Another SINISTER SIX Villain Joins THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Movie Universe

By Nick Dourian on Monday, December 30th, 2013

Sweet fanboy jesus. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is quickly transforming into the Golden Corral buffet of superhero movies. Mean old people included for no extra charge. Just like the real life Sinister Six.

Thanks to the latest bit of viral marketing from Marc Webb’s THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, we’ve been gifted some more villainous news. Herman Schultz, who long time comic fans will remember as the yellow, insulated baddie Shocker, is officially member to The Amazing Spider-Man universe. Mentioned briefly in Sony’s The Daily Bugle tumblr (really trying to capture the 13 year old meme-addicted youth, are we?), Shocker could potentially play a huge role in the Spidey movieverse. Or not. Compared to Electro, Shocker’s vibrational powers are really sorta lame. And he lends himself to easily to sexual jokes. You know, because of the whole shaking appendages thing.

But back to the point…

Here’s the full passage from The Daily Bugle:

A shocking Midtown bank robbery was foiled yesterday by Spider-Man. New York’s superhuman vigilante caught the mechanically augmented robber, suspected in two previous bank heists, as he fled the scene with the stolen loot.

Police arrived on the scene as Spider-Man finished webbing up the suspect, who was arrested and later identified as disgruntled engineer, Herman Schultz. Schultz created wrist-gauntlets that are capable of emitting a vibratory wave of pressure that proved capable of tearing apart a four-foot thick steel vault.

NYPD Special Crimes Unit Detective Stan Carter stated that Schultz had officially been remanded into custody and is being held at the Ravencroft Institute pending his preliminary hearing. When asked how a “disgruntled engineer” could create such dangerous weapons, Carter said, “Shocking, right? All that genius but no escape plan.”

You may have noticed mention of Sin-Eater, as well. While I’ve never been a massive fan of the villain, he’s well known for transforming Spider-Man’s comic into a grittier pastiche of itself in the 80’s with “The Death of Jean DeWolff” story arc.

As for Shocker, he’s an auxiliary member of The Sinister Six, and with a recently announced SS movie fresh on everyone’s mind, I wonder if that little hand jockey will weasel his way into the spotlight.

BTW, check out this awesome pic of Shocker bawling out to some Ibrahim Ferrer.

Little known fact: most of Spider-Man villains share a love for Afro-Cuban music.