Baron Blitzkrieg
Baron Blitzkrieg is a supervillain in the DC Comics universe, originally residing on Earth-Two. He first appeared in "World's Finest Comics" #246 (August–September 1977). His first several appearances marked an antagonistic relationship with Wonder Woman and he later faced both the Amazon and Superman towards the end of World War II. A version of the character named Baron Reiter appeared in the fourth season of the Arrowverse television series "Arrow" played by Jimmy Akingbola. Fictional character biography. He is a frequent opponent of the heroic All-Star Squadron, a band of costumed adventurers who fight  domestic and foreign menaces during World War II. Baron Blitzkrieg was originally an especially vicious German army officer who was blinded and disfigured when a concentration camp prisoner threw a bottle in his face. German scientists restored his sight but not his appearance. So they experimented on Blitzkrieg, giving him superhuman strength, invulnerability, optical energy beams and the ability to fly. However, each of these abilities are manifested one at a time and only with training is he able to incorporate them together. Baron Blitzkrieg is the leader of Shadowspire and allied with Vandal Savage's organization known as Symbolix . Together, they incorporate experimental research which produces the superhero Damage. The Baron becomes a recurring foe in Damage's series, starting with issue number three. During the "JSA" tie-in to "Infinite Crisis", it is revealed that Baron Blitzkrieg has joined the Society. The Philadelphia heroine known as Liberty Belle, who gets her powers from the Liberty Bell, attempts to jumpstart her abilities by ringing the bell. Due to the recent supposed death of Uncle Sam (who later returned in ""), her powers are unfocused, and Blitzkrieg is thought to have been killed by the sonic shockwaves. He appears again in  Infinite Crisis #7 where he is killed by Superboy-Prime who destroys the Baron's head with his heat vision. Baron Blitzkrieg has been identified as one of the deceased entombed below the Hall of Justice. In "Blackest Night" #4, he is revived as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. He also appeared in "" by Kevin Smith. Baroness Blitzkrieg. One Year Later, a new, Nazi-themed speedster supervillain named Baroness Blitzkrieg recently appeared as a member of The Fourth Reich, a team of Nazi-themed supervillains in "Justice Society of America". Brutal in her killings, she runs through her  victims and turns them into pulp. She is presumably a descendant of the original Baron Blitzkrieg; the Baroness joined the Nazi supervillain group Fourth Reich, and sometime before that group was hired by Vandal Savage to help exterminate the families of old Golden Age superheroes. For her part, the Baroness slaughtered several of the descendants of Commander Steel, but was later beaten by Jay Garrick during an unsuccessful attempt to kill young Mike Dugan, son of retired hero Stripesy and stepbrother of Stargirl. Powers and abilities. Baron Blitzkrieg has enhanced strength, agility and endurance. He wore body armor that offered  some protection from physical attack. He has heat vision and he can fly. The pre-Crisis version of the character could travel between Earth-2 and Earth-X. Other versions. Flashpoint. In the alternate timeline of the "Flashpoint" event, Baron Blitzkrieg is killed by Frankenstein with a sword driven through his chest.