Is Red Skull the leader of Hydra?

Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. Red Skull, is a supervillain in Marvel Comics. He is the arch-enemy of Captain America. In some incarnations, he is the leader and founder of the evil organization known as HYDRA.
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Who is the true leader of HYDRA?

Johann Schmidt – the leader of Hydra, a special weapons division of the Nazi Schutzstaffel and a modern-day incarnation of the ancient society. Arnim Zola – an Swiss-born scientist working for Hydra before, during, and after World War II.
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Is Red Skull still the leader of HYDRA?

Johann Schmidt is the former head of HYDRA, the special weapons division of the Nazi Schutzstaffel and a modern-day incarnation of the ancient society.
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Who is the leader of HYDRA in the Winter Soldier?

Surviving, Romanoff tried tracking him down after that with no success. The Winter Soldier later reappeared when ordered by HYDRA leader Alexander Pierce—working covertly as a government official—to kill S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury.
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Who ran Hydra after Red Skull?

Daniel Whitehall (Reed Diamond), a scientist who acquired an unnatural longevity after dissecting Daisy's Inhuman mother and stealing her powers, became the next leader of Hydra. After serving Hydra for decades, Whitehall took over the organization and was one of the main antagonists of Agents of SHIELD season 2.
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Origin Of Hydra



Who is Hydra Supreme?

Steven "Steve" Rogers, also known as Hydra Supreme and "Captain America", is a major character from Marvel Comics. He is the main antagonist of the Marvel comic book event Secret Empire. He is the Steve Rogers from an alternate reality in which Rogers was indoctrinated by HYDRA as a child.
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Who started Hydra?

While it is suspected that Hydra originated thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, the modern-day organization was founded during World War II by Nazi agent Wolfgang von Strucker.
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Is Red Skull the son of Captain America?

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.
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Who was Red Skull before?

Stories published decades later established that the Red Skull appearing in Captain America #7 (October 1941) was the Nazi Johann Shmidt, and that the Red Skull appearing before that point was his pawn George Maxon.
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Is the Red Skull still evil?

As in most comic book stories, Red Skull's death wasn't the end of his life. It actually turned him into a more dangerous villain called Red Onslaught. Wanda's attempts to defeat him a second time results in an inversion that makes the Red Skull a good guy and the Avengers evil.
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Who is Red Skull villain?

Johann Schmidt, also known as the Red Skull and later the Stonekeeper, is a major antagonist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is the arch-enemy of Captain America/Steve Rogers.
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Who is the biggest villain in Avengers?

Thanos has been a constant thorn in the side of the Marvel Universe ever since - and that extends into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where Thanos repeated his Infinity Gauntlet scheme to devastating effect in Avengers: Infinity War (opens in new tab) and Avengers: Endgame (opens in new tab).
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Is Nick Fury part of HYDRA?

Initially, his organization's primary nemesis is the international terrorist organization Hydra, created by Fury's worst enemy of World War II, Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (after retconning of the original continuity).
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Is Aim part of HYDRA?

In the comics, A.I.M., originally known as Them, was formed as a branch of HYDRA by Baron Strucker, and were responsible for the creation of the Cosmic Cube.
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Is Zemo a HYDRA?

In the pages of Avengers Undercover, Zemo has become the new leader of The Shadow Council's Masters of Evil following the death of Max Fury. Zemo later becomes the new leader of Hydra and enters into conflict with Sam Wilson, the new Captain America.
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Why did Red Skull turn red?

He headed up HYDRA, a faction of the Nazi Party during World War II. He experimented on himself with a version of the super soldier serum that made Captain America tall and buff. Unfortunately for the Schmidt, the serum backfired and gave him, well, a red skull.
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Is Hail HYDRA real?

Spencer, who wrote the comic, told Entertainment Weekly that there isn't any trickery at play. That the Steve Rogers who utters "Hail Hydra" is the real Steve Rogers, not a clone or an otherwise "affected" version of the character.
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Was Red Skull the first super-soldier?

The first known character to receive the serum was the Red Skull, and how it affected him was drastically different from what happened to Steve Rogers.
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Is Captain America a member of HYDRA?

But now, after barely a month, it's all been undone. Captain America was never a Hydra agent, actually guys, Marvel was just kidding. As revealed in the direct-follow-up to the previous issue, this new evil backstory was actually just invented by the Red Skull, using the magic of the cosmic cube.
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How old is HYDRA?

Some of us age more gracefully than others, but perhaps no animal group does it better than the tiny freshwater polyps known as hydras.
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Why is Red Skull on Vormir?

The Red Skull explains that his quest to control an Infinity Stone led it to reject him, sending him to Vormir. He's tied to the Soul Stone as its representative, it seems, and he can never possess it himself.
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Which Thor is the strongest?

Old King Thor is one of the most powerful variants of the character. When Old King Thor merged with the Phoenix Force, becoming Old Phoenix King Thor, his powers greatly multiplied. This solidified him as one of the most dangerous beings in Marvel.
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What is the strongest version of Captain America?

1 Soldier Supreme

The most powerful version of Captain America to exist in the multiverse is none other than Soldier Supreme, the version of the hero that exists in the Infinity Warps universe.
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Is Simmons a HYDRA?

This week, we learned that Simmons was not only working for Hydra, but she was actually doing so under Coulson's orders.
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