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My fav genre of shocker is when he gets his ass kicked or left for dead 😭

Shocker isn’t the brightest lightbulb

Devil's Reign (2021) #1

I could not stop laughing at this

*Spidey and the Sinister Six having their usual fight*

Doc Ock, landing a hit: You’re getting slow Spider-Man! Age finally catching up to you?

Spider-Man: You wish! I haven’t even hit my 30s! From those costumes I can already tell I failed to save you guys from those midlife crises! Sorry by the way.

Vulture: Watch it wallcr- wait… Did you just say your not in your thirties yet?

Spider-Man: Surprised that this spiders so young and spry? Well-

Electro: Dude I’ve been fighting you for at least 5 fucking years! How old even are you?

Shocker, joking cause he’s the only one who picked up no grown adult acts likes Spidey: Don’t swear in-front of the boy you don’t want him to pick it up.

Rhino: Christ! You’re tellin me I almost crushed some 12-year-olds skull all those years ago?

Spider-Man, regretting his quipping: I was not that young! Like just starting freshman year but-

Sandman, horrified as he’s the only one with a kid and dad instincts(as of my iteration): I could’ve killed a kid…

Shocker, genuinely curious: Are you even old enough to drink? Cruel to kill a man who ain’t had his first drink yet.

Electro: Please tell us you’re at least over 25 as of this fight. Hell, I’ll take over 21!

Spider-Man:….

Sandman, realizing just how young he really is: Oh my god.

Spider-Man: My birthday’s coming up soon so I guess it counts?

Doc Ock, exacerbated: It. Does. Not!

Vulture: What would your mother think if she knew her son was out here risking his life telling poorly constructed jokes?

Spider-Man, offended cause it quips slap: 1. My jokes are great 2. She and my dad are dead so-

Sandman, hysterical cause holy shit he almost killed a kid orphan: OH MY GOD!

#LetShockerOpenHisCatSanctuary

It would certainly be a well defended one, if any regular muggers tried to rob it.

Ms. Marvel #35 - “The Ratio IV” (2018)

written by G. Willow Wilson art by Nico Leon & Ian Herring

The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #13

written by Nick Spencer art by Steve Lieber 

I relate alot to shocker he so real

So I’m pretty sure this is the most important page that has ever been written for Shocker, because it perfectly sums up how he sees the world. See, Shocker is a genius, a guy who built his own gauntlets and developed a suit that allowed him to use those gauntlets, but he lacks the flaw that many geniuses have. 

He’s not too smart for his own good. 

See, I think it comes down to Shocker being blue collar; in his original origin he was just a safe cracker who didn’t go to college after all. Basically, he’s smart enough to know that there are always bigger fish. That the guys that try to have it all end up with nothing. That criminals always lose because they get greedy, that is to say their reach is greater than their grasp. 

Shocker will always take a smaller amount of certain money over a larger amount of uncertain money. 

This pretty much explains why he sticks with bank robbery and other small jobs. Other guys get too in their own heads, go crazy, get locked up for life or end up dead. Given he doesn’t want either of those outcomes, he sticks with what he knows and what he’s good at. 

He’s also got realistic expectations; his end goal is to live in new jersey of all places, and his ideal retirement is a place with a yard. Basically, he wants to be middle class, because he realizes he’ll never be rich.

Crime for Shocker isn’t some great calling, it’s a job, one he does until he doesn’t have to anymore because he understands that getting greedy just gets you killed or worse. 

The tragedy of it all is that it also means he’s never had a friend that didn’t betray him, and that all the criminals he associates with essentially use him as a fall guy when possible. 

SHOOOOOOCKKEEERRRR

YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THEM!

THEY'LL CHASE YOU TO THE ENNNDDSSS OOFFF THHHEEE EEAARRTTHHHHHH!