Diego Manero and his brother, Pepe, were owners of a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who were funneling money from their hotel enterprise in order to stage a political coup and take over the country. They were also secretly being funded by Nazi officials. Diego was the one who branded Baroness Erica von Kampf with a swastika in the middle of her forehead.
First Appearance The Black Fury (Newspaper strip, Bell Syndicate, April 6, 1941)
First Publisher Bell Syndicate
Appearance List The Black Fury (Newspaper strip, Bell Syndicate, April 6, 1941), Miss Fury (Retitled newspaper strip, November 30, 1941), Miss Fury #1-8 (Reprints, 1942-1945), The Saint #6 (Apr 1949), Miss Fury: Sensational Sundays 1941-1944 (IDW, 2011) [Read Comic Online], Miss Fury: Sensational Sundays 1944-1949 (IDW, 2011) [Read Comic Online]
Description Diego Manero and his brother, Pepe, were owners of a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who were funneling money from their hotel enterprise in order to stage a political coup and take over the country. They were also secretly being funded by Nazi officials. Diego was the one who branded Baroness Erica von Kampf with a swastika in the middle of her forehead.
