Red Skull is the name of three Marvel Comics supervillains who are enemies of Captain America, other superheroes, and the United States in general. The first two Red Skulls are Nazi agents and the third is a Communist. The Red Skull was first introduced in Captain America Comics #1 in 1941. In 1965, during the Silver Age of comics, the character was reintroduced in Tales of Suspense #65, although the next issue is recognized as the first modern appearance of the original Red Skull. The third Red Skull is best known for causing the deaths of the parents of Peter Parker, and thus orphaning Spider-Man. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Joe Simon (born 1915) was a comic book author and cartoonist who created or co-created many memorable characters in the Golden Age. ... Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books. ... Aleksander Lukin is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Baron Strucker, retconned founder of HYDRA, wearing the HYDRA logo on his chest. ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers,[1] is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers,[1] is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Batman and Superman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...

Character biography / Publication history

The Red Skull, Johann Schmidt, was a former Nazi general officer and confidant of Adolf Hitler. He has been closely affiliated with HYDRA and is an enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Avengers, and the interests of the United States of America and of the free world in general. He was physically augmented by having his mind placed into the body of a clone of Captain America, the pinnacle of human perfection. He has been seemingly killed in the past, only to return time and time again to plague the world with schemes of world domination and genocide. Hitler redirects here. ... Baron Strucker, retconned founder of HYDRA, wearing the HYDRA logo on his chest. ... S.H.I.E.L.D. (originally an acronym for Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division, changed in 1991 to Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate) is a fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency in the Marvel Universe that often deals with superhuman threats. ... The Avengers are a fictional superhero team that appear in the Marvel Universe. ... Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of something. ...

World War II Era

Chronologically, the first Red Skull to appear in the 1940s comics was George John Maxon, an American businessman and Nazi agent who led a ring of spies and saboteurs. He faced Captain America during two of the latter's first missions. A formidable opponent in his own right, Maxon was killed during the last encounter, though he would reappear during the Modern Age. However, in the later Silver Age period, writers decided that Maxon had simply been a decoy for another Red Skull who was still living, named Johann Schmidt. This Red Skull, through retconning, would now be considered the earliest Red Skull according to the continuing stories. This led to the Maxon incarnation of the Red Skull being sometimes labelled as the Red Skull II and the Schmidt incarnation (a character which appeared chronologically later in the books) as the Red Skull I. National Socialism redirects here. ... Showcase #4 (Oct. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

As with many supervillains, Johann Schmidt had a traumatic childhood that warped his mind paving the way for villainy in his adult life. Schmidt's mother died in childbirth and his father blamed Johann for it and tried to murder him, only to be stopped by the attending doctor. The father later committed suicide and Johann was orphaned. He grew up on the streets struggling to survive and his hatred of humanity grew with each day. A key episode was when he fell for a local Jewish girl, but when she spurned his clumsy advances, he murdered her, finding a release for his frustrations. With that, his depravity grew still more. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination...

In his late teens during the rise of the Third Reich, Schmidt got his most prosperous job, a bellhop in a major hotel. There he served the rooms of Adolf Hitler himself. By chance, he was present when the Führer was furiously berating an officer and swore he could train Johann himself, a simple bellhop, to be a better National Socialist. Looking closely at the youth and sensing his dark inner nature, Hitler decided to take up the challenge and recruited Schmidt. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Hitler redirects here. ...

Dissatisfied with the standard drill instruction his subordinates used to train Schmidt, Hitler took over personally. Upon completion, Hitler gave Schmidt a unique uniform with a grotesque red skull mask, and he emerged as the Red Skull for the first time. His role was the embodiment of Nazi intimidation, while Hitler could remain the popular leader of Germany. To that end, The Red Skull was appointed head of Nazi terrorist activities with an additional large role in external espionage and sabotage. To the end, he was spectacularly successful, wreaking havoc throughout Europe in the early stages of World War II. The propaganda effect was so great that the United States government decided to counter it by creating their own equivalent using the one recipient of the lost Project Rebirth, Steve Rogers, as Captain America. It has been suggested that temporal fenestra be merged into this article or section. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Espionage (spying) is a practice of obtaining information about an organization or a society that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. ... German supply train blown up by the Armia Krajowa during World War II Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy, oppressor or employer through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... An Australian anti-conscription propaganda poster from World War One U.S. propaganda poster, which warns against civilians sharing information on troop movements (National Archives) The much-imitated 1914 Lord Kitchener Wants You! poster Swedish Anti-Euro propaganda for the referendum of 2003. ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers,[1] is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

The two counterparts soon clashed in what would be a series of engagements throughout the war, ending with a final battle that left the Skull buried under the rubble of a bombed building. Because he was immediately exposed to an experimental gas there, he remained in suspended animation for decades. It has been suggested that stasis (fiction) be merged into this article or section. ...

Post-World War II Era

With Schmidt's disappearance after 1945, the reputation of the Skull still was formidable enough to prove useful. In 1953 a Communist agent named Albert Malik set up his spy/criminal organization in Algeria and assumed the identity of the Red Skull, pretending that he was the original, when he was actually serving Soviet interests (ironically, Hitler's regime had a staunch anti-Communism slant.). During the 1950s he faced the then active version of Captain America who was also using the identity of Steve Rogers, pretending to be the original. The two impersonators continued to battle each other throughout the decade. But while the Captain, referred to as Captain America IV in some sources, was placed into suspended animation when his flawed replicate of the Super Soldier treatment seriously affected his mind, Albert continued his activities, over time cutting his links to the Soviet Union. He was among other things responsible for the deaths of Richard Parker and Mary Fitzpatrick-Parker, the parents of Peter Parker (a.k.a. Spider-Man), tipped off by the super-criminal Gustav "The Gentleman" Fiers. Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...

In addition, Schmidt's legacy still caused trouble in the years of his absence. This primarily came in the form of powerfully destructive robots called Sleepers which were intended to activate at preset times by his agents to devastate the Earth in the event of Nazi Germany's defeat. However, Captain America was able to neutralize all the machines in turn.

Modern Era

The Red Skull wielding the Cosmic Cube. Cover to Tales of Suspense #80 (Aug 1966).
Art by Jack Kirby and Don Heck.

Johann was eventually rescued in modern times by the terrorist organization, HYDRA. The Skull quickly subverted a cell to his own ambitions of world conquest and the death of Captain America. When Johann reappeared, he and Albert, though his age was starting to catch up with him, started to antagonize each other while both claiming the identity of the Red Skull. Finally Albert was the victim of an assassination organized by Johann, at the hands of Scourge of the Underworld. Some sources refer to Albert as Red Skull II and others as Red Skull III depending on their counting of George John Maxon or not. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (481x731, 825 KB) Cover to Tales of suspense #80 (Aug 1966). ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (481x731, 825 KB) Cover to Tales of suspense #80 (Aug 1966). ... A Cosmic Cube Cosmic Cube is the name of a fictional device that exists in the Marvel Universe. ... Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books. ... Don Heck (January 2, 1929-1995) was a comic book artist best known for co-creating the character Iron Man, and for his long run penciling The Avengers in the 1960s. ... Baron Strucker, retconned founder of HYDRA, wearing the HYDRA logo on his chest. ... The Scourge of the Underworld is the name of a series of fictional characters who have appeared in various series set in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Thus the two enemies resumed their war, with Captain America, among other opponents, frustrating the Skull's schemes; not even when the Skull possessed the reality-altering Cosmic Cube could he claim victory. Establishing a Nazi colony on a deserted island, the Skull fathered a daughter who would eventually become known as Mother Superior. A Cosmic Cube Cosmic Cube is the name of a fictional device that exists in the Marvel Universe. ... Sin is also the name of the little girl who Black Canary adopted Sin (real name Synthia Schmidt) is a fictional character, a villainness in the Marvel Universe. ...

The war between Captain America and Red Skull in the modern era reached a breaking point when Red Skull one day discovered that the gas that had placed him in suspended animation was now wearing off and that his body was rapidly aging to what would be Skull's normal age. Now physically in his mid-80s, a weak and feeble Red Skull planned for a final showdown with his arch-rival. Kidnapping Captain America's closest allies, he forced Captain America to surrender himself to Skull and forcibly undergo a medical treatment that aged Captain America's body to its rightful age. The two men, their bodies now ancient, fought one last battle to the death. But at the last minute, Captain America refused to kill the Red Skull and Skull himself died cursing Captain America, as his elderly body shut down. Dead at last, it seemed like the threat of the Red Skull had finally ended while The Avengers were able to restore Rogers' youth.

Resurrection

But the Red Skull would not stay dead for long; Nazi geneticist Arnim Zola, who had obtained DNA samples of Captain America years earlier, arranged for Skull's mind to be transplanted into a clone body of Captain America at the moment of his death. Assuming the identity of "John Smith" (coincidentally, the English equivalent of his natural German name), Skull decided that he would reinvent himself and his quest for absolute power as a means to celebrate his cheating death. The Red Skull abandoned his longstanding beliefs in National Socialism and Hitler, on the belief that the Nazi philosophy made him look like a relic of the past. Skull instead turned towards American ideology for his new motivation. Skull saw much potential in America in the 1980s and set about establishing his own foothold inside Washington DC, culminating in him gaining control over "The Commission", a government body that monitored and regulated super-hero activities in Washington. Arnim Zola is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. ...

Skull also changed his mode of operations: rather than "living from one grand scheme to the next", he began financing a score of evil organizations that reported directly to him, most notably the militia group The Watchdogs. He also corrupted one of the Scourges, an organization who terrorized super-villains with a killing spree. The Watchdogs were a fictional right-wing militia group that surfaced in the Captain America comic published by Marvel Comics. ... The Scourge of the Underworld is the name of a series of fictional characters who have appeared in various series set in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

But Skull's biggest move would be his plot to remove Rogers from the position of Captain America and replace him with a jingoistic extremist named John Walker. Although Walker initially attempted to live up to his predecessor's ideals, The Skull arranged for the murders of Walker's parents, driving him insane and into a downward spiral of murder as part of his plan to blacken the name of Captain America. Jingoism is a term describing chauvinistic patriotism, usually with a hawkish political stance. ... U.S. Agent (John Walker, formerly the second Super-Patriot and the sixth Captain America) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

But like all things, Skull's plans fell apart when Skull's chief pawn in the Commission was killed by Skull, right in front of Captain America. About to be exposed, Skull tried to manipulate Walker into killing Rogers. When Rogers defeated Walker, the Skull appeared to gloat at what he had done to Rogers and Walker and the reputation of Captain America. Skull bragged that he would kill Rogers at a time of his own choosing and that Rogers could not touch Skull due to his newfound status as a wealthy American businessman. Rogers, disturbed by this mystery man with Rogers' face claiming to be his dead archenemy, noted that the Skull was not inhaling from the cigarette holder he had in his mouth. The cigarette turned out to be holding a lethal dose of the Skull's favourite poison, the Dust of Death, intended for Rogers - but the trap backfired against Schmidt when Walker suddenly hit him from behind with his shield. As a result, Schmidt suffered the facial disfigurement attributed to the Dust, as his face turned into a literal red skull. Skull did not die though, presumably due to him having developed a level of immunity to his personal poison.

After this, the Skull was attacked by the mutant terrorist Magneto, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who wanted to punish him for his involvement in Hitler's regime. Magneto buried him alive with enough water for a few months. The Skull remained there until he was rescued by his henchman Crossbones. Magneto is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Crossbones (real name Brock Rumlow) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

The Red Skull's relationship with other villains in the 1990s was fraught with problems due to many villains shunning Skull because of his Nazi background. In the 1989 "Streets of Poison" storyline, the Skull proposes an alliance with the Kingpin to bring a new designer drug to New York but the Kingpin refuses to ally with the Nazi. He then defeats the Skull in hand to hand combat, sparing his life on the condition he never come near the Kingpin's territory again. In the 1989 crossover "Acts of Vengeance," the Skull demands the Wizard apologize for an insult to which the Wizard replies "You'll see yourself welcomed into Heaven before I speak those words!" It was not long after that he was kidnapped by Magneto. One prominent exception is fellow Nazi Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, leader of the terrorist organization HYDRA. After the Skull's agents allow Strucker to be reborn, a grateful Strucker allows the Skull the use of HYDRA resources. Anonther notable exception was a team-up with the Joker in a Batman/Captain America crossover book set during World War II (though this is considered non-canon, possibly part of DCs Elseworlds series; when he discovered he was working for a Nazi, the Joker actually took moral outrage: "I may be a criminal lunatic, but I'm an American criminal lunatic!"). In this same story, The Joker and the Skull attempted to murder one another with their trademark poisons, but both emerged immune to the effects because their compositions were so similar. The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics villain who has battled many Marvel crime-fighters, most often The Punisher, Spider-Man, and Daredevil. ... Category: Possible copyright violations ... Wizard (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker is a fictional character created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Sgt. ... The tense of this article is unsuitable for an encyclopedia. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Elseworlds logo. ...

On the run

Skull's tenure in Washington came to an end when Skull was kidnapped and taken to Germany to stand trial for crimes against humanity, stemming from his days as an agent of the Third Reich. Skull narrowly escaped and was forced to fake his death in order go back into hiding in a compound in the Rocky Mountains. He recruited the female sociopath "The Viper", a move that alienated his minions and was further rocked when his chief henchman Crossbones kidnapped Captain America's girlfriend Diamondback, resulting in Captain America finding Skull's new lair. Skull went into hiding while the Viper, using funds she plied from Red Skull as part of a scheme to use televisions across America to blind TV viewers, was defeated by Captain America. Viper a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is a foe of the Avengers and the X-Men. ... Diamondback can refer to: The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, a rattlesnake The Diamondback moth, a moth The Diamondback terrapin, the state reptile of Maryland The Arizona Diamondbacks, a Major League Baseball team, named for the above rattlesnake The VFA-102 Diamondbacks, a U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron Diamondback, a fictional...

Skull resurfaced during "Operation: AIM Island", where Skull discovered that he was facing the same permanent paralysis that Captain America was facing due to their exposure to the Super-Soldier Serum. When the evil scientist Superia offered Captain America a cure, Captain America refused it on account of Superia proclaiming that Captain America would "owe her". Skull took the cure and killed Superia, then arranged for Captain America to be kidnapped by his remaining forces and given a blood transfusion that cured him. Superia is a fictional character, a misandrist supervillain and criminal scientist in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Reluctant Allies

Captain America's recovery would segue into a reluctant team-up between him and Skull; a Nazi cult that worshipped Adolf Hitler as a god had discovered a cosmic cube that contained Hitler's mind, put there in the cube by Skull himself. The two sought to stop the cult from fully powering the Hitler Cosmic Cube but Skull opted instead to send Captain America (against his will) into the cube to kill Hitler and allow him to imprison Captain America in the cube while he used its power to conquer humanity. But Captain America escaped and in the process used his shield to sever one of Skull's arms, causing him to drop the cube. The Cube then became unstable, destroying Skull.

Cosmic Resurrection

But like most evil, Skull's evil was not truly dead. Trapped in a hellish nightmare dimension, forced to serve as a bellhop to a world of immigrants, Skull's evil ultimately was so great that he was able to escape his prison. As a result, Skull now possessed limited reality warping powers that made him a truly cosmic threat. He was further aided by Kang the Conqueror, who sought an alliance with Skull to ensure his future dynasty would stay intact. He was sent to Galactus's ship to steal more power from it, in particular, steal the power of omniscience, which would remove all limits to Skull's reality warping powers. Unfortunately, this led to Skull's undoing as Kang and Skull were ambushed by Korvac, who stole Skull's cosmic powers for his own and banished Skull back to Earth. Kang the Conqueror is a supervillain in Marvel Comics. ...

The Red Skull later manipulated his way into the position of Secretary of Defense as Dell Rusk (an obvious reference to Dean Rusk, but also an anagram for "red skull") to develop a biological weapon he tested at Mount Rushmore. He was exposed and defeated by the Avengers, and the Black Panther beat him so badly that he literally broke the Skull's jaw in half. David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. ... An anagram (Greek ana- = back or again, and graphein = to write) is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce other words, using all the original letters exactly once; e. ... The Black Panther (TChalla) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is the first modern Black superhero. ...

Aleksander Lukin and the Winter Soldier

The Red Skull, in Alexander Lukin's mind. Art by Steve Epting.

The Red Skull was assassinated by the mysterious Winter Soldier, under orders from the renegade former Soviet general Aleksander Lukin, who wanted to possess the new Cosmic Cube the Skull had manufactured. When the Skull was shot, he attempted to use the Cube to switch bodies with Lukin to survive, but as the Cube was still weak he only managed to transfer his mind into Lukin's body, so that the two enemies are trapped together, waging a constant war for dominance which the Red Skull seems to be progressively winning. During a plot to lure out Captain America, Red Skull/Lukin recruited several German skinheads and made them the successors to the Master Man. He then had these soldiers, dubbed the "Master Race," launch an attack on London, which was thwarted by Captain America, Spitfire, and Union Jack. Then, Red Skull/Lukin activated a Sleeper, a robot programmed for mass destruction. The robot damaged a significant portion of the new London Kronas HQ, and was ultimately destroyed by Captain America and Bucky. In the aftermath, Red Skull sent a videotape, announcing to the world his return, followed by Lukin holding a press conference condemning the actions of both the Red Skull and Captain America, and supporting the Superhero Registration Act. Then, in his office, Red Skull introduced Lukin to his old/new associates, Crossbones and Sin. Image File history File links Wsoldier11. ... Image File history File links Wsoldier11. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ... Aleksander Lukin is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Another unrelated Master Man appeared in the pages of Marvel Comics The Invaders. ... In Marvel Comics fictional Marvel Universe, the Registration Acts - the Mutant Registration Act (or MRA) and Super-human Registration Act (SRA or sometimes SHRA) - are legislative bills which, when passed into law, enforce the mandatory registration of super-powered individuals with the government. ... Crossbones (real name Brock Rumlow) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Sin is also the name of the little girl who Black Canary adopted Sin (real name Synthia Schmidt) is a fictional character, a villainness in the Marvel Universe. ...

With America's superheroes divided over the Superhero Registration Act, the Skull manipulates events to his own ends, with the aid of Doctor Faustus, Doctor Doom, and Arnim Zola. His plans have involved the reunion of Captain America and his former lover Sharon Carter, who is being manipulated by Faustus. Civil War is a Marvel Comics summer 2006 crossover event, based around a core limited series of the same name written by Mark Millar and penciled by Steve McNiven. ... Doctor Faustus is a Marvel Comics super-villain who has proclaimed himself the Master of Mens Minds, and is known for the use of psychological methods of combat. ... Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Universe. ... Arnim Zola is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. ... Sharon Carter, alias Agent 13, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the Skull puts his plans into action, arranging for Crossbones to shoot Captain America as he enters a courthouse in New York City; in the ensuing chaos, Carter, acting under Faustus' mental directive, assassinates Captain America.

Earth X

In the Earth X Universe the Red Skull is not dead, he is shaped in a different form as perceived by Alex Ross. A new boy has taken the older versions place, with the ability to control tens of thousands of people at once has taken his place. Captain America and his new Sidekick Red Wing, investigate the situation, and find the new Red Skull has an army in the tens of thousands that are going to take over New York. This new Red Skull also controls many different heros: Namor, Iron Maiden, and later Red Wing and Spider-Girl. It is later revealed that Red Skull has a special celestial seed that gives him this special power, and that he was intended to rule the earth until the Celestial Seed was ready, so when Captain America killed him, the Celestials come down to wipe all the inhabitants of Earth. Earth X Hardcover (2005), written by Jim Krueger cover by Alex Ross This article is about the Marvel Comics miniseries Earth X and its sequels. ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers,[1] is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... // For the Legion of Super-Heroes character, see Spider Girl Spider-Girl (May Mayday Parker) is a comic book superheroine, active in an alternate future of the Marvel Comics universe. ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers,[1] is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Powers and abilities

The Red Skull had no superhuman abilities. He was a highly gifted strategist and political mastermind. When The Red Skull acquired the cloned body of Steve Rogers he was endowed with a body that was in perfect physical condition, with strength, agility, and physical endurance that exceeded that of any Olympic athlete who ever performed. Despite the scar tissue covering his face and head, his senses were still above-average. He was trained in the use of most conventional firearms and was a good hand-to-hand combatant. The Skull is commonly portrayed as one of the Marvel Universe's most genuinely frightening major villains.

He typically armed himself with a trick cigarette that could fire fatal poison gas — his trademark "Dust of Death" — toward his victim that distorts the victims face into a "red skull".

Marvel Zombies

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Appearances in other media

Red Skull

• The Red Skull appears in several episodes of The Marvel Superheroes in the cartoons of Captain America. Red Skull was voiced by Paul Kligman.
• In the 1981 Spider-Man episode The Capture of Captain America, Red Skull (Portrayed by Peter Cullen) hatched a plot to switch bodies Captain America and conquer the world, but was defeated with the help of Spider-Man.
• Red Skull later returned in the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends episode Quest of the Red Skull, where he attempted to start World War III.
• In the 1991 low-budget film, Captain America, Scott Paulin portrayed Red Skull. The character's background was different from the comics villain's origin as he was an Italian Fascist officer called Tadzio de Santis who had been kidnapped by the Italian army storm troops for their experiments when he was a child; his family was murdered immediately afterwards. Co-operating with German scientists, they succeeded in creating their first (and only) "übermensch", and then only after could the Americans replicate the serum and test it in a polio stricken adult man (not kid). Though it keeps the continuity of the chronology of the comics series, the purpose why the events are happening are widely different. He was last seen flung off a ledge to a presumed death.

Animated Red Skull in X-Men: The Animated Series.

• In Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Red Skull made a cameo in the second episode of Season 4 in the episode The Cat. Later on, during the Six Forgotten Warriors story arc in Season 5, it was explained that after Red Skull and Captain America fought, they were trapped in a vortex. 50 years later, his son, Rhineholt, frees them both from the vortex, only for them to be trapped again. Finally, in Secret Wars, the Skull was sent by Beyonder to an alien planet to fight Spider-Man and his team of superheroes, but was sent back where he came from with no memory of the events when Dr. Doom absorbed the powers of the Beyonder. Red Skull was voiced by Earl Boen.

• In the animated X-Men series (episode 73), the Red Skull appears in a flashback.

• The Red Skull was the final boss of the video game Captain America and the Avengers.

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Trivia

• In German, the Red Skull's name would be 'Roter Totenschädel', 'Roter Schädel' or 'Roter Totenkopf'.

• Red Skull is one of several Silver Age Marvel characters not to have an Ultimate Marvel counterpart. In an interview given shortly after the launch of "The Ultimates", Mark Millar had singled out Red Skull, along with Doctor Doom, as the only "traditional" Marvel villains he would be willing to use in the pages of the series. However, neither Doctor Doom (although he did appear in Ultimate Fantastic Four, so why he was never used is unknown) nor Red Skull materialized as Millar has opted to create a new "rival" for Captain America in the form of The Colonel, a Persian youth whose village was destroyed by the Ultimates and who was verbally abused when he refused to cower away in fear from Captain America. The character later was given the Super Soldier serum by the Norse God Loki and was given a haphazardly assembled costume similar to Captain America's though with a red helmet.

• Red Skull also appeared in the DC/Marvel crossover comic book where he teams up with the Joker to defeat Batman and Captain America. Joker turns on the Red Skull when he realizes he is anti-American, and the two use their special toxins against each other; Joker uses his 'Joker venom' and Red Skull uses his 'dust of death'. However, both prove useless as they are immune to their own, and both toxins are strikingly similar at chemical level.

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External links

• IMDB page for Captain America(1991)
• MDP: Red Skull - Marvel Database Project
• In-depth explanation of the retcons and various identities of the Red Skull