Shang Chi Appreciation

[Tien Long]

Just thought I'd post more Shang Chi feats.

Here he is doing some bullet dodging:

[Tien Long]

Shang taking out multiple guards with two metal sticks.



Deflecting an arrow.



Taking out Gorilla-Man. (Love the fact that he goes for joint destruction.)

[Tien Long]

Shang kicking through steel and rock.

[Zak213]

Definitely think a Donnie Yen could pull it off. I liked his depiction of the humble, calm, yet righteous and skilled Ip Man in the Ip Man series of movies. He can do traditional techniques as well as MMA stuff as well. Also, he's a veteran of the martial arts genre.



Yeah, this was actually discussed several months ago on the Comic Book Rumbles board. X's power to read minds does seem a little out of place as most martial artists don't consciously think about the moves that they are going to make. Moreover, i believe a ton of characters have already countered X's powers. Wolverine used his berserker rage, Amadeus Cho used his fast processing mind, and Iron Fist used confusing Drunken Boxing movements.

Still, X is a sick, depraved psycho and a high level martial artist. On that level, he would have an interesting conflict with Shang.

I meant more of what stories you would do and how you would introduce him and his mythos to audiences?

I think you can change his powerset from instead of reading minds to reading actions.

[Jim Thompson]

[Jim Thompson]

I really miss art and story-telling like this:

[Tien Long]

The other thing I'm noticing about these old Shang-Chi issues: Shang REALLY knew how to rock the dramatic pose!

[Geno]

Some nice scans there, Tien!

FYI, the images with file names explicitly labelled as "skill," "striking" or "bullet" followed by a number/letter were uploaded by me a while back to demonstrate Shang's feats on the ComicVine forums (among other places). Nice to know they're being circulated!

Here's a recent one:

Shang's training Spider-Man in martial arts, and while he does get tagged at the end by Spidey's kick, keep in mind this whole time he's keeping up with the latter's super powers using his skill alone - and he shrugs off the kick as any master would the first time their pupil lands a clean hit. Oh, and he creates a completely new fighting style for Peter. Just another day for the Master of Kung Fu!

[Geno]

Here's another one of Shang sparring with Steve Rogers. Shang gets the first take down by using a judo throw, but I should note the next page has Steve hitting him with an elbow. They're 1:1 as far as Brubaker is concerned.

[Tien Long]

Some nice scans there, Tien!

FYI, the images with file names explicitly labelled as "skill," "striking" or "bullet" followed by a number/letter were uploaded by me a while back to demonstrate Shang's feats on the ComicVine forums (among other places). Nice to know they're being circulated!

Ah yes, just want to say thanks for putting that post up. I came across it while looking for Shang Chi feats. It's good to have some solid examples of what the Master of Kung Fu can do and it's definitely been very informative.

Here's a recent one:
Shang's training Spider-Man in martial arts, and while he does get tagged at the end by Spidey's kick, keep in mind this whole time he's keeping up with the latter's super powers using his skill alone - and he shrugs off the kick as any master would the first time their pupil lands a clean hit. Oh, and he creates a completely new fighting style for Peter. Just another day for the Master of Kung Fu!

Saw this before. Looks great and again this (along with the Steve Rogers pic) shows that Shang has earned the respect of the heavy hitters of the Marvel Universe.

Anyway, some more pics:

Here's a great one from Antony Johnston and Sebastian Fiumara's most recent Spider-Island tie-in. Like this uncolored version, as i feel it's more dramatic than the colored version:



A pretty funny moment between Shang and Danny:

[Jim Thompson]

A pretty funny moment between Shang and Danny:

I almost posted this one myself. I think it's a great moment in a great book. There's a scene toward the end of that story showing Danny stopping bolts of power being thrown their way with the Iron Fist that I think is pretty good, too.

[mummra the ever living]

Really loving Shang Chi right now. His was easily the best Spider Island tie in to what was probably the best event of the year.

I'm really enjoying how Ellis used him in SA also. In a whole team(s) of people who continually exalt Steve as a moral God it's great to see someone (especially the least known character on the team) giving Cap a bit of lip- and indeed being his moral compass for a change.

'I will not be made your thug'- fantastic!

[Jim Thompson]

Really loving Shang Chi right now. His was easily the best Spider Island tie in to what was probably the best event of the year.

I'm really enjoying how Ellis used him in SA also. In a whole team(s) of people who continually exalt Steve as a moral God it's great to see someone (especially the least known character on the team) giving Cap a bit of lip- and indeed being his moral compass for a change.

'I will not be made your thug'- fantastic!

Bru really played with the notion that, although both men are men of action to some extent, Cap is a military minded man while Shang Chi is always looking for opportunities to walk a peaceful path. Put another way, Cap is the ultimate American Soldier; Shang is really the ultimate representation of a Shambhala Warrior.

[LastManStanding]

[Jim Thompson]

Like what the Panther is saying about Shang.