The Red Skull was believed to be dead after the events of Captain America: The First Avenger, but he made a surprising return during Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame as the guardian of the Soul Stone.
The Russo brothers have hinted that he's not bound to Vormir for all eternity, but that he is different than he once was when the Tesseract transported him.
After seven decades on Vormir, Red Skull met Hawkeye and Black Widow as they sought the Soul Stone. After Black Widow was sacrificed, Schmidt was briefly freed until Captain America returned the Soul Stone and restored his curse.
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. The Skull returns again in issue #3 of Captain America Comics having survived his own needle.
Powers. Immortality Through Cloning: His psionic mind transference grants the Red Skull immortality. The Red Skull's mind has survived his physical bodies' death several times by being transferred through differing means to new bodies.
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Can Red Skull beat Thanos?
Thanos would dominate the Red Skull in just about every scenario. While Johann Schmidt may have the advantage in a scenario where he has a Cosmic Cube or Kobik and Thanos has nothing to counter it, even then Thanos would likely find a way to win the day.
Mainly due to his Nazi ties, Red Skull is shown to be so depraved and horrible that even other villains are disgusted by him, such as Kingpin, Doctor Doom (who is of Roma descent), Magneto (who is a Holocaust survivor) and even the Joker, who is also Pure Evil (although their encounter was non-canon).
Johann ShmidtRed Skull. Rising to power during World War II, Johann Schmidt become one of Earth's most dangerous threats and one of Captain America's greatest enemies.
Red Skull is one of Marvel's most despicable villains, being not just opportunistic or callous, but a true psychopath. In 2012's Uncanny Avengers #2 - written by Rick Remender and drawn by John Cassaday - the Red Skull manages to steal Charles Xavier's psychic powers.
Sin (Sinthea Shmidt) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is the daughter of the Red Skull and an enemy of Captain America.
Red Skull was cursed to become the guardian of the Soul Stone for over seven decades, rendering him unable to leave the planet throughout these years, only able to advise those who came onto the planet seeking the Soul Stone.
The Tesseract could open wormholes to any part of the universe and provide interdimensional travel. Touching the Tesseract physically, Red Skull was suddenly transported to Vormir where the Soul Stone chose him as a Stonekeeper.
However, Red Skull saw his true intentions, informing Gamora that Thanos was, in fact, weeping for Gamora, as he truly loved her as a daughter, and was heartbroken that he had to sacrifice her to get the Soul Stone. Disbelieving, Gamora could not comprehend that Thanos ever showed genuine love for her.
Weaving openly spoke about how he enjoyed the role but didn't want to wait too long between films for his character to reappear. This ended with a contract negotiation that led to a recasting of Red Skull (Source The Wrap). While the change was subtle, there are differences between Weaving's and Marquand's voices.
Hugo Weaving says his Red Skull wasn't in 'Avengers: Endgame' because Marvel were 'impossible' Hugo Weaving has said that while he would have been up for reprising his role as Red Skull in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, Marvel proved 'impossible' to negotiate with.
Red Skull is the very first Marvel Cinematic Universe villain to be Pure Evil. (Zola is the secondary antagonist and his Pure Evil status wasn't complete yet, so he doesn't count). He is also the only one in phase 1 to count as one.
1: Thanos — The Infinity Saga. Acuna: Remember when the MCU had stakes? Thanos is the only Marvel villain to successfully execute his evil plan and it wasn't some tired "I want to take over the world" scheme. He wiped out half the population of the entire world for five years.
Through his psychotic personal torture and conflict with one of Marvel's finest as well as nearly succeeding in total world domination and the actual destruction of Asgard, Norman Osborn is truly the most evil villain in all of Marvel.
Red Skull and Captain America have been fighting for so many years, so it's not surprising the Red Skull has some respect for him. In some instances, Red Skull's even been annoyed by the idea of other villains taking Captain America out.
Marvel Comics supervillain Red Skull has long been established as Captain America's arch enemy, though fans recently learned that he is immune to an attack far more powerful than anything Captain America could deliver.
Brainiac is a mind and army that the Red Skull would find himself unable to conquer. Even with the Skull's robotics knowledge, Brainiac would easily prove his better. Brainiac has knowledge from across much of the known universe at his disposal. He also has advanced technology beyond the Skull's wildest dreams.
In the 1950s, the Red Skull inexplicably became a Communist. This was later explained by writer Roy Thomas as an attempt by the Soviets to capitalize on the original Red Skull's reputation. More recently, in Ed Brubaker's “Captain America” series, the Red Skull controlled the mind of a renegade former Soviet general.
Needing the Tesseract to open the portal to summon the "Champion of HYDRA", Schmidt somehow supplied the Allies with information that he would be present on a HYDRA train heading to the Austrian Alps, when in reality the train was rigged with explosives.
