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Shaft (Jeff Terrel) is a
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created by writer/artist
Rob Liefeld Robert Liefeld (; born October 3, 1967) is an American comic book creator. A prominent writer and artist in the 1990s, he is known for co-creating the character Cable (comics), Cable with writer Louise Simonson and the character Deadpool with wri ...
. Liefeld created the character for his
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as the leader of superhero team Youngblood.


Fictional character biography

Jeff Terrel is an undercover FBI agent dating an assistant DA when a sniper tries to kill him at a shopping mall. He slays his attacker with a thrown pen. Later, he is approached by the government-sponsored team, Youngblood. He joins the team being an already accomplished archer. He adopts the name of Shaft and began the first of many adventures with the group. His first adventure involves the removal of a fictional Middle Eastern dictator named Hussain Kussein. Part of Youngblood is concerned with public relations, as seen with the media relations expert Tymer in issue three. In the same issue, he leads a holding action against a prison break. When then-leader Battlestone was accused of misleading the team and held responsible for the deaths of many members, Shaft went on to lead the team while Battlestone founded and became the leader of
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. One of his earliest actions was rescuing
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from the WildC.A.T.s. Or so he thought. This had been part of a shape-shifting Daemonite plot. Shaft also made an appearance in the
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-written "Judgement Day" limited series printed by Liefeld's second comic book publishing company
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. In it, he played a part in the trial of fellow Youngblood teammate Knightsabre. Outside of Youngblood, he was featured in a crossover with the
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heroes, notably Bloodshot. Shaft and his team try to bring in California-based super-squad 'The Pact' for questioning in a legal matter. In 1995, Shaft goes through a gender reversal in the 'Babewatch' event. Shaft has a prominent cameo in the ''Shattered Image'' limited series, attempting to help keep the Earth from splintering off into six different versions. When Shaft's teammate Riptide is found murdered and fellow hero Knightsabre is suspected, Shaft leads the political and legal chaos that follows, as such as a situation is unique for society at that time.


Present

Shaft once again led Youngblood in the
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-published ''Youngblood'' series written by
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. This team was a public relations front put forth by the U.S. government. He is teamed with Badrock,
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, Doc Rocket, Diehard, and Johnny Panic. Each member of the team has their own action figure line; they also star in the in-universe Youngblood cartoon show."Youngblood" #1–4 (2008) Shaft is featured in the Image United crossover that took place in November 2009.


References


External links


Official site
{{Youngblood, state=autocollapse Comics characters introduced in 1992 Arcade Comics characters Arcade Comics titles Characters created by Rob Liefeld Image Comics male superheroes Fictional Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel Fictional archers Fictional murderers Fictional swordfighters in comics