SHANG-CHI

Real Name:

Shang-Chi Zheng

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

Five Weapons Society

Category:

Human

Alias:

Master of Kung Fu, Brother Hand.

Nationality:

Chinese

First Appearance:

Special Marvel Edition #15

Powers & Abilities:

master of kung fu, psionic communication with others of his bloodline, empowered by the Ten Rings of Ta-Lo which he can telekinetically deploy on command

Affiliation:

Avengers, Secret Avengers, Heroes for Hire, Protectors, Marvel Knights, Agents of Atlas

Avengers Membership:

Associate from Secret Avengers (1st series) #6, officially recruited by Steve Rogers in #10.

Notes:

In the 1970's, Marvel acquired the licensing rights to Sax Roemer's Fu Manchu novels. Shang-Chi was an original character created as a heroic son to oppose the villainous Fu Manchu. Because the rights to Roemer's characters eventually lapsed, Marvel could still use Shang-Chi in comics, but his father could not be named. Eventually, Secret Avengers (1st series) #8 revealed Fu Manchu was an alias, and the villain's birth name was Zheng Zu. Always referred to as simply "Shang-Chi", it would be many years before he adopted his father's surname to call himself "Zheng Shang-Chi" regularly.

Last Updated:

17th January 2023 by Monolith