ZAKIM KARZAI
Real Name: Zakim Karzai
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Terrorist, military leader
Group Membership: Al-Nebuchadnezzar Militia
Affiliations: Andrei Gorlovich, Dennis Kellard, Aftaab Lemar, Karim Mahwash Najeeb, Ara Tanzerian
Enemies: Iron Man (Tony Stark), Ho Yinsen, Mrs. Yinsen, Yinsen's son
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed
First Appearance: Iron Man IV#9 (August, 2006)
Powers/Abilities: Zakim Karzai was a well-connected terrorist and military leader with access to vast militia forces and armory.
History:
(Iron Man IV#11 (fb) - BTS) - The famous scientist Ho Yinsen took on a military contract to develop his weapons. He was eventually imprisoned in an Afghani prison camp, where he ended up implanting a control device in the brain of inventor Anthony Stark, who would eventually become Iron Man. Eventually, the men who had had this control device implanted, Dennis Kellard, Ara Tanzerian, Zakim Karzai, Aftaab Lemar, and Karim Mahwash Najeeb, ordered Yinsen to be killed. They then hired Andrei Gorlovich to find the sending unit that would allow them to control Stark, which Yinsen had hid in his home. Gorlovich snuck into the house and murdered Mrs. Yinsen, not knowing that her young son was watching from the shadows. Years later, Yinsen's son obtained the sending unit and planned to force Iron Man to murder each of the men who had caused Ho's death.
(Iron Man IV#9 (fb) - BTS) - Karzai went into hiding with Lemar and took a position with the Al-Nebuchadnezzar Militia, running their training camps. They were constantly surrounded by a few thousand Mujahedeen in Iraq.
(Iron Man IV#9) - Iron Man (Tony Stark), controlled from afar by the son of Ho Yinsen, attacked the training camp and killed all who attacked him. He grabbed Lemar and Karzai and flew them into the upper atmosphere, where they suffocated. He then dropped them to Earth.
Comments: Created by Daniel & Charles Knauf, Patrick Zircher, and Scott Hanna.
Profile by Chadman.
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Iron Man IV#9, p15, pan1 (main)
Other Appearances:
Iron Man IV#9 (August, 2006) - Daniel & Charles Knauf (writers), Patrick Zircher (penciler), Scott Hanna (inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Iron Man IV#11 (October, 2006) - Daniel & Charles Knauf (writers), Patrick Zircher (penciler), Scott Hanna (inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Last updated: 03/04/08
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