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Montana
Montana (bottom) and the Enforcers on the textless cover ofDaredevil #102 (January 2008). Art byMarko Djurdjevic.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Amazing Spider-Man #10 (March 1964)
Created by	Stan Lee Steve Ditko
In-story information
Alter ego	Jackson W. Brice
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Enforcers
Abilities	Trained mercenary Expert marksman Skilled in the use of alasso

Jackson W. "Montana"Brice, knownmononymsly asMontana, is acharacter appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created byStan Lee andSteve Ditko, he first appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man #10 (March 1964). In his comic book appearances, Montana is depicted as the leader of theEnforcers, a group ofassassins usually employed by other villains such as theBig Man, theGreen Goblin, and theKingpin, which often places them in conflict with the superheroesSpider-Man andDaredevil.

Montana has been adapted from the comics into numerous forms of media, most notably adopting theShocker persona in bothThe Spectacular Spider-Man animated series (voiced byJeff Bennett) and the 2017Marvel Cinematic Universe filmSpider-Man: Homecoming (portrayed byLogan Marshall-Green).

Montana first appeared alongside the other Enforcers inThe Amazing Spider-Man #10 (March 1964), and was created byStan Lee andSteve Ditko.

The character subsequently appears inThe Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964), #19 (December 1964),The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (1964),Marvel Team-Up #39-40 (November–December 1975),The Spectacular Spider-Man #19-20 (June–July 1978),Dazzler #7-8 (October–September 1981),Marvel Team-Up #138 (February 1984),Tales of the Marvels: Inner Demons #1 (1996),Civil War: War Crimes #1 (February 2007),Daredevil #99-100 (September–October 2007), #102 (January 2008), andThe Amazing Spider-Man #562-563 (August 2008).

Montana appeared as part of the "Enforcers" entry in theOfficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #4.

Jackson W. Brice was born inBozeman, Montana. Along withFancy Dan (Daniel Brito) andOx (Raymond Bloch), he was one of the founding members of theEnforcers.^[1] He is highly proficient in use of thelariat.

Montana, Fancy Dan and Ox make their first appearance under the employ of theBig Man (Frederick Foswell). During this time, they have their first run-in with their longtime nemesisSpider-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 byLightmaster 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 byDazzler.^[4] Montana and the team would also go up againstShe-Hulk at one point.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Following the 2006 "Civil War" storyline, Montana,Ox (Ronald Bloch) and Fancy Dan reunite to work forMister Fear, which pits them directly againstDaredevil.^[5] After Mister Fear's arrest, the Enforcers are taken in by theHood'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 theKingpin (Wilson Fisk), and shows contempt toward theHobgoblin (Phil Urich). When Spider-Man and theBlack 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 theDead No More: The Clone Conspiracy storyline, Montana is among the villains who are cloned byMiles Warren's company New U Technologies.^[9][10]

• An alternate universe variant of Montana from Earth-9997 appears inEarth X. This version isNorman Osborn's bodyguard and was mutated by Terrigen Mists, giving him the ability to transform his arms into lassos.^[11]
• An alternate universe variant of Montana appears inSpider-Man Noir as a bodyguard for the "Goblin".^[12]
• An alternate universe variant of Montana namedMontana Bale appears in theUltimate Marvel imprint as an employee of theKingpin.^[13]

• Montana, referred to asCowboy, appears in theSpider-Man episode "Blueprint for Crime", voiced byBernard Cowan.^{[citation needed]}

• Montana appears as theShocker inThe Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced byJeff Bennett.^[14][15] He is the leader of theEnforcers and the owner of the Big Sky Billiard Room, a bar frequented byNew York City's criminals.^[16] The character was chosen to act as the series' incarnation of the Shocker because producerGreg Weisman felt he was more interesting and threatening than Herman Schultz, the original Shocker.^[17] Montana's Shocker costume is similar to the source material with added goggles and larger gauntlets.^[18] Initially hired byTombstone to lead the Enforcers in killing Spider-Man,^[19] Montana steals a shockwave-generating battlesuit from Tricorp to become the "Shocker", only to be defeated by Spider-Man.^[20] Following this, Montana escapes prison and joins theSinister Six to overwhelm Spider-Man, only to be defeated by him under hisblack suit's control.^[21] In the second season, Montana leaves the Sinister Six to rejoin the Enforcers.^[22] 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 theVault.^[23][24]
• Montana appears in theUltimate Spider-Man episode "Nightmare on Christmas", voiced byTroy Baker.^[14]

Jackson Brice appears as the Shocker inSpider-Man: Homecoming (2017), portrayed byLogan Marshall-Green.^[25] This version is a member ofAdrian Toomes' criminal enterprise and wields a modified version ofCrossbones' vibration-emitting gauntlet. After being fired by Toomes for attractingSpider-Man's attention, Brice threatens to expose the operation to Toomes' family. While trying to intimidate Brice, Toomes inadvertently kills him before giving the gauntlet and Shocker mantle toHerman Schultz.

The Spectacular Spider-Man's incarnation of the Shocker received an action figure inHasbro's "Spider Charged" series in 2009.^[26][27]

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