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Gorgon (Tomi Shishido)

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Not to be confused with Gorgon (Inhuman).

The Gorgon (Tomi Shishido) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The Gorgon
Cover of Wolverine vol. 3 #30
Art by John Romita Jr.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceWolverine vol. 3 #20 (December 2004)
Created byMark Millar
John Romita Jr.
In-story information
Alter egoTomi Shishido
SpeciesHuman mutant
Team affiliations
Notable aliasesWolverine[1]
Abilities
  • Ability to turn humans to stone by making eye contact with them
  • Superhuman strength, speed, agility, dexterity, reflexes/reactions, coordination, balance, and endurance
  • Regenerative healing factor
  • Telepathy
  • Empathy
  • Hand Mysticism
  • Teleportation device
  • Genius level intellect in multiple areas
  • Extraordinary hand to hand combatant
  • Expert swordsman

Publication history

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The Gorgon first appeared in Wolverine vol. 3 #20 (December 2004), and was created by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. The character was killed in Wolverine vol. 3 #31, only to be resurrected later in Secret Warriors #2.

Fictional character biography

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Tomi Shishido is a member of the Hand and Hydra and a powerful mutant, leading the extremist mutant society Dawn of the White Light. As a child, he possessed near superhuman levels of intelligence, being able to speak, walk, read, and write by the age of one.

At age 13, Shishido formulates a mathematical formula that proves the existence of One-Above-All and manifests the mutant ability to petrify others by sight. The media dubs him "The Gorgon", after the Gorgon of Greek mythology. Shortly after, he becomes the leader of the Dawn of the White Light, a terrorist cult. At age 18, he kills his family and joins the Hand.[2]

Later, Gorgon becomes connected to Hydra and enters a relationship with Elsbeth Von Strucker, Baron Strucker's wife.[3][4][5][6] He attempts to assassinate Nick Fury before being petrified and shattered after Wolverine reflects his powers on him.[7]

During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Hydra forces the Hand to resurrect Gorgon using the rock fragments of his body.[8] He is also given the Godkiller sword, which is destroyed in a battle with Phobos.[9][10]

Following the Fear Itself storyline, Gorgon joins H.A.M.M.E.R. and Norman Osborn's incarnation of the Dark Avengers.[11][12] He poses as Wolverine and plans to kill Osborn if he proves to be too dangerous.[13] Gorgon and the Dark Avengers are defeated when Skaar infiltrates the group and summons the Avengers.[14]

In Avengers World, Gorgon and the Hand perform a ritual on Madripoor to awaken the dragon that it is located on.[15][16][17][18] As payback for his earlier defeat and the destruction caused by the Gorgon, Shang-Chi tears the Hand's temple from the dragon's head with Gorgon inside and throws it several miles away.[19]

Gorgon later joins the Hydra council to assist Steve Rogers after the Red Skull alters history to make him a Hydra sleeper agent.[20]

During the Secret Empire storyline, Gorgon and Hive are in Madripoor when the Underground resistance group arrives looking for cube fragments. He is knocked out by Hercules, but briefly turns him to stone.[21]

Shishido later works with Mariko Yashida to attack Old Man Logan, who is investigating the Hand's operations. After Gorgon escapes, Silver Samurai uses nanites to break the Hand's control on Mariko.[22]

During the Spider-Geddon storyline, Arnim Zola creates a clone of Gorgon who accompanies Hydra to Los Angeles to repossess Superior Octopus' services. He petrifies Octopus, who recovers and kills him.[23]

Gorgon later becomes a citizen of Krakoa and largely reforms.[24] He became part of Krakoa's security force, the Great Captains, [25] and serves as a bodyguard for Xavier, Magneto and Apocalypse at political events.[26]

During the X of Swords event, Gorgon battles White Sword's champions in Otherworld before being killed by White Sword himself.[27][28] White Sword offers to resurrect him as a reward for his bravery, but he declines.[29][30]

Gorgon is later resurrected by the Five, but his mind is damaged because he died in Otherworld.[31][32][33][34][35] Later, he unsuccessfully applies to join the X-Men and Krakoa's Quiet Council, and competes to become Apocalypse's heir.[36][37][38]

Powers and abilities

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The Gorgon possesses a variety of superhuman abilities as a result of genetic mutation and mystical enhancement from the Hand. He has superhuman physical abilities as well as the ability to petrify others via eye contact, a healing factor, telepathy, and skill in multiple martial arts.

In other media

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References

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  1. ^ The New Avengers vol. 2 #18
  2. ^ Wolverine vol. 3 #26. Marvel Comics.
  3. ^ Wolverine vol. 3 #23. Marvel Comics.
  4. ^ Wolverine vol. 3 #20. Marvel Comics.
  5. ^ Wolverine vol. 3 #22. Marvel Comics.
  6. ^ Wolverine vol. 3 #25. Marvel Comics.
  7. ^ Wolverine vol. 3 #31. Marvel Comics.
  8. ^ Secret Warriors #2. Marvel Comics.
  9. ^ Secret Warriors #11. Marvel Comics.
  10. ^ Secret Warriors #22. Marvel Comics.
  11. ^ The New Avengers vol. 2 #17. Marvel Comics.
  12. ^ The New Avengers vol. 2 #18. Marvel Comics.
  13. ^ The New Avengers vol. 2 #19. Marvel Comics.
  14. ^ The New Avengers vol. 2 #23. Marvel Comics.
  15. ^ Avengers World #1. Marvel Comics.
  16. ^ Avengers World #3. Marvel Comics.
  17. ^ Avengers World #7. Marvel Comics.
  18. ^ Avengers World #13. Marvel Comics.
  19. ^ Avengers World #14. Marvel Comics.
  20. ^ Captain America: Steve Rogers #14. Marvel Comics.
  21. ^ Secret Empire #5. Marvel Comics.
  22. ^ Old Man Logan #31-33. Marvel Comics.
  23. ^ The Superior Octopus #1. Marvel Comics.
  24. ^ House of X #5. Marvel Comics.
  25. ^ House of X #6. Marvel Comics.
  26. ^ X-Men Vol 5 #4. Marvel Comics.
  27. ^ Zachary, Brandon (November 18, 2020). "X-Men: X of Swords Kills Two of Marvel's Deadliest Mutants". CBR. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  28. ^ X of Swords: Creation #1. Marvel Comics.
  29. ^ Sawan, Amer (December 7, 2020). "X-Men: A Mutant Leader Finally Impressed Apocalypse - At a Deadly Cost". CBR. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  30. ^ Cable Vol 4 #6. Marvel Comics.
  31. ^ Bradley, Ryan (December 16, 2020). "X-Men Teases the Flawed Resurrection of a Mutant Leader". CBR. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  32. ^ X-Factor Vol 4 #5. Marvel Comics.
  33. ^ Way of X #4. Marvel Comics.
  34. ^ X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1. Marvel Comics.
  35. ^ Legion of X #1. Marvel Comics.
  36. ^ Bickham, D. R. (April 18, 2024). "Every Mutant Competing in X-Men's Heir of Apocalypse, Explained". CBR. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  37. ^ Immortal X-Men #1. Marvel Comics.
  38. ^ "New Year, New X-Men, New Gorgon". Twitter. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  39. ^ "Gorgon Voice - Marvel Heroes (Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 2, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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