens of horrendous plots to strike at Cap and the rest of the world, but the worst bit is that he now carries a virus that just might kill everybody else on Earth if he's killed. Lame!
| 6 | The Grand Director |
When Cap was out of action in the '50s due to being trapped in a slab of ice, the United States still needed a protector. William Burnside was an obsessive devotee of the original Cap, and when he disappeared, Burnside devoted his life to studying him. Discovering secret files about the Super-Soldier program, he offered it to the FBI with the stipulation that it be used to transform him into the new Cap. They agreed, but the serum destabilized his mind even further, making him increasingly violent. After Rogers returned, Burnside followed his fascist sympathies into becoming the "Grand Director," a neo-Nazi leader, before once again taking up the mantle of Cap in an effort to unite America's militias against the government.
