Shinobi Shaw

Shinobi Shaw is a male comic supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Shinobi Shaw was the male Mutant son of Sebastian Shaw. (X-Factor v1 #67)

During one such visit, he was introduced to another boy that was his age named Shinobi Shaw with the two becoming fast friends. In those years, Shinobi confessed to Warren that he was terrified of his own father Sebastian Shaw who regularly beat him up for being a weakling. Both Warren and Shinobi came to hate the Hellfire Club though for different reasons as Worthington did not like the elitism whilst Shaw hated it due to the beatings he received from his father. (X-Men v2 #29)

By adulthood, his latent Mutant powers had activated and provided him the ability to manipulate his density. He had written a letter to his father detailing this new development. Afterwards, he proceeded with his plan to topple his own father and had purchased Shaw Industries from him before confronting him at private mountain chalet in the Berner Alpen Range. An angry Sebastian Shaw took his anger out on his son and threatened to kill him until Shinobi reminded his father about his Mutant power. He used his density control to wound Sebastian and then detonated explosives in the building whilst shifting into a harder density form leaving him seemingly the only survivor of the destruction. (X-Factor v1 #67)

When the Mutant nation of Krakoa was established, the Black King Sebastian Shaw made a deal with Professor Xavier to have his son Shinobi restored to life through the resurrection protocols. This was in return for Shaw's support in managing the Hellfire Trading Company that was to aid the developing nation in distributing its pharmaceutical plants. Part of the resurrection process involved stripping Shinobi of the memory of his death. Upon his return, Shaw had intended for his son to take the position of Red King but he was thwarted by Emma Frost who instead placed Kitty Pryde as the leader of the Red faction. Thus, Sebastian had Shinobi take the position of Black Bishop and to use the Black faction's boat in securing their interests. (Marauders v1 #3)

Overview

Powers and abilities

He developed the Mutant power to control his own density allowing him a range of abilities. Among these included phasing through objects, induce massive coronary seizures, endure physical strikes such as from crowbars or increasing his to the point that he could survive an explosion. (X-Factor v1 #67)

Notes

• Shinobi Shaw was created by Chris Claremont, Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio where he made his first appearance in X-Factor v1 #67 (June, 1991).

In other media

Video games

• In Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, Shinobi Shaw appeared as a boss level antagonist in the 1994 platform video game. Lady Deathstrike claimed that Shinobi Shaw held the information that Wolverine had sought leading to him attacking the Hellfire Club to find Shaw.

Appearances

• X-Factor v1:
• Marauders v1:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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