ORIGINS:
As the son of the criminal mastermind Zheng Zu, Shang-Chi—who believed his father to be a good man—was trained from an early age to become the ultimate martial artist. When sent on a mission to assassinate one of his father’s enemies, he learned the truth and vowed to destroy his father’s criminal empire instead. After Zheng Zu’s death, Shang-Chi inherited his father’s position as the Supreme Commander of the Five Weapons Society. He also learned that his mother—Jiang Li—hailed from the pocket dimension Ta Lo, and that her father—Chieftain Xin—wanted to destroy Shang-Chi’s entire family and take possession of the mystical Ten Rings. (Info credit to Marvel Multiverse character sheet)
READING GUIDE
DISCLAIMER - Content warning for sinophobia in the older comics.☆ = ESSENTIAL TO CHARACTER
☆ = RECCOMENDEDOLDER APPEARANCES:
Special Marvel Edition #15-17 (1973)
Master of Kung Fu v1 #18-125 (1974-1983)
Giant-Size Spider-Man #2 (1974)
Marvel Two-In-One #29 (1977)
Marvel Team-Up #84-85 (1979)
Master of Kung Fu: Bleeding Black (1990)
Marc Spector: Moon Knight Special #1 (1992)
Journey into Mystery #524-526 (1996)
X-Men v2 #62-64 (1997)
Marvel Knights #1-9 (2000)
Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu: Hellfire Apocalypse (2003)RECENT APPEARANCES:
Heroes For Hire v2 #1-15 (2006-2007) ☆
Shadowland (2010)
Spider-Island: ==Amazing Spider-Man #663-664, 666-668, Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu == (2011) ☆
Secret Avengers v1 #6-10 (2010-2013) ☆
Avengers v5 (2013-2015)
Avengers World (2014-2015) ☆
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu v2 (2014)
Marvel Legacy: Master of Kung Fu (2018)
Domino #3-6 (2018)AGENTS OF ATLAS:
Totally Awesome Hulk #15-18 (2017)
War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas (2019) ☆
Future Fight Firsts: Crescent and Io (2019, cameo)
Sword Master: Origins and Odysseys (2019) ☆
Agents of Atlas (2019)
Incoming #1 (2019, sort of a cameo)
Atlantis Attacks (2020)CURRENT STORYLINE:
Shang-Chi: Brothers and Sisters (2020) ☆
Shang-Chi Infinity Comic (2021)
The Legend Of Shang-Chi (2021)
Marvel's Voices: Identity (2021)
Shang-Chi Vs. The Marvel Universe (2021) ☆
Marvel's Voices: Identity (2022)
Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings (2022) ☆