Jackson Brice was born in
Bozeman, Montana. Along with
Fancy Dan (Daniel Brito) and
Ox (Raymond Bloch), he was a founding member of the
Enforcers.[1] He has great proficiency with the
lariat.
Montana, Fancy Dan and Ox make their first appearance under the employ of the
Big Man (
Frederick Foswell). During this time, they have their first run-in with their longtime nemesis
Spider-Man. During their first fight against the web-slinger, Montana's lasso skills initially prove successful but Spider-Man defeats the trio.[2]
Over the next couple of years, Montana and the team would be employed by
Lightmaster in one of his many schemes, again bringing them into conflict with Spider-Man, with similar results.[3] They would then lend their services to Tech-Master in his revenge plot against Harry S. Osgood, only to be defeated by
Dazzler.[4] Montana and the team would also go up against
She-Hulk at one point.[volume & issue needed]
Following the 2006 "
Civil War" storyline, Montana,
Ox (Ronald Bloch) and Fancy Dan reunite to work for
Mister Fear, which pits them directly against
Daredevil.[5] After Mister Fear's arrest, the Enforcers are taken in by the
Hood's organization.[6]
Following the events of the 2008 "
Spider-Man: Brand New Day" storyline, the Enforcers are patrons at the Bar With No Name. They take bets with a person calling himself "The Bookie", over whether Spider-Man will show up to battle "Basher", an unknown villain who claimed to have fought Spider-Man. Spider-Man shows up, but is revealed to be Screwball in disguise when the real web-head shows up. The Enforcers decide to get revenge on The Bookie, capturing him. The Bookie's father calls Spider-Man for assistance, and he agrees to help. Spider-Man defeats Fancy Dan and Montana.[7]
In the story arc "Kill To Be You", Montana is the right-hand man of the
Kingpin (Wilson Fisk), and shows contempt toward the
Hobgoblin (Phil Urich). When Spider-Man and the
Black Cat come to steal back the Reverbium, Montana falls out a window to his death while Hobgoblin saves Kingpin. Hobgoblin cruelly joked that "he'll be missed by everyone – except the pavement".[8]
During the 2016-2017 "
Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy" storyline, Montana is among the cloned villains by
Miles Warren's company New U Technologies.[9] He is involved in a fight with the other cloned supervillains until it is broken up by the clone of the
Prowler.[10]
Other versions
In the future timeline of the 1999 Earth X miniseries, Montana had been mutated and developed the ability to change his hands into lassos. He and his fellow Enforcers were hired as heavies to protect President
Norman Osborn. However, this protection proved to be ineffectual when the Skull came to New York to take over America. He took control of Montana and the Enforcers and murdered Osborn. Montana's fate following the defeat of the Skull remains unknown.[11]
In Spider-Man Noir, Montana and the other Enforcers serve as muscle for a crime boss called the "
Goblin".[12]
Montana appears as the Shocker in The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by
Jeff Bennett.[14] He is the leader of the
Enforcers and the owner of the Big Sky Billiard Room, a bar frequented by
New York City's criminals.[15] The character was chosen to act as the show's incarnation of the Shocker because producer
Greg Weisman felt he was more interesting and threatening than
Herman Schultz, the Shocker's alter ego in the comics.[16] Montana's Shocker costume is similar to the source material with added goggles and larger gauntlets.[17] Initially hired by
Tombstone to lead the Enforcers in killing Spider-Man,[18] Montana steals a shockwave-generating battlesuit from Tricorp to become the "Shocker", only to be defeated by Spider-Man.[19] Following this, Montana breaks out of prison and joins the
Sinister Six to overwhelm Spider-Man, but the web-slinger's
black suit takes control of his body to defeat them.[20] By the second season, Montana has left the Sinister Six to rejoin the Enforcers.[21] After his teammates receive their own battlesuits and dub themselves the "New Enforcers", they are hired by Tombstone to rob the Federal Gold Repository, but Spider-Man intervenes while Hammerhead secretly sabotages their escape to usurp Tombstone, resulting in their apprehension and incarceration in the
Vault.[22][23]
Jackson Brice appears as the Shocker in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), portrayed by
Logan Marshall-Green.[25] This version is a member of
Adrian Toomes' criminal enterprise and wields a modified version of
Crossbones' vibration-emitting gauntlet. After being fired by Toomes for attracting
Spider-Man's attention, Brice threatens to expose the operation to Toomes' family. While trying to intimidate him, Toomes inadvertently kills him before passing the gauntlet and Shocker mantle to
Herman Schultz.