1950s Communiust Red Skull (Albert Malik) - villain

First appearance: Young Men #24 (December 1953)

NOTE: The original company that would eventually become Marvel, Timely Comics, had started phasing out its superhero stories in the late 1940s.
With Young Men #24, published under the "Atlas Comics" brand, the company briefly brought back the Human Torch, Sub-Mariner, and Captain America in new stories.  And while the war with the Axis powers had ended years ago, the latest menace in the American public's mind was . . . Communism!








Also worth noting:  the "Steve Rogers" / "Captain America" and "Bucky" seen in the 1950s stories would later be retconned into William Burnside and Jack Monroe in
1972.


As for the 1950s Red Skull,

from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age (2004)