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The Shoveler is a member of the Mystery Men and former ditchdigger and quarryman who found the lost shovel of King Arthur.
The Shoveler wields a sentient shovel, which speaks in a sort of semi-Shakespearian style. The shovel is a deadly weapon in his hands.
Stan Belarsky was a typical blue-collar worker, scraping a living as a ditchdigger and quarryman until one day he discovered King Arthur's legendary singing shovel. Judging him to be honest and just, the shovel adopted him as its new master. Creating a costume, he became the Shoveler, protector of the weak and avenger of injustice.
The Shoveler appears in five of the TMNT/Mystery Men crossover comics.