Shroud (Marvel)
The Shroud is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Maximillian Quincy Coleridge was a male human born as the son of Quincy III and Julia Rose. His father Quincy ran the family business of importing items from the Far East, something Max's grandfather Quincy Jr. and great-grandfather Quincy Sr. had done. Max was raised in the family estate, Coleridge House, which had been in business for over 100 years, and which contained the artifacts of nearly 200 years of exploring and acquiring. In front of a sign reading Coleridge Explorers & Importers, Est. 1813, Quincy gave Max a lecture about the family business. Quincy hoped Max would take over one day. (Spectacular Spider-Man Annual v1 #14)
He was only 10 years old when his parents were gunned down right before his eyes. (Super-Villain Team-Up v1 #7) Quincy and Julia were badly wounded where they were rushed home with Matt. Quincy had promised Matt they would both be okay, but he and Julia soon died from their wounds. Justin was there remembering how life had gone on after Max's grandfather Quincy Coleridge II had died. Max later came to attend the funeral for his parents. (Spectacular Spider-Man Annual v1 #14) This led to him deciding to dedicate his life to fighting crime. (Super-Villain Team-Up v1 #7) The family attorney, Justin Meagher, took over Max's upbringing. Justin pressured Max to do well in his studies so that he could one day run the family business from the same chair in the same study that his father and ancestors had always used to do, but Max felt intimidated by the chair and what it represented. (Spectacular Spider-Man Annual v1 #14)
As he grew up, Max became an expert in criminology as well as a master scientist, and he trained his body to peak athletic perfection. As he watched the world fill with super-heroes, Max grew determined to become the same. He received a Bachelor of Science in Law at college. Upon graduation from college, he joined the mysterious temple called the Cult of Kali, where he studied various styles of martial arts. After seven years of intense training, he graduated from that temple. During the celebration ceremony, he was branded with the 'Kiss of Kali' that was a red-hot iron. Following a period of intense pain and hospitalization, he realized that his eyesight had been replaced by a mystic extrasensory perception. Traveling back to the United States, he adopted the masked identity of the Shroud. (Super-Villain Team-Up v1 #7)
As the Shroud, he encountered the Human Torch when he spied on the superhero. (Super-Villain Team-Up v1 #5)
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Notes
- The Shroud was created by Steve Englehart and Herb Trimpe where he made his first appearance in Super-Villain Team-Up v1 #5 (April, 1976).
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Appearances
- Super-Villain Team-Up v1: (1976)
- Shroud v1: (1994)
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