![]() Schmidt was present for one occasion when Hitler was angrily berating the head of The Gestapo (or just some random German officer) for letting a spy escape, and screamed at the man that he could make even the bellhop into a better Nazi than him. As an older teen, Schmidt managed to get a job as a bellhop for a major hotel frequented by Adolf Hitler. Growing up alone, the rise of the Nazis backdropping his life, young Schmidt eventually found himself living a hard life on the streets, all while nursing a growing anger and frustration towards the rest of the world. A doctor managed to prevent him from killing his newborn son, but the angry father went on to commit suicide. The Skull's mother Martha died giving birth to him, causing his drunken lout of a father to try and drown him, saying that the infant had murdered his wife. ![]() ![]() He was born as Johann Schmidt in a small German village, probably sometime in the 1910s. The established origin of the better known Skull is relatively complex. Schmidt was revived in Tales of Suspense #79 (July, 1966). Malik was established as the Communist Red Skull in Young Men #24 (December, 1953). The third Red Skull, Albert Malik first appeared in Captain America Comics #61 (March, 1947). The most (in)famous Red Skull, Johann Schmidt, first appeared in Captain America Comics #7 (October, 1941). George Maxon, the first Red Skull first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March, 1941). There have been at least three major versions of the Skull. Right-hand man of Adolf Hitler in the Marvel Universe, HYDRA brought him Back from the Dead to plague the world once again. The Arch-Enemy of Captain America and one of the oldest villains in comics, and widely regarded as one of the most despicable.
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