Respect The Gorgon (Marvel, 616)

[u/8fenristhewolf8]

"I killed my mother. I killed my father. I killed my brothers and my sisters and the only real friend I ever had...just to show you that I have no fear."

     - Tomi Shishido, The Gorgon

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Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Physicals

III. Mutant Powers

IV. Skill and Intellect

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I. Introduction

Note: this is an update of my previous thread with added feats, tidying of organization, and improved scan quality. Shout out to /u/mikhailnikolaievitch who contributed significantly to this thread.

 

A. Bio

Tomi Shishido hates life. He was born a mutant genius and quickly proved himself to be immensely gifted, but he never forgave God for the creation of existence. By the time he was six, Tomi had already tried to commit suicide twice. However, his efforts soon turned outward; he murdered his family and formed the Dawn of the White Light, a mutant death cult and terrorist group.

Still, not satisfied, The Gorgon sought out the Hand and sacrificed himself to prove his dedication to its cause. The Hand used its magics to resurrect The Gorgon and he soon took a leading role in global terror. As the leader of the Hand and Hydra, he has led significant attacks on the superhero community and governments in his continued efforts to wipe out life. Some of his more notable moments have included: brainwashing Wolverine to kill hundreds of people, including heroes; nearly dismantling Shield; killing Phobos, the son of Ares; and awakening a tremendous dragon underneath Madripoor.

He has since continued to operate as the leader of the Hand, often in conjunction with Hydra and other criminal elements. Armin Zolo created a "bio-duplicate" of Gorgon during the events of Secret Empire. Any feats from Gorgon's clone are marked as such.

TL;DR: Gorgon is a nihilistic mutant zombie ninja (comics, gotta love 'em!)

 

B. Powers

According to the All New Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe: A-Z (2005), the Gorgon posseses:

• Superhuman physicals: strength, speed, reflexes, durability, healing, stamina

• Telepathy

• Petrifying gaze

• Genius level intellect

 

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II. Physicals

A. Strength

   Lifting, Pushing, Pulling

• Throws Shang Chi several stories into the air

• Catches Elektra's strike and breaks her sword with his teeth; earlier, Elektra smashed bricks with her sword - Elekrta RT, Wolverine RT

• Fury says he has class 2-superhuman strength

   Striking

• Uses a wooden beam to one-shot Elektra and stun Wolverine

• Picks up Wolverine with his sword and throws him into a wall

• Smashes Wolverine's head into a wall, and his heavy strikes seem to do substantial harm

• Kicks a superhuman into a pillar hard enough to crack it

• Throws two men through closed doors

• Kicks a tree limb or trunk off the ground

• Pins Wolverine to a wall with a sword and two men are needed to pull the sword free

• Throws a sword hard enough to pin a man to a wall

 

B. Speed

Note: Some of Gorgon's speed may be anticipation/timing, as he can predict his enemies' actions with his telepathy.

   Moving and Striking

• Blitzes Shang-Chi (Note: Shang Chi RT)

• Moves faster than Wolverine can comprehend (Note: Wolverine RT)

• In the Enemy of the State arc (Wolverine Vol. 2, ##20-31), sometimes quickly strikes multiple surrounding enemies

• In a meeting, he leaps across the table and stabs a metahuman before he reacts

• Avoids gunfire, and blitzes an experienced member of the Howling Commandos

   Reactions

• Nick Fury fires 3 bullets at Von Strucker but Gorgon slices them out of the air with one stroke

• Uses his sword to deflect multiple gunshots back at the shooters

• Dodges and blocks gunfire from multiple Shield agents

• Toys with Elektra, easily evading her strikes (Note: Elektra is very fast)

• A super fast hero attacks Gorgon in the middle of combat, but he cuts her out of the air

• Dodges Skaar's punch who shows that he's fast enough to catch arrows

   Limits

• Shang-Chi lands several strikes on him over the course of a fight, including throwing a fireball in his eyes, meeting a leaping strike, and more

• Wolverine also lands hits on Gorgon during a prolonged fight

• Chases Daredevil and gets hits by arrows that DD dodges

• Agent Coulson shoots Gorgon multiple times and once in the head even after being grabbed

 

C. Damage Resistance/Healing

   Standard

• Wolverine, Elektra, and SHIELD surprise attack, hitting his place with a missile and stabbing him multiple times, but he recovers and turns the tables on them

• Skaar swings him into enemies and into a ship causing an explosion, but he seems okay

• Shang-Chi uses amplifying bracers and lands several attacks on the Gorgon, but he gets up smiling

• Falls a significant height with no consequences

• Takes a hit from a powerhouse but seems okay

• Takes a kick from Spider-Man and is okay and tanking arrows when he next appears

   Exotic

• Quake's blast sends him flying back for meters but he seemingly fine (Note: Quake RT

• Hit with a liquid nitrogen emission and seems relatively okay (although he does take a hit from Silver Samurai II)

• Seems to have an some resistance to mental affects, such as telepathy and Phobos' fear inducing powers

   Limits

• While he's fighting Iron Fist, Daredevil takes him out (breaks his neck?) with a kick

• Agent Coulson shoots him in the head and it temporarily puts him down

• Amadeus Cho/Hulk slams his head into the ground to KO him

• Hercules resists his vision and punches him out

• Gorgon Clone - Superior Octopus surprises him and cuts off his head with his waldo

 

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III. Mutant Powers

A. Petrifying Gaze

Note: Gorgon often chooses to keep his power restrained behind glasses or masks. It's not clear if these are special or not.

• Uses his vision in combat to freeze metahumans

• Freezes two SHIELD agents blocking his path, and smashes their heads off

• Freezes someone who seems to try and look away

• Jonin of the hand imply that he can turn other undead to stone

• Freezes someone wearing sunglasses and shatters him with the tap of a sword

• Froze his family with them seemingly not directly interacting with him

• Inadvertently freezes Hydra soldiers standing behind his opponent

   Limits

• Doesn't work on the god, Phobos

• Seems to freeze Hercules' arm but Hercules breaks free and punches him out

• Asks Elektra to close her eyes implying eye contact may be required; Elektra then turns away and survives

• Kraken's helmet blocks Gorgon's powers (Note: the helmet is vaguely supernatural in some fashion)

• Silver Samurai II says his helmet lenses filter out Gorgon's gaze

• His gaze can be reflected and freeze himself

 

B. Telepathy

• Reads Elektra's mind

• Wolverine states Gorgon can predict moves in combat

• Has a telepathic conversation with Norman Osborne

• Seems to telepathically attack Wolverine

• Reads Old Man Logan's mind while Logan fights Hand to and taunts him

   Limits

• Gorgon warns his companions to guard their minds implying his telepathy can be resisted

• Either is unable, or unwilling to read the mind of Madame Hydra who is a possible traitor

 

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IV. Ability, Intellect, and Equipment

A. Combat and Fights

• Ambushed by Wolverine and Elektra but he temporarily defeats them before leaving to kill Nick Fury; later, Wolverine catches up and they have a prolonged fight that the Gorgon only narrowly loses

• Easily dismantles Elektra in a fight

• Beats beats Shang-Chi

• Battles Iron Fist and may have the upper hand until Daredevil surprise attacks

• Fights and defeats Phobos, the child-God of Fear

• Fights off Leviathan soldiers in an ambush (Note: one was strong enough to rip off a door)

• While blindfolded, Gorgon fights his way to the inner enclave of the Hand

• Scarlet Samurai takes him down with ease

• Gorgon Clone - blind fights Superior Octopus for a bit and defeats him by turning him into stone, only to be defeated by Octavius' own clone (Note: Zola says the Gorgon clone is not as smart or skilled as the real thing)

 

B. Intellect/Knowledge

• By the age of 13, Tomi had become one of the best painters and composers in Japan. He also devised a mathematical formula that proved the existence of God

• Demonstrates some mystic ability or knowledge to awaken a ginormous ancient dragon

• Resurrects Mariko Yashida, dead for years, to serve the Hand

 

C. Equipment

• Possessed Godkiller one part of a pair of magical swords; when he killed Phobos, he replaced his broken sword with Grasscutter, which was capable of piercing Ares' armor and killing him

• Masquerades as Wolverine, and uses claw weapons capable of cutting Skaar

• With an unknown sword, cuts through a safe, and in the same series blocks Scarlet Samurai's blade (and again) which she used to cut off Old Man Logan's hand

• Gorgon Clone - slices through one of Superior Octopus' metal arms

[u/dkiller0309]

I have a question was Shang Chi blind when he got blitzed?

[u/8fenristhewolf8 → u/dkiller0309]

Nope. Gorgon was after the fireball to the eyes.

[u/dkiller0309 → u/8fenristhewolf8]

Ok thanks man. I'm scaling Superior Spider-Man so I needed this