Master of Kung Fu is a comic book title published by Marvel Comics from 1974 to 1983.
94-544: The character Shang-Chi first appeared in Special Marvel Edition #15 (December 1973) by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin . Shang-Chi appeared again in issue #16, and with issue #17 (April 1974) the title was changed to The Hands of Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu . Amidst the martial arts craze in the United States in the 1970s, the book became very popular, surviving until issue #125 (June 1983),
188-470: A Man" Al Milgrom "Silent Thunder" Al Milgrom "You'll See It When You Believe It" Terry Kavanaugh and Dwayne Turner "Risky Business" Bobbi Chase and Jeff Purves "From Sea to Shining Sea" Steve Ditko and Hollis Bright "One Day at a Time" Sholly Fisch and Javier Saltares "In the Dark" Marcus McLaurin and Tony Salmons "A Piece of Cake" Scott Lobdell and Larry Alexander "Machine Man Meets
282-663: A captured Brawn, only to be taken by surprise by Shang-Chi and the others, who defeat Sindr with Shang-Chi's training, although Pele (who is revealed to have been M-41 Zu, a mystically enhanced Atlas android) and the Monkey King sacrifice themselves in the process. Despite given the chance to surrender, Sindr flees using the Black Bifrost, only for Shang-Chi and the others to follow her with Brawn's teleporter, where they help Captain Marvel defeat her and her remaining forces at
376-541: A faction of the Avengers led by Sunspot. Sunspot's Avengers, having taken control over A.I.M., discovered that "Incursion points" (points where an Incursion world that is about to hit Earth can be seen) were causing a massive number of physical mutations among those who stumbled upon the locations. Sending Shang-Chi to an Incursion point in Japan, Shang-Chi was exposed to cosmic-level radiation that transformed Shang-Chi into
470-651: A highly addictive drug, Wild Tiger, with Deng Ling-Xiao and the Wild Tiger, acting as a front for her in Hong Kong . Despite the Wild Tiger Mob being brought down by Shang-Chi, she eludes capture. Shang-Chi never discovers his half-sister's involvement. Fu Manchu eventually resurfaces and employed Zaran (Zhou Man She) to retrieve a chemical from A.I.M. and later directed him to kill Shang-Chi for him. He sent his dacoits to aid Zaran against Shang-Chi and
564-487: A long tenure, and the title started to become a fan favorite once again when Mike Zeck (on pencils) and Gene Day (on inks) began their long run on the book. Master of Kung Fu started receiving Gulacy-level acclaim when Gene Day took over penciling in issue #100 (1981). Despite critical success, sales lagged. Day died of a heart attack after finishing issue #120, and Moench left the book after #122. The character's long-running battle with his father ended with #118 and with
658-540: A member of the restored Heroes for Hire , Shang-Chi puts his strength of character at the service of their teammates. Humbug , turning against the heroes, tried to double-cross both his friends and the "Earth Hive" of insects, joining the Hive . Shang-Chi refuses to kill Humbug until he finds Humbug has no qualms about torturing the Tarantula if it means less suffering for Colleen. Shang-Chi snaps his neck and leaves with
752-475: A mutate capable of creating duplicates of himself. After capturing Crossbones for a mission, Shang-Chi is informed by Captain America about his former lover Leiko Wu's murder at the hands of Razor Fist while working undercover for MI-6 in one of London's triads . Shang-Chi travels to London for Leiko's funeral and while wondering around Chinatown , he is attacked by unknown assailants, one whom reveals that
846-534: A new Master of Kung Fu story in Marvel Comics Presents #1-8. It reunited Shang-Chi with most of the original supporting cast and featured Moench again writing, with Tom Grindberg penciling. The one-shot issue Master of Kung Fu: Bleeding Black (1990), written by Moench, continued Shang-Chi's story from Marvel Comics Presents . The MAX miniseries Master of Kung Fu: Hellfire Apocalypse (2002), featured Paul Gulacy on art again. In 2009,
940-734: A new ongoing series by Yang and Ruan in 2021, with Marcus To replacing Ruan by the 9th issue. Following the release of the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Yang incorporated several concepts introduced in the movie into the Shang-Chi mythos, including the character Jiang Li as Shang-Chi's real mother, who was based on Shang-Chi 's mother Ying Li , retconning Shang-Chi's white American mother and his mixed-race heritage;
1034-482: A part of the Marvel Universe with guest appearances in numerous other titles, such as Marvel Team-Up , Marvel Two-in-One , Marvel Knights and X-Men . Most of the original licensed characters in the supporting cast have been either phased out or renamed in the more recent series and stories. In some of his modern appearances, mention is made of his villainous father either in cryptic terms or using
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#17327917736221128-656: A photo of him and Leiko at her grave, which is later taken by Leiko after he leaves. Shang-Chi joins several other Asian American superheroes (the Hulk (Amadeus Cho) , Silk , Ms. Marvel , Jimmy Woo , and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jake Oh) for a fundraiser in Flushing, Queens . Later, while the group is spending the night out in Koreatown, Manhattan , they are ambushed by the alien Prince Regent Phalkan and his small army from Seknarf Seven. Shang-Chi and his allies briefly fight off
1222-779: A photograph of Woo and Nguyen together. Shang-Chi and Crescent discover a secret tunnel in Woo's office that takes them to the Atlas Foundation's headquarters in the Pan sector of San Francisco , where they confront Woo and the Atlas Foundation's dragon adviser Mr. Lao, who introduces himself to the Atlas agents. Concurrently, the other Agents find Atlantis' missing sea serpent imprisoned in Nguyen's personal tower, where her magical scales are being harvested to power Pan's portals. Woo and Lao order
1316-706: A plan, Brawn confronts Sindr and her forces directly while Aero, Wave and Luna use Sindr's Black Bifrost to travel to the Arctic to decrease its temperature; Shang-Chi and the others are teleported to Atlas' ally the Monkey King of the Ascendants in Northern China where Shang-Chi begins training the remaining members for their final fight. As planned by Brawn, the Queen of Cinders arrives in Northern China with
1410-482: A run including four Giant-Size issues and one Annual . The series began by introducing Shang-Chi as a man raised by his father Dr. Fu Manchu to be the ultimate assassin for the would-be world conqueror. In Shang-Chi's first mission, he kills one of his father's old enemies, Dr. Petrie and then learns of Dr. Fu Manchu's true, evil nature. Disillusioned, Shang-Chi swears eternal opposition to his father's ambitions and fights him as an agent of British intelligence, under
1504-489: A variety of new names, due to Marvel no longer having the rights to Dr. Fu Manchu. In 2010's Secret Avengers #6–10, writer Ed Brubaker officially sidestepped the entire issue via a storyline where the Shadow Council resurrects a zombified version of Dr. Fu Manchu, only to discover that "Dr. Fu Manchu" was only an alias and that Shang-Chi's father's real name was Zheng Zu , an ancient Chinese sorcerer who discovered
1598-405: A village in remote Yang-Tin , China, to live as a fisherman. Some time later, Shang-Chi returns from China and rejoins Tarr, Reston, and Wu. They battle Argus' terrorist group that aims to cause the United States to act more aggressively against all terrorists. Argus has Wu tortured, cutting off her hand. Shang-Chi and the others rescue Wu, but Shang-Chi imbibes a dose of a slow-acting poison. He
1692-560: Is brought back to normal by Spider-Man. In Secret Avengers , Steve Rogers tracks down Shang-Chi to help turn back the Shadow Council , which has partially resurrected Shang-Chi's father and employed the Hai-Dai, a squad of assassins, to hunt Shang-Chi down. Beast reveals to Shang-Chi and the Secret Avengers Dr. Fu Manchu is really an ancient sorcerer named Zheng Zu. When Shang-Chi and Rogers meet with John Steele and
1786-461: Is cured by Dr. Fu Manchu's elixir vitae . His father's criminal empire split into factions: Sleeping Dragon Clan (led by Chiang Kai-Dong), Steel Lotus Group (led by Hsien Ming-Ho), Wild Tiger Mob (led by Deng Ling-Xiao) and Coiled Serpent Syndicate (led by Mao Liu-Cho). Kingpin takes control of his own faction of the Si-Fan in Hong Kong and provides them cybernetics. Shang-Chi joins forces with
1880-532: The Marvel Legacy relaunch, written by mixed martial artist CM Punk and illustrated by Dalibor Talajic. In 2020, Shang-Chi starred in a self-titled five issue miniseries written by American Born Chinese author Gene Luen Yang with art by Dike Ruan and Philip Tan . Initially set for a June 2020 release, the first issue was delayed to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Shang-Chi starred in
1974-570: The Secret Wars storyline. Written by Haden Blackman and illustrated by Taljic, the four-issue series is a wuxia -inspired story that takes place in the Battleworld domain of K'un-Lun and centered around Shang-Chi in his fight to overthrow his despotic father, Emperor Zheng Zu. In 2017, after a 34-year gap, Shang-Chi once again starred in Master of Kung Fu' s 126th issue as part of
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#17327917736222068-630: The Champions in New York. Shang-Chi and the others defend Seoul from Malekith's ally Queen Sindr and her Fire Goblin forces from Muspelheim with help from the Korean heroes White Fox , Crescent, Io and Luna Snow . After Sindr threatens to summon a volcano in the middle of the city and kill millions of innocents, Brawn teleports Atlas and their new allies away from the battle, allowing Sindr to peacefully annex South Korea . Brawn eventually summons
2162-679: The Fearless Defenders with help from Elsa Bloodstone ; the three track Bao Yu and the Hai-Dai assassins and scientists to an underground laboratory. With the help of No-Name of the Brood, the Fearless Defenders defeat the Hai-Dai and destroy the experiments, forcing Bao Yu to teleport away from her lair. Per the instructions of the new Madame Web , Shang-Chi is assigned to train Spider-Man in kung fu to compensate for
2256-510: The Gorgon , from completing a ritual which raises the island out of the water up upon the head of a massive dragon . When the dragon begins to take flight, Shang-Chi quickly takes out all of the present Hand ninjas at the temple and challenges the Gorgon. Despite a valiant effort, Shang-Chi is defeated by the Gorgon, who throws Shang-Chi from the edge of the dragon's head several hundred feet above
2350-688: The Great Wall of China near Beijing . Shang-Chi is later shown fighting the remaining Fire Goblins alongside Wolverine , Hawkeye , and the Warriors Three in Shanghai . After Malekith's defeat, Shang-Chi is seen with the other Agents in Shanghai looking on while the captured Fire Goblins are escorted back to Muspelheim. Shortly after the "War of the Realms" storyline, Shang-Chi encounters
2444-606: The Immortal Weapons . Shang-Chi attempts to stop the Bride of Nine Spiders from abducting Iron Fist with his newly acquired powers, but is unsuccessful. Shang-Chi learns from Silver Sable that she has found possible locations in Manhattan for the Bride of Nine Spiders' lair. Although Shang-Chi defeats the Bride of Nine Spiders and frees Iron Fist, he discovers the real culprit: the demon Ai Apaec , who seeks to feed off
2538-653: The Marvel Knights . Although they succeeded in destroying the building that Shang-Chi was in, Zaran failed to slay him. Later retakes control of the Si-Fan but his plot to deploy his Hellfire Weapon is thwarted once again by his son and his allies, at that time it was known as Comte de Saint Germain or Ghost . Shang-Chi have rejoined MI-6, against his father and his previously unknown half-brother Moving Shadow . The mission results in his father's Hellfire weapon being destroyed and Moving Shadow's death at Dr. Fu Manchu's hand for his failure in killing Shang-Chi. As
2632-652: The New Warriors received cover billing as well. Several of the Wolverine storylines have since been collected and reprinted in trade paperback format. The first volume features Wolverine's first adventures in Madripoor , a fictional island that became Wolverine's second home during the late 1980s, as well as the "introduction" of Tyger Tiger . Other notable highlights include the first appearance of Ramonda, mother to Shuri and step-mother to T'Challa (issue #14),
2726-689: The White Tiger , Iron Fist and the Daughters of the Dragon ( Colleen Wing and Misty Knight ). He appeared regularly in The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu . Shang-Chi had two more short series: the Master of Kung Fu: Bleeding Black one-shot issue (1990) and the MAX miniseries Master of Kung Fu: Hellfire Apocalypse (2002) with artist Paul Gulacy on art again. The character had two stories in
2820-585: The X-Men and Elektra Natchios against the Kingpin's Si-Fan. After collaborating with British Intelligence , Fah Loh Suee was eventually placed as a director of MI-6 . Her endeavors perpetually placed her at odds with Shang-Chi and his fellow MI-6 agents. Years later, she once again became involved in the criminal underworld. Now going by the name the Cursed Lotus , she headed a narcotics empire supplying
2914-460: The black and white one-shot Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu was released, with stories written by Jonathan Hickman , Mike Benson , Charlie Huston and Robin Furth and illustrated by Tomm Coker , C. P. Smith, Enrique Romero and Paul Gulacy. In 2015, the Master of Kung Fu title was revived as part of the Secret Wars storyline. Written by Haden Blackman and illustrated by Dalibor Talajic,
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3008-524: The comics anthology series Marvel Comics Presents , including one by Moench that ran in the series' first eight issues in 1988, and co-starred in the Moon Knight Special (1992). In 1995, Shang-Chi would be one of the revival titles produced by Milestone Media , according to writer Dwayne McDuffie , the title would show Shang-Chi using firearms, inspired by gun fu style by Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo ; however, according to McDuffie,
3102-476: The graphic novel Shang-Chi and the Quest for Immortality , which was written and illustrated by Victoria Ying and colored by Ian Herring. In December 2023, Shang-Chi starred in a Deadly Hands of Kung Fu revival titled Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War , a three issue miniseries written by Greg Pak and illustrated by Caio Majado which was part of the " Gang War " crossover event. In February 2024, Shang-Chi
3196-642: The 2019 " War of the Realms " storyline, after taking part in a demonstration for Jimmy Woo's Pan-Asian School for the Unusually Gifted in Mumbai , Shang-Chi and the Protectors are offered membership to Woo's Agents of Atlas . Shang-Chi and the others are suddenly alerted by the news of Malekith's invasion of Earth ; most of the New Agents of Atlas head to Seoul while Ms. Marvel joins Jake Oh and
3290-742: The Black Dwarf and allows Shang and the infiltration team to complete their mission. With the threat of both the Builders and Thanos thwarted, Shang-Chi is sent to Madripoor along with the Black Widow , the Falcon , and Wolverine to stop a full-scale riot that has broken throughout out the island nation. Shang-Chi infiltrates a temple housed by the Hand but is too late to stop the Hand's new leader,
3384-739: The Black Widow and Manifold the infiltrate the Peak and shut down Thanos' first line of defense; however, the team is intercepted by the Black Dwarf and his guards. As Manifold returned to grab reinforcements, Shang and Natasha managed to defeat the entire security force, save the general who proved to be too much for even the Master of Kung Fu. The combined might of Gladiator , Ronan the Accuser and other Council members eventually made short work of
3478-627: The Chinese heroes the Sword Master and Aero , Filipina heroine Wave , and the Hawaiian Goddess of Fire and Volcanoes Pele from Shanghai to help assist in the fight against Sindr. The newly summoned heroes are less than pleased for being taken out of their previous battle, but Pele quickly puts a stop to the infighting, warning the group that Sindr plans to melt the polar ice caps if they do not work together. After formulating
3572-492: The Immortal Weapons. Shang-Chi fights Ai Apeac and mutates into a spider during the battle as a result of his infection, but Iron Fist uses his chi force to cure Shang-Chi. After making sure Iron Fist and the rest of the Immortal Weapons are evacuated, Shang-Chi collapses the mansion hideout on Ai Apeac, leaving him immobilized for the Avengers to put back into custody. Shang-Chi and the Immortal Weapons arrive to join
3666-456: The Rohmer novels. Despite the title's co-creators' early departure, its success grew once writer Doug Moench and artist Paul Gulacy , began collaborating in issue #22. Comics historian Les Daniels observed that "ingenious writing by Doug Moench and energetic art by Paul Gulacy brought Master of Kung Fu new life". Their critically acclaimed run continued, with short gaps, until #51 when Gulacy
3760-598: The Shadow Council for the prisoner exchange, Rogers is overpowered by Steele and Shang-Chi is captured. While Zheng Zu prepares to sacrifice Shang-Chi to complete his resurrection, the Avengers and Moon Knight drop in on him and the Shadow Council. The Prince of Orphans disrupts the ritual, resulting in Zheng Zu's death and Shang-Chi's rescue. Shang-Chi subsequently joins the Secret Avengers, but leaves
3854-593: The Si-Fan but opposes her attempts to co-opt him into her own schemes to usurp their father's criminal empire. With Smith, Tarr, Reston, Wu and Petrie, Shang-Chi forms Freelance Restorations, Ltd, an independent spy agency based in Stormhaven Castle , Scotland . After many skirmishes and battles, Shang-Chi witnesses the death of Fu Manchu. Soon after his father's death, a guilt-ridden Shang-Chi quits Freelance Restorations, severs all ties with his former allies, forsakes his life as an adventurer, and retires to
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3948-537: The Sword Master are confronted by Ares , who attempts to take Lin Lie's Fuxi sword. Shang-Chi makes a compromise to Ares: in exchange for Shang-Chi and the Sword Master helping him, Ares would help find Lin Lie's missing father. Ares accepts, explaining that his drakon son Ismenios had been abducted and that he wished to use the sword to kill Ismenios' kidnapper, who Ares believes to be another god. Using Pan Portals,
4042-417: The Sword Master in New York City, who is searching for his missing father. Noticing the upstart hero's inexperience and recklessness, Shang takes Lin Lie under his wing to improve his skills. While Shang-Chi and the Sword Master are continuing their training in Flushing, they are interrupted when white lights begin engulfing the city. The two, who are reunited with the other Atlas agents and Giant-Man discover
4136-433: The Tony Stark A.I. finds him and he states that he does not have the Cosmic Cube shard anymore. A flashback revealed that Emma Frost took the Cosmic Cube shard from him when he was unconscious. Shang-Chi was later seen with the Underground when they and other American superheroes are fighting HYDRA's forces in Washington, D.C. Seeking a way to fight her ability-stealing adversary Topaz, Domino approaches Shang-Chi (who
4230-494: The catatonic Tarantula, ashamed of becoming a soulless murderer. Still working for MI-6, Shang-Chi collaborates with Pete Wisdom of MI-13 in facing the Welsh dragon , which has become a human crime lord. He becomes the tutor of a young Earth-616 Killraven . In the " Shadowland " storyline, Shang-Chi is one of the heroes fighting the Hand 's ninjas. He later works together with Spider-Man against Mister Negative and temporarily takes Mister Negative's powers until Shang-Chi
4324-454: The cities they were in (along with other Asian, Pacific and predominantly Asian cities outside of Asia ) have been merged and connected together with portals. Tech mogul Mike Nguyen of the Big Nguyen Company reveals himself to be behind the newly merged city, "Pan", which he states for 24 hours would allow every citizen to easily explore each other's respective cities without any political and economic restrictions. Sometime later, Shang-Chi and
4418-432: The comic book rights to the character, and made their protagonist half-white. Englehart and Starlin agreed. They developed Shang-Chi, a master of kung fu, who was introduced as a previously unknown son of Dr. Fu Manchu. Though an original character himself, many of Shang-Chi's supporting characters (most notably Dr. Fu Manchu, Sir Denis Nayland Smith , Dr. James Petrie and Fah Lo Suee ) were Rohmer creations. Starlin left
4512-420: The crime lord the White Dragon was behind the murder. Shang-Chi is approached by triad clan leader and former enemy Skull-Crusher who offers him a truce; Chao Sima alleges he and Leiko became lovers while she was working undercover and had planned to defect from MI-6 for him. With help from Skull-Crusher and the newly arrived Daughters of the Dragon and the Sons of the Tiger , Shang-Chi confirms that Razor Fist
4606-526: The discipline of kung fu, and that it might be used for the murder of a man called Dr. Petrie. Since then I have learned that my father is Dr. Fu Manchu, the most insidiously evil man on earth...and that to honor him would bring nothing but dishonor to the spirit of my name". — Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu Gulacy was a film buff, and modeled many characters after film stars: Shang-Chi on Bruce Lee , Juliette on Marlene Dietrich , James Larner on Marlon Brando , Clive Reston (often broadly hinted at as being
4700-414: The editorship of Tom DeFalco . The original plan was for the lead story to feature different members of the X-Men in solo adventures lasting between eight and ten episodes. The first ten issues featured Wolverine ; others featured were Colossus , Cyclops , Havok , and Excalibur . From issues #38 through #142, Wolverine was the featured character of the series. Particularly notable during this run
4794-408: The enemy, Shang forms a rescue team with the Black Widow , Spider-Woman and Manifold . Wielding a pair of energy projecting gauntlets, Shang's timely intervention prevented his friends from being vaporized by an Aleph. After the Builders' defeat, the Avengers return to Earth with their new Galactic Council allies to face off against an even bigger threat back home – Thanos . Shang is sent along with
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#17327917736224888-1203: The first appearance of Damage Control (issue #19), a wrestling match between the Hulk and a Hulk Hogan facsimile (issue #45), the first appearance of Siege (issue #62), the first appearance of Cyber (issue #85, by Peter David and Sam Kieth), and the first ever meeting of Wolverine and Venom (issue #117). "Save the Tiger" Chris Claremont and John Buscema Collected in Marvel Comics Presents: Wolverine Vol 1, Wolverine Epic Vol 1: Madripoor Nights , and Wolverine Omnibus Vol 1 "Elements of Terror" Steve Gerber and Tom Sutton Collected in The Man-Thing by Steve Gerber Vol. 3 "Crossing Lines" Doug Moensch and Tom Grindberg Collected in Shang-Chi, Master of Kung-Fu Omnibus Vol. 4 "...Fear Itself!" Al Milgrom Collected in Silver Surfer Epic Collection: Parable "Cold War" Al Milgrom "Measure of
4982-524: The four-issue miniseries is a wuxia -inspired story that takes place in the Battleworld domain of K'un-Lun and centers around Shang-Chi in his fight to overthrow his despotic father, Emperor Zheng Zu. In November 2017, after a 34-year gap, Master of Kung Fu released its 126th issue as part of the Marvel Legacy relaunch. The one-shot issue ( cover-dated January 2018) was written by professional wrestler CM Punk and illustrated once again by Talajic. The series, especially as written by Doug Moench
5076-415: The ground. Shang-Chi is rescued by the Chinese intelligence-gathering agency S.P.E.A.R and is taken to their air-bound base, the Circle, to recuperate. Shang-Chi, along with the Avengers and S.P.E.A.R.'s superhuman response team the Ascendants, go to Shanghai to defend the city from the dragon and the Hand's forces. Using Pym Particles supplied to him by S.P.E.A.R. director Xian Zheng, Shang Chi grows to
5170-411: The heavenly realm Ta-Lo , which was previously introduced by writers Mark Gruenwald , Ralph Macchio and artist Keith Pollard in Thor #310 (1980); and the Ten Rings weapons. In March 2021, the one-shot The Legend of Shang-Chi was published, by Alyssa Wong (script) and Andie Tong (art). In September 2021, Shang-Chi starred in a miniseries made available by the Marvel Unlimited app,
5264-409: The help of the bystanders. The Alpha Flight Space Program arrives to rescue the Protectors and bystanders and arrest Phalkan, who Sasquatch reveals was exiled from Seknarf Seven for treason. During the 2017 " Secret Empire " storyline, Shang-Chi is found to have been a prisoner of HYDRA in Madripoor following HYDRA's takeover of the United States. After the Hive and the Gorgon are defeated,
5358-399: The heroes during the final stand against the Spider Queen . During the Marvel NOW! relaunch, Shang-Chi joins the Avengers after being recruited by Captain America and Iron Man . During the events of Infinity , Shang-Chi and the Avengers join the Galactic Council to fight against the Builders and their crusade against all life in the universe. When several allies were captured by
5452-436: The invaders before they and a large group of bystanders are teleported near Seknarf Seven, where Phalkan demands that the group offer a few people for food within a time limit. Dubbing their group "the Protectors", Woo rallies the group and bystanders into working together to escape, while Shang-Chi leads an attack with Silk and Ms. Marvel. The Protectors are eventually able to free themselves and defeat Phalkan and his forces with
5546-439: The king. Naka further warns the group that despite her efforts, Namor is still outraged over the disappearance of his dragon and implores them to find her. Amadeus later approaches Shang-Chi and tasks him with locating Jimmy Woo, who has not contacted the team since Pan's creation. Along with Crescent, Shang-Chi infiltrates Woo's office in the Pan-Asian School for the Unusually Gifted in the Mumbai sector of Pan, where he discovers
5640-408: The loss of his spider-sense, which was 'overloaded' after the wall-crawler had to transmit a strong signal on the same frequency to disable a drone army of Spider-Slayers . Under Shang-Chi's tutelage, Spider-Man develops his own martial arts style, the "Way of the Spider". During the events of Spider-Island , Shang-Chi and other inhabitants of Manhattan are infected by the Spider-Virus, giving him
5734-419: The main storyline resolved, the book was cancelled with issue #125, as Shang-Chi retired to a passive life as a fisherman in a Chinese village. In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Moench's work on Master of Kung-Fu with artists Gulacy, Mike Zeck , and Day sixth on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels". Since its cancellation, the title would be briefly revived on a couple of occasions. In 1988, Marvel published
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#17327917736225828-496: The martial arts craze in the United States in the 1970s, the book became very popular, surviving until issue #125 (June 1983), a solid run that included four Giant-Size issues and one Annual . Special Collector's Edition #1 (1975) cover-titled as "Savage Fists of Kung Fu" reprinted stories from The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1–2; The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Special #1; and Special Marvel Edition #15. The character did several crossovers with other Marvel martial artists, including
5922-467: The miniseries was written by Alyssa Wong and illustrated by Nathan Stockman. In July 2022, the ongoing Shang-Chi series was succeeded by a new ongoing series titled Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings , with the previously solicited Shang-Chi #13 being retitled Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings #1. Yang's 24-issue run concluded with the one-shot Shang-Chi: Master of the Ten Rings , with Michael YG replacing To on art, in January 2023. In October, he starred in
6016-412: The next Emperor of K'un-Lun would be, with the losing masters swearing fealty to the victor. Each of these schools and their abilities are modeled off a Marvel comics character from the mainstream continuity : Shang-Chi Zheng Shang-Chi , also known as the Master of Kung Fu and Brother Hand , is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character
6110-420: The orders of Sir Denis Nayland Smith. The series was an instant sales success. However, Englehart and Starlin would depart the series after their third issue, Master of Kung Fu #17; Englehart left due to editorial disputes with then-Marvel editor Roy Thomas , while Starlin, who was unfamiliar with Fu Manchu up until working on the second issue of the series, left out of embarrassment over the racist nature of
6204-442: The other dead triad leaders, who drag Midnight Sun into their realm. When Leiko attempts to execute Razor Fist, Shang-Chi pleads with his former lover to stop; while he is able to get Leiko to spare Razor Fist, he is unable to bring her back to her normal self. Black Jack Tarr (now director of MI-6) and his men raid the estate; Razor Fist and the White Dragon's men are arrested while Leiko escapes. Before leaving London, Shang-Chi leaves
6298-406: The proposal was cancelled after the departure of editor-in-chief Tom DeFalco and the death of Mark Gruenwald the following year. In 1997 a story arc starring Shang-Chi ran in Journey into Mystery #514–516, and was intended to lead into a miniseries for the character in 1998. Although spun out of licensed properties, Shang-Chi is a Marvel-owned character and has been firmly established as
6392-445: The publisher eventually renamed Shang-Chi's father Zheng Zu. Shang-Chi made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), where he is portrayed by Simu Liu . In the early 1970s, writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin approached DC Comics to adapt the television series Kung Fu into a comic book, as DC's parent company, Warner Communications , owned
6486-412: The rights to the series. DC Comics, however, was not interested in their pitch, believing the show's and the martial arts genre popularity would fade quickly. The duo then approached Marvel Comics with the idea to create a kung fu -focused original comic. Editor-in-chief Roy Thomas agreed, but only if they would include the Sax Rohmer 's pulp villain Dr. Fu Manchu , as Marvel had previously acquired
6580-451: The same powers and abilities as Spider-Man . Shang-Chi is also plagued by recurring nightmares of himself as a spider attacking innocent civilians. People with spider-powers run amok in the city. When he sees Iron Fist and other heroes fighting Spider-Man impostors and Peter Parker nearby, Shang-Chi protects Parker and confirms Spider-Man's identity to the other heroes. Meanwhile, the Bride of Nine Spiders attacks and abducts her teammates in
6674-455: The secret to immortality. Similarly, Shang-Chi's half sister Fah Lo Suee was later renamed Zheng Bao Yu in 2013's The Fearless Defenders #8, written by Cullen Bunn, while Smith and Petrie have not appeared in any Marvel properties since the end of the Master of Kung Fu series in 1983. Shang-Chi returned as a main character in the 2007 Heroes for Hire comic book. In 2009, the black and white one-shot Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu
6768-496: The series after #17 (replaced by Paul Gulacy) and Englehart after #19 (replaced by Doug Moench ). No characters from the Kung Fu television series were officially included in the comic series, though in the #19 issue the character Lu Sun bore such a strong resemblance to Kwai Chang Caine that to avoid copyright issues, the character was given a mustache throughout the issue. With artist Paul Gulacy , Shang-Chi's visual appearance
6862-537: The series includes reimaginings of characters from the original Master of Kung Fu series, as well as others from other Marvel comics. Centuries before the start of the series, the great masters of every martial arts school warred with each other until the masters from the Ten Rings and the Iron Fist decided to end the bloodshed by hosting a tournament every 13 years in the Thirteen Chambers to decide who
6956-627: The size of a giant and defeats the dragon in combat, but not before enacting payback by tearing off the Hand's temple (with a screaming Gorgon still trapped inside) from the dragon's head and throwing it several miles away. When the Illuminati were exposed to have tampered with the mind of Captain America and attempting to destroy worlds threatening Earth as part of the Incursions as seen in the Time Runs Out storyline, Shang-Chi joined
7050-495: The son of James Bond , as well as the grand-nephew of Sherlock Holmes ) occasionally looking like a combination of Basil Rathbone and Sean Connery , and a minor character, Ward Sarsfield (after Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, the real-life name of Dr. Fu Manchu's creator Sax Rohmer ), resembling David Niven . Moench introduced other film-based characters, including ones modeled after Groucho Marx (Rufus T. Hackstabber) and W. C. Fields (Quigley J. Warmflash). Moench continued for
7144-462: The spell resurrects Leiko from Chao's spilled blood. Since Skull-Crusher made her the leader of his clan before her death, Chao's death violated the ritual and resurrected Leiko to punish Midnight Sun. Shang-Chi is able to knock out Midnight Sun during their fight while Leiko brutally maims Razor Fist. Leiko uses her newfound powers to summon the dead spirits of Skull-Crusher, the White Dragon and
7238-419: The team following the defeat of Arnim Zola 4.2.3 . The reveal of Zu's true identity results Fah Lo Suee's real identity, Zheng Bao Yu being revealed as well. Now in full control of the Hai-Dai, Bao Yu resumes her father's long-forgotten experiment of bio-engineering Brood eggs as weapons, which she uses to carry out hits in New York's Chinatown . The plot is uncovered by Misty Knight and Annabelle Riggs of
7332-484: The team to immediately release her while Nguyen argues that doing so would disrupt Pan's portals. Before a decision can be made, Namor emerges from the waters off of Pan's coast to reclaim his stolen dragon, kickstarting a war between Pan and Atlantis . Marvel Comics Presents Marvel Comics Presents is an American comic book anthology title that was published in three series by Marvel Comics : from 1988 to 1995; 2007 to 2008; and in 2019. The first volume
7426-508: The three are able to track Ismenios to a temple in Madripoor , where they encounter Davi Naka, the Mother Goddess of Madripoor. Naka reveals that Ismenios attempted to plunder Atlantis 's treasure hoard during the absence of its sea serpent guardian, but was caught by Namor . Due to her duty to protect all dragons, Naka rescued Ismenios from Namor's wrath and imprisoned the young drakon in her temple for his protection and to placate
7520-481: The true mastermind behind the White Dragon. With the Mao Shan Pai spellbook taken by the White Dragon's men, M'Nai plans to use its magic to give him power and influence over the triad clans, finally fulfilling Zheng Zu's legacy. Needing the heads of the clan leaders in order to complete the ritual, Midnight Sun beheads the White Dragon and Skull-Crusher and proceeds to cast the spell. Instead of giving him power,
7614-620: The use of the gùn , nunchaku , and jian . Shang-Chi later assumes leadership of the Five Weapons Society and acquires the Ten Rings weapons. Shang-Chi was spun off from novelist Sax Rohmer 's licensed property as the unknown son of fictional villain Dr. Fu Manchu . In later editions, his connection to Dr. Fu Manchu was underplayed after Marvel lost the comic book rights to the latter's character; to get around this problem,
7708-574: Was " Weapon X " in issues #72–84, which revealed the origin of how Wolverine received his adamantium skeleton, with story and art by Barry Windsor-Smith . Wolverine returned for one more featured run in the series from issues #150 through #155. Later, the Ghost Rider was added to the series as a "co-lead" feature, and the book adopted a "flip-book" format, thereby allowing each of the two characters cover billing. Over time, other characters, such as Man-Thing , Falcon , Black Panther , Lunatik , and
7802-427: Was a threat to peace. After assassinating Petrie, Shang-Chi encounters Dr. Fu Manchu's archenemy Sir Denis Nayland Smith, who tells Shang-Chi his father's true nature. Realizing Smith is telling the truth, Shang-Chi escapes from Dr. Fu Manchu's Manhattan headquarters, telling his father they are now enemies and vowing to put an end to his evil schemes. Shang-Chi subsequently fights his adoptive brother Midnight , who
7896-455: Was added to the team lineup for a new Thunderbolts series, written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and illustrated by Geraldo Borges. Lanzing explained that Shang-Chi's inclusion to the title was due to the character's spy thriller roots from the Master of Kung Fu series. In September 2024, Shang-Chi was featured as a main character in the limited series Avengers Assemble , which
7990-467: Was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin , debuting in Special Marvel Edition #15 (December 1973) in the Bronze Age of Comic Books , and starring in his own solo title until 1983. Described as the greatest martial artist alive, Shang-Chi has been trained since birth to be the ultimate fighter with a specialization in various unarmed and weaponry-based wushu styles, including
8084-459: Was hired by the White Dragon to kill Leiko due to her involvement with his rival Skull-Crusher and discovers that the White Dragon has access to Mao Shan Pai, a powerful Chinese black magic. Shang-Chi and Skull-Crusher infiltrate the White Dragon's estate, where they discover a room displaying the severed heads of missing triad leaders. The two of them fight the White Dragon but are captured by Shang-Chi's brother, Midnight Sun, who reveals himself to be
8178-481: Was modeled after that of Bruce Lee . According to Englehart, his name was influenced by his study of the I-Ching , composed of 升 (shēng) , meaning "ascending", and chi , meaning vital energy. Shang-Chi first appeared in Special Marvel Edition #15 (December 1973). He appeared again in issue #16, and with issue #17 (April 1974) the publication was retitled The Hands of Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu . Amidst
8272-527: Was notable for its strong supporting characters. As they evolved, these characters became nearly as integral to the series as Shang-Chi himself: This series, written by Haden Blackman and illustrated by Dalibor Talajic, was part of the Secret Wars series which takes place in the Battleworld domain of K'un-Lun . Based on the mystical city of the same name from Earth-15513, it is a wuxia -inspired domain in which its inhabitants are martial artists with mystical abilities and techniques. Aside from Shang-Chi,
8366-743: Was referred to her by his Protectors teammate Amadeus Cho) at his retreat in Lantau Island for training. After a long training session, the two spend a romantic night out in Hong Kong , only to be ambushed at a night club by a large group of Shang-Chi's enemies, led by Midnight Sun and including Razor Fist , Shen Kuei , Shockwave , Death-Hand, Shadow Stalker, Tiger-Claw and others. Domino and Shang-Chi defeat them with relative ease. The two are eventually confronted by Topaz who Domino defeats using Shang-Chi's teachings. Despite Shang-Chi's pleas for mercy, Domino kills Topaz. Disappointed, Shang-Chi breaks up with Domino and dismisses her as his student. In
8460-444: Was released on a bi-weekly basis and lasted for 175 issues. Each issue had four eight-page stories, of which generally two were episodes in ongoing serials and two were one-part stories. The one-part stories generally featured obscure or little-seen characters from the Marvel Universe , and often featured work by creators previously unpublished in the comics field, including Scott Lobdell (a later X-Men writer), who started work under
8554-411: Was released, with stories written by Jonathan Hickman , Mike Benson , Charlie Huston and Robin Furth and illustrated by Tomm Coker , C.P. Smith, Enrique Romero and Paul Gulacy. In 2014, the miniseries Deadly Hands of Kung Fu was released with Shang-Chi in appearance, written by Mike Benson and illustrated by Tan Eng Huat . In 2015, Shang-Chi starred in the Master of Kung Fu revival in
8648-409: Was replaced by artist Jim Craig . Craig was later succeeded by Mike Zeck who became the regular penciller in issue #66. "Call me Shang-Chi, as my father did when he raised me and molded my mind and my body in the vacuum of his Honan, China retreat. I learned many things from my father: That my name means 'The Rising and Advancing of a Spirit', that my body could be forged into a living weapon through
8742-627: Was sent by their father to kill Shang-Chi for his defection, and then encounters Smith's aide-de-camp and MI-6 agent Black Jack Tarr , sent by Smith to apprehend Shang-Chi. After several encounters and coming to trust one another, Shang-Chi becomes an ally of Sir Denis Nayland Smith and MI-6. Together with Smith, Tarr, fellow MI-6 agents Clive Reston and Leiko Wu (his eventual love interest), and Dr. Petrie, Shang-Chi goes on many adventures and missions, usually thwarting his father's plans for world domination. Shang-Chi occasionally encounters his half-sister Fah Lo Suee , who leads her own faction of
8836-489: Was written by Steve Orlando and drawn by Cory Smith. Shang-Chi was born in Henan Province, China , and is the son of Zheng Zu who at the time was using the alias of Dr. Fu Manchu . Shang-Chi was trained from infancy in the martial arts by his father and his tutors. Believing his father was a benevolent humanitarian, Shang-Chi is sent on a mission to London to murder Dr. James Petrie, who his father claimed
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