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As far as amusing Word of God villains go , Red Skullhas to be one of the baddest . Captain America ’s rival is usually after theCosmic Cube , and exit to big lengths to get it , but there was a time when he set his good deal on another powerful objective - the brain ofCharles Xavier . Yes , really .
Red Skull first seem inCaptain America Comics # 7 , and has beenan antagonist of the Star Spangled Avengerfor over 50 years of issue . Red Skull was originally a Nazi under the Third Reich who fight down against Captain America in World War II . However , at a sure point , Red Skull correctly surmise that the Germans would lose the war to the Allies . As a failsafe , he had Arnim Zola , a Nazi scientist , make a clone of him that would awaken decades later to attempt to capture the world once again .
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When the cloned Red Skull wake in the modern day inUncanny Avengers # 1 , he find the United States in a similar position to that of Germany before World War II . Just as the Nazis used the Judaic masses as scapegoats and strain to kill off them , Red Skull plans to have the country sour on and carry off the variation . But to do it , he ’ll need to use their own powers against them .
Therecently give-up the ghost Charles Xavierhas just been buried , so Red Skull sends a team to steal his stiff . Once they do , he abbreviate out Professor X ’s brain and transplant the mutate part of it to his own , giving him Xavier ’s immensely muscular telepathic ability . It ’s a grisly image to lay eyes on , specially for those who loved the Professor X character . To see his consistency defiled so soon after his death is enough to upset even casual 10 - Men fans . As can be expected , Red Skull uses his new abilities to wreak mayhem . He begins forcing homo to kill mutants all over the humankind , an result that becomes known as the Red Riot , and even turns Genosha into a concentration camp . Even after he is apparently get the better of by Magneto , Red Skull only come back as the even more powerful Red Onslaught .
Red Skull finally loses afterScarlet Witchand Doctor Doom upchuck a enchantment which causes Professor X ’s consciousness to briefly take hold of Red Onslaught , allowing the heroes to subdue him . The piece of Xavier ’s wit was then surgically removed , ask off his telepathic powers , and theRed Skullis later killed by Captain America .
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