Klaw (Marvel)
Klaw is a male comic supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Ulysses Klaw
In adulthood, Ulysses became a physicist working in the field of applied sonics at the Technical University at Delft. He designed a sound transducer able to convert sound waves into physical mass, but the theoretical element necessary to make his device work was Vibranium, a substance known to exist only in certain meteoric deposits in the small African nation of Wakanda. Desperate for a sample, Klaw organized a group of mercenaries to help him seize the element from the Wakandans, and bought intel on how to access Wakanda from Hydra. After the Wakandan king and bearer of the royal mantle of the Black Panther, T'Chaka, refused to yield any of the metal from the sacred mound, Klaw and his mercenaries opened fire. When Klaw's sonic weapons overpowered T'Chaka, the young prince T'Challa ran to his father's aid. Klaw prepared to kill T'Challa, but T'Chaka shielded the boy with his body, and lost his life. Klaw was disarmed by Wakandan warrior Zuri, who pierced Ulysses' right arm with a spear, and the orphan prince used Klaw's own sonic blaster to shatter his right hand, prompting him to call his troops to retreat. (Rise of the Black Panther v1 #1)
Klaw began to realize that his sonic powers had been waning over the years and undertook an elaborate scheme to manipulate a youth gang into restoring him to full power. Klaw had the local Thunderbolts Gang accost him and take his powerful Sonic Horn. The Black Panther tried to stop the threat but a gang member used the horn to blast him. The Panther retrieved the comatose Klaw and took him to Avengers Mansion and stored him with his team mates in a protective stasis. The Panther then pursued the gang but they used the sonic weapon to create a creature of sound, a winged elephant with deadly claws. (Black Panther v1 #14) Captain America and Black Panther managed to defeat the winged elephant sound construct and rushed to the docks fearing Klaw had a plan to escape his suspended state. At the docks Beast and Vision are attempted to ship Klaw's body to Wakanda when the Thunderbolts show up with Klaw's sonic-horn. They made a construct of a rhino and lion to keep the Avengers at bay while they blast Klaw with his horn to revive him. Revived and stronger than ever Klaw battled Vision behind a sound dome the other Avengers couldn't penetrate. Suddenly N'Yaga and Taku showed up in a limo with the Panther's vibranium claws which dampen sound waves and would allow him to fight Klaw one on one. Black Panther ripped through the dome, and finding Vision defeated, attacked Klaw. The dock was blasted in the melee, dropping Klaw and Black Panther underwater. The Panther managed to blast Klaw with his own horn, causing his body to dissipate. (Black Panther v1 #15)
Klaw's prosthetic device was recovered and taken to Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S., a government energy research facility, for analysis and safekeeping. When Solarr, another ward of the Project, was inadvertently freed from his containment cell, he sought an ally to help him escape from the heavily-fortified facility. Finding Klaw's hand-blaster, Solarr thought that the Project was responsible for killing him and threw the device angrily against the wall. The sonic vibrations of the impact provided the necessary energy for Klaw, whose mental essence had found refuge inside the prosthetic device, to reconstitute his solid sound body. The two criminals' attempt to escape was thwarted, however, and Klaw collapsed back into his sonic device. Project scientists soon revived him again in order to study him. Weeks later, when the mutant Dazzler was at Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. to have her sound-transducing powers tested, Klaw tricked the mutant into helping him escape confinement. Realizing her mistake, the Dazzler used her body's sound absorbing abilities to siphon Klaw's energies totally into herself. Klaw's mental essence, rendered unconscious, was also transferred to the Dazzler. When the Dazzler expended the vast quantity of energy that is Klaw while aboard the starship of the world devourer Galactus, the advanced alien circuitry of Galactus' craft absorbed it and Klaw's mental essence. (Dazzler v1 #9)
After the Intelligencia's defeat, Klaw was one of the many members of the organization who fled to begin a new base of operations. He along with the Mad Thinker both journeyed to Switzerland after Klaw wanted his powers removed. The Thinker had created the android Byte to contain the power but the laboratory was attacked by the She-Hulk and Lyra who caused an avalanche at the site when the damage they caused resulted in Klaw's power going out of control. (She-Hulks v1 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
He later improved the process of focusing pure sonic energy by using additional Vibranium in his sonic claw allowing him to craft ferocious animals that he called Sonimals. These beasts were derived from his thoughts but if he was in tortured pain then it could spawn monstrous creatures with them being independent from his thoughts. (Fantastic Four Unlimited v1 #1)
Notes
- Klaw was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance as Ulysses Klaw in Fantastic Four v1 #53 (August, 1966) whereupon he debuted as Klaw in Fantastic Four v1 #56 (November, 1966).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, Klaw had a non-voiced role in the setting of the animated television series.
- In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Ulysses Klaw appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Mark Hamill.
- In Ultimate Spider-Man, Klaw appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Matt Lanter.
Films
- In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Klaw made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting:
- In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ulysses Klaue appeared in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Andy Serkis.
- In Black Panther, Ulysses Klaue returned in the live-action film where he was once again portrayed by actor Andy Serkis.
Video games
- In Marvel: Future Fight, Klaw appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.
- In Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, Klaw appeared as a boss level antagonist in the setting of the Nintendo Switch video game.
- In Marvel's Avengers, Klaw appeared as the final boss in the "War for Wakanda" DLC story expansion for the video game where he was voiced by actor Steve Blum.
Appearances
- Fantastic Four v1: (1966)
- Black Panther v1:
- Fantastic Four Unlimited v1:
- Black Panther:
- She-Hulks v1:
- Superior Carnage v1:
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