Gorgon (Wolverine)
Gorgon is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Tomi Shishido was a Japanese man born in Japan who said his first words at two weeks of age. He was walking at three months old and was reading as well as writing by his first birthday. By age 4, he had established himself as one of the five best painters in modern Japan. On his sixth birthday, he had composed his first opera and attempted suicide for the second time. When he was 13 years old, he had devised a mathematical formula that proved without question the existence of God and had discovered that he was a Mutant. It was his Mutant power that led to the television networks to refer him as the Gorgon. During the next four years, he began to operate a Mutant death-cult by the name of Dawn of the White Light whereupon he subjected Japan to a series of relentless terrorist attacks. At age eighteen, he searched for something darker and sought out the Hand. (Wolverine v3 #26)
Wolverine
A plot was made to kidnap the son of Ichiro who was a cousin of the deceased Mariko Yashida where the boy was held for ransom. This drew the attention of Wolverine who came to Japan to save the boy where he beat a horde of armed men and ninja sent to stop him. However, he was ambushed by the Gorgon who badly injured Logan and revealed that the kidnapped boy had been killed where his remains were sent to pigs. (Wolverine v3 #20)
Grandmaster of the Hand
The broken fragments of the Gorgon were later gathered by Baron Strucker who took them to the island of Shikoku that was the site of the Second City of the Twilight Dawn and a resurrection temple of the Hand. He then massacred many of the temple's ninjas in order to force the Grandmaster to resurrect the casket containing Shishido. The power of the resurrection was so great that it cost the life of the Grandmaster with the Gorgon taking his position as the new leader of the Hand. He was then inducted into the ranks of the re-formed Hydra High Council that looked to take over the world. (Secret Warriors v1 #2) During this time, he was approached by the Kraken who offered him the Godkiller sword. (Secret Warriors v1 #11)
Gorgon was later among various leaders of different organizations that rallied under Norman Osborn after he was freed from the Raft and headed the rogue H.A.M.M.E.R. organization. He was convinced to follow Osborn in uniting their respective forces to take over the world and removing the Avengers as their only opposition. Around this time, Norman was looking to establish a new team of Dark Avengers where he took the identity of Wolverine among them. (New Avengers v2 #18)
Grant Ward by this point was working for Gorgon in acquiring the Coulson Protocols to get tactics to defeat Earth's various heroes. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1 #5)
Madame Hydra Elisa Sinclair approached Gorgon where she offered him vengeance in exchange for him joining the ranks of the new High Council of Hydra. (Captain America: Steve Rogers v1 #14)
Back in Japan, he decided to make a move to forcibly take over Clan Yashida with the aid of the new Scarlet Samurai. This involved an attack on the corporate headquarters of the Yashida Corporation and attacking its leader Shingen Harada. Numerous Hand assassins were killed with ease by the Silver Samurai but they were a distraction to allow the Scarlet Samurai to strike Shingen from behind. (Old Man Logan v2 #31)
House of X
After the establishment of Krakoa, the living island was declared to be the new home of all Mutants on the Earth. This saw Professor X sending a telepathic message to all Mutants inviting them to the island with Gorgon being among those to hear the call. (Powers of X v1 #5) He came to accept the offer and made his way to the living island that was the new homeland of Mutantkind. (House of X v1 #5) Tomi came to hold a position as a Great Captain that served the Quiet Council of Krakoa. (House of X v1 #6) Gorgon was assigned by the Captain-Commander with the goal of protecting the Quiet Council during ventures off the island. This saw him going with the Council to a summit at the World Economic Forum that was being held in Switzerland. (X-Men v5 #4)
Tomi's turn in the tournament then came up where he was set to battle the White Sword of Arakko. The Swordbreaker dispatched warriors among his 100 champions to fight his foe and if the Gorgon beat them then he would fight his opponent. At first, Shishido dispatched a lone warrior but the White Sword started sending more and more in order to test Gorgon's skill where he managed to slay each of them until he was overwhelmed by their number. This left him with serious injuries and exhausted though he managed to nearly equalise the score in Krakoa's favour. It was then that the White Sword entered into the fight himself and he was impressed by the Gorgon's skill. He offered to resurrect him if he was slain by making him one of his champions. However, Tomi refused and wanted to die a warrior's death with the External complying and killing his opponent. (Cable v4 #6)
Despite his death, the Resurrection Protocols allowed him to be reborn back at Krakoa but something affected the process with his mind becoming more child-like as a result. Gorgon came to find himself taken to New York City through a gateway where Fabian Cortez used his powers to boost his telepathy causing Tomi to pick up all the stray thoughts from nearby humans. The excess information overloaded his mind and threatened to cause him to crack where he would take off his blindfold thus petrifying everyone in his sight. This was part of Cortez's retaliation against humans where he embarked on a scheme that would not lead to any personal breach of Krakoa's laws with all the blame being on Gorgon. Nightcrawler came to stop Cortez by making the human crowd laugh at his antics with this calming Gorgon thus stopping him from going out of control. (Way of X v1 #4)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Tomi Shishido was a tall Japanese male with long black hair who initially was shown wearing a red business suit and had sunglasses that he always wore outside. (Wolverine v3 #20) He eventually came to be known by the name of the Gorgon. (Wolverine v3 #20) Tomi came to be referred to as the Red Lord. (Secret Warriors v1 #22) He was also referred to as the Spear in the East. (Captain America: Steve Rogers v1 #14)
Powers and abilities
As a Mutant, he was noted for possessing class-2 superhuman strength and had incredible levels of speed where he could deliver fatal strikes silently. (Wolverine v3 #20)
His power was the ability to kill anyone who made eye contact with him. (Wolverine v3 #20) By looking at a person, he was able to turn people to stone which became the reason he was named the Gorgon. (Wolverine v3 #26)
Shishido was noted for being a ninja-master who was skilled in the use of a sword. (Wolverine v3 #20)
He once belonged to a brotherhood splinter group called the Dawn of the White Light. (Wolverine v3 #20)
Notes
- The Tomi Shishido Gorgon was created Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. where he made his first appearance in Wolverine v3 #20 (December, 2004).
In other media
Television
- In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Gorgon was mentioned in the animated television series in the episode "Widow's Sting" where he ran the Yashida Clan and was contacted by Viper about making an alliance with Hydra.
Video games
- In Marvel Heroes, the Gorgon appeared as an antagonist in the MMORPG where he was voiced by Crispin Freeman. He was shown as being the leader of the Hand.
- In Marvel: War of Heroes, the Gorgon appeared as a playable card in the video game.
- In Marvel Puzzle Quest, the Gorgon appeared as a non-playable boss character in the setting of the video game.
Appearances
- Wolverine v3: (2004)
- Secret Warriors v1:
- New Avengers v2:
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. v1:
- All-New Wolverine v1:
- Captain America: Steve Rogers v1:
- Old Man Logan:
- Power of X v1:
- House of X v1:
- X-Men v5:
- Cable v4: (2020)
- Way of X v1: (2021)
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