Gorgon (Tomi Shishido)

The Gorgon
Cover of Wolverine #30 John Romita Jr, artist
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Wolverine (vol. 3) #20 (2004)
Created by	Mark Millar John Romita, Jr.
In-story information
Alter ego	Tomi Shishido
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Hydra Dawn of the White Light Hand H.A.M.M.E.R. Dark Avengers
Notable aliases	Wolverine
Abilities	Ability to turn humans to stone by making eye contact with them Superhuman strength, speed, agility, dexterity, reflexes/reactions, coordination, balance, and endurance Regenerative healing factor Telepathy Teleportation device Genius level intellect in multiple areas Extraordinary hand to hand combatant Expert swordsman

The Gorgon (Tomi Shishido) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The Gorgon first appeared in Wolverine (vol. 3) #20, and was created by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. The character was killed in Wolverine (vol. 3) #31, only to be resurrected later in Secret Warriors #2.

The Gorgon's real name is Tomi Shishido. He is a member of the Hand and Hydra and a powerful mutant, leading the extremist mutant society Dawn of the White Light. As a child, he possessed near superhuman levels of intelligence. He said his first words at two weeks of age, could walk at three months, and was able to read and write by his first birthday. He became an accomplished painter by age four, among the top artists in all of Japan; and composed an opera at age six. This is also the age when he attempted a second suicide.

At age 13, he formulated a mathematical formula that proves the existence of One-Above-All and manifested the mutant ability to turn people to stone just by looking at them. The media dubbed him "The Gorgon", after the Gorgon of Greek mythology. Shortly after, he became the leader of a mutant death-cult called the Dawn of the White Light, which committed terrorist attacks throughout Japan. By age 18, he sought out the Hand. Before leaving his home, he killed his entire family and his only friend to prove that he was ruthless enough to join the terrorist organization.

After finding the Hand sanctuary and slaying all of its guards while blindfolded, the Gorgon went inside and pledged his allegiance to the Hand's Jonin. When the master questioned his dedication, the Gorgon impaled himself with his own sword, fatally injuring himself, and told the master to resurrect him. The Jonin were impressed and brought him into the fold.

Later, the Gorgon became connected to Hydra and formed a relationship with Elsbeth Von Strucker, the wife of Hydra leader Baron Strucker. He was responsible for the capture and brain washing of Wolverine. Although Wolverine was eventually freed from their control, he managed to infiltrate the Baxter Building and steal technological blueprints from Reed Richards that were very useful to Hydra. Wolverine, under the brain washing, committed a number of terrorist attacks resulting in the deaths of numerous costumed heroes and hundreds of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents before he was finally caught during an assault on the X-Mansion and subsequently deprogrammed.