PROFILE

• Real Name: Herman Schultz
• AKA: Quilty
• Family: unnamed ex-wife; Marty Schultz (brother);
• Base of Operation: New York City, New York
• Identity: Public
• Citizenship: American
• Martial Status: Divorced
• Occupation: Crime Lord, assassin, criminal
• Education: High school dropout, Trained electrical engineer
• Gender: Male
• Height: 5′9″ (1.75 m)
• Weight: 175 lbs (79.38 kg)
• Eyes: Brown
• Hair: Brown
• Unusual Features: –
• Origin: Human; 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 advanced his already criminal ways to a new plateau.
• Universe: Marvel Prime Universe (Earth-616)

It’s ironic that the last time that Shocker was generally scary is when he teamed up with the Trapster. Introduced in Amazing Spider-Man #46 (1967) by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., Herman Schultz was a bumbling burglar who was eventually arrested and sent to prison. In the prison workshop, he designed his gauntlets and insulated suit. He was eventually released and would become the Shocker, beating Spider-man in their first encounter (Spidey had a broken arm). He would continue his crime and be hired by mob bosses like Silvermaine but would be beaten by Spider-man each time.

He would join the Masters Of Evil twice, first to incriminate Henry Pym and later under Doc Ock to tried and take over the Avengers Mansion. He later joined the Sinister Seven in a effort to hunt down Kaine, who was killing many of Spider-man’s villains. He would later be hired by Norman Osborn to kill a witness to Osborn’s framing of Spider-man, where he would team-up with the Trapster. Both would receive power ups and nearly succeeded until they were paid off to stop. After teaming up with Hydro Man and later working under Lucia von Bardas, he would join the Thunderbolts.

After a short lived Sinister Six during the Civil War, he would help reform the Sinister Syndicate. He was later hired to killed a bunch of jurors but was stopped by Spider-man. He was later mutated during the Spider-Island event where he gained 6 arms. He was hired by Purple Man to create the Villains for Hire but that team was stopped by Misty Knight and Paladin. After Doc Ock took over Spider-man’s body as Superior Spider-man, he joined a new Sinister Six (or the Superior Foes of Spider-man) but he was betrayed by Boomerang and left for dead when they tried to find Silvermaine’s lost living head. He found the head and used it to take over the Mafia but as immediately kicked out. He would go onto join Black Cat’s gang but betray the gang when Black Cat kidnapped Diamondback, who he was friends with. Afterward he would help set up a new bar with 8-Ball and Javelynn just for criminals.

Despite him becoming the punching bag of Spider-man (mostly due to how he is portrayed in the Ultimate Universe), Shocker is a pretty well known villain. He has received a few figures over the years. His first ML scale figure was part of the Amazing Spider-man line, with a vibrating action feature. He would later receive a new figure as part of the Sandman wave and later in the second retro Spider-man wave.