One of Avengers: Infinity War's biggest surprises came when we were introduced to the Stonekeeper on Vormir. Revealed to be Captain America: The First Avenger villain the Red Skull, the movie explained what had become of the HYDRA founder after he vanished during his World War II battle with Steve Rogers.
Tasked with protecting the Soul Stone, Johann Schmidt had become an almost-supernatural being with knowledge of the Infinity Stones seemingly granted to him by the Tesseract.
Now, Marvel Studios concept artist Rodney Fuentebella has shared an alternate take on Red Skull in Avengers: Infinity War which is definitely more grounded. "This is an initial concept of Red Skull or Soul Keeper as someone who has maybe met with various people in space and taken on their varied clothings," he explains in the Instagram post below.
It's definitely an interesting look and points to the villain having an entire history we would have missed out on. It's unclear whether we'll see more of Red Skull in the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving forward, but fans remain anxious that we'll see what happened when Steve Rogers returned the Soul Stone...