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When ego - taught engineer and career felon Herman Schultz wanted an edge over his competition , he created powerful vibro - shock gauntlet and a protective suit to go with his new alias , the Shocker . Despite being one ofSpider - Man ’s least powerful fall back scoundrel , Shocker is a successful heister in the Marvel Universe , but over in the Ultimate Universe he was one of the most successful running joke in comics .
First appear inUltimate Spider - Man # 8 , this version of the Shocker was bring in attempting to foray into a money conveyance . Rather thanthe padded suit Shocker wearsin the mainstream Marvel Universe , he sported a purple trench coat , protective goggles and a pair of potent vibro - shock gauntlet - a weapon which prompts Peter to ask whether this raw villain goes by " The Vibrator . " It was a small altercation for Spider - Man , but it set the tone for all of Shocker ’s succeeding appearances .
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Shocker afterwards reappear inUltimate Spider - Man # 35where his attempted bank looting and dead end with the constabulary was stopped by Spidey wearing the Venom symbiote . Peter not only remembered Herman but also shrug off the effects of his jolt gantlet thanks to his new costume before knocking him unconscious with a single gripe . His next two appearing inUltimate Spider - Man # 67andUltimate Spider - Man Annual # 1saw Woody Herman up to his old tricks but had Spider - Man receive assistance from other Marvel hero . The first had Herman knock out by Wolverine - who had switch body with Spider - Man - and the second had Herman ’s robbery interrupt a first appointment betweenPeter and hug drug - Man Kitty Pryde , who was able to short out Shocker ’s weapons with small drive . InUltimate Spider - Man Annual # 2 , during his in style licking of the Shocker , Peter inquires why he is n’t in jail , and a crying Herman is dropped off with the police after a lawyer explains to Spider - Man that he ca n’t just leave criminals to be found . InUltimate Spider Man # 112 , Shocker is being chased by the police after pull off another robbery but he and his confederate are kill and enchant yet again .
It is n’t untilUltimate Spider - Man # 122that theShocker is able to accomplish his first victoryagainst Spider - Man . hide out a vibro - shock social unit in his belted ammunition buckle , Shocker is capable to incapacitate and abduct Peter . Taking him to an abandoned storage warehouse to torment , Herman reveals that he was once an MIT graduate who do work at Roxxon Industries plan weapons . He decided to get what he deserved after being fired by a company who had cheated him out of his employment and remuneration . The once - Einstein inventor lets his rage get the in force of him and Peter is able to get free and strike hard him out yet again , but it ’s only now - after more than 120 issues - that he ultimately sees the Shocker as a blemished , injured human rather than a joke .
It ’s a brilliant recollective - terminus move on the part of writer Brian Michael Bendis , who until this point only usedShocker ’s appearances as funny beats in large storey . Having taught the consultation to see Herman as a harmless gag , the baddie is given both incredible humanityanda truly barbarous edge by this individual issue , which engages with the themes of adulthood , corruption , and optimism that characterized Bendis ' long consort onUltimate Spider - Man .
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