Red Skull won't hit stores until July, but Marvel Comics is already teasing David Aja's stark, Nazi-themed covers for the limited series.
The five issues of Red Skull, whose covers are previewed in the gallery above, will chronicle the rise of Nazi supersoldier Johann Schmidt before his clash with Captain America. The story, written by X-Men: Magneto Testament scribe Greg Pak, follows Schmidt from starving orphan to soldier trained on a Hitler-designed regimen.
"Due to the nature of the story, I wanted to portray the historical aspects on the covers," Aja said in a press release. "In doing so, I approached the covers as if they were real posters, newspapers and Nazi propaganda from that time, kind of in a documentary style."
"We knew David would invest the thoughtfulness and deliberation to capture the complex and difficult ideas of this story," series editor Alejandro Arbona added. "In short, his covers say, 'This is what we're doomed to watch Johann become,' and his imagery – war, conquest, cruelty, a great evil – springs from the same tragic well."
The series, which also features art from Mirko Colak (Secret Warriors), will be in stores July 6. It'll come just in time for the release of the Captain America: The First Avenger movie, which hits theaters July 22 and stars Hugo Weaving as Red Skull and Chris Evans as the eponymous lead.
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