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Herman Schultz (Earth-616)

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Former member of the Masters of Evil, Sinister Six, Sinister Seven, ally of Chameleon, Hammerhead, Trapster, and Hydro-Man.

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Assassin, criminal

Education
High school dropout

Origin
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As an unsuccessful burglar, Herman Schultz, with a gifted skill working with tools, developed, in prison, what was to become the infamous vibro-shock units that has advanced his already criminal ways to a new high!

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Herman Schultz was a career criminal who, after several prison terms for robbery, built a battle suit that sent out shock waves to quickly open safes as well as give himself a one-up on the authorities. The Shocker had the ability to shock his enemies with his hand held vibro-shock units, but because the vibrations were so fierce, he wore a heavily insulted suit. During his first outing as the self-styled "Shocker" he ran into and defeated Spider-Man, who became Schultz's nemesis.

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The Shocker
The Shocker

Schultz was usually involved in theft or extortion; a typical day in the life of the Shocker would find him knocking over armored cars or trying to hawk items he previously stole. On one particularly ambitious day, the Shocker held New York City for ransom when he blacked out portions of the city to spell out his criminal moniker, then threatened to black out the entire city unless he was paid 1 million dollars. On another he terrified a stockbroker into playing the market, for substantial monetary gain.

The Shocker became a member of the Masters of Evil and fought Spider-Man many times. He proved himself to be one of Spider-Man's more difficult opponents. It was rumored that the Shocker was about to update his equipment, which might make him an even more formidable Spidey opponent.

The Shocker has had severe confidence problems in the past but he later appeared to be back to his original cocky, arrogant self. The Shocker's brief period of shaky confidence appeared to be a thing of the past when he recently had Spider-Man completely at his mercy but let him go.

He was last seen in a bar with other villains during Stilt-Man's wake where he and all the other villains inside were then poisoned and blown up by The Punisher. Weather he or any of the other villains have survived or not is unknown.


Powers and Abilities

Powers

No known powers.

Abilities

The Shocker is a gifted, and apparently self-taught, engineer who built his battle suit from scratch in a prison workshop.

Strength level

Human who engages in intensive regular exercise.

Weaknesses

None known


Paraphernalia

Equipment:
The Shocker has two vibro-shock units that, when activated by a thumb trigger, can project a concentrated blast of air that has been vibrated at an intense frequency. This allows the Shocker to both effectively throw long range vibrational punches, as well as vibrating the structure of something in order to weaken or destroy it. Holding the thumb triggers down for an extended period of time increases the intensity, speed, and even spread of the air blasts. The vibro-shock units were created to open safes by "shaking" them open silently and quickly. These blasts operate on five levels, Level 1 being enough to throw someone off balance, whereas Level 5 will vibrate someone's bones into jelly. Shocker also has a vibrational shield that deflects blows to him & allow him to slip from many a grasp. The feedback from the Shocker's gauntlets is extremely intense (the initial test almost killed him). To guard himself from this, Schultz developed a protective costume consisting largely of yellow quilt patches designed to absorb the shock. The vibro-shock units can add power to his punch via a trip-hammer vibration shock, making his blows a dozen times more potent than normal.

Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.


Notes


Trivia

  • Herman Schultz is not the only Marvel villain to use the name Shocker. Randall Darby from the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants/Mutant Force also used the name. Darby changed the name to Paralyzer at one point, perhaps merely to avoid confusion with the Shocker proper.
  • The Shocker has a surprisingly large fan base for such a low-level villain. Many fans love that he actually isn't a lunatic but a simple thief, who rather will go after the money than kill his enemy.

Appearances in Other Media

Video games

Toys

  • Shocker has twice been produced as an action figure by Toy Biz. He has also been produced as a six-inch mini-bust by Bowen Designs.


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