Herman von Klempt is a fictional supervillain created by writer/artist Mike Mignola for the Dark Horse Comics series Hellboy. He first appeared in the Comics Buyer's Guide.'Character Biography A German scientist born in 1885 Frankfurt, von Klempt displayed a keen interest in cybernetics that disturbed his family and other people, save his friend Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, while attending a Berlin medical school. The two men apparently shared similar ideas as both became members of the Sonnenrad Society, von Klempt using the organization's resources to develop the Kriegsaffe (German, "war ape"), a sort of Frankenstein's monster-like simian enforcers. In 1936, von Klempt died in a laboratory explosion that destroyed most of his body, Kroenen managing to keep von Klempt 's head alive in a bell jar that was later attached to a robotic body. While Kroenen later became a disciple of Rasputin, Von Klempt considered the man a fraud and refused to participate in Project Ragna Rok.
Herman von Klempt is a fictional supervillain created by writer/artist Mike Mignola for the Dark Horse Comics series Hellboy. He first appeared in the Comics Buyer's Guide.'Character Biography A German scientist born in 1885 Frankfurt, von Klempt displayed a keen interest in cybernetics that disturbed his family and other people, save his friend Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, while attending a Berlin medical school. The two men apparently shared similar ideas as both became members of the Sonnenrad Society, von Klempt using the organization's resources to develop the Kriegsaffe (German, "war ape"), a sort of Frankenstein's monster-like simian enforcers. In 1936, von Klempt was almost killed in a laboratory explosion that destroyed most of his body, Kroenen managing to keep von Klempt alive by placing his head in a bell jar that was later attached to a robotic body. While Kroenen later became a disciple of Rasputin, Von Klempt considered the man a fraud and refused to participate in Project Ragna Rok.
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