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    Shock Gibson

    Character » Shock Gibson appears in 68 issues.

    Shock Gibson was one of the first comic book superhero to show up in the wake of the popularity of Superman. Public Domain Charater.

    Short summary describing this character.

    Shock Gibson last edited by aphillips17 on 05/30/22 09:40PM View full history

    Origin

    An Army of One
    An Army of One

    Scientist Robert Gibson was experimenting to see if the human body could be improved through the use of electricity, and he was using himself as his only test subject.  As he was working on his experiment lightning struck his laboratory causing an accidental success beyond his wildest dreams as he found that was not just healthier and stronger but fantastically so, not only that but he had also gained the ability to control magnetism, fly, throw lightning bolts, melt metal by touching it and withstand huge amounts of physical damage.Instead of telling anyone what had happened he decided to fight crime and evil using these new powers.  Called The Human Dynamo he soon became better known as Shock Gibson.

    Costume

     Original Costume with and without the Helmet
     Original Costume with and without the Helmet

    The Original Costume
    Shock Gibson changed his costumes several times as he went through World War II.  His first costume covered him comply except for the face and around the head.  He wore a yellow costume with yellow gloves, shoes, belt and helmet.  He belt had a red lighting bolt on it and his helmet had a large dorsal-like fin on it.   After a while he no longer used the helmet
     

     First Bare Leg Costumes
     First Bare Leg Costumes

    The Three Bare Legged Costumes
    The first bare leg costume was just that.  It was just like his costume with his legs simply exposed.  The only other exception is he started to wear red pirate-style boots.  After this he started to wear a short sleeve costume with a with and blue stripe on the cuff of the sleeve.  He also started to wear a blue mask despite never wearing a mask before.  For a very short time as well he was colored with brown hair instead of blonde hair.  The hair was qickly made blonde again and his mask became yellow

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