Origin
Johan Richter was a Nazi-pilot during the Second World War. While in combat against to Allied airplanes, Richter entered a portal in the sky and crash-landed in the Savage Land. Staying there for a number of months, he eventually found a hidden city, commanded by the evil Kulan Gath. Kulan Gath ordered Johan to bow to him and swear his allegiance. When Johan bowed, Gath reached into his mind and saw the horrors of Word War Two. As such, Kulan Gath believed he had found a new student. Now, as Gath’s only surviving protégé, he is the Priest of Sickles.
Creation
Sickle Priest was created by Gerry Duggan and Mike Deadator Jr. and first appeared in Savage Avengers #1 (2019).
Major Story Arcs
Savage Avengers
Over the years of Johan’s prologned life, he became known as the Sickle Priest and did the bidding of his master. He became part of a masterplan of Kulan Gath to draw dangerous heroes to the Savage Land in order for their blood to be spilled an thus summoning an ancient evil.