Johann Shmidt (Earth-7045)

Johann Shmidt was a former lowlife who became Adolf Hitler's right-hand man during the Third Reich. He grew dissatisfied with this role, and came into contact with Barons Wolfgang von Strucker & Heinrich Zemo. Together, the three men formed the future terrorist group known as Hydra. Shmidt eventually got his hands on Dr. Abraham Erskine's super soldier serum and used it on himself. This resulted in Shmidt being transformed into the man that the world would fear and loathe, the Red Skull.

History
to be added

Powers

 * Artificially Enhanced Physiology
 * Peak Human Strength
 * Peak Human Speed
 * Peak Human Durability
 * Peak Human Agility
 * Peak Human Reflexes
 * Peak Human Stamina
 * Peak Human Healing
 * Peak Human Mental Processing
 * Peak Human Senses
 * Advanced Longevity

Abilities

 * Genius Intelligence
 * Strategic Genius
 * Hand-to-Hand Combat
 * Fencing
 * Marksmanship

Equipment
The Red Skull used many other weapons; many of these were conventional but others were advanced beyond the scope of contemporary mainstream science.

Transportation
Various.

Weapons

 * Dust of Death: The Red Skull's most infamous personal weapon was his so-called "dust of death." The chemical composition of this powder is unknown, but it kills a victim within seconds of making contact with their skin, causing the skin on the victim's head to tighten, shrivel, and take on a red discoloration, while causing all the hair on the victim's head to fall out. As a result, the victim's corpse appears to have a "red skull" for a head. While committing murders with this weapon, the Skull often hummed, whistled, or played a tape recording of Chopin's funeral march, which was also the Skull's trademark music when he committed murders in the early 1940s. The Skull could fire his "dust of death" from a special handgun.