"WARRIOR RED SKULL"
Earth-51948

Real Name: Unrevealed (possibly Johann Shmidt - see comments)

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-51948) human mutate (presumably - see comments)

Occupation: Would-be conqueror

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: "Captain Red Skull" of Earth-63137, "Carnage Red Skull" of Earth-31911, "Holocaust Red Skull" of Earth-82197, numerous other Red Skull counterparts

Enemies:
    Earth-818 natives: Ant-Man (Tony Stark), Infinity Thing (Ben Grimm), Moon Knight (Mariama Spector), Shellhead the Iron Ant, Vision, Wonder Man (Simon Williams);
    Earth-14412 natives: Atli, Ellisiv, Frigg

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Presumably Earth-51948

First Appearance: Avengers Forever II#3 (May, 2022)

Powers/Abilities: The "Warrior Red Skull" appears to have hooves for feet and carries a sword charged with some sort of energy, possibly magic. He also wears armor over his left arm that provides enhanced durability for that arm.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'0")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 189 lbs.)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: None

History:
(Avengers Forever II#3) - Following the defeat of Earth-21798's Black Skull on Earth-818, "Warrior Red Skull" and several other Skull counterparts emerged from portals created by the Black Skull's machine that had torn into the Multiversal Superflow. After emerging from a portal, "Warrior Red Skull" stood with sword drawn as a Black Skull counterpart proclaimed to Earth-818 heroes Moon Knight and Vision that if one Skull fell, a thousand more would take his place.

(Avengers Forever II#4) - Earth-818's Ant-Man and his allies came to Moon Knight and Vision's defense and the Skull counterparts announced their plans to assume control of Earth-818 in the Black Skull's absence. "Warrior Red Skull" then joined the other Skull counterparts in attacking Ant-Man and his allies, prompting Earth-818's Moon Knight to suggest the heroes close the portals to the Superflow as more Skull counterparts arrived.

Comments: Created by Jason Aaron, Aaron Kuder, Cam Smith and Scott Hanna.

   This counterpart of the Red Skull appeared to be the bearer of the Soulsword, given that his sword was charged with white energy, his hooved feet and partial armor. His armor appeared barbarian-like, hence the title of this profile: "Warrior Red Skull."

    While the Marvel Database website lists this Skull counterpart's real name as Johann Shmidt, we are not given any sort of inkling as to "Warrior Red Skull"'s real name. It could easily be another person who, in their reality, had been transformed into a Red Skull counterpart or it could indeed be a counterpart of the Johann Shmidt Red Skull. We are also never told this character's origin so we don't know whether he's a mutated human, a mutant born with hooved feet, etc. etc.

    The "Warrior Red Skull" was never actually identified by name though it stands to reason that at least part of his codename would be Skull, as the symbiote-powered Hydra Red Skull counterpart mentioned that when one Skull fell, a thousand more would take his place.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-51948's "Warrior Red Skull" should be distinguished from:

• Black Skull (Johann Shmidt) of Earth-21798 - Multiversal Masters of Evil, ruler of wasteland Earth-818, defeated by Earth-616's Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)--Heroes Reborn II#1
• Black Skull (Johann Shmidt) of Earth-38590 - Multiversal Masters of Evil, successor of original Multiversal Master of Evil--Avengers Forever II#5
• "Captain Red Skull" of Earth-63137 - shield-slinging supervillain, battled Earth-818 heroes by traveling through Superflow--Avengers Forever II#3
• "Carnage Red Skull" of Earth-31911 - symbiote-bonded supervillain, battled Earth-818 heroes by traveling through Superflow--Avengers Forever II#3
  
• "Holocaust Red Skull" of Earth-82197 - armored, skull-faced supervillain, battled Earth-818 heroes by traveling through Superflow--Avengers Forever II#3
• Magik (Illyana Rasputin) - Soulsword-wielding demonchild / mutant with teleportational powers--X-Men I Giant-Size#1
  
• Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) - World War II-era Nazi terrorist, Captain America foe, survived into modern era & mind transferred into cloned body--Captain America Comics I#1
• Red Skull (George Maxon) - American industrialist, acted as Nazi agent, posed as true Red Skull--Captain America Comics I#1
• Red Skull - 1940s impersonator of George Maxon, Young Allies foe--Young Allies Comics I#1
  
• Red Skull - later 1940s impostor, Captain America (Jeff Mace) foe, fell to his death but tricked Mace into an afterlife duel by writing his name in the Fatal Book--Captain America Comics I#61
• Red Skull (Albert Malik) - Communist spy ring leader, adopted Red Skull identity, responsible for deaths of Richard & Mary Parker, executed by the Scourge of the Underworld--Young Men I#24
• or any other "Red" or "Skull" characters

Appearances:
Avengers Forever II#3 (May, 2022) - Jason Aaron (writer), Aaron Kuder (pencils), Cam Smith, Scott Hanna (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Avengers Forever II#4 (May, 2022) - Jason Aaron (writer), Jim Towe (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)

First posted: 10/22/2024
Last updated: 10/22/2024

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