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Red Skull (Earth-1610)
Real Name Current Alias Relatives Sarah Alicia Rogers (paternal grandmother, deceased)
Unnamed maternal grandfather (deceased)
Steve Rogers (father)
Gail Richards (mother)
Douglas Lincoln Rogers (paternal uncle, deceased)
Two unnamed cousins (both deceased)
Unnamed cousin-in-law (deceased)
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HistoryEdit
You really think you can stop me like this? You really think you stand a chance here? 
- -- Red Skull
Early Years
Added by EetmiOn a summer night in 1945, Steve Rogers and his girlfriend Gail Richards, had one last night together. Gail became pregnant. After Captain America was declared dead in Iceland, the government decided it was best to keep Rogers' and Richards' son a secret. In the spring of 1946, the boy was born. They took the boy into foster care on a military base, training him to become a super-soldier to replace the supposedly deceased Captain America. He soon became stronger and more tactically skillful than his father. The son remained in the charge of the military, never shown any intention or desire to escape. In the eyes of the military's observers, the boy had an easy-going personality, though he appeared to suffer from an inferiority complex, believing that he could never live up to his father's reputation.
However, Rogers' son had carefully planned his escape and was biding his time. In 1963, at age 17, the unnamed son killed all the doctors and soldiers at his facility. He also used a kitchen knife to carve the flesh from his head, literally becoming the Red Skull. As a statement of his rebellion against the system that created him Red Skull orchestrated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In a later, unrelated incident he was also responsible for the sadistic murder of The Red Wasp's (Petra Laskov) infant son and husband. In the following decades, the Red Skull became involved in the Vietnam War, associated with dictators Pol Pot and Idi Amin, and took part in drug-running, terrorist-training, and the Soviet-Afghan War.
A.I.M.
Added by ADourIn 2010, after decades of being a professional assassin, The Red Skull joined A.I.M. After the events of Ultimatum, The Skull and A.I.M. soldiers broke into the Baxter Building, which was momentarily unsecured, and successfully stole the blueprints to Reed Richards' Cosmic Cube. Captain America and fellow Ultimates member Hawkeye attempted to stop the theft. Red Skull finally met his father in his helicopter and brutally attacked him, and nearly killed Cap. Before he threw Captain America out of the helicopter, Red Skull revealed that he was his son.
At the A.I.M. headquarters in Alaska, the Red Skull had his men kill the commanding officer, placing the Red Skull in charge of the operation.[1] Taking control of the Cosmic Cube he became highly powered and in a sadistic display of his power had the entire Alaskan A.I.M. team cannibalize each other. When the Avengers arrived they immediately tried to destroy him, but the Cube imbued him with nearly unlimited power and made him invulnerable.[2]
Battle with the Avengers and Death
Added by BalfroDuring the battle with the Avengers, Red Skull demonstrated his true potential with the Cosmic Cube, changing reality to reflect the time period when Black Widow was being held and tortured in enemy hands, and overpowering Nerd Hulk with ease. Captain America arrived in the stolen Teleporter Jet, but Skull forced the jet to crash. Cap survived the crash and managed to teleport the jet to the exact coordinates where the Red Skull was standing, impaling him with one of the rods protruding from its nose.
The Red Skull was taken to a hospital and kept alive long enough for Gail Richards, his mother, to say goodbye. Skull explained to Nick Fury that all he wanted to do with the Cosmic Cube was to turn back time and prevent his father, Steve Rogers, from being lost during the war. He then could grow up with him and lead a normal life, rather than the one he was given. Petra Laskov, dressed as a doctor, then entered the room and shot the Red Skull in the head, killing him.[3] It was later revealed that Nick Fury was responsible for luring the Red Skull from retirement, orchestrating events in order to regain his position in S.H.I.E.L.D.
Powers and AbilitiesEdit
Powers
The Red Skull has the same abilities as Captain America, only more powerful.Abilities
Red Skull has super-strength, agility, speed, and enhanced senses, all inherited from his father, Captain America.Strength level
The Red Skull has the strength to defeat Captain America in battle, meaning he is stronger than Captain America, and likely others.Weaknesses
No weakness is yet known.
ParaphernaliaEdit
Equipment
No equipment.Transportation
A.I.M helicopter.Weapons
No weapons.
NotesEdit
The Red Skull made his first appearance in Ultimate Comics: Avengers #1. His origin was revealed in issue 2. The reason he has a red skull is because he used a knife to peel the skin, cartilege, and fat from his head, leaving only the muscle tissue.
TriviaEdit
With several flashbacks of Captain America's past, no mention was given of a son. It was revealed not even Captain America knew he had a son.
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