INTRODUCTION: The Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) is a fictional character, a supervillain, appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is usually depicted as the arch-nemesis of Captain America. He was originally portrayed as a rogue Nazi agent, and was conceptualised and created by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, and France Herron. Red Skull made his first appearance in Captain America Comics #7 (October 1941). Schmidt was a Nazi general and close confidante of Adolf