Randall Darby

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Randall Darby
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Captain America Annual #4 (1977)
Created by	Jack Kirby
In-story information
Alter ego	Randall Darby
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Brotherhood of Mutants Mutant Force Secret Empire Resistants
Notable aliases	Shocker, Paralyzer
Abilities	Bio-EM generation / manipulation

Paralyzer (Randall Darby), also known as the second Shocker, is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history[]

Shocker II's first appearance was in Captain America Annual #4 (1977) and he was created by Jack Kirby.

The character subsequently appears in The Defenders #78-80 (Dec. 1979-Feb. 1980), 83 (May 1980), 87 (Sept. 1980), 125-126 (Nov.-Dec. 1983), and 128-130 (Feb.-April 1984). The character appears as Paralyzer in Captain America #343 (July 1988), 346 (Oct. 1988), 368 (March 1990), 394 (Nov. 1991), Midnight Sons Unlimited #3 (Oct. 1993), and Captain America #426 (April 1994). The character returns to his Shocker identity, appearing in The New Warriors vol. 2 #6 (March 2000), X-Men #132 (Nov. 2002), The Uncanny X-Men #442-443 (June 2004), Excalibur vol. 3 #2 (Aug. 2004), and The New Avengers #16-19 (April-July 2006).

Shocker II appeared as part of the "Mutant Force" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9.

Fictional character biography[]

Randall Darby was discovered and recruited by Magneto to become a member of his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, taking the code-name Shocker.^[1] After being abandoned by Magneto, Darby and his teammates become known as Mutant Force.^[2] Under this name they work for the United States government,^[3] and, later, the Secret Empire.^[4]

Darby changes his code-name to Paralyzer when the Mutant Force become the Resistants. The Resistants' protest against the United States' Mutant Registration Act was cut short by a clash with John Walker, who was the current Captain America.^[5][6] Later, the Resistants revert to their Mutant Force identities and costumes.^[7] Their next clash is with the New Warriors.^[8]

Paralyzer later battles Spider-Man, subduing him with a lucky blow. Spider-Man later teams up with several members of the Midnight Sons who were investigating the activities of a more demonic Spidey-duplicate. While pursuing this creature, the heroes discover and stop the Paralyzer's plan to recreate Zzzax.^[9]

After the Sentinels destroy Genosha, Paralyzer, again called the Shocker, helps Toad and other mutants create a statue of Genosha's former ruler Magneto. Unus becomes the leader of the group.^[10][11]

Shocker is seen during a meeting of Unus' people, after Unus himself was swallowed by Freakshow, one of the other mutants on the island. Their group was not sure if they would take Unus back if, in fact, he had survived. He does return, prompting Shocker and the others into attacking him in order to prove he still had the skills.^[12]

Shocker loses his powers on M-Day and the energies that he used to control were then drawn to The Collective.^[13]

Powers and abilities[]

Darby can generate powerful fields of bio-electromagnetic energy from his body. He also has cybernetic claws of unknown origin in lieu of his hands and feet, and can channel his electrical energy through them into shock bolts or high-voltage fields of electromagnetic energy.

Other versions[]

Civil War: House of M[]

Randall Darby is among the mutants in Magneto's army. He is punished for wanting to kill an injured enemy.^[14] Later, Shocker is killed during the liberation of Genosha, an island that has mutant slaves.^[15]

References[]

External links[]

• Randall Darby at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe