Wolfgang von Strucker V (Earth-8410)

Charnel
Name	Baron Strucker the Fifth
Current Alias	Charnel
Affiliation and Relationships
Relatives	Baron von Strucker; Kite
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Red
Hair	Bald
Unusual Features	Partially merged with Death's Head
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Cyborg and magician
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-8410
Place of Birth	Earth, New York, 2020
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Occupation	Conqueror, magician
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Liam Sharp, Dan Abnett
First	Death's Head II #2 (February, 1992)
First	Death's Head II #2 (February, 1992)

History

Baron Strucker was the heir of Baron von Strucker, the original founder of A.I.M., and resented the organization for turning their back on him and his family. After the destruction of Death's Head at the hands of the Minion cyborg, Strucker deceived Spratt into believing he could help him rebuild Death's Head. Strucker explained to Spratt that is was impossible to repair the Death's Head body after its destruction while fighting the Minion's android. Instead, he would use his arcane skills to facilitate in its reconstruction. Spratt agreed and collected for him a Bloodstone Icon, Tincture of Chimera, and a Wolfsbane Talisman. Strucker's real goal, however, was to use an unknown ritual to merge his body with that of the mechanoid, becoming a thing of science and necromancy. A horrified Spratt asked what he had done and Strucker told him of his connection to A.I.M and his desire for revenge. He then processed to slay Spratt and travel to the A.I.M. headquarters, slaughtering everyone there - ironically, becoming the very threat that Minion had originally been built to combat. The Minion, Dr. Necker, and Tuck pursued him as he continued his campaign of revenge and conquest.

Time Travel & Avengers Confrontation

Strucker's next target was 1992 of Earth-616, where he intended to slay the heroes of that era and bring about the terrible future of Earth-9939. Unbeknownst to him. the Avengers of that already doomed era had travelled back in time to stop his evil from ever conquering their world. Minion, Tuck and Dr. Neckler teamed up with the future Avengers to battle Strucker, who had now grown to a gargantuan size. He easily killed She-Hulk with his titanic strength and fought off the assaults of Captain America and Wolverine. He then proceeded to drain the hex magic from the Scarlet Witch and grew into his future self. At full power, he atomized Rhino, Captain America, and Wolverine. Nearly about to complete his conquest of the past, it was Minion with the help of a weakened Scarlet Witch who was able to use the time device from the future Charnel to split the monster in two.

Return and Defeat

The two halves of Charnel were thrown across time and space. One was thrown into the distant past of Earth-616, and became Kite. The other half was thrown into the far future. The two halves were eventually reunited, however, and reformed into Charnel. Opposed again by the Minion cyborg, Dr. Necker, and Tuck, along with A.I.M. security forces, Charnel quickly defeated his enemies. He appeared to be unstoppable until Dr. Necker remembered that she had implanted a synapse disruptor in Kite's body before he reformed into Charnel. Activating the disruptor, she rendered Charnel briefly unconscious, buying enough time to place Charnel in an A.I.M. time machine, where they attempted to destroy him in a temporal warp. Regaining consciousness, Charnel mocked their efforts, claiming he could absorb time itself and that they were only making him stronger. Minion blasted him, apparently overloading him and sending his molecules scattered across time and space, seemingly permanently eliminating the threat of Charnel.

Attributes

Powers

Originally, Strucker was a human who was adapt at magic and knowledge of futuristic technology. However, after fusing his form with that of Death's Head's original body, he became a mixture of technology and necromancy. This resulted in his increasing in stature, strength and stamina. He was shown to project massive eldritch blasts. He was immensely durable, to the point that when Wolverine sliced his arm off, Strucker was quickly able to reattach it. After absorbing Scarlet Witch's hex bolt and her energy, he evolved into a form similar to his future self. In this final form, he could atomize individuals with a wave of his hand.

Abilities

Strucker was adept at using black magic such as necromancy.

Weaknesses

Strucker was unable to travel through time by himself and needed a time device created by A.I.M.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Strucker used an A.I.M. time travel device.

Weapons

Death's Head's hand cannon

Notes

• After his merge with Death's Head body, Strucker grew to the size of Death's Head's original body.

See Also

• 5 appearance(s) of Wolfgang von Strucker V (Earth-8410)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Wolfgang von Strucker V (Earth-8410)
• 4 image(s) of Wolfgang von Strucker V (Earth-8410)