Herman Schultz/Shocker (1994-1998)

History
Herman Schultz was an assassin for hire who frequently worked for the Kingpin.

When it was revealed Eddie Brock falsely accused Spider-Man of stealing Prometheum X, the Kingpin ordered Shocker to eliminate Brock so that he wouldn't release anymore information. When Shocker was about to kill Brock, Spider-Man arrived, wearing his black symbiote costume, and fought Shocker. Shocker then fled and Spider-Man followed him to his hideout where he managed to steal the Prometheum X from the villains. Kingpin later ordered Shocker to kidnap John Jameson and hold him for ransom for the Prometheum X. Meeting in a church, John was handed over before Shocker and Spider-Man fought again. The fight took them to the top of the church's bell tower where Spider-Man almost gave in to the symbiote's urges and almost killed Shocker. Spider-Man later removed the symbiote from himself.

Shocker and Rhino later teamed up to defeat Spider-Man but both were easily defeated by Venom.

Shocker was then sent to prison but escaped in a jailbreak organised by the Kingpin and joined the Insidious Six. Together, the group almost eliminated Spider-Man but they failed and later disbanded.

Shocker was hired by the Kingpin again and worked with Herbert Landon to kidnap Morbius which the pair succeeded in doing until they were attacked by Spider-Man and the Black Cat and Morbius escaped.

Shocker later joined the Insidious Six again and the team was tasked with acquiring the Doomsday device, made by the Johann Schmidt/Red Skull during World War Two. However the team failed in their objective after being defeated and trapped by the Red Skull.

Basic Facts

 * Real Name: Herman Schultz
 * Base of Operations: New York
 * Occupation: Assassin for Hire, Criminal
 * Eyes: Brown
 * Hair: Unknown
 * First Appearance: The Alien Costume Saga Part 2
 * Last Appearance: Six Forgotten Warriors Part 5: The Price of Heroism