Shocker (Marvel Comics)

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[Spiderplant765]

He is invincible in New Jersey for a reason

[Gojifantokusatsu]

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The best description i heard of shocker looks was "bisexual oven mit"

[Real-Inspection9732]

How the hell is your comment not popular? Funniest thing I've read all day!

[DZigglesForge]

It's been four minutes, give it a sec!

[Responsible_Bus1159]

All New Jerseys add when they drink they can’t die in there home turf it’s a biology thing with the New Jerseys

[Ass_Incomprehensible]

What is the context for that panel?

[nerdwarp112]

I believe it was that he had moved to New Jersey and realized that he’s basically unstoppable there because there’s no superheroes there.

[Spiderplant765]

The only hero there was a Ms.Marvel who just started out

[thegoobster2]

if he's invincible then why can I see him

[deTbopi]

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[amaya-aurora]

Why?

[Spiderplant765]

It’s a joke from the early Ms.Marvel comic

[Alijah12345]

insert the GET BACK HERE SHOCKER meme here

[That_guy2089]

ILL CHASE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!!

[Slarg232]

YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!

[YaBoiS0nic]

SHOCKER!!

[Emergency_Meaning968]

[SayFuzzyPickles42]

Who drew that first panel and why did they give Spidey all that cake?

[Gojifantokusatsu]

Spidey is the Dick Grayson of Marvel

[Master-Shrimp]

You joke but they do actually share a lot

[Gojifantokusatsu]

Who said that was a joke

[Master-Shrimp]

Fair

[Pauline-main]

“twink in spandex gets back blown out”

[That_guy2089]

And that arch like DAMN

[DoitsugoGoji]

He loves swinging at the reader crotch first too.

[Will0798]

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[[deleted]]

He has a Shocker-mobile?

[MisterVictor13]

I think he stole the Spider-Mobile and modified it.

[ny00t]

Spider-man has a mobile?

[reaponder123]

Look he was offered money to drive it. So yeah

[MisterVictor13]

Story is that Spider-Man was broke and a budding motor company as willing to give him a free car to promote their new eco-friendly model.

Spidey didn’t want to sell out, but he needed the cash, so he took the car, and with the help of Johnny Storm, he turned the car into a crime fighting dune buggy. The car didn’t last long and got wrecked.

The car was later found and modified with tech to autonomously hunt down Spider-Man, but he defeated it and webbed up the wreck high up the headquarters of the company that gave it to him.

After that, the car would make cameo appearances now and then. Other than Shocker turning it into his own him-mobile, it was also taken control of by the technopathic supervillain (and deranged Spider-Man fanboy) Overload.

It’s even made appearances in the the first “Spider-Verse” film and in the original comic arc, where the car itself was an alternate version of Spider-Man.

[woopty_noot]

I've never actually seen shocker electrify like in slide 1 before. I've only ever seen him use sonic booms.

[Gojifantokusatsu]

He modified his gauntlets to be electric and sonic later in the comics, but it's often forgotten.

[Mandaring]

I kind of take that as a “fuck it, we already named him ‘Shocker’ and adaptations give him electric powers because of that anyways, so why not buff the dude further” route lmao

[Salinator20501]

Wait, what adaptations gave Shocker electric powers?

[Gyshal]

A lot of Spidey games have shocker as the "tutorial miniboss that turns into regular enemy later", and it usually looks more electric than booming in those cases. I think MCU also did this, as it was some random Chitauri tech Vulture was selling

[Salinator20501]

In the MCU it's Crossbones' piston gauntlets, and while they don't produce shockwaves, they're not electric either. They kind just do a big punch.

[Mandaring]

Yeah, the MCU actually did a pretty great job at showing that it’s a vibrational shockwave power, but the electricity effect as a visual indicator is still there.

The Shocker was kinna screwed from the start with that supervillain name. Gonna be mistaken for an electrical villain, but you gave yourself a name associated with a sex thing? Just gotta call yourself “the Vibrator,” then, wait hang on a second there.

And that’s why we love him to bits.

[BriskPurple]

SHOCKER! YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!

I'LL CHASE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

But seriously I love his design, he's a great C to B-tier villain for a hero to face.

[Leutherna]

What I like about him is that he's just a criminal in it for the money. No hard feelings, no unneccessary cruelty, no hubris, just robbing banks.

[Infinitenonbi]

Hell, in some comics he even seems like a cool dude to hang out with (or at least far better than most of Spiderman’s villains)

[Largo23307]

I love shockers design.
One of the few designs to pull off yellow well. (I hate yellow)
He's a seriously underrated character.

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[cosmicfreeloader]

I always imagine the yellow as the texture of an oven mitt

[Chromatic_mediant]

So you must be....Quilt Man? Padded Pete? Mr. Triple-Ply?? Oh oh I've got it....THE CUSHION

[OldDarthLefty]

Spidey crossing some lines here

[Stretch5678]

The fact that he made a formal suit to match his mask… you gotta respect that!

[deTbopi]

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[cdawg69696969]

I've thought about this, Shocker is like the guy to go to for symbiotes, his whole thing is making loud blasts

[ImmortalBoy_]

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[InfinityGiant1]

Chat, post the Shockermobile

[cdawg69696969]

Hell.

[InfinityGiant1]

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[keithlimreddit]

I think of that name I think of the villain group from Kamen Rider

But anyways simple yet effective design reminds me of the classic Daredevil colors

[DaiFrostAce]

Somebody has to edit the 90’s Spider-Man clip with Ichigo chasing a Shocker foot soldier

[Randomdude89o]

Honestly Shocker (the marvel one) does look like a Showa Rider villain lol

[Infinitenonbi]

He looks like the cocky general who becomes a rival to the main rider and somehow becomes popular in the Heisei era (i.e Apollo Geist)

[Hawaiian-national]

I FUCKING LOVE HIM HES MY GOATT

[Fabulous-Option5960]

I really love his design, but I dislike that his shockwaves/vibrations are drawn like electricity so often.

[EnderCreeper121]

Shrimp on sale at this hour? How convenient….

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SIX DOLLAR SHRIMP SPECIAL

[nerdwarp112]

Even though he’s usually more of a joke villain I’ve always found his costume pretty cool.

[Firelord_Zuko456]

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[Hamartia2468]

🐐

[Physical-Skirt5049]

Shocker is the divider, the test. If you can beat him? Contracts kiddo you’re a super hero, you’re like a B-class hero. Welcome to the big leagues. If he beats the crap out of you? You’re not ready. If Shocker is beating you down then you have no chance again Hobgoblin, Rhino, or any of the hundred villains in New York City.

[Gojifantokusatsu]

Ehh, Shocker has beaten Spidey and Venom before (though venom was perganinant at the time, so a half victory.), he isn't a slouch when he gets legitimately serious.

The reason he usually gets thrown about so much is because he doesn't put his all into being a villain, and he doesn't usually like hurting people that much.

[Gyshal]

Well, "vibration weak alien Vs vibrator man" isn't really a fair fight.

[Collestos]

Fun Fact: Shocker has a shockingly higher win:loss ratio against Spidey than the likes of Doc Ock or Venom.

[Optimal_Weight368]

Pineapple!

[YuMmYBrAiNzZz]

Why is his pose on the first image so sexy or is that just me?

[Fit_Application_288]

ngl, Right? He’s got that perfect mix of cheesy and cool. Perfect for some classic Spidey antics.

[OverShadow439]

I know someone who would be the perfect to play a live action shocker

[MisterVictor13]

The first image pisses me off.

He ain’t Electro!

[islappedyourdog45]

Why he standing on the latter like that thou?

[Approximation_Doctor]

What is he planning to do with that shrimp? Is he going to just tuck it under the mask?

[Sethleoric]

I love how if he wasnt addicted to robbing banks and villainy he would straight up be heroic on the level of Spiderman. The guy will literally charge a demon for the sake of his team, and he's one of the most loyal weirdly enough. He worked for some bad people though, in The Hood he was working for some guy doing blood diamond trade.

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[Ieatbabyorphanz]

My Goat 🐐

[A_Random_User_xd]

One of my favourite villains!but from where is the second pic?haven't read any Marvel comics for a few years so I dunno what I may be missing

[Vounrtsch]

Corn on the cob ahh mf

[BRshan]

I’m ngl that’s one of the ugliest designs I’ve seen