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Elias Bogan. Sebastian Shaw is a mutant that is best known for being the Black King of the Hellfire Club. His power allows him to absorb all kinetic energy directed at him.
He tried to frame her new team, the X-Men, for a murder of a Australian crime lord, which he also hoped would spark a turf war among the crime families that would ultimately leave himself in a position of power. The X-Men exposed Sebastian’s plot, however, with the help of the Red Lotus.
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Early life
Sebastian Shaw eventually discovered he was a mutantcapable of absorbing energy. His power led him to believe that mutants were superior to humans and were meant to rule them.
World War II
In 1944, Sebastian Shaw (under the alias Dr. Klaus Schmidt) was a scientist working for the Nazis. He was present at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, where a young Erik Lehnsherr's mutant powers first manifested. Shaw attempted to get Erik to show his power by pretending to be his friend and giving him some chocolate. When Erik refused, Shaw urged him to move a coin that was on the table, but to no avail. He then threatened to shoot Erik's motherif he did not move the coin by the time he cou...
Sebastian Shaw was an extremely persuasive and charismatic man; many who followed him were unquestioning of his power and authority, and his enemies recognised how dangerous he was even without his powers. Shaw was a skilled manipulator, often winning people over with his words rather than his fists, and resorting to violence when necessary. During...
Powers
1. Energy Absorption: Shaw was able to absorb energy in all its forms, is capable of adopting the characteristics of any energy source proportionality augmenting all his physical parameters until finally metabolizing it. This made him extremely difficult to defeat in battle, as all the kinetic force from an enemy's strike or projectile assaults is another form of energy that would ultimately be nullified while simultaneously strengthening him. 1.1. Super Strength: By absorbing energy, he coul...
Abilities
1. Gifted Intellect: Shaw was very intelligent, as he knew extensively about war, technology and strategy. 1.1. Skilled Leader: Shaw as a skilled leader of his team of mutants. 1.2. Multilingualism: Shaw was fluent in several languages, including English, German, French, and Russian.
Weaknesses
1. Lack Of Energy: If someone does not apply any measure of force while attacking him, he can easily get injured or killed by other means, such as poison. 2. Vulnerability To Telepathy: While otherwise immune to physical assault, Shaw has no defense against telepathic interaction, which he used his helmet to compensate for and Charles Xavier ultimately exploited to immobilize him when robbed of his helmet by Erik Lehnsherr. 3. Reliance On Concentration: Shaw's powers are affected by his conce...
In the comics, Shaw's powers are slightly different, since he can only absorb kinetic energy and transform it into physical strength.In the video game X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Shaw is revealed to be the owner of the cybernetics lab. His company, Symstemized Cybernetics Lab, is responsible for manufacturing for Project WideAwake...The filmmakers had only two choices for the role of Sebastian Shaw: Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon. They decided to go with Bacon as he was American and seemed more menacing than Firth.Keith Campbell, James Embree and Colin Follenweider were stunt doubles for Kevin Baconin the role of Sebastian Shaw.
Sebastian Shaw on the Marvel WikiSebastian Shaw on WikipediaSebastian Shaw is an Alpha-Level Mutant with the following abilities: Energy Absorption: Sebastian has the superhuman ability to absorb kinetic energy and metabolize it to enhance his own physical strength, speed, and stamina.
Sebastian Shaw. Contents. 1Biography. 1.1Joining the Hellfire Club. 1.2Taking Over. 1.3Meeting the X-Men. 1.4Keeping in power. 1.5Illusion. 1.6X-Men: Endangered Species. 1.7Mister Sinister and the Cronus Machine \ 1.8Original Sin. 1.9Dark Reign. 1.10Five Lights. 2Powers and Abilities. 2.1Powers. 2.2Abilities. 2.3Strength level. 2.4Weaknesses.
Sebastian Hiram Shaw is a mutant and a major enemy of the X-Men. He possesses the ability to absorb kinetic energy and transform it into raw strength. He is the leader of the New York branch of the Hellfire Club, an exclusive secret society bent on world domination, although to the public, he is...
Shaw's goal is to dominate the world through force, money and power. His connections to top officials of corporations and government make him a powerful enemy. Shaw caught the attention of...
