Herman Schultz (Earth-6531)

"You just don't learn, do you?"

- - Shocker to Spider-Man

Herman Schultz is a former salvage worker who worked for the Toomes Salvage Company until its leader, Adrian Toomes, decided to turn to a life of crime, using technology he acquired from the Parademons after the Battle of New York City with the help of the Tinkerer. After his fellow criminal Jackson Brice was killed by Toomes, Schultz assumed the identity of the Shocker.

Biography
"So now the assholes who made this mess are being paid to clean it up. Yeah, it's all rigged."

- - Herman Schultz and Adrian Toomes

A member of the Toomes Salvage Company, Herman Schultz was a good friend of the company's owner Adrian Toomes, becoming a good friend of his family and thus a trusted ally and confidant. After the Battle of New York City, the Toomes Salvage Company was hired to clean up the destruction caused by the Avengers and the Parademons, where one of Toomes' workers, Phineas Mason, discovered they could reverse-engineer Parademon technology.