THIS is why people crap on capeshit.
http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Teutonic_Knight
>Franz Gerhardt was a man who, before the outbreak of World War II, truly believed in the tenets of the Teutonic Knights, a medieval order from Germany's past. As such, he was sure that Germany would eventually rise to quash the infidels around it and eventually conquer the world. Of course, when the Nazis took power in Germany, this caused quite a problem for Franz. Nazi Germany was a primarily atheistic affair, and as such, diametrically opposed to Franz's beliefs. This caused a severe schism in his mind, which ultimately caused him to go quite mad, and allowed him to essentially have it both ways; he could continue to fanatically pursue the long-dead agenda of the Teutonic Knights, and could still help the Nazis gain even more power.
>This caused a severe schism in his mind, which ultimately caused him to go quite mad, and allowed him to essentially have it both ways; he could continue to fanatically pursue the long-dead agenda of the Teutonic Knights, and could still help the Nazis gain even more power.
I don't care about depictions of Nazis being evil in media (and can enjoy it if done right), but this backstory makes ZERO sense, and angers me because of its extreme laziness. Is he nuMarvel? Old? Why the hell does he have a swastika on his armor, instead of at least an Iron Cross? I get that he's joined the Nazis, but that doesn't mean he has to remove the cross that I'm assuming he had on his armor (if he didn't, I'm going to get even angrier), since after all, according to this he's still from the Order. Why does he want the Nazis to gain power? It said he was opposed to them. Is this just poorly worded? Explain, Marvelfags.