Baron von Blimp

Baron von Blimp is a villain who antagonizes trucker hero U.S. Archer in Marvel's CB-radio-and-highway adventure series U.S. 1. His grandiose name signals his over-the-top antagonist role in this quirky Bronze Age comic.

A villain with a name that practically announces his own absurdity, Baron von Blimp rolled onto the scene in Marvel's gloriously offbeat Bronze Age trucking series U.S. 1 in 1983, the creation of Al Milgrom and Frank Springer. With only five appearances to his name, he's a compact slice of that wonderfully weird era when Marvel could spin a comic around CB radio culture and highway adventure without blinking. He shares the road with the likes of U.S. Archer, Taryn O'Connell, and Retread — a cast as colorful as a chrome-polished rig — making him a genuine curiosity for collectors who love the stranger corners of the Marvel universe.