Shang-Chi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Master of Kung Fu, Brother Hand, Commander Hand, Rising and Advancing of the Spirit, Deadly Hands, Zheng 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 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 the use of the gùn, nunchaku, and jian. Sh
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Encyclopedic overview
43 sectionsContents
- Publication history
- Name
- Fictional character biography
- ''Master of Kung Fu''
- Return
- ''Heroes for Hire''
- Heroic Age
- Marvel NOW!
- ''The Protectors''
- ''Domino''
- ''War of the Realms''
- New Agents of Atlas
- ''Atlantis Attacks''
- ''Brothers and Sisters''
- ''The Equinox Blade''
- ''Project Gelsemium''
- ''Enter the Phoenix''
- ''Shang-Chi vs. the Marvel Universe''
- ''Family of Origin'' and ''Blood and Monsters''
- ''Secrets'' and ''Fool Me Twice''
- ''Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings''
- Gang War
- Thunderbolts
- ''Avengers Assemble''
- Powers and abilities
- Other versions
- Earth-79816
- Secret Wars (2015)
- House of M
- Marvel Zombies
- Ultimate Marvel
- Ultimate Universe
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- Film
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Video games
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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 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 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 Manchu was underplayed after Marvel lost the comic book rights to the latter's character; to get around this problem, the publisher eventually renamed Shang-Chi's father Zheng Zu.
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