The Shocker (Herman Schultz) is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #46 (March, 1967) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Romita, Sr.
Herman Schultz was born in New York City. He was a high school dropout who had brilliant talents as both an inventor and an engineer. Instead of using such talents to gain legitimate employ...
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The Shocker (Herman Schultz) is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #46 (March, 1967) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Romita, Sr.
Herman Schultz was born in New York City. He was a high school dropout who had brilliant talents as both an inventor and an engineer. Instead of using such talents to gain legitimate employment, he became a successful burglar and (according to him in later stories) the world's best safe-cracker. After finally being caught and incarcerated for his crimes, he developed a pair of gauntlets designed to shoot air blasts, vibrating at high frequency.
Schultz uses his gauntlets to escape from prison and becomes the supervillain known as "The Shocker". He defeats Spider-Man in their first confrontation (Spider-Man was at a disadvantage due to having a bad sprain in his left arm from his earlier battle with the Lizard) during a robbery....
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