Red Skull Character Review
The Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) is a fictional Character who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the archenemy of the superhero Captain America, and is portrayed as a Nazi agent. Created by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby and France Herron, the concept of the Red Skull first appeared in Captain America Comics in March 1941, with the character of Johann Schmidt first appearing in Captain America Comics
in October 1941. He has appeared as a recurring enemy of Captain America in various ongoing series, limited series and alternate reality
series in the years since - More about Red Skull Character Review...keep reading !!
The character has been adapted to a variety of other media platforms, including animated television series, video games, and live-action feature films. He was portrayed by actor Hugo Weaving in the 2011 film Captain America: The First Avenger.
The Red Skull was ranked number 21 on Wizard Magazine's Top 100 Greatest Villains Ever list and was also ranked as IGN's 14th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Powers and Abilities (Red Skull)
Although the Red Skull has no superhuman abilities, he possesses an
intellect and inventive genius on the level of supervillains such as
Doctor Doom, and is a highly gifted subversive strategist and political
operative. At one point, the Red Skull's mind inhabited a body cloned
from Captain America's, and hence possessed the mutagenic alterations
induced by the Super-Soldier formula. He was thus endowed with a body
that was in perfect physical condition, with strength, speed,
durability, agility, dexterity, reflexes, coordination, balance, 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 has been shown as a superb martial
artist, though he was never on par with Captain America himself; he was
originally trained by German athletes appointed by Hitler, and is
heavily trained as a skilled marksman with various forms of handguns,
and well-versed in the use of fire arms and explosives.
While sharing Alexander Lukin's body, he lost his superhuman
abilities. Since then he resides in one of the android bodies engineered
by Arnim Zola, with enhanced endurance and resilience.
He typically armed himself with a trick cigarette that could fire
fatal poison gas — his trademark "Dust of Death" — toward his victim.
The "Dust of Death" is a red powder which kills a victim within seconds
of skin contact. The powder causes the skin of the victim's head to
shrivel, tighten, and take on a red discoloration, while causing the
hair to fall out. Hence the victim's head resembles a "red skull". He
also carries a large arsenal of conventional and advanced fire arms and
explosives.
After fusing his own brain with that of Charles Xavier, the Clone of Red Skull gains powerful telepathic abilities.
In Other Media (Film/Movie)
- In the 1990 film Captain America, Scott Paulin portrays the Red Skull. In this adaptation, the character is an Italian Fascist officer called Tadzio de Santis.
- The Red Skull is featured in Captain America: The First Avenger, portrayed by Hugo Weaving. He is the commander of the Nazi Research Division HYDRA.
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