Johann Schmidt (Earth-199999)

Red Skull
Name	Johann Schmidt
Current Alias	Red Skull
Aliases	The Skull
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Hydra, formerly Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany
Relatives	Herman Schmidt (father; deceased) Martha Schmidt (mother; deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Bald
Unusual Features	Severe facial and cranial scarring give his head the appearance of a red skull
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Took an unstable version of the super soldier serum
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-199999
Place of Birth	Germany
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	German
Occupation	Terrorist
Education	Military
Base of Operations	Formerly Hydra HQ, Germany
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
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 You could have the power of the gods! Yet you wear a flag on your chest and think you fight a battle of nations! I have seen the future, Captain! There are no flags! 

—Red Skull

History

Originally a professor at one of the universities in Berlin, Johann Schmidt became an Officer of the Schutzstaffel with the rank of Obergruppenführer. He was closely affiliated with Heinrich Himmler and Adolf Hitler. Schmidt and Hitler shared a passion for Norse mythology according to Abraham Erskine, a German scientist who had defected to the United States. Hitler had subsequently located Erskine and sent Schmidt to force him to finish an experimental physiology-enhancing serum, only for Schmidt to take the serum and inject it into himself. The unfinished serum made Schmidt stronger, however it also caused a combustion reaction that horribly scarred his face, disfiguring its appearance to that of a hideous red skull.

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Schmidt sought out and stole the Tesseract, a powerful artifact believed to be of Asgardian descent from a monastery in Tønsberg, Norway, and used its energy to power his armaments and weaponry. He later executed a trio of Nazi officers who objected to his plan to destroy every capital on earth, including Berlin, as he believed Hydra couldn't grow any further under Hitler's command.

Schmidt also sent an assassin after Erskine before the scientist could carry his "Super Soldier Serum" experiment any further. While the attack on Erskine proved successful, Schmidt's agent was unable to obtain a sample of the improved serum due to the intervention of Steven Rogers, the successful test subject that Erskine had been enhanced with the serum.

Confronting Steve Rogers, Schmidt was outraged at the discovery that his 'counterpart' was nothing but a "kid from Brooklyn", and became increasingly hostile as Rogers' forces decimated various Hydra bases throughout occupied Europe. In Schmidt's final plan to destroy America with a Tesseract-powered plane, the plane was hijacked by Rogers, who damaged the device that transferred the Tesseract's power to the ship. When Schmidt attempted to pick up the cube, it created a portal in the sky (also showing a vision of another galaxy) before seemingly disintegrating him and burning through the aircraft floor to fall into the ocean below.

Attributes

Powers

Johann Schmidt took an unfinished prototype of the Super Soldier Serum that caused the severe and hideous transformation of Schmidt's appearance into a living Red Skull, but also obtained incredible attributes, such as enormous strength, speed, stamina and reflexes, and got even his intelligence increased, becoming a war mastermind.

Serum Powers:

• Peak Human Strength: The Red Skull's physical strength can match Steve to the very peak of human potential.

• Peak Human Speed: The Red Skull is able to run at a speed of approximately 30 miles per hour.

• Peak Human Agility: The Red Skull have agility superior to that of any Olympic athlete.

• Peak Human Stamina: Schmidt's musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human.

• Superhuman Reflexes: Schmidt's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are superior to those of the finest athlete.

• Peak Human Durability: His bones and muscles are denser and harder than normal, to the highest human potential, which makes him very durable compared to a normal human.

• Peak Human Mental Process: His mental performance has been greatly enhanced, allowing his mind to operate in the most efficient and rapid manner possible.

• Peak Human Healing: Schmidt's healing speed and efficiency is at the highest limits of human potential, which means he can heal faster than most humans.

Abilities

Same as Johann Shmidt (Earth-616)

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Futuristic weaponry including an advanced Luger P08

Transportation

Focke-Wulf Triebflügel, Valkyrie bomber, and advanced Rolls Royce

Notes

• Hugo Weaving portrays the Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger. Weaving has stated that, while he enjoyed playing the character, he would not be interested in reprising the role in future films. Voice actor Keith Ferguson provides the Red Skull's voice for the video game Captain America: Super Soldier.

Trivia

• To be noted that contrary to his mainstream counterpart, Red Skull is named in this version as Schmidt, and not Shmidt.
• While's his Earth 616's appearance is because of a mask, Schmidt's appearance is biological, due to ingesting a serum.
• Unlike his Earth 616 counterpart, The Red Skull apparently did not survive World War 2.

See Also

• 15 appearance(s) of Johann Schmidt (Earth-199999)
• 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Johann Schmidt (Earth-199999)
• 3 minor appearance(s) of Johann Schmidt (Earth-199999)
• 12 mention(s) of Johann Schmidt (Earth-199999)
• 34 image(s) of Johann Schmidt (Earth-199999)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Johann Schmidt (Earth-199999)
• 5 victim(s) killed by Johann Schmidt (Earth-199999)
• 2 item(s) used/owned by Johann Schmidt (Earth-199999)

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