Fu Manchu (comics)
| Fu Manchu | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Special Marvel Edition #15 (December 1973) |
| Created by |
Sax Rohmer Adapted By: Steve Englehart Al Milgrom Jim Starlin |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Zheng Zu |
| Team affiliations | Si-Fan Shadow Council |
| Abilities | Genius-Level Intellect Hypnosis Martial Arts Expert Medical Practitioner |
Fu Manchu is the name of a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is based on the character of the same name and is the father of Shang-Chi.
Fu Manchu first appeared in Special Marvel Edition #15 (December 1973). He was created by Sax Rohmer and adapted into Marvel Comics by Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom, and Jim Starlin. As the result of Marvel Comics later losing the rights to the Fu Manchu name, his later appearances give him the real name of Zheng Zu.
Zheng Zu gained his education at the Tibetan monastery of Rach where he learned martial arts, arcane knowledge, and every known discipline of science. Becoming highly regarded in his monastery, Zheng Zu was considered part of their brotherhood until the day he left to share his gifts with the world as Fu Manchu.
When his daughter Fah Loo Suee was a child, Fu Manchu showed her the Moon where he told her that he would one day move the world so that he would rule another world.
Fu Manchu was revealed to have the knowledge of Jack the Ripper's methodology.
Fu Manchu later took the woman Mara Ling to be his wife as part of an arranged marriage despite the fact that she loved a blind archer named Li.
Tony McKay and Nayland Smith later launched an attack on the Si-Fan where Fu Manchu had killed McKay and used his sumo wrestler servant Tak torture Smith by crushing his legs. Fu Manchu later introduced schizophrenia to a gorilla which was used as the final guardian of his New York headquarters. Fu Manchu's African base was struck by the British where many of his followers there were slain. Upon finding a disfigured infant named M'Nai after finding his parents dead, Fu Manchu decided that he can shape M'Nai into a powerful servant and M'Nai was raised alongside Fu Manchu's other son Shang-Chi.
When Shang-Chi was a boy, he heard from K'uei Meng that Fu Manchu had plans to rule the world. When Shang-Chi confronted his father, Fu Manchu dismissed it as slander and Shang-Chi never saw K'uei Meng again. Another event in Shang-Chi's childhood is that he saw his father thank a Dacoit for saving his life. Years later, the same Dacoit was killed by Fu Manchu for failing his mission. When Shang-Chi bested his fellow student Ah Lung in combat, Fu Manchu demanded that Shang-Chi kill him. Due to Shang-Chi hestitating, Fu Manchu had his guards kill Ah Lung. When Fu Manchu had his pupil Sho Teng seemingly betray Shang-Chi to M16 Agents that were secretly on Fu Manchu's side, Fu Manchu "rescued" Shang-Chi and killed their leader Death-Dragon to earn Shang-Chi's trust.
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