Blazing Skull Blazing Skull is a Marvel Super Heroes minifigure that appears in LEGO Marvel ' s Avengers . Background . Mark Anthony Todd was born October 7 , 1910 in Cleveland , Ohio . As he grew up he became a pacifist and went on to become a freelance reporter in the 30s . On his fist assignment Todd was sent to Japan were he found a race of super - intelligent Skull - Men . They accepted Todd and taught him occult secrets and gave him a burning mask . In return for their kindness and he vowed to the Skull - Men to be a beacon of hope and justice as the Blazing Skull . Todd then went to Germany where he joined an anti - nazi movement . He however was captured by Nazi agents and was brought before Adolf Hitler . He somehow managed to escape and traveled to London where he saved Winston Churchill ' s life from Nazi mercenaries . Todd then returned to the United States and resumed his reporter job with the Daily Globe . Still using the guise of Blazing Skull he continued to fight threats such as Big Joe and Doctor Fear . In 1942 he joined the Invaders to battle Battle - Axis . After the fight with Battle - Axis he joined the Invaders and other wartime heroes in a battle behind enemy lines . In January of 1945 the Skull returned to New York and foiled a plot by Nazi agents as they tried to blow up the Statue of Liberty . Their leader , the Masked Raider fled the scene , but vowed to return to make the Skull pay for his interference . Wanting more information on the story his editor at the Daily Globe sent him to London where he encountered the Iron Cross , who was filming a missile test . As the Skull and Iron Cross began to fight , Union Jack joined the Skull and the two managed to cause the Iron Cross to retreat to Germany . After the battle Union Jack helped the Skull by contacting the Destroyer in Germany . After that Jack flew the Skull behind enemy lines where Skull parachuted into Germany . The Destroyer greeted the Skull , and the two were found by Nazi soldiers . To deceive the Nazis , the Destroyer knocked the Skull unconscious and handed him over to the Nazis . Todd was then brought before Iron Cross and Nazi scientists who revealed their plan to use homing beacons in order to tactically bomb the United States . During this time the Destroyer was caught sabotaging the missiles . He was brought before the Iron Cross and managed to free the Skull who along with the Destroyer managed to stop the Nazis and blow up the Iron Cross . Todd returned to America and gave his story to his editors , who couldn ' t believe how lucky he was . However the threat wasn ' t over yet when the Masked Raider returned and tried to bomb the White House . Todd stopped the Masked Raider , who turned out to be a radio show host . However the missiles had been launched and the Skull commandeered a prop plane and rammed it into a missile , saving the White House . After the war had ended Todd became a newspaper columnist and urged the American people to support more military action overseas . Realizing that he had not aged in decades he returned to being the Blazing Skull . He used various aliases such as Steve Valiant and Richard Stetson . There are little or no records of his activities during the following decades . Eventually he was declared dead . During the Kree / Skrull War Rick Jones powers manifested themselves and he manifested various golden age superheroes . Among them was the Blazing Skull . The Skull managed to fight off several Skrulls and Kree soldiers until Ricks ' powers failed and the heroes were sent back to wherever they originated from . Todd then recently showed up in the Middle East and taken into custody of a terrorist known as Malik for years . He was ritualistically beaten and tortured each day by urinating on him and beating him senseless . One day U . S . Agent aka John Walker freed Todd from his prison and asked him to join the new Invaders alongside Spitfire , Union Jack , and Tara . Todd accepted and aided the Invaders in an attack involving Atlantis . The team aided Namor and added him to their ranks . Together the Invaders invaded Mazikhandar and came into conflict with the Avengers . The Skull recognized Captain America and greeted him as a fellow Invader , forming a somewhat steady alliance between the New Invaders and the Avengers . After the skirmish a cruel politician shot the current leader of Mazikhandar and took control of the country . However the Thin Man showed up and killed the politician . Mazikhandar became a protectorate of Atlantis and the Invaders added Thin Man to their ranks . The Two teams parted ways and left each other on semi - good terms . Weeks later several cloned terrorist creatures called Pterorists attacked the Jim Hammond . Luckily the Invaders arrived and saved Jim . However the true motive of the Invaders saving Jim was to ask for the V - Battalions help . Jim accepted their help and along with the Thin Man ' s ship the Infiltrator , its captain the Fin battled Axis Mundi . During the battle against Axis Mundi aboard the Infiltrator the Nazi the Gotteskrieger impaled the Skull with a spear and ripped off his head . During the battle fellow Invaders fought Axis Mundi agents , Baroness Blood , Warrior Woman , and Meranno . During the battle the Skull managed to pick himself up and revive himself even without his head . The Skull was a major factor in the Invaders winning the battle when the Skull took down the Gotteskrieger . Days later the Destroyer and his friend Nigel encountered Vampires in Germany who were sent after a small town by Baroness Blood . The Invaders learned of this and sent Union Jack , Spitfire , Tara , and Jim Hammond who eventually defeated Baroness Blood . Weeks later Baron Strucker , the leader of Hydra sent a mind controlled Wolverine to attack the Invaders . During their first clash the Skull apparently recognized Wolverine and called him " Charlie " , whether they truly have met before or it is just the Skulls mental instability is unknown . However during a clash between the Skull and Wolverine , Logan sliced off the Skulls left arm and leg . U . S . Agent then told the Skull to heal and managed to stop Wolverine before he could kill Namor . As the Skull flew the injured Invaders away Logan was sent on another mission by Hydra . Days later the Thin Man managed to capture Agent Axis and started to psychically torture them in order to get information from them . While the Thin Man tried to get information from Agent Axis , U . S . Agent and Blazing Skull watched Union Jack sketch a nude Tara . Enraged at their attitude Hammond and Spitfire chewed out Skull and Union Jack . However in order to " help " Jack with his sketches the Skull started to strip , showing his naked skeleton body . Grossed out Hammond and Walker forced Todd to redress himself . Captain America then tried to shut the Invaders down by infiltrating the Infiltrator . The Captain and the Thin Man fought for a few minutes before becoming aware of a plot by Meranno . The team along with Captain America intercepted Meranno and a fight broke out on a secluded island . There the team learned that Tara was an Axis Mundi sleeper agent . During the fight that followed Jim Hammond sacrificed his life in order to save Tara . However Tara became comatose and the Invaders continue to search for a way to save Tara from her comatose state . Recently , the Skull joined the 50 State Initiative and was contracted by Iron Man to work on the new Defenders team .