Red Skull

Red Skull
Red Skull
	The Red Skull as seen on the cover of The Marvels Project #7 (March 2010) by Steve Epting
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941);
Created by	France Herron; Jack Kirby; Joe Simon;
In-story information
Alter ego	Johann Shmidt; Albert Malik; Sinthea Shmidt; George Maxon;
Species	Human mutate
Place of origin	Germany
Team affiliations	HYDRA; Nazi Germany (SS-Oberführer); Kronas Corporation; Exiles; U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M.; Skeleton Crew;
Partnerships	Arnim Zola; Crossbones;
Notable aliases	Der Rote Schädel (German name, translation: "The Red Skull"); Senator Dell Rusk; Bettman P. Lyles; The Agent of a Thousand Faces (impersonated in Europe during World War II); The Man (head of the People's Militia); Cyrus Fenton; John Smith (the English version of his natural German name); Teacher; Tod March (president and founder of Galactic Pictures); Aleksander Lukin; The White Skull;
Abilities	Genius-level intellect; Expert tactician, strategist, and field commander; Skilled hand-to-hand combatant and marksman; Inhabits a cloned body of Captain America granting: Superhuman strength, reflexes, and healing; Slowed aging; ;

The Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and its predecessor Timely Comics. 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. Albert Malik would later adopt the Red Skull mantle, only to be killed in a plot orchestrated by the original.

In his comic book appearances, the Red Skull is depicted as a Nazi agent and protégé of Adolf Hitler during World War II. 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. The Red Skull has endured as the archenemy of the superhero Captain America.

The Red Skull has been adapted in various media incarnations. Scott Paulin portrayed the character in the 1990 direct-to-video film Captain America. 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). Peter Cullen, Steve Blum, Liam O'Brien and others have provided the character's voice in media ranging from animation to video games.

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