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Captain-America.US
The History of
the Red Skull Captain America's Biggest Enemy continued
The
Birth of the Red Skull
Reference from Captain America # 12 1998
Continuing
the article from Cap #12 " Hitler saw something of himself in
the young man and decided to mentor the bellhop in all things
murderous. He gave the boy a mask, a mask the color of blood.
And so...the Red Skull was born."
"Hitler's
pride in creating the Skull, in time, turned to jealous fear. Hitler
had believed he had seen something of himself in that bellboy's eyes
years before. But he was wrong. The Red Skull by this point had
risen within the ranks to become Hitler's second-in-command. And
Hitler knew this man who once served him would not rest until he
himself was Uberman. Until he himself was the master of the Master
Race.
Baron
Wolfgang Von Strucker, one of Hitler's greatest officers in the
Reich, had fallen from Hitler's grace. But not from the Skull's. The
Skull sent him to Japan to create a subversive organization that
would one day be known as HYDRA.
Hitler's
paranoia regarding the Skull and his own limitations led to the
decision that should he not win the world, he would destroy it. This
resulted in the creation of a number of weapons that were buried
only to resurface years later. These were robots of mass destruction
known as Sleepers.
These
doomsday weapons were "lost" when Captain America tracked
the Skull down to his hidden bunker and defeated him. The Skull,
spitting his vengeance through blood and broken bone, was caught in
the cave-in. He was believed lost forever.
This
was the first death of the Red Skull. The Red Skull unknowingly, had
become a Sleeper himself. For the cave-in released an experimental
gas that so slowed the Skull's aging process that he virtually
became an immortal. It was during this state of suspended animation
that his wounds slowly healed."
The
article goes on to describe how years later a research team found
the body of the Red Skull and revived him. The Skull then went on
his own mission to rule the world. Captain America who had also been
in suspended animation on ice revived and started the war between
the two all over again.
The
Red Skull gained the Cosmic Cube. The same cube that holds Adolf
Hitler according to Captain America # 299 and Super Villain Team-Up
#17. 
See the whole page from Cap #299
The
cube had the power to make it's holder's imagination become reality.
The Skull lost it twice and was still unable to defeat Captain
America.
Here's a cool link I found that gives the history
of Hitler in the Marvel Universe
In
time the Red Skull's only purpose in life was to destroy Captain
America. When the gas that had preserved the Skull started to wear
out causing him to age, the Skull poisoned Cap with a formula to
make him age as well. The Red Skull attempted to end his life in
glorious battle against Captain America, but Cap would later be rejuvenated
and the Skull cremated. Still the Skull came back this time in a
different body one cloned from Steve Rogers (Cap) himself.
Captain America # 300 Wallpaper sized Image
The death of the Red Skull
Since
then he has disintegrated himself twice, it's doubtful Cap has seen
the last of the Red Skull. It's only matter of time before the Skull
shows up again having found a way to cheat death.
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