Baron Necro

Baron Necro, civilian name Cade Beckett, is an unaffiliated Chicago based Supervillain‏‎, who can create zombie plauges. So far, Baron Necro has yet to unleash a fullblown plague, but has several times threatened to do so. He is most likely one of the most dangerous supervillain‏‎s in the USA, even if he isn't the most powerful.

Civilian Life
Cade Beckett is a practicing surgeon in his civilian life. He doesn't have a spouse or kids, he never knew his mother, and his father died when he was in medical school. However, he is close to his uncle on his father's side.

Powers
Baron Necro has the power to create viruses that cause living people, when exposed to them, to turn into zombies. There are a lot of variables in play with his power that are entwined in a way that makes them hard to understand. First of all, the way he communicates the virus differs. Sometimes it'll be an injection, othertimes it'll be a gas, or a liquid to pour into the water supply, or other such methods. Typically, the easier it is for the virus to first get hosts, the harder it is for the newly formed zombies to infect people. If Baron Necro just directly injected one person with the virus, it is likely that that person would be highly virulent, and capable of spreading the virus quite easily. Baron Necro also requires time to create the virus, and does so in a lab. The process of creating a virus isn't one that can be replicated by science, as it is a power inherent to Baron Necro alone.

Furthermore, Baron Necro has a limited degree of control over the zombies, allowing him to give them basic, simple commands. Regardless of him giving them commands or not, however, his zombies will never hurt him.

Featured In

 * Mentioned in Encounter (Season One, Pilot)