Captain America's Wasted MCU Villain Just Took His Ultimate Form
Warning: contains spoilers for Captain America #0!
Marvel'sCaptain America has plenty of supervillains, and one of his best was unfortunately wasted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — but fortunately, the comics know how to do this classic foe justice. Captain America #0 is a return to form after the continuing adventures of Captain America and Iron Man and United States of Captain America, two Steve Rogers-centric series that featured deep dives into the nature of the Star-Spangled Avenger. But in a one-off adventure, Captain America #0 reintroduces Armin Zola with a vengeance.
As is the case with both Peter Parker and Miles Morales holding the Spider-Man name, both Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson are Captain America in the 616 Marvel universe. Both Captains are called to save city from the terror of Armin Zola, here clad in a bright green-and-purple suit (the classic colors of villainy), ready to destroy the world by transforming humans and "...evolving your frail human bodies into a world of perfected Zolasauruses!" What's more, his rocket was apparently hidden inside a skyscraper.
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Zola is a true threat here: his robotic body is gargantuan, his many drones are terrorizing the city, and his normally-cartoonish face is replaced with a terrifying grin. It takes two Captain Americas to take him down, and that's after the rocket launches and both Rogers and Wilson climb aboard to sabotage the rocket from within. This is in stark contrast to Armin Zola from the MCU, who was clearly subservient to Red Skull, the main villain of Captain America: The First Avenger.
In the MCU, Zola is clearly a reluctant lackey of the Red Skull. He's more of a
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