![]() Here the Red Skull, thinking Captain America was dead, has left politics and started a big criminal enterprise in the United States. Īfter an absence from comics for five years, both Captain America and the Red Skull were brought back in 1954 in Young Men Comics #24, in a story entitled "Back From The Dead". Timely would end the run of Captain America after this issue to focus on mystery, humor, and horror. This story was notable for including horror aspects in Captain America stories, as horror comics books became popular during this time period. In the last issue of Captain America Comics in the forties, which had since been retitled Captain America's Weird Tales, Red Skull appears in a dream of Captain America, and they both battle in Hell for the damnation of each other's soul. He was also to appear in All-Select Comics #2 (December 1943), Captain America Comics #37 (February 1944) andĪll Winners Comics #12 (April 1944) in various plots to overthrow the United States. appearing maskless in both issues, including when getting up from bed in issue #1 and while in a fighter jet with one other ally in #4. The Red Skull made sporadic appearances in other Timely comic books in the forties. Marvel has since revealed Johann Shmidt's first appearance was also in Captain America Comics #1, and the two skulls worked together in the Golden Age. Stories published decades later claimed this was the Nazi Johann Shmidt, and that the Red Skull appearing before that point was his pawn George Maxon. The Red Skull once again thwarts death by returning and planning crimes around music in Captain America Comics #7 (October 1941). He commandeers bank robberies in an effort to raise money to overthrow the US government, declaring, "Of course you realize the main item in overthrowing the government is money!" The Skull again assumedly dies at the end of the issue when Captain America returns a thrown bomb. The Skull returns again in issue #3 of Captain America Comics having survived his own needle. In the issue, his identity is revealed as George Maxon of Maxon Aircraft, and dies at the end of the issue by rolling onto his own hypodermic needle in apparent suicide. His first story in Captain America Comics #1 follows the Red Skull as he takes out military personnel in attempts to sabotage United States military industry. The Skull made limited appearances in the Golden Age of Captain America. Simon later credited both Kirby and Herron with having a role in creating Red Skull. On separate occasions, both Kirby and Simon claimed to have had the original idea for the character, and at the 1970 San Diego Comic Con, Kirby said the Red Skull was created by France Herron. The original Red Skull was introduced in Timely Comics' Captain America Comics #1 ( cover-dated March 1941) which was written and drawn by the team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. ![]() Steve Blum, Liam O'Brien and others have provided the character's voice in media ranging from animation to video games. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hugo Weaving portrayed the Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and was then replaced by Ross Marquand in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). ![]() Scott Paulin portrayed the character in the 1990 direct-to-video film Captain America. The Red Skull has been adapted in various media incarnations. The Red Skull has endured as the archenemy of the superhero Captain America. Although he initially wears a fearsome blood-red skull mask, Shmidt suffers a horrific disfigurement decades later that causes his face to match his namesake. In his comic book appearances, the Red Skull is depicted as a Nazi agent and protégé of Adolf Hitler during World War II. Albert Malik would later adopt the Red Skull mantle, only to be killed in a plot orchestrated by the original. In Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), the Red Skull's secret identity was revealed to be George Maxon It would be retroactively established that he was merely a decoy who was working for the real Red Skull. The Red Skull ( Johann Shmidt) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and its predecessor Timely Comics. ![]() Superhuman strength, reflexes, and healing.Inhabits a cloned body of Captain America granting:.Skilled hand-to-hand combatant and marksman.Expert tactician, strategist, and field commander.Tod March (president and founder of Galactic Pictures).John Smith (the English version of his natural German name).The Agent of a Thousand Faces (impersonated in Europe during World War II).Der Rote Schädel (German name, translation: "The Red Skull").
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