Both Loki from Thor and the Red Skull from Captain America: The First Avenger are popular villains from across the Marvel comic book universe. By the end of both films, their fate is very much up in the air. They both disappear down the streets as if they were dead, but leave it open for their return. This is more clearly where the similarities between the two individuals end.
Both Loki and the Red Bald have superhuman powers, but they have very different experiences around them. Loki was born into a family of gods who have magical powers and it is later revealed that he is not the son of Odin, who is the king of Asgard. But the Frost Giant himself, the legendary enemy of all Asgardians, was born. Despite his lineage, Loki is a capable wizard who can use his skills to give skills to other people, including many dangerous skills
On the other hand, the Red Bald was only born a man, Johann Schmidt. Man has grown up on the earth his entire life. Superhuman powers were given to him much later, as a middle-aged adult. He was a top commander in Hitler’s army in World War II. The Nazis injected him with a serum that was supposed to make him nearly immortal and invincible. He would still be human, but with superhuman strength, endurance and metabolism.
Unfortunately for Schmidt, the experiment backfired and although he received some superhuman powers from the serum, he was also permanently disfigured. red skin and made bones, hence the name Red Skull. He becomes America’s arch-nemesis because “Cap,” as he is often called, made it his mission to defeat the Nazis, especially Hydra, who runs alongside the Red Skull. He has captured a similar dosage of Seri, but he is aptly played by Schmidt, who is evil incarnate and looks like him too.
A red bald man is loved by no one. Even his servants and right-hand men are afraid. He has no love in his heart, which makes him a perfect villain. Loki, on the other hand, is loved by his adoptive parents and his brother Thor adoptive parents. Although the anger and pain of learning of the adoption sends him into the criminal, yet not in that way. All of his malice is directed at Thor and the audience can feel his conflict. Part of him wants to wash away his anger, and turn really bad. He wants to return to him the rest of what was once.
Schmidt as the Red Skull has no such conflict. They do not dwell on their fate or how fair or unfair life may be. He just continues to wield power ruthlessly and without a second thought. Nor does it prevent anyone from entering or even killing to do what he wants. This cold, calculating way is completely different from Loki, who has a plan but seems almost afraid of any remorse.
Despite the huge differences in how they obtained and used their powers, both Loki and the Red Bald are very entertaining villains whose back stories are very interesting. This proves that it’s not like mythology or race is used to make the bad guy in the movie. These characters show that even the most diverse places can still be fodder for evil, wickedness and fantasy shows with an arch-nemesis, which is the basis of so much of Marvel Comics< /a> books and films.
