Ulysses Klaw is a
fictional character, a
supervillain that appears in
comic books published by
Marvel Comics. He is depicted as a human physicist who has been transformed into solid sound, and who wears a sonic emitter on his right wrist as a prosthetic device. He has often been shown in conflict with the Fantastic Four and the
Avengers and is an enemy of the
Black Panther and
Ka-Zar.
Ulysses Klaw first appears in flashback in
Fantastic Four #53 (Aug 1966) as a
physicist working in the field of applied sonics. Designing a sound transducer to convert sound waves into physical mass, Klaw steals the metal
vibranium - a substance known to exist only in certain meteoric deposits in the small African nation of
Wakanda - to power his device. In doing this, Klaw comes into conflict with the Wakandan ruler/superhero
T'Chaka, whom Klaw murders in cold blood. T'Chaka's adolescent son
T'Challa, who followed his father to watch him combat the invaders, then attacks Klaw to avenge his father, maiming him by costing the villain his right hand as Klaw escaped.
Years later, Ulysses resurfaces with a sonic emitter/gun on his right wrist as a replacement
prosthetic device for his missing hand that can create whatever objects or creatures Klaw can conceive, out of sound. He also has created a device that turns him into a being of solid sound, making him immortal in the process.
[1] Klaw as a professional criminal battles T'Challa (who has now officially become the newest
Black Panther) and
superhero team the
Fantastic Four in New York state, but is defeated.
[2]