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| Real Name | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| Alternate Identity | Shocker | ||||||||||||
| Powers and Abilities | Shocker Suit: Powerful Electric Blasts | ||||||||||||
| Team Affiliations | Insidious Six | ||||||||||||
| Allies | Kingpin Alistair Smythe | ||||||||||||
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The man known only as Shocker is a mercenary supervillain. He often works for Kingpin and is a member of the Insidious Six.
Biography[]
Kingpin hired Shocker to deal with photographer Eddie Brock after he took images of Rhino stealing Prometheum X from the space shuttle. Shocker threatened the journalist until Spider-Man intervened. He later kidnapped John Jameson taking him to a church. There they awaited J. Jonah Jameson and Spider-Man to get the Prometheum X back. The exchange was made and Spider-Man attacked Shocker. Spider-Man crushed his gauntlets then almost pushed him off the bell tower to his death. Spider-Man stopped then lowered him safely.
He later joined Rhino in attacking Spider-Man. Together the two overpowered the hero, but were stopped by Venom.
He later joined the Insidious Six under the leadership of Kingpin along with Mysterio, Doctor Octopus, Scorpion, Rhino, and Chameleon. They kidnapped Kingpin's rival Silvermane but were stopped by Spider-Man. They eventually corned the hero in a warehouse and captured him. Upon discovering his identity, that of a young boy named Peter Parker, the team reasoned that he was simply protecting Spider-Man by pretending to be the hero. They forced Parker to take them to the real Spider-Man. Parker tried to escape but Shocker blasted him in the back off the roof. Spider-Man appeared and defeated them all. He threw Shocker into a nearby water tower where his suit overloaded and exploded forcing him to abandon it.
He was later hired to kidnap the vampire known as Michael Morbius.
He rejoined the Insidious Six to steal a doomsday weapon designed by World War II figure Red Skull. However, the team was betrayed by Chameleon, who was really Red Skull's adopted son. When freed, he and the team went their separate ways.
Powers and Abilities[]
- See also Shocker Suit.
Shocker has gauntlets that fire powerful blasts of electricity. Presumably, his suit is to protect himself.
The suit is not highly durable and can be damaged like regular clothing. It is also vulnerable to water. When it got wet while damaged, Shocker had to quickly abandon it before it exploded.
Background[]
Shocker was voiced by Jim Cummings.
For reasons unknown, he is the only significant villain to never have his real face shown. In fact, even when he loses his costume, he still wears the mask.
For reasons unknown, his powers were changed from sound based to electrical based.
In the Comics[]
His real name, unused in the series, is Herman Schultz.
He was a renowned safe cracker who after being arrested, spent his time in prison becoming a self-taught engineer and developing his vibro-shock weaponry and suit.
External Links[]
- Marvel
- Wikipedia
- Herman Schultz (Earth-92131) at Marvel Database
- Herman Schultz (Earth-616) at Marvel Database