[2] Shades was recruited into a gang called the Rivals which also consisted of Carl Lucas, Willis Stryker and Comanche.

[1] After suffering years of torture and abuse from Rackham, Shades and Comanche escape from Seagate, and decide that to get revenge on their former tormentor.

Luke Cage and Iron Fist tracked Shades and Comanche to the George Washington Bridge where they learned about their employer.

When the police fail to remove Shades' visor, he used one more blast to knock Luke Cage and Iron Fist off the George Washington Bridge.

When Bullseye had blown up a building during his fight with Daredevil on Norman Osborn's orders (as seen during the "Dark Reign" storyline), Shades was killed in the explosion while Victor survived upon absorbing the fragments of his father's visor.

[13] In the first season, Shades returns to New York and becomes Willis "Diamondback" Stryker's right-hand man before the latter sends him to assist Cottonmouth and Mariah Dillard.

[19] In the second season, Shades reunites with a released Comanche while he and Dillard prepare to retire from their criminal activities and transition to insider trading.

When she kills innocents while retaliating against Bushmaster however,[23] Shades turns himself in to Knight and takes police immunity in exchange for working as a mole to incriminate Dillard, which they eventually succeed in.