CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Concept Art Reveals A Different Origin Story For The Red Skull

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Concept Art Reveals A Different Origin Story For The Red Skull

Some new Captain America: The First Avenger concept art reveals a completely different take on the origin story of the movie's villain and his transformation from Johann Schmidt into the Red Skull...

By JoshWilding - Jul 01, 2020 02:07 AM EST

Captain America: The First Avenger stuck closely to the comic books by pitting Steve Rogers against the Red Skull in his first World War II-set adventure. In the movie, we learned that Johann Schmidt had been left with that hideous appearance after taking HYDRA's version of the Super-Soldier Serum, but Marvel Studios explored another possible origin story for the character at one point.

As you can see, concept artist Ryan Meinerding has shared an early take on the Red Skull which reveals that using the power of the Tesseract is what would have led to his startling transformation. 

Ultimately, Marvel Studios took things in a different direction and made it so that no one could really hold the Tesseract (unless they were particularly powerful beings like Loki and Thanos). This definitely would have been a cool idea to explore on screen, though, and fans remain optimistic that the villain will be brought back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the not too distant future following his surprise return in Avengers: Infinity War.

Check out this Captain America: The First Avenger concept art below:
 

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dracula
dracula - 7/1/2020, 2:15 AM
Would have been interesting to see the transformation. Was a good take on Red Skull, but too bad he wasnt used more. I know he was originally going to be in the first Avengers movie before Joss Whedon came on board and completely rewrote the script. Id say that was for the best. Loki was enough. Although could have fit him in somewhere other than endgame and infinity war. Although great that we got resolution on his fate. Now if only we knew what happened to The Leader and Abomination
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/1/2020, 3:16 AM
Overlord vibes.


I like this; at the very least I like the idea of his transforming and what that would’ve meant visually. But what we got fit the pulp vibe of the time period.
Origame
Origame - 7/4/2020, 11:50 AM
@BlackBeltJones - i was gonna say two face from the dark knight but i see where you're coming from.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 7/1/2020, 4:53 AM
Kind of odd that it’s melting his face but not his hand.
MeindaBathRoomlol
MeindaBathRoomlol - 7/1/2020, 7:02 AM
Didnt Nick Fury hold it for awhile before he put it in a briefcase in the beginning of The Avengers?
Ray2407
Ray2407 - 7/1/2020, 8:53 AM
@MeindaBathRoomlol - I was just about to say that lol
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