However, the side effects of the unstable formula gave Zabo an erratic personality and severe issues controlling his emotions, particularly anger. Having discovered his daughter's location, Zabo made a temporary alliance with Daniel Whitehall so he could take his daughter to the ancient Kree City where she could undergo Terrigenesis. Zabo's actions, including forming a team of enhanced criminals, attracted the attention of the Inhumans, who brought him to Afterlife where he was reunited with Jiaying. Zabo and his wife developed a plan to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. once and for all, however Phil Coulson convinced Zabo to fight his wife to protect his daughter, resulting in Zabo killing Jiaying. In the aftermath of the battle, Zabo's mind was wiped by the remaining resources of Project T.A.H.I.T.I. and he lived a new life as a veterinarian named Doctor Winslow.
Publication Information
- S.H.I.E.L.D. : Calvin L. Johnson
- Version : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Alter Ego :
- Known As :
- Calvin Zabo
- Cal
- Monster
- The Doctor
- Doctor Winslow
- Type : Doctor of ambiguous morality
- Relative :
- Unnamed Grandfather
- Jiaying : Ex-Wife
- Daisy Johnson : Daughter
- Affiliation :
- Formerly Doctors Without Borders
- Formerly Slicing Talons
- Formerly HYDRA
- Gender : Male
- Origin : Earth
- Season : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- First Appeareance : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 Episod 21 : Ragtag
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : Kyle MacLachlan
- Main View : Full Episod
Since experiencing the trauma of discovering the brutally murdered corpse of his wife and experimenting on himself, Calvin Zabo has demonstrated a highly unstable personality, easily prone to outbursts of rage, driven by a desperate motivation to restore the family he feels he had lost while seeking revenge on his transgressors. Under normal conditions, Zabo maintains a calm demeanor, expressing high intelligence and a sensible, level-headed personality, but at times he may still express mild anger or annoyance in a more tactful manner.
Although Zabo was mentally unstable, he was also very caring. This was put forward by Phil Coulson who went on to say that he wore his heart on his sleeve. He ultimately only wished to fulfill his promise to Jiaying, which was to protect their daughter, which he made sure to follow to the point where he even killed Jiaying herself because she attempted to murder Skye. This promise, however, made Zabo go to desperate lengths experimenting on himself and murdering an entire village of people.
After undergoing the T.A.H.I.T.I Protocol and having his memories wiped, he is now living happily as a veterinarian. As Dr. Winslow, he is very social and hospitable to others, and kind to animals. It can be assumed that Zabo has been restored to the good man he once was, albeit without the family he no longer realizes that he lost.
Calvin Zabo
Abilities
- Enhanced Strength : Calvin Zabo shows physical strength that exceeds that of an average man, being capable of easily killing a man with his bare hands and breaking a HYDRA operative's neck by lifting him and tossing him on the floor. Derived from experiments Zabo performed on himself, hoping to protect his daughter after her mother's death, his strength allowed him to toss a now transformed Raina to the ground, even though she had him by the throat, once he got enraged when she insulted his daughter.
- Transformation : Thanks to his formula, Zabo can partially transform himself into a mostly huge humanoid, extremely resilient to physical damage: In this form, non-lethal weapons such as the I.C.E.R.s have absolutely no effect on him, and even lethal force barely slows him down. Also his strength increases remarkably, as he is able to toss around extremely heavy lab equipment with no effort, and was able to break Jiaying's neck with a simple twist of his wrist.
- Master Physician : Zabo has extensive medical training, having worked in a clinic in his youth, and having performed underground surgeries in his recent years. He possesses extensive medical knowledge regarding human physiology, which in turn makes him effective at saving lives, or killing others whenever he loses his composure. He has used his medical knowledge to create a chemical formula that enhanced his physiology and improved his strength, though he was not entirely successful with it, as it gave him a more violent personality.
- Combatant : Zabo is an adept combatant, being able to kill multiple HYDRA soldiers with relative ease. However, he often uses his enhanced strength to his advantage, rather than using actual skill as shown when he took on Phil Coulson.
- Calvin Zabo's Formula : In response to having his family torn apart, Zabo began experimenting and created his own Formula which gave him super human strength. This formula proved to be highly unstable and caused him to have dramatic mood swings which often resulted in violent outbursts. It was only when Jemma Simmons injected Zabo with adrenaline that the formula caused Zabo to gain the maximum strength his body could take while also mutating him into a monstrous version of himself hell bent on ripping his enemies apart.
