Sebastian Shaw

Characteristics

Gender--Male

Height--6'2''

Weight--210 lbs. (95 kg)

Eyes--Black

Hair--Grey

History

Sebastian Shaw was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His power first manifested shortly after he was accepted to engineering school and his father, Jacob Shaw, died, after he contracted an incurable disease. He devoted himself to his studies and created Shaw Industries, becoming a billionaire by age 40.

Shaw caught the attention of the White King of Hellfire Club's New York Branch, Ned Buckman. He was initiated into the Hellfire Club after becaming engaged to a woman named Lourdes Chantel (who also possessed mutant abilities). This membership was partly attributed by his vast fortune along with Warren Worthington, Jr. (father of Angel), Howard Stark (father of Iron Man) and Sir James Braddock (father of Captain Britian and Psylocke. He later became part of the Council of the Chosen and earned the rank of Black Bishop.

Shaw proclaimed himself Black King, remade the Council of the Chosen into his Inner Circle and gathered Emma Frost, Harry Leland and the non-mutant cyborg Donald Pierce as the Lords Cardinal of Hellfire Club. Tessa aka Sage, a memeber close to Sabastian, was acting as a spy on the Hellfire Club for Professor X.

Shaw planned to dominate the world through force, money and power. His connections to top officials of corporations and government made him a powerful enemy.

Powers

Shaw can absorb all forms of kinetic energy directed at him, and use it to enhance his strength, speed, and stamina. This includes physical damage such as that sustained in fighting, being stabbed or cut, shot and kinetic blasts such as Cyclops' optic blasts or Gambit's explosions. He can also absorb and use other forms of energy such as electricity. He can build up stores of this energy, and release it whenever he chooses. He can also go for long periods of time without sleep if he can store up enough energy. He has been known to have underlings in the Hellfire Club fight him in order to build up extra energy to store, and has been seen punching a wall in order to build up reserves. During a fight he is known for taking punches, allowing an enemy to charge him up to the point at which he is more powerful.

While absorbing energy makes him more powerful, he is not invulnerable. His body will still sustain damage, and he can be killed. Another way he could sustain massive injury is through being crushed. If he is not able to absorb enough kinetic energy from something that is crushing him, he can be injured by it. Shaw can also be overloaded if he absorbs too much damage. One of the most effective means of stopping him is preventing him from absorbing energy such as restraining or incapacitating him so that he has nothing to absorb. He is also susceptible to psychic attacks.

Alternate Realities

Age of Apocalypse

Sebastian was an aristocrat who was a prized servant and informant. Though, he was never a part of Apocalypse's military forces.

Mutant X

He was the leader of Hellfire Club alongside with Kitty Pryde.

Earth X

Sebastian Shaw died but lived in eternity in Realm of the Dead believing that he himself was still alive and those that are really living were the ones who were dead. He was then confronted by Dr. Doom as Mar-Vell starts to recruit a number of super humans against Death.

Ultimate Universe

Sebastian was the leader of the Hellfire Club and was a regular human who was later killed by the Phoenix.

House of M

Shaw had a position in SHIELD. He then became the director as he aligns himself with Magneto and helped each other in reprogramming the sentinels into mutant protecting robots.

Other Media

Wolverine and the X-Men

Wolverine and the X-Men