Simon Maddicks, also known as Killer Shrike, is a member of Thunderbolts and a supervillain who appears in stories published by Marvel comics. Having faced a number of heroes in his career. An unnamed criminal also used the Killer Shrike persona.
Biography[]
Simon Maddicks[]
Simon Maddicks, a military man turned mercenary was selected by the Roxxon Oil Company to be a special agent in covert operations. Sent to the Mutagenics Laboratory of Roxxon's subsidiary Brand Corporation, Maddicks underwent extensive conditioning to increase his strength and endurance, and surgery to implant a miniature antigravity generator in the base of his spine. Given a special battle armor with electrical offensive weaponry, Maddicks was assigned the code name Killer Shrike. For his first mission, he was sent to infiltrate the subversive organization called the Conspiracy, which Roxxon learned about through major purchases of technology from the Brand Corporation.
For his initiation, the Conspiracy sent Killer Shrike to capture the monster called Goram. Instead, he found himself engaged in battle with the adventurer Ulysses Bloodstone and was defeated. Injured by the short-circuiting of his electrical weaponry, the Shrike was taken to a New York hospital by Bloodstone's agents. There he lay comatose for several weeks. Upon awakening he had temporary amnesia, but was soon contacted by one of the Brand scientists, Dr. Stephen Weems, who operated upon him. Weems, calling himself the Modular Man, had been the victim of a microwave experiment that backfired, and sought the Shrike's help to acquire more power. In return, Weems promised to disclose to the Shrike knowledge of his past. In battle with Spider-Man and the Beast, Weems was killed before he could uphold his end of the bargain. The Shrike escaped and was soon contacted by agents of the Brand Corporation. They helped restore his memory, and assigned him to undercover work as bodyguard to Brand president James Melvin. With Brand's public dissolution, Killer Shrike became a free agent.
Shrike was upgraded by the Tinkerer. He was caught by the Avengers and detained by S.H.I.E.L.D.. After leading them to a location though, Shrike was electrocuted. Discoveries of passports and other schematics in the building led to Nick Fury conducting a 'Secret War' in Latveria.
Unnamed Criminal[]
Roderick Kinglsey later had sold the Killer Shrike costume and gear to an unknown criminal.
This new Killer Shrike was employed by Roderick Kingsley when it comes to the Hobgoblin (who was actually Roderick Kingsley's butler Claude) who was leading his forces into fighting the Goblin Nation. After Hobgoblin was killed by Goblin King, Killer Shrike was one of the villains that defected to the Goblin Nation.
Following Spider-Man's victory over the Goblin King, Killer Shrike was seen with the other former Hobgoblin minions at the Bar with No Name where they encounter Electro.
Killer Shrike is among the villains at the Bar with No Name that convince Black Cat to lead them.
During the AXIS storyline, Killer Shrike was among the supervillains that Missile Mate assembled to join the side of Phil Urich (who was operating as Goblin King) and the remnants of the Goblin Nation upon claiming that Roderick Kingsley "abandoned" them.
Killer Shrike and Melter later beat up Ringer to serve as Black Cat's warning to anyone that steals from her.
Killer Shrike was among the villains that appeared as a member of Swarm's Sinister Six at the time when they attacked Spider-Man and the students of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. After Hellion defeated Swarm, Killer Shrike and the other villains surrendered.
Powers and Abilities[]
Enhanced reflexes, enhanced agility, enhanced endurance, enhanced resistance, he can fly by means of a surgically implanted antigravity generator located at the base of his spine. This generator, activated by neural link, emits a steady stream of anti-gravitons (theoretical particles that are of the opposite charge to gravitons), and enables him to fly. Killer Shrike can attain speeds up to about 80 miles per hour and can support up to 450 pounds (including his own weight) while in flight, although this diminishes his speed and endurance. Killer Shrike has had extensive training in hand-to-hand combat and a number of oriental martial arts such as kung fu. He is also very proficient at the use of hand weapons such as knives and guns.
Paraphernalia[]
Killer Shrike wears a head-to-toe body armor made of insulated steel alloy mesh capable of protecting him from flight turbulence and small caliber firearms.
Weapons[]
His major weapons system is the twin power-blasters worn on each wrist. Each bracelet has two curved titanium talons, capable of slashing flesh, wood, cinderblock, and light metals. The bracelets can discharge a high-frequency lightning-like bolt of electricity with a maximum charge of 35,000 volts. His maximum range of normal bolts is about 35 feet, or about 50 feet for double-handed bolts.
Other Media[]
Television History[]
Killer Shrike appears in the Iron Man: Armored Adventures episode "Secrets and Lies" voiced by Ty Olsson. He and Unicorn are enforcers for the Maggia. They kidnap Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, and Gene Khan, in order to send a message to Khan's stepfather, Shin Zhang, and the rival Tong gang by boss Count Nefaria. However, Tony escapes their capture, and defeats the Maggia agents, Unicorn and Killer Shrike as Iron Man. At the end, Unicorn and Killer Shrike are held captive and tortured by Khan as the Mandarin. The Mandarin later returned Unicorn and Killer Shrike to the Maggia in the episode "Pepper, Interrupted". They again appeared in the episode "Don't Worry, Be Happy" in an attempt to rob the Tongs with Quantum Bombs they had acquired from Mr. Fix. In the episode "Hostile Takeover", Unicorn and Killer Shrike are present as Mr. Fix 2.0 tries to "dissect Iron Man." Unicorn and Killer Shrike then get into a fight which recharges Iron Man until Justin Hammer breaks up the fight. Pepper later knocks him out with her repulsors. In the episode "The Hammer Falls", Unicorn and Killer Shrike are attacked by Justin Hammer in his Titanium Man armor where Justin suspects them of blackmailing. Unicorn is badly injured by Titanium Man but Iron Man later radios the ambulance to come pick up Unicorn while a pleading Killer Shrike is taken to jail by Iron Man. However, he is kidnapped by Titanium Man who takes him to his lab and uses a gas to transform him into a zombie. Shortly after, Iron Man and War Machine arrive and Justin Hammer unleashes Killer Shrike to attack them but Iron Man defeats him.
Video Games[]
Killer Shrike appears in the Iron Man 2 video game voiced by Roger Jackson. In this game, Killer Shrike is an Roxxon Corporation operative in charge of a Roxxon oil which was expected to receive shipments of stolen Stark technology. He was faced and defeated by Iron Man.
Gallery[]
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