Shrapnel (DC Comics) explained
Shrapnel (Mark Scheffer) is a supervillain appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of the Outsiders and the Doom Patrol.
Shrapnel has appeared in and the second season of Arrow, voiced by Greg Ellis in the former and portrayed by Sean Maher in the latter.
Publication history
Shrapnel first appeared in Doom Patrol vol. 2, #7 and was created by Paul Kupperberg and Erik Larsen.[1]
Fictional character biography
Little about Shrapnel's past and identity is known, although it is known that his name is Mark Scheffer and that he has an ex-wife and two daughters.[2] After becoming a metallic metahuman, Scheffer battles the Doom Patrol on multiple occasions.
Shrapnel later joins the Secret Society of Super Villains and the Cyborg Revenge Squad.[3] He is among the villains exiled to another planet in Salvation Run, and appears in the crossover storyline JLA/Avengers as one of several villains who attack the Vision and Aquaman in Metropolis.[4]
Powers and abilities
Shrapnel possesses organic metal skin that gives him superhuman strength and durability. The scales that compose his body can be projected as explosive bursts and remotely controlled.
In other media
- Shrapnel appears in the episode "When OMAC Attacks!", voiced by Greg Ellis.[5] This version is General Kafka, a Russian war criminal who claims to have hailed from a poor village that was razed during an unspecified conflict, which doomed the survivors to poverty and famine, and seeks revenge for this. Equinox manipulates him into fighting OMAC and attempting to cause a meltdown in New York City, during which he is transformed into an organic metal being with the ability to absorb kinetic energy to empower himself amidst a lab accident. With Batman's help, OMAC defeats Shrapnel by tricking him into tiring himself out.
- Mark "Shrapnel" Scheffer appears in Arrow, portrayed by Sean Maher.[6] Introduced in the episode "Blast Radius", this version is a non-metahuman anti-government serial bomber and member of a terrorist militia group. After bombing two government buildings in Starling City, Scheffer targets Sebastian Blood's Unity Rally, but is thwarted and captured by the Arrow. In the episode "Suicide Squad", Scheffer becomes a reluctant member of the titular team. After he tries to abandon them during their first mission, Amanda Waller kills him via a nano-bomb implanted in the squad members' heads to keep them in line.[7]
- Shrapnel appears as a character summon in .[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Browning. Michael . The Doom Patrol Interviews: Erik Larsen . Back Issue!. 65. 52–54 . TwoMorrows Publishing. July 2013. Raleigh, North Carolina.
- Birds of Prey #12 (December 1999)
- Villains United #1 (July 2005)
- Salvation Run #1 (January 2008)
- Web site: Shrapnel Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show) . April 27, 2024 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
- Web site: Ching . Albert . October 23, 2013 . Firefly Alum Joins Arrow Cast as DC's Shrapnel . June 8, 2017 . Comic Book Resources.
- Web site: EXCLUSIVE: AMANDA WALLER UNLEASHES THE SUICIDE SQUAD ON "ARROW". Narcisse. Evan. Comic Book Resource. February 21, 2014.
- Web site: Eisen . Andrew . October 4, 2013 . DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide . April 27, 2024 . IGN.
