Who Is Kroenen? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Kroenen is a Creator-Owned comic book character, the alter ego of Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, with over 56 comic issue appearances. A nazi scientist and surgeon who is skilled enough to bring life to the dead.

Who is Kroenen?

Comics History A German scientist working for the Nazis, and a member of the Thule Society, Dr. Kroenen became one of the top scientists for Project Ragna Rok, and a close disciple of Grigori Rasputin, along with Ilsa Haupstein and Leopold Kurtz. He was present with Rasputin at the secret ritual in Scotland that brought Hellboy to the world. Kroenen, Haupstein, and Kurtz were frozen inside a secret Nazi base, until they were resuscitated by industrialist Roderick Zinco, acting on Rasputin's orders. Kroenen resumed work on several of his former projects, including making an "Apocalypse Army" by combining corpses with robotics. He also convinced Zinco to retrieve the head of his colleague, Herman von Klempt, from South America. Kroenen retained an affection for his colleague, though Rasputin had rejected von Klempt as unsuitable for Ragna Rok. When von Klempt's head was re-animated, he tried to convince Kroenen to abandon Rasputin's plan - to awaken the Ogdru Jahad - and instead to use the Army to retrieve von Klempt's work in South America.

Key facts

Kroenen is of human origin and first appeared in "Chapter One". The character is published by Creator-Owned. With 56 recorded issue appearances, Kroenen ranks among the most featured characters in comics.