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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
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