Ned McNulty

**Monster**

 **Relatives**

 **Age**

 **First Appearance**

*“A "henchman" of SHELL, and an old friend of Lulenski's. Easy-going and friendly, he nonetheless does a lot of dark, violent work for SHELL. He believes it's all for a good cause. His arm monster, Wilbur, can increase his size and power by "flexing" himself.”*
    —Cast page description

**Ned McNulty** is an agent of SHELL. He has a monster formed from his right arm, known as Wilbur.

## Monster Connection

Wilbur can reattach himself to Ned through the use of small appendages. When he is attached, Ned appears to control Wilbur with the same efficiency as he would a normal arm, using him to write, hold objects, or strike others. It is unknown whether this is due to any particular physical element of their connection, or simply a strong synergy between Wilbur and Ned.

Ned has an arma hole on his right shoulder socket where Wilbur was separated from.

## History

Before working at SHELL, Ned worked as a cop.

Shortly after Ned joined SHELL, an accident occurred on the facilities that resulted in a blood monster being formed from a young girl on-site. Ned does not seem to have been present for the incident, but he was given information about what happened and what actions SHELL took afterward.

At some point, SHELL administered a ghost to Ned's body to form a monster from one of his body parts. The ghost would take his right arm, forming the monster known as Wilbur. The exact timing of this is unknown, however, it has been shown to be after the aforementioned accident and before Ned's friend Wanda Lulenski joined SHELL. This is arguably SHELL's most successful trial at creating a monster: Ned was a willing participant who received a monster that did not severely affect his daily life, and although Wilbur is comparatively weak to other monsters, he is still quite powerful in his own right.

Ned made his first in-comic appearance in Chapter 1, as part of a team with Roger Maugras Jr. and Wanda Lulenski, capturing Ayo and Bina shortly after Ayo's formation. As Bina woke up in SHELL's labs, she overheard Ned discussing the escaped ghosts with his coworkers.

As Bina tried to escape with Julie, Ned pursued the two along with Lulenski and Roger. Lulenski instructed Ned to use Wilbur to apprehend them.

Ned was forced to send Wilbur to kidnap Enid after Lulenski threatened him.  It is unknown whether Ned himself directly took place in any kidnappings, or whether Wilbur was used for any kidnappings beyond Enid's.

As part of SHELL's reformation after the events of Chapter 29, Ned was appointed the director of SHELL.

## Relationships

At some point prior to the events of *Monster Pulse*, Ned and his wife divorced.

### Wilbur

Ned appears to care deeply for Wilbur. When monsters are referred to as "no more than tools", Ned places a hand on Wilbur comfortingly, or perhaps to cover his ears.

## Trivia

* Porter has described Ned as "a beautiful man" and "a little treat for mama".

## References

1. ↑ Description on Chapter 10, Page 10
2. ↑ Chapter 10, Page 11
3. ↑ Chapter 30, Pages 4-6
4. ↑ Chapter 22, Page 73
5. ↑ Chapter 31, Page 4
6. ↑ Chapter 10, Page 11
7. ↑ Chapter 28, Page 12
8. ↑ A from MagnoliaPearl, posted in the comment section of Chapter 30, Page 4