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Early concept artistic production forCaptain America : The First Avengerreveals Red Skull ’s origins were almost very different . As one of Captain America ’s most iconic foes from the comics , Red Skull was the bountiful bad of his first solo MCU entry . Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans ) encounters him in World War II , when he ’s one of the drawing card of Hydra . The two actually share a joining : Bothtook the crack soldier serumthat was grow by Dr. Abraham Erskine ( Stanley Tucci ) . However , while the blood serum give Steve his enhance ability , it precede to Red Skull - also known as Johann Schmidt - becoming awfully deface .
Steve defeats Red Skull by the end ofThe First Avenger , but it release out that would n’t be the last sentence he look in the MCU . devotee got quite the stupor whenRed Skull popped up inAvengers : Infinity Waras the guardian of the Soul Stone . Red Skull was unchurch to hold that position forever because of his previous actions with the Space Stone , or the Tesseract . WhileHugo Weaving played the villaininThe First Avenger , he did n’t return for the graphic symbol ’s appearance inInfinity WarandAvengers : Endgame . In those celluloid , Red Skull was played by Ross Marquand .
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Marvel concept artistRyan Meinerdingrecently shared some early designs for Red Skull inThe First Avenger . The artistic production itself was previously revealed in 2018 , but the raw entropy comes from Meinerding ’s caption , where he revealed the original idea for Red Skull ’s root . As Meinerding explained , " I was attempt to show that the tesseract was in reality change him into Red Skull — that the light it gave off effected his peel and skull over time . " This would ’ve depart from the comics , but then again , so did Red Skull ’s line of descent in the film itself .
The First Avengerexplored Red Skull ’s fascination and compulsion with the Tesseract , but the idea of watching that obsession be manifested in his deteriorating coming into court is fascinating . While the picture did a sound job of establishing the Tesseract ’s grandness , this spare connexion with Red Skull ’s organic evolution might ’ve gone even further in showing the Tesseract ’s power . It then went on to diddle a major role in the next MCU film , The Avengers , as well as several after .
While Phase 4 of the MCU is start to move beyond the Infinity Stones , the Tesseract will remain in play for a while longer . Endgamesaw an alternative reading ofLoki ( Tom Hiddleston ) escape 2012 New York with the Tesseract . That alternate version of Loki will be at the kernel of his own Disney+ show , which means the Tesseract will play some purpose in it . Meanwhile , Red Skull ’s time in the MCU is believably finished , provided the Avengers do n’t need to chew the fat Vormir anymore . Still , it ’s coolheaded that fans are still discovering fresh things about him age after his initial show in the franchise .
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