Zheng Zu
Marvel Comics supervillain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zheng Zu (Chinese: 鄭祖), originally known as Fu Manchu, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Based on Sax Rohmer's character of the same name, he is the leader of the Five Weapons Society criminal organization and the father and arch-enemy of Shang-Chi.
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Fu Manchu: Special Marvel Edition #15 (cover-dated December 1973) Comte de Saint Germain: Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu #1 (cover-dated November 2002) As Zheng Zu: Secret Avengers #8 (cover-dated February 2011) |
Created by | Sax Rohmer Adapted by: Steve Englehart Al Milgrom Jim Starlin |
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Alter ego | Zheng Zu |
Team affiliations | Si-Fan Golden Dawn Hai Dai Shadow Council Five Weapons Society |
Partnerships | Death-Dealer |
Notable aliases | Fu Manchu Wang Yu-Seng |
Abilities | Genius-level intellect Hypnosis Martial arts expert Medical practitioner Longevity Master sorcerer |
The character debuted in Special Marvel Edition #15 (cover-dated December 1973) in the Bronze Age of Comic Books, under the name "Fu Manchu", based on the Sax Rohmer character of the same name and adapted into Marvel Comics by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin. Due to Marvel losing the rights[lower-alpha 1] to the Fu Manchu character in 1983, the character was referred to simply as "Shang-Chi's father" and by a number of aliases over the following decades, before his name was changed to "Zheng Zu" in 2010.
Tony Leung Chiu-wai portrays a character partially inspired by Fu Manchu called Xu Wenwu in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).[1]