SHAMGAR
SHAMGAR
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Unrevealed
Occupation: Unrevealed
Group Membership: Alphaclan (Fog, Gravitas, Kilamanjaro, Vandalo, "Vængir," Wraith )
Affiliations: None
Enemies: New Warriors (Blackwing/Barnell Bohusk, Decibel/Jonothan Starsmore, Night Thrasher/Donyell Taylor, Ripcord/Miranda Leevald, Skybolt/Vin Stewart, Phaser/Christian Cord, Tempest/Angel Salvatore, Wondra/Jubilation Lee), S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed
First Appearance: New Warriors IV#9 (April 2008)
Powers/Abilities: Shamgar displayed no explicit superhuman powers, but given his muscular build (and the character upon which he is based) he presumably possessed a degree of superhuman strength. He may transform into his superpowered form by striking his golden wristbands together (as his cartoon counterpart did), but this is purely speculative.
Height: 6'4" (speculative)
Weight: 320 lbs. (estimated)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Black
History: (New Warriors IV#9 (fb) - BTS)
- Shamgar was a member of Alphaclan, a team that was in the number
twelve spot on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted list. Eventually, they
encountered the New Warriors, and either a battle ensued, or the New
Warriors had only recently finished another, earlier battle (see
comments).
(New Warriors IV#9) - The two teams faced off, and the Alphaclan moved forward menacingly. The New Warriors distracted Alphaclan with a giant illusion of the Warrior Decibel, and battle commenced. Striking the ground, Wondra caused a shockwave that left the Alphaclan stumbling, and Ripcord's mechanical tentacles snatched a fallen Shamgar off the ground and threw him bodily into Gravitas. Alphaclan rallied and regained the upper hand until the Warriors all unexpectedly turned insubstantial, a trick engineered by Warriors' leader Night Thrasher using phasing technology built into his teammates' armors. Seizing the opportunity while Alphaclan were distracted, Decibel emitted a sonic scream that incapacitated all the villains.
(New Warriors IV#9 - BTS) - The defeated Alphaclan were left for the authorities.
(New Warriors IV#9) - The TV news that evening reported Alphaclan's capture.
Comments: Created by Kevin Grevioux (writer), Paco Medina (penciler) and Juan Vlasco (inker).
Alphaclan are very obviously homages to
Hanna-Barbera's superheroes. None
of them were individually identified in their single appearance, but
Kevin Grevioux posted Paco Medina's designs for six of them on
Twitter, and those included the original names; one member remains
without an official name, and he (Vængir) has been given an unofficial placeholder name for
the time being.
Shamgar is based on Young Samson. Unlike Young
Samson, there was no evidence of a dog who turns into a giant lion
working with him. His name presumably comes from Shamgar,
the third Judge of Israel from the Hebrew Bible; Samson, mentioned in the
same book of the Bible, Judges, was the twelfth Judge. Per Judges 3:31 "And
after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines
six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel." Alphaclan's
Shamgar is presumably named after the Biblical figure, but it's not
impossible that he could be the actual Bible individual.
Big thanks to MarvellousLuke for cleaning up the design sheets by Paco Medina taken from Kevin Grevioux's Twitter account and turning them into great new main images for the Alphaclan profiles.
Profile by Loki.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Shamgar has no known connections to
images: (without ads)
Shamgar sketch (main)
New Warriors IV#9, p2, pan1 (second image, showing team symbol on belt)
New Warriors IV#9, p1, pan4 (with team)
Young Samson DVD cover (Young Samson)
Appearances:
New Warriors IV#9 (April 2008) - Kevin Grevioux (writer), Paco
Medina (penciler), Juan Vlasco (inker), Daniel Ketchum (editor)
First Posted: 05/13/2016
Last updated: 05/16/2020
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