Looking Back Now, I’m Almost Sure Avengers: Endgame’s Ending Doomed One Of Its Worst Villains To A Fate Worse Than Death

The finale of Avengers: Endgame likely dooms one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most abhorrent villains to a fate worse than death. The Red Skull, who is Captain America’s primary nemesis in both the comics and the MCU, unexpectedly returned seven years after his Captain America: The First Avenger debut in Avengers: Infinity War. After seemingly being disintegrated by the Tesseract (also the Space Stone in the MCU), Infinity War reveals that Johann Schmidt was actually transported to Vormir and cursed to guard the Soul Stone. With his megalomaniacal goals now impossible, Red Skull simply guides visitors to the Stone.