Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
This article contain SPOILERS forShang - Chi and the Ten Rings # 2
Marvel’sShang - Chihad a serious villain trouble in the MCU , but the sequel could easy rectify this by bringing back one of his oldest foes - whom no one would root for at all . The Master of Kung - Fu has a modest but devoted fanbase that was only expanded in the wake of his successful 2021 film , but he is rather lack in terms of memorable villains . Hisfather Wenwu may have served a purposein the first film , butShang - Chi and the Ten Rings # 2proves another , more sinister enemy would be a lively foe to fight in the 2d installment .
Initially the Word of Fu Manchu , Shang - Chi was kick in his own unique father shape when Marvel could n’t secure the rights to the former character . Shang - Chi has spent a lifetime pass out from his dour yesteryear , and has fought his father on legion occasions . Zheng Zhu is his name in the comics , but the Wenwu in the film is considerably more sympathetic . He is distinctly a loving begetter ( if single - minded and violent ) who wanted to unite his famous after many years of breakup , and many fans excoriate the fact that he did not survive the celluloid .
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Wenwu ’s fellow feeling endeared him to the audience too much - but writers have a perfect way of life to check that that mistake is n’t repeated , and it can be found inShang - Chi and the Ten Rings # 2 , indite by Gene Luen Yang with art by Marcus To . In the military issue , immediatelyafter locking off the Ten Rings , Shang - Chi is visit by Leiko Wu , an old friend from his MI6 days . Together , Shang - Chi and Leiko Wu team up against the villain Carlton Velcro , who has n’t seem in strip sinceMasters of Kung - Fu # 106 in 1981 . Velcro is a diacetylmorphine dealer and wielder of nuclear power with perfectly no moral meat or likeable side ; he is also well - tie in and has personal guards , assassins , and an integral castle .
Shang - Chi has another villain job : his unceasing struggle to stay away from his father ’s influence . The Ten Rings are a corrupt influence on Shang - Chi and all other wielders of the artillery , and he feels his father ’s voice whenever he uses them . Carlton Velcro is one of the few role who is a morally reprehensible villain through and through . Using Velcro would helpShang - Chi determine himself apart from his father , and would provide him to finally cut open against an foe who threatens many .
Carlton Velcro ’s colorful show ( to say nothing of his name ) is also a draw ; this villain flash his riches and power like theother Silver and Bronze Age enemiesin both the Marvel and DC Universe . A grievous accidental injury forced Velcro to bear a metallic natural covering on his brain and other parts of his consistence , effectively making him a drug - dealing nuclear weapons - hoarding bionic woman . Shang - Chicould for sure use a villain like Velcro in his second film in the MCU ; if nothing else , he would certainly be a memorable foe .
