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The History of the Red Skull Captain America's Biggest Enemy
Reference from Captain America # 12 1998 In the back of Captain America #12 1998 the Red Skull's history up to that point is laid out. These are words from that issue for the most part.
Describing the Skull the article says, "He has been called the most evil man who ever lived. The symbol of hate. The incarnation of torture. A bane to all those who would live free from tyranny. And therefore, it should come as no surprise that he is the sworn enemy of the land of the free's protector of liberty, Captain America." It goes on to tell the origin of the Red Skull. " The Red Skull was born Johann Schmidt. Ironically, Steve Rogers and Johann Schmidt could have been brothers. Both came from poverty. Both suffered rejection for their lack of strength and power. And both were chosen to become more than average men. But, unlike the man who would become Captain America, Johann was born into hatred as much as poverty. Were it not for the doctor who delivered him Johann would have been murdered, only minutes after being born, by his own father. Johann's father, a man whose senses had long been dulled by the siren call of alcohol, blamed the child for the death of his mother. Martha was the wife Hermann Schmidt repeatedly beat and abused yet claimed to love. Hermann killed himself the next day. The doctor took Johann to an orphanage where the child remained until the age of seven. Seven years is the age of reason, some say. To Johann it was the age of madness. " The article goes on to describe Johann's means of living on the streets, sleeping outdoors and jail sometimes for petty crimes. It then goes on to say, "As a young man, Johann went to work for a shopkeeper, a Jewish businessman whose daughter was perhaps the only person who ever showed Johann any kindness at all. When she rebuffed his affections, he rewarded her kindness by killing her. This was Johann's first murder. More it was his first moment of....joy." "As a bellboy in an era pregnant with the hint and rumor of war, Johann was given the "honor" of serving refreshments to certain members of the growing ranks of the Third Reich, including Adolf Hitler. Continued ... The Birth of the Red Skull Cool Super Hero Sites
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