Shinobi Shaw (Earth-616)

Black Bishop
Name	Shinobi Shaw
Current Alias	Black Bishop
Aliases	Black King
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Hellfire Trading Company Formerly Upstarts, Shaw Industries
Relatives	Ancestors: Hiram Shaw (paternal ancestor); Sarah Shaw (paternal ancestor); Obadiah Shaw (paternal ancestor); Elizabeth Shaw (paternal ancestor); unnamed great-great-grandfather; Cornelius Shaw (great-grandfather); unnamed great-grandmother Grandparents: Jacob Shaw (grandfather, deceased) Parents: Sebastian Shaw (father); unnamed mother Other Relatives: Esau Shaw (great-uncle, deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′11″ (1.8 m)
Weight	165 lbs (74.84 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Alive; formerly deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Cause of Death	Killed by his father (brought back to life by Selene) Commited suicide (resurrected by “The Five”)
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	American, Krakoan
Occupation	Adventurer; former Lord Imperial of the Hellfire Club, CEO and principal shareholder of Shaw Industries
Base of Operations	Krakoa, Pacific Ocean Formerly New York City, New York; Japan
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Chris Claremont
First	X-Factor #67 (June, 1991)
First	X-Factor #67 (June, 1991)

History

Shinobi and his mother

Origin

Shinobi Shaw was the illegitimate son of Sebastian Shaw and a japanese woman. During his childhood, he'd sometimes attend the Hellfire Club's parties, where he got acquainted with Warren Worthington III (the future X-Man Angel), who also accompanied his father. Over time, however, the two grew apart.

Rising in power

At some point, Shaw became a member of the Upstarts, a group of young mutants organized by Gamesmaster that were competing to see who could kill more mutants. As part of this contest, Shinobi visited his father in Switzerland and killed him (or so he thought), thus inheriting his father's empire and his network of social and political connections, including his position as a leading member of the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle.

Shinobi attempted to revive the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle with his old friend Warren and his fellow X-Man Psylocke, but they refused his offer. Shaw's next contest with the Upstarts involved assassinating the surviving New Mutants and Hellions, but their plans were thwarted by the combined effort of X-Force and the New Warriors.

Although Shaw briefly managed to obtain the assistance of several mutant associates, his frequent violent conflicts with other superhumans ultimately resulted in his failure to establish himself as his father's successor. Once he learned that his father was still alive, Shaw, presumably in fear of retaliation for his assassination attempt, deserted all of his inherited positions and returned to a more secretive mode of life.

Dark times

As a result of the Scarlet Witch's actions, nearly all of the mutants in the entire world were stripped of their powers, but Shinobi was among the 198 mutants cataloged to have retained their powers.

Still, Shinobi was eventually killed by his father, but, along with many other deceased mutants, he was resurrected by Selene and Eli Bard with the Transmode Virus.

Shinobi killing himself

Years later, he rejoined the Upstarts, and together they killed the Nasty Boys. When the X-Men arrived to investigate the scene, Shinobi revealed that his actions were meant to protect the Nasty Boys from falling into Emma Frost's hands. Surrounded by the X-Men and unwilling to surrender, he simply phased his hand into his head and committed suicide.

Krakoa

Shinobi was again resurrected, this time by the Five in Krakoa, after his father requested them to do so. Sebastian wanted to reconnect with his son and make him the new Red King of the Hellfire Club, but, after Emma Frost (the White Queen) told him that she had already picked a Red Queen (Kate Pryde), he made Shinobi the Black Bishop instead.

Still, Sebastian didn't plan to share the reign of the throne with the two queens and secretly killed Kate, hoping the Five wouldn't be able to revive her. When Emma found out, she began planning her revenge on Sebastians, but first, she intended to make sure no one else was involved: she telepathically commanded Shinobi to meet her and probed his mind, but, after finding out he was ignorant to his father's plans, she let him go.

Powers and Abilities

Power Grid

Powers

Shinobi Shaw is a mutant who displayed the following abilities:

Molecular Density Manipulation: Shinobi Shaw has the ability to alter the density of his own body, usually to make himself intangible, allowing solid objects to pass through him.

The O*N*E considered him a Significant Threat.

Notes

• Shinobi Shaw was killed off-panel by his father, Sebastian Shaw. The next time he was shown was in X-Necrosha #1, where he was resurrected by Selene during Necrosha.

See Also

• 36 appearance(s) of Shinobi Shaw (Earth-616)
• 3 minor appearance(s) of Shinobi Shaw (Earth-616)
• 8 mention(s) of Shinobi Shaw (Earth-616)
• 21 image(s) of Shinobi Shaw (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Shinobi Shaw (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Shinobi Shaw (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Shinobi Shaw (Earth-616) on Wikipedia.org
• uncannyxmen.net Character Profiles: Shinobi Shaw
• Shinobi Shaw on ComicVine
• Shinobi Shaw on Writeups
• Shinobi Shaw on Marvel.com

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