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- Hernan " Shades " Alvarez is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the father of Victor Alvarez and is frequently seen with Comanche, his partner in crime.
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Hernan "Shades" Alvarez is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the father of Victor Alvarez and is frequently seen with Comanche, his partner in crime. Theo Rossi portrayed Shades in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Luke Cage.
- Overview
- Biography
- Personality
- Abilities
- Equipment
- Facilities
- Relationships
- Trivia
―Shades to Comanche
Hernán Enrique Salazar Álvarez, also known as Shades, is a criminal and member of the Rivals. As an inmate at Seagate Penitentiary, he worked for Albert Rackham, organizing illegal prison fights. Once released from Seagate, Shades was recruited by Diamondback and was sent to Harlem to watch over the criminal operations of Cottonmouth, which put him back into conflict with Luke Cage, another former prisoner at Seagate, while also witnessing the rise of Mariah Dillard, in the wake of Cottonmouth's death. When Diamondback arrived in Harlem to kill Cage, Shades stayed by his side, although his constant questioning of his employer eventually made him his target, forcing him to side with Dillard and betray Diamondback in order to save his own life.
Early LifeIncarcerationReturn to HarlemDiamondback's CommandPlanning RetirementWar for Harlem―Shades to Black Mariah
Shades tends to be relaxed and dissociated to stressful situations in which others would usually break down or express their emotions, yet always displaying a high level of confidence and discipline in his actions. He is aware that his place in the food chain of Harlem as liaison to the crime lords makes him a difficult person to intimidate, except by Diamondback himself. Shades calm demeanor almost never falters; even in police custody where it seemed certain he will be arrested, he only sarcastically asks for a lawyer and keeps his poise, dignity, and reservation. His highly controlled attitude is very antagonistic towards most criminals who are usually impulsive, such as Tone, Diamondback and Cottonmouth, and he encourages others to behave more like him if they want to survive longer.
•Expert Combatant: Shades is shown to be skilled in hand-to-hand combat, though not to the level of trained individuals like Luke Cage. When attacked in an elevator by Diamondback's thugs, Shades was able to fight them off and kill all of them. He was even able to briefly keep up against the highly powered Bushmaster before being knocked down. On several occasions, Shades was able to swiftly disarm gunmen and overpower them.
―Shades to Mariah Dillard
•Expert Marksman: Shades is highly skilled in the use of firearms. He is very accurate, as he was able to shoot Zip, Candace Miller, and Arturo Rey III directly in the head. When confronted by Bushmaster he was able to shoot a bullet straight at his left eye that would have killed him had it not had been for his inhuman speed that allowed Bushmaster to dodge the shot.
―Shades to Mariah Dillard
Weapons
―Shades and Comanche •Kimber Warrior: Shades carried this handgun as his personal sidearm which he took on almost all of his missions, taking it while chasing Misty Knight inside Harlem's Paradise during a hostage situation. He eventually found Knight and threatened her with the gun, but Claire Temple managed to disarm him and both of them knocked him out. •SIG-Sauer GSR: Shades had taken this gun away from one of the men that accompanied Zip as he had attempted to kill him under Diamondback's orders. As Zip had attempted to choke him, Shades managed to take the gun and quickly killed those two men, getting free and threatening Zip with it. Shades took Zip to the rooftop, where he used the gun to execute him as he revealed that he followed Diamondback orders. •Walther Creed: Shades quickly took his gun out and executed Arturo Rey III by shooting him in the head at point-blank range, as Rey was insulting Mariah Dillard, giving him no time to react. •Beretta 92FS: Shades quickly disarmed one of the Stylers in Piranha Jones' party right after he shot at Luke Cage, and took his gun for his own protection, although he left as soon as he heard the police arriving to the place. •Handgun: Shades carried this gun when Anansi was kidnapped and taken to Harlem's Paradise, and took it when Anansi started to lose his temper and yell at Mariah Dillard. Anansi did not attempt to attack them, so Shades did not have to use it. •Glock 19: Shades took Tom Ridenhour's gun when he followed Comanche to their meeting, and while he distracted him explaining how they would justify Ridenhour's death, he shot Comanche in the stomach, to make it appear that Ridenhour himself had shot Comanche. He shot him again in the chest to kill him, before planting the gun on Ridenhour's hand. •Handgun: Shades attempted to kill Ingrid Mackintosh inside the Clinica Sonando. However, Mackintosh's pleas for mercy, and the guilt he felt for his role in the massacre and killing his best friend Comanche, made him unable to pull the trigger, and he fled the scene. •Handgun: A henchman working on Mariah Dillard's orders ambushed Shades and tried to kill him, though Shades overpowered and disarmed him. He shot him twice to the chest, and after asking for his phone, Shades shot him again to kill him. •Stokes' Revolver: Shades had borrowed the .38 pearl-handed revolver from Dillard to execute Candace Miller by shooting her into the head in order to stop her leaking damning information. During the Infiltration into Harlem's Paradise, Shades then took the revolver away from Dillard, who was threatening him with it, and attempted to kill Bushmaster, only to miss his first shot and find his other shots simply caused no damage to Bushmaster's skin. Shades had then handed the gun over to Detective Misty Knight as evidence, which had resulted in Dillard finally getting arrested for her many crimes. •Rifle: Shades armed himself with this rifle when he decided to act against Bushmaster and the Stylers while they were chasing Piranha Jones. As they were all aware that Jones was being protected by Luke Cage, Shades decided to ambush the Stylers who would look for Cage at Pop's Barber Shop armed with this rifle and only with Comanche by his side, although they never arrived.
Other Equipment
•Judas Bullet: While he had been working for Diamondback, Shades had sold the Judas Bullets, which had been made from Chitauri metal, as he recommended these to Cottonmouth, with the hope that they would be strong enough to kill Luke Cage. Shades had also sold the bullets to Arturo Rey III, who also used them against Cage, only for Shades to later learn that Cage had become impervious to the bullets.
•Harlem's Paradise: As the base of the criminal activities of the Stokes Crime Family, Shades would always resign in the nightclub when Cottonmouth used to operate and throw parties over Harlem. When Cottonmouth was killed by her cousin Mariah Dillard, Shades took over the nightclub with her, as they gain money for any trading deals with other criminals. Once Shades and Dillard broke up, he worked with NYPD to get the Stokes' Revolver as evidence for her murder of Cottonmouth, therefore ending their feud and access of the nightclub.
•Pop's Barber Shop: •29th Precinct Police Station: •Mariah Dillard's Brownstone: •Ginny's Supper Club: •Gwen's: •Cuchifritos:
Family
•Mother •Cousin
Allies
•Hector † •Rivals •Romeo † - Friend •Albert Rackham † •Stokes Crime Family •Tone † •Amos •Sugar •Koko † •Darrell Mitchell •Andre Jackson/Ray Ray † •Darnell •Turk Barrett •Juan Carlos Castro † •Jacques Alef † •Yardies •Neville Barnwell † •Nigel Garrison † •Korean Mob •Peter Hong † •Kerry Duggan - Lawyer •Piranha Jones † •Cockroach Hamilton †
Enemies
•Luke Cage - Former Fellow Inmate •Squabbles † - Former Fellow Inmate and Victim •Reva Connors † •Shameek Smith † •Chico Diaz † •Damon Boone † •New York City Police Department •Priscilla Ridley •Tom Ridenhour † •Misty Knight - Temporary Ally •Mark Bailey •Cornell Stokes/Cottonmouth † - Former Ally •Colon Crime Family •Domingo Colon † •Claire Temple •Zip † - Former Ally, Attempted Killer and Victim •Bobby Fish •Willis Stryker/Diamondback - Former Boss •Candace Miller † - Victim •Mark Higgins † •Arturo Rey III † - Former Ally and Victim •Stylers •John McIver/Bushmaster •Darius Jones/Comanche † - Best Friend, Former Fellow Inmate, Former Lover and Victim •Benjamin Donovan - Former Lawyer •Alex Wesley † •Paul Mackintosh/Anansi † •Danny Rand/Iron Fist •Ingrid Mackintosh - Attempted Victim •Mariah Dillard/Black Mariah † - Former Lover and Attempted Victim •Colin Dunbar •Patricia Wilson - Former Lawyer •Janis Jones - Former Friend
•In the comics, Shades was a member of the Rivals, the same Harlem gang as Carl Lucas, Willis Stryker and Comanche. Once he broke out of prison, he became a criminal for hire until he eventually reformed and became a community organizer in Hell's Kitchen. He was then hired by Ward Meachum, who gave him with a pair of optic blasting shades.
•While Shades' legal name in the comics is not known, his MCU counterpart's name is a reference to Shades' son, Victor Hernan Alvarez.
Aug 4, 2020 · Shades' legal name as revealed in Luke Cage is Hernan Enrique Salazar Alvarez. Interestingly, his legal name has never been mentioned in the comics. Only his son's name Victor Alvarez is mentioned in the comics. The two are estranged because Shades cheated on his mother.
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Hernan "Shades" Alvarez is the secondary antagonist of the Netflix series Marvel's Luke Cage. He was a henchman of the crime lord Diamondback. After a business associate of Diamondback's, the Harlem gangster Cottonmouth, is betrayed by some of his men, Diamondback sends Shades in good faith to...
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Hernan "Shades" Alvarez is a Marvel Comics character and supervillain who appears in Luke Cage. Shades was created by Archie Goodwin and George Tuska. He is a ruthless mob enforcer and hitman who is undyingly loyal to Mariah Dillard, and acts as her number one man and as Luke Cage's archnemesis...
Hernan Alvarez, commonly nicknamed Shades, is a criminal working for Diamondback who was sent to watch over and advise the criminal operations of Cottonmouth in Harlem. This put him back into conflict with a former enemy, Luke Cage while also watching the rise of Mariah Dillard in the wake of Cottonmouth's murder.
The stealth. The silent power. Hernan "Shades" Alvarez knows no loyalty and will do anything to get ahead in the seedy criminal world operating in Harlem. Get to know the man who plays by his own rules to get the job done.
