Werner von Strucker

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Werner von Strucker
Werner von Strucker. Art by Pat Oliffe.
Publisher	Marvel Comics
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Team affiliations	HYDRA

Werner von Strucker is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe.

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Werner von Strucker is the oldest son of Baron Wolfgang von Strucker and the half-brother of twins Andrea and Andreas von Strucker.

Werner briefly takes over HYDRA during one of his father's supposed deaths. Later Wolfgang returns from the dead via the death spore virus. Werner uses his influence to try to gain part of the territory of the Kingpin after the man fell from power. The conference that would divide up the Kingpin's territory is set in Las Vegas, where things do not go well.

At first, Wener's forces detain two spies, who were in reality Microchip and Mickey Fondozzi, two associates of the Punisher. They claim to be Four and Eight, members of the organization called the Secret Empire, one of Werner's fellow conference attendees. Werner did not want to risk a rift with the Empire, he thus declines to kill them. Via a spy, the Empire learns of the two prisoners. Coincidentally, the real Four and Eight had not shown up for the Kingpin division meeting. The Secret Empire became convinced Four and Eight had turned traitor. They send Chainsaw and his Praetorians, a motorcycle gang, to attack the entire group.

Werner survives the attack. He attends a later meeting of the criminal originzations, assisted by a brown-haired man. This assistant is really is father, Baron Von Strucker. The meeting descends into violence, part of it resulting from Werner's siblings not believing he was a descendent from the Baron. After the meeting breaks up, the Baron slays Werner via the Death Spore virus and steps into power once again.

Werner's corpse is found by a super-powered vigilante named 'Terror'. The vigilante steals one of Werner's eyes in order to gain information about the recent criminal meetings.