

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 mantle of the Red Skull, only to be killed in a plot orchestrated by Shmidt. It would be retroactively established that Maxon was merely a decoy for Johann Shmidt, who first appeared in Captain America Comics #7 (October 1941). In Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), the Red Skull's secret identity was revealed to be George Maxon. 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").
