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{{short description|Fictional supervillain}}
{{Infobox comics character<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
| image          = FantasticFour 056.jpg 
| caption        = Klaw battles the [[Fantastic Four]] on the cover of ''Fantastic Four'' #56 (Nov. 1966).
| character_name = Klaw
| real_name      = Ulysses Klaue
| species        = Human mutate
| publisher      = [[Marvel Comics]]
| debut          = {{ubl|'''as Ulysses Klaw:'''|''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'' #53 (Aug. 1966)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Misiroglu |first1=Gina Renée |last2=Eury |first2=Michael |title=The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood |date=2006 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |isbn=9780780809772 |url=https://archive.org/details/supervillainbook0000gina/page/194/mode/2up |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Conroy |first=Mike |authorlink=Mike Conroy (writer) |title=500 Comicbook Villains |publisher=Collins & Brown |date=2004 |isbn=1-84340-205-X |url=https://archive.org/details/500comicbookvill0000conr/page/68/mode/2up |language=en}}</ref>|'''as Klaw:'''|''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'' #56 (Nov. 1966)}}
| creators       = [[Stan Lee]] (writer)<br>[[Jack Kirby]] (artist)
| alliances      = {{ubl|[[Frightful Four]]|[[Masters of Evil]]|[[Advanced Idea Mechanics|A.I.M.]]|Fearsome Foursome<br> [[Lethal Legion]]}}
| aliases        = Ulysses Klaw<br>Master of Sound

| powers         = *[[Genius]]-level intellect
*[[Immortality]]
*[[Superhuman strength]], stamina, durability, and speed 
*Sonic device grants:
**Sound manipulation 
}}
'''Klaw''' ('''Ulysses Klaue''')<ref name="FFU">{{Cite comic | Writer = | Penciller = | Inker = | Story = | Title = Fantastic Four Unlimited | Issue = #1 | date=  1993 | Publisher = [[Marvel Comics]] | }}</ref> is a [[supervillain]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The character 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 is often in conflict with the [[Fantastic Four]] and the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]], and he is also an enemy of the [[Black Panther (comics)|Black Panther]] and [[Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)|Ka-Zar]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brevoort |first1=Tom |last2=DeFalco |first2=Tom |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=Sanderson |first4=Peter |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |title=Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History |date=2017 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1465455505 |page=118}}</ref>

The character is featured in other Marvel-endorsed products such as arcade and [[video game]]s, [[animated]] [[television series]], and merchandise such as [[trading card]]s. [[Andy Serkis]] portrays Klaue in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) films ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'' (2015) and ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'' (2018), and the [[Disney+]] series ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]'' (2021).

==Publication history==
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The character first appeared in ''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'' #53 ([[1966 in comics|1966]]) and was created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=205}}</ref>

==Fictional character biography==
Ulysses Klaue<!-- "Klaue" is his original birth name, not his current real name. --> is the son of [[Nazi]] war criminal Colonel Fritz Klaue of the Blitzkrieg Squad led by [[Baron Strucker]]. He was sent by [[Adolf Hitler]] to [[Wakanda]] to learn their secrets. After [[World War II]], he moved back to [[Belgium]], later anglicized his name to "Klaw", and raised his son with tales of Wakanda.<ref name="FFU"/>

Klaw later becomes a [[physicist]], working in the field of applied sonics. To continue his design of a sound transducer which converts sound waves into physical mass, Klaw steals the metal [[vibranium]] to power his device. This is a metal substance known to exist only in certain meteoric deposits in the small African nation of Wakanda. By stealing this rare mineral, Klaw comes into conflict with the Wakandan ruler/superhero [[T'Chaka]], whom Klaw murders in cold blood. T'Chaka's adolescent son [[Black Panther (comics)|T'Challa]], who watched his father fall to the invaders, then attacks Klaw to avenge his father. Klaw manages to escape at the cost of his right hand.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #53 (August 1966)</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Rovin |first=Jeff |title=[[The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains]] |date=1987 |publisher=Facts on File |isbn=0-8160-1356-X |location=New York |page=180 |authorlink=Jeff Rovin}}[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofsu0000rovi_h5r9/page/180/mode/2up]</ref>

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 any kind of object or creature he can conceive by only using sound. He has also created a device that turns him into a being composed solely of sound, making him immortal in the process.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #53</ref> Klaw as a professional criminal battles T'Challa (who has now officially become the newest [[Black Panther (comics)|Black Panther]]) and [[superhero]] team the [[Fantastic Four]] in New York state, but he is defeated.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #56</ref>

Klaw is imprisoned but freed by the [[Ultron|Crimson Cowl]], which turns out to be an alias of [[Ultron]]. Joining the second incarnation of the [[Masters of Evil]], Klaw and the other villains battle superhero team, the Avengers. The Avengers, however, defeat them, with the Black Panther subduing Klaw.<ref>''The Avengers'' #54-55</ref> Klaw would attempt to reform the second Masters of Evil to fight the Avengers, but his scheme would be foiled by the all-female team the [[Lady Liberators]].<ref>''The Avengers'' #83</ref>

Managing to escape custody again, Klaw journeys back to Wakanda where he helps steal a device capable of augmenting the metal-disintegrating property of a vibranium alloy. Encountering the [[Thing (comics)|Thing]], the [[Human Torch]], and the Black Panther, Klaw is defeated.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #119</ref>

Klaw later joins forces with the murderous [[Solarr]] and traps the Avengers within a solid sound barrier. Klaw threatens to execute them if the Black Panther did not abdicate the throne of Wakanda to him. Realizing that Klaw himself is disguised as one of the hostages while using a sound creation of himself to appear outside the barrier, the Panther manages to expose and subdue Klaw and Solarr before he could make good on his threat.<ref>''The Avengers'' #126</ref>

Klaw is later freed from prison by a member of the extra dimensional race of [[Sheenareans]], who wish him to use his sonic powers to help open a dimensional portal big enough for their invading armada to enter Earth. Klaw agrees and after a skirmish with [[Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)|Ka-Zar]] in [[London]], he travels with the Sheenarean to the [[Savage Land]] where there is a vibranium deposit large enough to create the portal. After Ka-Zar repulses the invaders, Klaw flees into the Sheenarean dimension, and unable to salvage anything substantial from his allies, uses their technology to return to Earth.<ref>''Ka-Zar'' vol. 2 #16-20</ref>

Materializing in the [[Features of the Marvel Universe#Extradimensional places|Nexus of All Realities]] located in the Florida Everglades, Klaw happens upon the wand of the [[Molecule Man]]. Helping the Molecule Man find a body to possess, Klaw and his new ally travel to New York to wreak revenge on their common enemy, the Fantastic Four. Klaw is subdued by the visiting [[Impossible Man]].<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #187</ref>

Klaw finds his powers waning, which results in him having to manipulate a group of street youths into helping him gain the material needed to restore his power. With Black Panther's help, Klaw's scheme backfires.<ref>''Black Panther'' #14-15</ref> He finds himself imprisoned within his own gun-hand, stored at the research facility [[Features of the Marvel Universe#Project Pegasus|Project Pegasus]]. In ''[[Marvel Two-in-One]]'' #57-58 (Nov.-Dec 1979), Klaw is freed by fellow villain [[Solarr]], although both are defeated by a group of heroes, including the [[Thing (comics)|Thing]], [[Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)|Quasar]], [[Bill Foster (comics)|Giant-Man]], and [[Wundarr the Aquarian|Aquarian]].<ref>''Marvel Two-in-One'' #57-58</ref>

After that, Klaw fights the Thing, Ka-Zar, and [[American Eagle (comics)|American Eagle]].<ref>''Marvel Two-in-One'' Annual #6</ref>

Klaw's career soon takes a downward spiral, after an encounter with the mutant [[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]] results in his humanoid form being dissolved and his sound energy being blasted out into space, where it ends up being collected by [[Galactus]].<ref>''Dazzler'' #9-11</ref> His energy is found by [[Doctor Doom]] during the [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] ''[[Secret Wars]]''. Doom restores Klaw to normal. The loss of his physical form has had repercussions; Klaw now has the mind of a child and is quite insane, a symptom of which is speaking in rhyme. Doom exploits Klaw's madness, convincing the villain to re-dissect him as part of a mad gambit to steal the powers of both Galactus and the [[Beyonder]]. However, the Beyonder possesses Klaw after losing his powers, leading to Klaw tricking Doom into giving up his stolen Godhood and teleporting the two back to Earth, where Klaw's mental state slowly heals.<ref>''Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars'' #6-12</ref>

Klaw fights [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]] and [[Vision (Marvel Comics)|Vision]], before being recruited by the [[Wizard (Marvel Comics)|Wizard]] to join his latest incarnation of the Frightful Four. Attacking the Fantastic Four while the group are performing a delicate scientific procedure on the [[Human Torch]] (whose powers had gone out of control), Klaw throws The Thing into the medical pod that was attempting to drain the excess radiation from Torch, resulting in Ben Grimm being returned to normal. Klaw and his teammates, along with the Fantastic Four, are quickly captured by the rogue [[Watcher (comics)|Watcher]] [[Aron (comics)|Aron]], who ultimately returns Klaw and his fellow villains to prison after the Fantastic Four break free.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #326-333</ref>

Klaw's imprisonment would not last. Escaping during the [[Acts of Vengeance]] story line, Klaw is taken in by [[Advanced Idea Mechanics|A.I.M.]], who plant a pain-control device into his gun-hand to control him. He is then sent to attack the reformed supervillainess [[Volcana (Marvel Comics)|Volcana]], in hopes of luring out her lover [[Molecule Man]] but abandons the battle when his gun-hand is destroyed.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=February 2011}} Klaw is later recruited by the "[[Pacific Overlords]]" group, led by [[Doctor Demonicus]], but turns against the group and instead aids the [[West Coast Avengers]] in defeating them when it becomes apparent that Demonicus had become a thrall of a dangerous demon.<ref>''Avengers West Coast'' #93-95</ref> He later joins [[Justine Hammer]]'s version of the Masters of Evil, fighting the [[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]] on several occasions.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=February 2011}} When Earth's vibranium deposits begin to explode due to a 'vibranium cancer' introduced into the world when [[Captain America's shield]] was broken and improperly repaired,{{Volume needed|c=y|date=September 2014}} Klaw travels to Wakanda with the goal of absorbing the sound energy of the imminent explosion to become even stronger. Captain America is able to defeat him when he uses the damaged shield to absorb Klaw's attack. The blast realigns the shield molecules so that the shield is repaired and the vibranium cancer destroyed.<ref>''Captain America'' vol. 3 #22</ref>

Klaw features in the opening arc of the fourth Black Panther series, a flashback story that features the origin of the title character. The character ultimately resurfaces again, having (through unknown means) successfully uploaded his sound based essence onto the [[Internet]] and later been downloaded, via [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent]], by the Wizard to fight the Fantastic Four again as part of a new incarnation of the Frightful Four.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #547</ref>

Klaw is later seen with Wizard's Frightful Four when it comes to helping Intelligencia capture Mister Fantastic.<ref>''Hulk'' vol. 2 #19, March 2010</ref>

[[Chameleon (character)|Chameleon]] later poses as Klaw to infiltrate Intelligencia and be ready for the [[Sinister Six]] to attack them.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #676</ref>

Klaw is enlisted by the Wizard to capture [[Carnage (character)|Carnage]], so that he can be added to the latest version of the Frightful Four, alongside [[Karl Malus]]. The Wizard's attempts to control the symbiote (which is in control of Kasady's lobotomised body) fail, so he decides to bond it to Malus, and subdue his mind. Klaw subdues Malus, and the operation is a success, creating "Superior Carnage". The "Frightful Foundation" then attack New York city hall, as part of Wizard's plan to get his clone son's attention. During a battle with [[Superior Spider-Man]], Wizard loses control of Superior Carnage, who stabs Klaw with a vibranium spear, causing him to detonate. The sonic explosion tears the symbiote away from Malus, and onto Wizard, but it then abandons him for Kasady (Whom Superior Spider-Man had brought to the scene). As Carnage attempts to kill Wizard, Klaw, whose consciousness had been projected onto the "sound wall" of the universe by the explosion, focuses the last of his strength into creating a bolt of lightning that brings down Carnage, separating the symbiote from its host. Klaw reflects that that could be his final act, as his essence spreads further into the sound wall, and will soon be too thin for him to retain his consciousness.<ref>''Superior Carnage'' #1-5</ref>

During the ''[[Avengers: Standoff!]]'' storyline, Klaw is an inmate of Pleasant Hill, a gated community established by [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]]<ref>''Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha'' #1</ref>

==Powers and abilities==
Courtesy of a [[vibranium]]-powered sonic converter, Ulysses Klaw was converted into a being composed of psionically "solidified" sound, giving him a somewhat inhuman appearance. The character is described as having superhuman durability and strength sufficient to lift tons of matter. The molybdenum steel sound generator that serves as a prosthetic appliance on Klaw's right wrist is able to transform ambient sound to perform a series of functions, including the projection of intense high-volume sonic waves and blasts of concussive force and the creation of mobile sound/mass constructs. The sound converter was invented by Klaw and later improved by [[Advanced Idea Mechanics|AIM]] scientists and technicians.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=February 2011}} Klaw can also sense his surroundings using sonar. When he fought Volcana while trying to abduct Molecule Man he demonstrated the ability to create "cohesive sound".{{Volume needed|c=y|date=August 2009}} This was essentially an entangling/crushing construct that absorbed ambient noise to increase its size and strength. The noise from the target's struggles to remove the construct would make it larger and stronger. Volcana was only able to escape it by changing into her ash form.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=August 2009}}  After Klaw became temporarily commingled with the ship of the cosmic entity [[Galactus]] and reconstructed by [[Doctor Doom]], he became able to create semi-autonomous creatures that he could direct to attack his foes and his creatures are similarly made of solidified sound and display a similar superhuman strength level as Klaw himself.<ref>''Secret Wars'' #8 (Dec. 1984)</ref>

Klaw is unable to regain his original organic form. He has a susceptibility to vibranium, which can cause his mass/energy form to temporarily collapse. He is also subject to temporary mild insanity when forced to exist as sonic energy without humanoid form for long periods of time. As a result of his transformation, Klaw was at first unable to exist outside a medium that allows the propagation of sound waves (i.e. in a vacuum) without the technological improvements made to his sonic converter by AIM.  But after being reconstituted by A.I.M. his "solid sound" body has different properties than normal sound waves and is not affected by a vacuum.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=August 2009}} It was demonstrated that in this form that Klaw could also generate and direct sonic attacks through physical objects without needing his emitter by merely touching the material.

Klaw holds a Ph.D. in physics and is an expert physicist specializing in applied sonics.

==Reception==
* In 2018, ''[[ComicBook.com]]'' ranked Klaw 2nd in their "8 Best Black Panther Villains" list.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The 8 Best Black Panther Villains |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/best-black-panther-villains-ranked/ |access-date=October 16, 2022 |website=Marvel |date=21 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* In 2020, [[Comic Book Resources]] (CBR) ranked Klaw 4th in their "Marvel: Ranking Black Panther's Rogues Gallery" list.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Epps |first=De'Angelo |date=December 7, 2020 |title=Marvel: Ranking Black Panther's Rogues Gallery |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-black-panther-villains-rogues-ranked/ |access-date=October 16, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 2022, ''[[Screen Rant]]'' included Klaw in their "15 Most Powerful Black Panther Villains" list.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Harn |first=Darby |date=September 25, 2021 |title=15 Most Powerful Black Panther Villains |url=https://screenrant.com/most-powerful-villains-black-panther/ |access-date=October 16, 2022 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 2022, CBR ranked Klaw 2nd in their "10 Most Iconic Black Panther Villains" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eckhardt |first=Peter |date=November 30, 2022 |title=10 Most Iconic Black Panther Villains |url=https://www.cbr.com/best-black-panther-villains/ |access-date=January 3, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref>

==Other versions==
===Heroes Reborn===
In the [[Heroes Reborn (1996 comic)|Heroes Reborn]] universe, created by [[Franklin Richards (character)|Franklin Richards]], Klaw appears as a member of [[Loki (Marvel Comics)|Loki]]'s [[Masters of Evil]].<ref>''The Avengers'' vol. 2 #8</ref>

==In other media==
===Television===
* Klaw appears in ''[[Fantastic Four (1967 TV series)|Fantastic Four]]'' (1967), voiced by [[Hal Smith (actor)|Hal Smith]].{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} 
* Klaw makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]'' episode "Attack of the Arachnoid".{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* Klaw appears in the [[Fantastic Four (1994 TV series)|''Fantastic Four'']] (1994) episode "Prey of the Black Panther", voiced by [[Charles Howerton]].{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} Years ago, he infiltrated [[Wakanda]] and killed [[T'Chaka]], but loses his right hand to T'Chaka's son, T'Challa, who goes on to become the [[Black Panther (character)|Black Panther]] and seek revenge against Klaw. In the present, Klaw attacks Wakanda, having replaced his missing hand with a sonic inverter. He fights Black Panther and the [[Fantastic Four]], during which he is transformed into an entity made of solidified sound, only to be defeated when the heroes use [[Vibranium]] to absorb Klaw.
* Klaw appears in the ''[[Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes]]'' episode "Frightful", voiced by an uncredited actor.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} This version is a member of the [[Frightful Four]].
* Klaw appears in ''[[The Super Hero Squad Show]]'', voiced by [[A. J. Buckley]].<ref>{{cite web |date=July 28, 2009 |title=Marvel Super Hero Squad Voice Cast |url=http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0907/28/voices.htm |access-date=January 6, 2011 |publisher=Comics Continuum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731111809/http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0907/28/voices.htm |archive-date=2009-07-31 }}</ref><ref name="btva4">{{cite web |title=Klaw Voices (Black Panther) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Black-Panther/Klaw/ |access-date=January 27, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version is a member of [[Doctor Doom]]'s [[Lethal Legion]].
* Klaw appears in ''[[Black Panther (TV series)|Black Panther]]'', voiced by [[Stephen Stanton]].<ref name="btva4" /> This version has a cybernetic hand that can convert into a variety of tools.
* Klaw appears in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'', voiced by [[Mark Hamill]].<ref name="btva4" /> He assists [[Man-Ape]] in killing T'Chaka to seize control of Wakanda's Vibranium deposits before being transformed into a sound-based entity after the [[Grim Reaper (Marvel Comics)|Grim Reaper]] blasts him into Wakanda's Vibranium mound. He attacks the Reaper until Ant-Man and [[Iron Man]] use Vibranium to absorb him.
* Klaw appears in ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', voiced by [[Matt Lanter]].<ref name="btva4" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=SNEAK PEEK: 'ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN' ON DISNEY XD (STILLS, VIDEO) |url=http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-sneak-peek-ultimate-spiderman-19870/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308100305/http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-sneak-peek-ultimate-spiderman-19870/ |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> This version is a member of the Frightful Four.
* Ulysses Klaue appears in ''[[Avengers Assemble (TV series)|Avengers Assemble]]'', voiced by [[David Shaughnessy]] in the third season and [[Trevor Devall]] in the fifth season.<ref name="btva4" /> This version wields a sonic converter in place of his left hand.
* Ulysses Klaue appears in ''[[Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda]]'', voiced again by Trevor Devall.<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldman |first=Eric |date=May 25, 2018 |title=Okoye Works to Help Save Shuri in New 'LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda' Short |url=https://news.marvel.com/tv/89419/okoye-works-to-help-save-shuri-in-new-lego-marvel-super-heroes-black-panther-trouble-in-wakanda-short/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710123512/https://news.marvel.com/tv/89419/okoye-works-to-help-save-shuri-in-new-lego-marvel-super-heroes-black-panther-trouble-in-wakanda-short/ |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |access-date=June 4, 2018 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}</ref>
* Ulysses Klaue appears in the ''[[Marvel Future Avengers]]'' episode "Black Panther", voiced by [[Taketora (voice actor)|Taketora]] in Japanese and [[Patrick Seitz]] in English.<ref name="btva4" />
* Klaw appears in ''Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition'', voiced again by Trevor Devall.<ref name="btva4" />

===Marvel Cinematic Universe===
{{See also|Ulysses Klaue (Marvel Cinematic Universe)}}
[[File:Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue.jpg|thumb|[[Andy Serkis]] as Ulysses Klaue in ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]''.]]
Ulysses Klaue appears in media set in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU), portrayed by [[Andy Serkis]]. This version is an [[Afrikaners|Afrikaner]] arms dealer and an old acquaintance of [[Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Tony Stark]] who was literally branded a thief after stealing Vibranium from Wakanda. Klaue first appears in the 2015 live-action film ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'',<ref name="SerkisKlaw">{{cite web |url=http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-the-avengers-age-ultron-stills-behindthescenes-high-resolution-watermark-free-74269/ |title='The Avengers: Age of Ultron' New Stills, Behind-the-Scenes in High Resolution; Serkis Confirmed as Klaw |publisher=Stitch Kingdom |date=February 3, 2015 |access-date=February 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204021528/http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-the-avengers-age-ultron-stills-behindthescenes-high-resolution-watermark-free-74269/ |archive-date=2015-02-04 |url-status=live }}</ref> and makes a subsequent appearance in the 2018 live-action film ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]''.<ref name="Serkis">{{cite web |url=http://www.thewrap.com/black-panther-hires-person-of-interest-star-winston-duke-as-villain/ |title='Black Panther' Hires 'Person of Interest' Star Winston Duke as Villain |last=Gonzalez |first=Umberto |work=[[TheWrap]] |date=September 28, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003150034/http://www.thewrap.com/black-panther-hires-person-of-interest-star-winston-duke-as-villain/ |archive-date=October 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, Serkis voices an alternate timeline version of Klaue in the [[Disney+]] animated series ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]'' episode "[[What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mancuso |first=Vinnie |date=July 20, 2019 |title=Marvel's 'What If?' Announces Massive Voice Cast of MCU Stars & Jeffrey Wright as The Watcher |url=https://collider.com/marvels-what-if-announces-massive-voice-cast-of-mcu-stars-jeffrey-wright-as-the-watcher/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721032300/https://collider.com/marvels-what-if-announces-massive-voice-cast-of-mcu-stars-jeffrey-wright-as-the-watcher/ |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |access-date=July 27, 2019 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Scott |date=August 1, 2021 |title=Here Are All the Marvel Actors Doing Voices in 'What If...?' |url=https://collider.com/marvel-what-if-voice-cast-explained/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802020126/https://collider.com/marvel-what-if-voice-cast-explained/ |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |access-date=August 1, 2021 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hermanns |first=Grant |date=July 12, 2021 |title=Andy Serkis Confirms Return as Black Panther Villain In Marvel's What If |url=https://screenrant.com/marvel-what-if-andy-serkis-black-panther-klaue/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712194415/https://screenrant.com/marvel-what-if-andy-serkis-black-panther-klaue/ |archive-date=July 12, 2021 |access-date=July 12, 2021 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jasper |first=Gavin |date=September 15, 2021 |title=What If…? Episode 6 Review: Killmonger to the Rescue |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/what-if-episode-6-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210915163728/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/what-if-episode-6-review/ |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |website=[[Den of Geek]] }}</ref>

===Video games===
* Klaw appears as a boss in ''[[Captain America and the Avengers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/2015/04/09/throwback-thursday-captain-america-and-the-avengers-arcade-game-/|title=Throwback Thursday: Captain America and the Avengers Arcade Game|website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
* Both the comics and MCU incarnations of Klaw appear as playable characters in ''[[Lego Marvel's Avengers]]'', voiced again by [[Matt Lanter]].{{cn|date=January 2024}}
* Klaw appears as a boss and playable character in ''[[Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Characters|url=http://m.ign.com/wikis/lego-marvel-super-heroes-2/Characters|website=IGN Database|date=19 May 2017 |access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> Additionally, his MCU counterpart appears as a playable character via the ''Black Panther'' DLC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Adds 'Black Panther' DLC Pack Inspired by Marvel Studios' Upcoming Film|url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/games/lego-marvel-super-heroes-2-adds-black-panther-dlc-pack-inspired-by-marvel-studios-upcoming-film|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Marvel Entertainment|language=en}}</ref>
* Klaw appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel: Future Fight]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.marvel.com/games/84162/king-wakanda-rules-marvel-games/|title=The King of Wakanda Rules Marvel Games - News - Marvel}}</ref>
* Klaw appears as a boss in ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order]]'', voiced again by David Shaughnessy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://marvelultimatealliance3.nintendo.com/|title=Enemies – MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3: The Black Order for Nintendo Switch™|website=marvelultimatealliance3.nintendo.com}}</ref><ref name="btva4" />
* Klaw appears as the final boss of the "War for Wakanda" DLC story expansion for ''[[Marvel's Avengers (video game)|Marvel's Avengers]]'', voiced by [[Steve Blum]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Everything We Revealed In Our War Table for Wakanda|url=https://avengers.square-enix-games.com/en-us/news/war-table-for-wakanda-recap|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Marvel's Avengers|date=16 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He and [[Crossbones (character)|Crossbones]] are hired by [[Monica Rappaccini]] of [[Advanced Idea Mechanics|A.I.M.]] to steal Vibranium from Wakanda, only for the pair to run afoul of the Black Panther and the Avengers. In the ensuing fight, Klaw becomes exposed to raw sonic energy-infused Vibranium and transforms into a being of pure sound, but eventually dies as a result of the mutation.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Marvunapp|http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/klawulysses.htm|Klaw}}
* [https://www.marvel.com/characters/klaw/in-comics Klaw] at Marvel.com

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