23 Facts About Shinobi Shaw

1.

Shinobi Shaw, known as a Black King of the Hellfire Club, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Shinobi Shaw is the son of the former Black King Sebastian Shaw and is a mutant with the ability to control the density of his own body.

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Shinobi Shaw picked his own father as a target and set about to murder him, since Shinobi Shaw grew up to hate his father for the treatment he had received in his hands.

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Shinobi Shaw cruelly teased his father by suggesting that perhaps the late Harry Leland, Sebastian's colleague from the Hellfire Club, could be his real father, on the basis of Shinobi and Harry's similar powers.

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5.

Finally, Shinobi Shaw reached into Sebastian's chest and gave him a coronary attack.

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6.

Shinobi Shaw is able to briefly take control of the Hellfire Club, assuming the mantle of Black King.

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7.

Shinobi Shaw relished in his newfound wealth and glory, and his various servants catered to his every whim in his luxurious apartments in New York and Tokyo.

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8.

When Shinobi Shaw refused to relinquish it, Fitzroy unflinchingly cut off Shinobi Shaw's finger which carried the ring and seized it.

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9.

Shinobi Shaw gleefully informed Fitzroy that the Gamesmaster, the coordinator of the Upstarts game, had ruled this altercation between the two men in favor of Shinobi.

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10.

Shinobi Shaw's leading position among the Upstarts was not to last long.

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11.

When Cortez strongly demurred at the inclusion of a human, Graydon Creed, among the Upstarts, Shinobi Shaw tried to calm him down by reminding him that the Upstarts originated as an escapist game of fun for rich, bored and spoiled children.

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12.

Shinobi Shaw tried to enlist Storm under Candra's orders as a member, but she refused.

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13.

Shinobi Shaw then worked with Spiral and Mindmeld as they experiment on Karma's siblings.

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14.

Shinobi Shaw is confirmed as being one of a limited number of mutants who retained their powers following the 2005 "Decimation" storyline.

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15.

When Selene attempted to rise to goddesshood, it was revealed that Shinobi Shaw was at some point found and killed by his father, as he was resurrected by Selene with the techno-organic virus and sent with Harry Leland to kill his father and Donald Pierce.

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16.

Selene was ultimately defeated and Shinobi Shaw's fate was left uncertain, as it was unknown if he was among the mutants teleported to Genosha by Blink to serve as a sacrifice to Selene or if he was among those that managed to escape Utopia.

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17.

Shinobi Shaw is later revealed to be alive and assembled the Upstarts again to kill the Nasty Boys, in order to lure the X-Men out.

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18.

The Upstarts are quickly neutralized and after discovering the X-Men were unknowingly working for Emma Frost, Shinobi Shaw used his own mutant powers to commit suicide by phasing his hand through his head before muttering that Emma Frost will not get him.

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19.

Shinobi Shaw was unaware of the circumstances of his death, and his father told him that Emma Frost and Kate Pryde conspired to kill him.

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20.

Shinobi Shaw is a mutant who can alter his body's density from diamond-hard to intangible.

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21.

Shinobi Shaw usually uses it as a means of escape, but he can use the intangibility to reach into an opponent's heart and induce a heart attack, without any adverse effects on Shaw himself.

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22.

Shinobi Shaw appeared in the Ultimate X-Men title, as Emma Frost's boyfriend.

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23.

Shinobi Shaw is a member of the Academy of Tomorrow, in addition to the Hellfire Club.

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