Shocker

"Now you're the Shocker."

- Adrian Toomes to Herman Schultz

Herman Schultz is a former salvage worker turned professional criminal and one of the key members of Adrian Toomes' crew who sold alien-human hybrid weaponry created by the Tinkerer. After Toomes killed his friend and former crewmate Jackson Brice, who had used a modified gauntlet occasionally under the alias of Shocker, Toomes passed the gauntlet down to Schultz and appointed him as the new Shocker. With his new title and power, Schultz continued to assist Toomes in fighting off Spider-Man's many attempts to stop all their black market arms deals.

Battle of New York Cleanup
"So now the assholes who made this mess are being paid to clean it up."

- Herman Schultz to Adrian Toomes

Schultz worked for the Toomes Salvage Company. During his career, he helped clean up after the Battle of New York. However, once the Department of Damage Control took over the clean-up contracts, Schultz turned to a life of crime alongside his co-workers. He, alongside Jackson Brice, would act as arms dealers, selling exotic tech such as RF cloners, black hole grenades, stun batons, and anti-gravity climbers among other rare technologies.

Encounter with Spider-Man
"Hey, hey! If you're gonna shoot at somebody, shoot at me!" "...A'ight."

- Spider-Man and Herman Schultz

Herman Schultz and Jackson Brice met Aaron Davis in the outskirts of Queens where Brice enthusiastically demonstrated the Ultron Blaster Gun, straight out of Sokovia. Davis was wary of the weapon, telling them that he wanted a small device so he could simply mug people not "vaporize them". Brice put the weapon away and offered several other devices, including Black Hole Grenades, Taser Rods and an Anti-Gravity Climber, which Davis took interest in. When the trio heard a ringtone, Schultz and Brice immediately assumed that Davis had set them up. As they pulled their guns on him, Spider-Man appeared, telling the arms dealers to shoot him instead. As Davis made a retreat, Schultz opened fire on the young vigilante and Brice put on Shocker's Gauntlet. As Brice dealt with Spider-Man, Schultz started the van and drove away with Brice. As Spider-Man swung after the two, Brice activated several weapons, shooting at the web-slinger and causing damage to the getaway van. Brice accidentally drops one of the weapons when Spider-Man snags the van doors, causing Brice to suggest calling Vulture, which Schultz instantly does. With the Vulture showing up and successfully dealing with Spider-Man, Schultz and Brice made their getaway.

Becoming the Shocker
Schultz and Brice managed to get back to the Vulture's base. Brice was thrilled with the chase, only to be confronted by Toomes while Schultz stayed in the background. As the argument with Brice and Toomes escalated, Toomes tells Brice that he is fired. Disgusted, Brice threatened Toomes, saying that he will inform the authorities about their operation. Brice then asked Toomes what would happen if he told Doris Toomes about his business. This was a step to far for Toomes, who promptly picked up a gun and shot Brice instantly killing him and leaving Schultz staring at his friend's ashes. Confused and shocked about his actions, he asked Tinkerer if he had picked up a Anti-Gravity Gun, only to have picked up a Chitauri Gun instead. Toomes walked over to Brice's ashes and picked up the Shocker Gauntlet and passed it to Schultz, sarcastically telling him that he was the 'Shocker' now.

Tracking the Energy Source
The next day, Schultz takes a scanner and sets out to locate the Chitauri Gun that was lost during the car chase last night, eventually tracking the power source to the Midtown School of Science and Technology. Looking through the workshop room where his scanner told him was where the energy source had last been activated, Schultz though he heard a noise. Checking the sound, Schultz is unknowingly tagged with a Spider Tracer. Believing it to be a lost cause, Schultz leaves and heads for Maryland for the Hijacking of the D.O.D.C. Truck.

Hijacking of the D.O.D.C. Truck
Several days later, the crew received a tip that a truck full of confiscated technology was heading to the Damage Control Headquarters by the way of Maryland. Standing by in a van with Tinkerer, Schultz oversees the heist going down, including Spider-Man showing up, causing Toomes to quickly escape, angrily leaving his stolen technology behind.

Back at the base, Toomes was still fuming over the loss of the technology. Tinkerer offered to upgrade the Vulture Suit with the high-altitude vacuum seal, so they could pull off an airborne heist. Toomes turned Mason down, asking if they still had enough technology to sell on the in a few days. Mason conformed this. Toomes began muttering that it was all Spider-Man's fault and he would kill him for interfering with his business. Schultz overhearing, told Toomes to look at the television, which was broadcasting the Rescue at the Washington Monument, including Spider-Man saving Toomes' daughter, Liz.

Skirmish on the Staten Island Ferry
The next day, Herman Schultz and Toomes made their way on the. Schultz left Toomes dealt with their new buyer Mac Gargan. Meeting him at the front of the boat, Schultz told him that the technology was being stored in a white van. Spider-Man suddenly showed up, quickly dispatching Gargan and his associates. Schultz radioed Toomes to inform him that Spider-Man had interrupted the deal while he put on the Shocker Gauntlet, charging Spider-Man while swinging the weapon, only for the web-slinger to dodge at the last minute, causing his gauntlet to be embedded in the boat's railing. Spider-Man quickly webbed Schultz to the railing to prevent his escape.

The FBI, who had set up a sting operation, showed up to arrest Gargan and Schultz, only to be attacked by Toomes, who had donned his Suit and grabbed a Chitauri Gun.

Freeing Schultz from his webbing restraints, Toomes told him to get off the ferry as they were retreating. Schultz raced to the top of the ferry, as the Chitauri Gun was violently malfunctioning, causing it to fire several lasers that cut the ferry in half. Seeing his opening, Toomes flew to the top of the ferry, where Schultz was waiting for him. Schultz jumped from the railing on top of the ferry, to land aboard Toomes' wings, Toomes took off, flying away from the battle before Iron Man could show up.

One Last Job
"The feds were waiting for us. I'm done here." "One last job." "What?" "Mason, High Altitude Vacuum seal." "You serious? Yes!"

- Schultz, Vulture and Tinkerer

Back at their headquarters, Schultz packed his things, becoming concerned that he will be arrested soon, as the FBI would have got him at the ferry if not for Spider-Man's interference, who himself was getting closer to the Vulture's operation. Toomes convinced him to stay though, promising him a large cut from their next heist: the Hijacking of the Stark Cargo Plane.

Duel at Midtown School Bus Yard
"He gave you a choice. You chose wrong."

- Herman Schultz to Spider-Man

On the night of the heist, Schultz was contacted by Toomes, who had figured out Spider-Man's secret identity. Schultz was told to head to the Midtown School of Science and Technology and wait to see if Spider-Man would appear to chase after Toomes. When Spider-Man did appear, Schultz attacked, striking Spider-Man and sending him flying into a school bus, causing him to drop his Web-Shooters. Schultz remarked on Spider-Man's costume before punching him again, sending him into a school bus windshield and through the other side. As Schultz prepared to deliver the final blow, a web fired by Ned Leeds snagged onto the gauntlet, distracting Schultz long enough for Spider-Man to escape his grip, grab the web-shooter from Ned and web him to the side of a bus for the police.

Personality
To be added

Equipment
"You know, I wasn't sure about this at first, but now... damn!"

- Herman Schultz


 * Shocker's Gauntlet: A modified version of Crossbones' Gauntlet that, when fired, is able to generate energy blasts that can push heavy objects. His gauntlet can inflict blunt force trauma if the blasts are aimed at a living target.

Allies

 * Adrian Toomes' Crew
 * Adrian Toomes/Vulture - Leader
 * Phineas Mason/Tinkerer
 * Jackson Brice/Shocker † - Former Crewmate and Predecessor
 * Randy Vale
 * Mac Gargan - Potential Buyer
 * Prowler - Potential Buyer

Enemies

 * Tony Stark/Iron Man
 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man
 * FBI
 * Ned Leeds

Trivia

 * In the comics, Herman Schultz is a brilliant inventor who designed his own gauntlets in order to start his criminal career. He briefly worked with Hammer Industries in order to improve his equipment, but refused to give them the complete blueprints of his invention.