![]() ![]() 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). ![]()
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