The mysterious master of martial arts has cast his sights upon the Avengers – can they stand against him!?
Untold Tales #757 Avengers vs Fu Manchu
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That does bring up an interesting point/question; why haven’t the Avengers ever crossed paths with Fu Manchu? Not high profile enough? I’d think if Red Skull rates being worthy of their attention time & time again why not Shang-Chi’s dad? 🤷♂️
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Didn’t the character get renamed/retconned due to either copyright issues or simply terribly racist portrayals in the original martial?
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Both, actually. Nowadays it’s the race angle but the character was licensed by Marvel at the time, leading to him being used as Shang-Chi’s father if memory serves.
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Marvel didn’t own the rights to Fu Manchu, so they changed the name to Zheng Zu.
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Ah, licensing – that was it. Kinda of like how no-one in the DCU talked about Pater Cannon, Thunderbolt after the mid 90s or so.
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Yeah, Marvel didn’t own the rights so they renamed him Zheng Zu.
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I mean probably?
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Marvel did have Yellow Claw, who would have the same race issues but not the rights issues. Jeff Parker reworked him (and re-titled him Master Plan or Golden Claw) for Agents of Atlas.
Of course, he got eaten by a dragon at the end of that mini-series, but it’s comics. There’s ways around that!
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