"HOLOCAUST RED SKULL"
Earth-82197
Real Name: Unrevealed (possibly Johann Shmidt
- see comments)
Identity/Class: Alternate reality
(Earth-82197) 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, "Warrior Red Skull" of Earth-51948, 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-82197
First Appearance: Avengers Forever II#3 (May, 2022)
Powers/Abilities: "Holocaust Red Skull" wears
a large suit of armor that provides him with superhuman durability.
It is unclear if the "Holocaust
Red Skull" possesses any actual superhuman powers or if he is just a
human inside of a large suit of armor.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'3")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 250 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (see comments)
Hair: None
History:
(Avengers Forever II#3) - Following the defeat of Earth-21798's Black
Skull on Earth-818, "Holocaust Red Skull" and several other Skull
counterparts emerged from portals created by the Black Skull's machine
that had torn into the Multiversal Superflow. Standing at the side of
the other Skull counterparts, "Holocaust Red Skull" watched 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. When Reality-14412 sisters Atli, Ellisiv and
Frigg emerged from one the portals, a massive fight ensued with
"Holocaust Red Skull" aiding the other Skull counterparts against the
assembled heroes until Earth-616's Ghost Rider arrived and used the
Black Skull's former symbiote to pull the Skull counterparts back
through the Superflow portals, effectively banishing them from
Earth-818.
Comments: Created by Jason Aaron, Aaron Kuder, Cam Smith and Scott Hanna.
This counterpart of the Red Skull
appeared to be in some sort of containment suit, not unlike the
Earth-295 mutant Holocaust, hence the title of this profile, "Holocaust
Red Skull."
"Holocaust Red Skull"'s eye color was impossible to determine, as he was only ever seen inside his suit of armor which lit his face with a yellow light at all times.
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 "Holocaust 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 be a counterpart of the mutant Holocaust himself or any other number of possibilities including the Database's possibility of it being a Johann Shmidt counterpart. On this note, we also are never told this character's origin so we do not know if the character is a mutated human, a mutant born with powers, a normal human inside a big suit of armor, etc. etc.
The "Holocaust 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-82197's "Holocaust Red Skull" should be
distinguished from:
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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