▁significant ▁advantage ▁over ▁the ▁police . ▁His ▁criminal ▁career ▁as ▁the ▁self - sty led ▁" S ho cker " ▁put ▁him ▁in ▁direct ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁super h ero ▁Spider - Man , ▁belonging ▁to ▁his ▁ro g ues ▁gallery . ▁ ▁The ▁character ▁has ▁been ▁featured ▁in ▁various ▁media ▁adapt ations , ▁such ▁as ▁feature ▁films , ▁television ▁series ▁and ▁video ▁games . ▁The ▁character ▁made ▁his ▁cin ematic ▁debut ▁in ▁Spider - Man : ▁Home coming ▁port rayed ▁by ▁Bo ke em ▁Wood bine ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁Marvel ▁Cin ematic ▁Un iverse . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁history ▁ ▁The ▁character ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁The ▁Ama zing ▁Spider - Man ▁# 4 6 ▁( M arch ▁ 1 9 6 7 ) ▁and ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁writer ▁Stan ▁Lee ▁and ▁artist ▁John ▁Rom ita ▁Sr . ▁ ▁He ▁appeared ▁as ▁a ▁regular ▁character ▁in ▁Th under bol ts ▁from ▁issue ▁# 1 5 7 ▁to ▁ 1 6 2 , ▁when ▁he ▁desert ed ▁the ▁team . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁characters ▁in ▁" The ▁Super ior ▁Fo es ▁of ▁Spider - man " ▁com ic ▁series . ▁ ▁F ict ional ▁character ▁bi ography ▁ ▁Origin ▁ ▁H erman ▁Sch ult z ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁high ▁school ▁drop out ▁who ▁had ▁brilliant ▁tal ents ▁as ▁both ▁an ▁invent or ▁and ▁an ▁engineer . ▁Instead ▁of ▁using ▁such ▁tal ents ▁to ▁gain ▁legit imate ▁employ ment , ▁he ▁became ▁a