Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
word of advice : contains spoilers forShang - Chi and the Ten Rings # 2 !
Marvel’sShang - Chiis one of the most purely - heroic superheroes in the Marvel Universe , but even he ca n’t stand the pull of temptation - and the pathway to becoming a villain looks more and more likely with every issuing . The Master of Kung - Fu is one of , if notthebest hand - to - hired man combatant in the world , able to defeat nigh any non - supernatural antagonist ( and many otherswith powers and armor , like Iron Man ) . He is incite by , among other things , a desire to be the complete contrary of his father - and yetShang - Chi and the Ten Rings # 2proves that even Shang - Chi has a hard clock time resisting the pull of evil .
In current Marvel continuity , there aretwoversions of Ten Rings : the rings of the Mandarin ( each with a unique and powerful power ) and the Ten Rings inspired by the MCU ’s 2021 filmShang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings . The latter are the weapons of the Jade Emperor , ruler of Ta Lo ( and an actual anatomy in Chinese mythology ) . They are also weapons of extraordinary baron - and Shang - Chi is not used to using any superpowers of topnotch weapon system of his own ; apart from a shadowy ' chi manipulation ' power in the comics , he is simply a top - level martial creative person and only human .
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InShang - Chi and the Ten Rings # 2 , written by Gene Luen Yang with art by Marcus To , the Supreme Commander of the Five Weapons Society locks the weapons aside in an underground bank vault . In the old issue , a group of villain bring together to steal the rings for themselves - but the rings only worked for Shang - Chi and actively attacked anyone else who endeavor to take them . His care marvel whyShang - Chi does n’t plainly wear the Ten Ringswherever he travels instead of shut up them up . “Every clock time I assume them , I feel my father,“muses Shang - Chi . “His desires , his temptation . His choler . And a part of me like it . "
Zheng Zhu is Shang - Chi ’s father in the comedian , and while the character reference is similar to Wenwu in the moving picture , his comics counterpart is substantially more malevolent . Zheng Zhu keep in line Shang - Chif for most of his aliveness and used him as a pawn ; while he still loved his son , it was not a tidy relationship by any stretching of the imagination . The Ten Rings have a corrupting influence on the wearer , andwhile Shang - Chi has no evil side , he clearly feel the pull towards his Father of the Church ( if not of necessity evil ) .
Shang - Chi can not even get by the Ten Rings ; two issues ago , the rings appeared at his compound even after he attempted to leave alone them behind . Much like Thor ’s pound Mjolnir , it appear the ring have a sentience of their own , and have choose Shang - Chi to be their unexampled wielder . Despite all this , Shang - Chiis terrify of using the rings - because his biggest fear in life is that he will become his father .
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