Herman
Schultz is 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
him a significant advantage over the New York police.
During his first outing as the self-styled "Shocker"
he ran into and defeated Spider-Man (Peter Parker),
who became Schultz's nemesis.
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 has been a member of the Masters Of Evil and
has fought Spider-Man many times. He has proved to
be one of Spider-Man's more difficult opponents. The
Shocker, being very masterful in his equipment, makes
changes accordingly to defeat his enemies.
The
Shocker has severe confidence problems but came back
to his original cocky, arrogant self, recently. He
once had Spider-Man completely at his mercy but let
him go. The Shocker's brief period of shakey confidence
appears to be a thing of the past.
Powers
None
Abilities
The Shocker is a gifted, and apparently self-taught,
engineer who built his battle suit from scratch in
a prison workshop.
Weapons
The vibro-shock units, once only built into a sheath
that Schultz wore over his hands but currently built
into his entire uniform, use high-pressure air blasts
to cause powerful vibrations.
Paraphernalia
The heavily-cushioned battle-suit is made to absorb
the potentially-lethal vibrations generated by the
Shocker's vibro-shock units. It can shake off Spider-Man's
webbing.
