Jacob Shaw (Earth-616)

Jacob Shaw
Name	Jacob Shaw
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Hellfire Club (London branch); Mister Sinister, British Army
Relatives	Grandparents: unnamed grandfather (deceased) Parents: Cornelius (father, deceased); unnamed mother (deceased) Siblings: Esau (brother, deceased) Children: Sebastian (son) Other Relatives: Shaw Family (relatives)
Marital Status	Married
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	latent Mutant
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	London
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	British, American
Base of Operations	Pennsylvania; London
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Ben Raab, Charlie Adlard
First	X-Men: Hellfire Club #3 (January, 2000)
First	X-Men: Hellfire Club #3 (January, 2000)
Death	X-Men: Hellfire Club #4 (February, 2000)
Death	X-Men: Hellfire Club #4 (February, 2000)

History

Jacob Shaw was the ambitious son of Cornelius Shaw, Brigadier General in the British Army, and the younger brother of Lieutenant Esau Shaw. In 1915, after the death of their father, Esau was offered his father's place in the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle by Sir Waltham Pierce and Sir Harry Manners, a position Jacob coveted.

One night Jacob met the Victorian geneticist Mister Sinister, who for reasons unknown granted him the power of shapeshifting. With this new power, Jacob took the form of Pierce and murdered Esau, hoping that with Esau dead, the Hellfire Club would seek Jacob to take his father's place. However, Jacob was never invited into the Hellfire Club, as Union Jack arrested Waltham Pierce on the grounds of treason and murder. Shaw, who had approached Pierce disguised as a seductive woman and was in bed with Pierce and another woman when Union Jack appeared, attacked both Pierce and Union Jack with a gun and escaped into the snow. As he fled he assumed his true form, which Union Jack managed to recognize.

Eventually, Jacob Shaw fled to Pennsylvania, in the United States, where his son Sebastian was born.

Jacob Shaw spent forty years in Sinister's employ, his primary task being the location of human X-Gene carriers like himself. Among others, Jacob found Kurt Marko, Brian Xavier, and Alexander Ryking. Sinister got close to each of these men as part of a scheme to cheat death, by implanting his own genetic code and mind in the children of these three men, so that in the event of his death he could overwrite their own genetic codes and personalities with his own. Aware that Sinister had surely done the same to Jacob's own son, he stole some of Sinister's notes and built a machine that would protect Sebastian from Sinister's plans.

In his old age, Jacob contracted an incurable blood disease due the alteration of his genetic code. He died just as Sebastian had obtained a scholarship to study engineering.

Personality

Jacob Shaw was a ruthless and unscrupulous man. He served Mr. Sinister well, despite being fully aware of Sinister's monstrous plans. Jacob was shrewd however, and had no illusions about the trustworthiness of his master. Jacob dedicated himself to restoring his family's fortunes, and neglected his young son. He did care for Sebastian enough to protect him from Sinister's schemes, but was not fondly remembered by Sebastian after his death.

Attributes

Powers

Shapeshifting: Jacob Shaw could change his shape into other people, regardless of gender.

See Also

• 4 appearance(s) of Jacob Shaw (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Jacob Shaw (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) of Jacob Shaw (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Jacob Shaw (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Jacob Shaw (Earth-616)
• 1 victim(s) killed by Jacob Shaw (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Jacob Shaw on Wikipedia.org