Zheng Bao Yu

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Zheng Bao Yu
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAs Fah Lo Suee: Master of Kung Fu #26 (cover-dated March 1975)
As Cursed Lotus:Journey into Mystery #514-516 (1997-1998)
As Zheng Bao Yu: Fearless Defenders #8 (cover-dated October 2013)
Created bySax Rohmer
Adapted By:
Doug Moench and Keith Pollard.
In-story information
Team affiliationsDoom Maidens
Celestial Order of the Hai Dai
Celestial Order of the Si-Fan
Golden Daggers
Oriental Expeditors
MI-6
Notable aliasesFah lo Suee
Cursed Lotus
AbilitiesGenius-level intellect
Hypnosis
Martial arts expert
Longevity
Master sorcerer

Zheng Bao Yu (originally known as Fah Lo Suee), is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the daughter of Zheng Zu and the older half-sister of Shang-Chi

.

The character debuted in

Dr. Fu Manchu, created by writer Sax Rohmer, Fu Manchu and adapted into Marvel Comics by Doug Moench and Keith Pollard.[1] Due to Marvel losing the rights to the Fu Manchu character, her name Fah Lo Suee was changed to Zheng Bao Yu.[2][3][4][5]

Publication history

Fah Lo Suee in the cover of The Mask of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer. Illustration by Ronnie Lesser, 1962.

The character of Fah lo Suee was created in 1917 by

The Fearless Defenders #8, written by Cullen Bunn, where he appears leading the Ha-Dai.[3][19][20][21][5]

In the most recent stories, written by Gene Luen Yang, there is no mention of Zheng Bao Yu,[14] she possibly no longer exists in the continuity of Marvel, the writer created other sisters for Shang-Chi, in the miniseries Shang-Chi (2020) it is revealed that Si-Fan and Hai-Dai is one of the names of the Five Weapons Society,[22] is said to be among the five sons of Zheng Zu, each one commands a house and from among them, the supreme leader, Shang-Chi, champion of the House of the Deadly Hand, is chosen by the father, but his sister Zheng Shi-Hua, the Sister Hammer takes the lead after her father's death,[23] Shi-Hua can be seen as Bao Yu's replacement in Shang-Chi's origin.[24]

History

Born many decades ago as the daughter of the criminal mastermind Fu Manchu, Fah Lo Suee originally followed in her father's footsteps. Eventually, Fah Lo Suee became disillusioned by her father's misguided idealism for world conquest and developed a more pragmatic mindset. After obtaining her own faction of Fu Manchu's Si-Fan assassins, Fah Lo Suee would attempt to sway Shang-Chi into helping her usurp their father from his criminal empire, only to be rebuffed by her heroic half-brother. Fah Lo Suee would eventually lead her own criminal organization, the Oriental Expeditors, who were a front for the Golden Daggers sect.[25] After Shang-Chi and his allies bring down the Golden Daggers, she briefly allies herself with them to help take down Fu Manchu.[26]

After collaborating with

MI-6. Her endeavors perpetually placed her at odds with Shang-Chi and his fellow MI-6 agents. Years later, she once again became involved in the criminal underworld. Now going by the name the Cursed Lotus, she headed a narcotics empire supplying a highly addictive drug, Wild Tiger, with the Wild Tiger Mob, one of the factions of your father's organization led by Deng Ling-Xiao,[27] acting as a front for her in Hong Kong. Despite the Wild Tiger mob being brought down by Shang-Chi, she eludes capture. Shang-Chi never discovers his half-sister's involvement.[13][14]

Zheng Bao Yu is recruited by Caroline le Fay, the daughter of Morgana le Fey and Doctor Doom, into Caroline's incarnation of the Doom Maidens. Now in full control of Zheng Zu's Hai Dai assassins (formerly called Si-Fan), she resumes her father's long-forgotten experiment of bio-engineering Brood eggs as weapons. The Brood hatchlings from the eggs are used to carry out hits in New York's Chinatown by the Ghost Boys gang at the behest of Bao Yu. The plot is uncovered by Misty Knight and Annabelle Riggs of the Fearless Defenders with help from Elsa Bloodstone; the three track Bao Yu and her Hai Dai assassins and scientists to an underground laboratory (where Bao Yu reveals her real name to the group). With the help of No-Name of the Brood, the Fearless Defenders defeat the Hai-Dai and destroy the experiments, forcing Bao Yu to teleport away from her lair; she later confronts Caroline for not providing her with enough protection.[28] Bao Yu joins Caroline and the other Doom Maidens for a ritual to grant Caroline the powers she has been craving. The ritual is interrupted by the Fearless Defenders, who defeat Bao Yu and the other Doom Maidens in the subsequent battle, with Frankie Raye siphoning the energy from the ritual, preventing Caroline from completing her transformation. However, Caroline still manages to succeed in the secondary ritual of restoring her mother, Morgana le Fey.[29]

Powers and abilities

Zheng Bao Yu possesses superhuman longevity, due to her consumption of the

Elixir Vitae. Much like her father, she is a devious and cunning criminal mastermind and is a genius in most fields of knowledge, including alchemy
and sorcery. As with her half-brother and father, she is also an expert hand-to-hand combatant. Bao Yu is also hypnotically seductive: her voice and movements command attention, and her eyes can entrance a man in moments. She has easily manipulated a variety of men into falling in love with her, devoted to serving her wishes. She occasionally uses scented vapors or hypnotic rubies to further enhance her skills.

In other media

Role-playing games

Fah Lo Suee appears in the adventure Night Moves for the role-playing game Marvel Super Heroes.[30]

Films

In

Ta Lo, Xialing helps to fight the Ten Rings and later the minions of the Dweller-in-Darkness
. By the end of the film, her bond with her brother is renewed. However, she opts to take over the Ten Rings organization where she restructures it to the point where it also contains women fighters.

References

  1. ^ Moench, Doug (w), Pollard, Keith (p), Trapani, Sal (i). "Daughter of Darkness!" Master of Kung Fu, no. 26 (March 1975).
  2. ^ Fearless Defenders #8. Marvel Comics (New York).
  3. ^ a b c "Shang-Chi Comics Explained: Where The Next MCU Movie Came From". GameSpot. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  4. ^ Young, Aaron (2021-05-06). "These Are Shang-Chi's Biggest Foes". Looper.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  5. ^ a b c "Why Shang-Chi's Sister Had to Change for the Marvel Cinematic Universe". CBR. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  6. ^ "Fah Lo Suee (Daughter of Fu Manchu)". The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  7. ^ "Inside Shang-Chi's evolution from forgotten comic book character to big-screen superhero".
  8. ^ "A success written in the stars". Universo HQ. March 3, 2001. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  9. ISBN 978-0756641238
    . Capitalizing on the popularity of martial arts movies, writer Steve Englehart and artist/co-plotter Jim Starlin created Marvel's Master of Kung Fu series. The title character, Shang-Chi, was the son of novelist Sax Rohmer's criminal mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu.
  10. ISBN 978-1416531418
    .
  11. ^ "Here's Why Marvel Doesn't Own Movie Rights to Shang-Chi's Biggest Villain". Screen Rant. August 26, 2019.
  12. ^ a b "The Shang Chi Chronology". www.pjfarmer.com. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  13. ^ a b Journey into Mystery #515-516. Marvel Comics.
  14. ^ a b c "Shang-Chi Defeated His Sister Without Ever Realizing It Was Her". CBR. 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  15. ^ Middaugh, Dallas (August 1997). "Journey into Mystery to Launch New Titles". Wizard. No. #72. p. 23.
  16. ^ "Shang-Chi: How the MCU's New Hero Was First Connected to the Ten Rings". CBR. August 29, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  17. ^ George, Richard (2010-10-28). "Secret Avengers #6 Review". IGN. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  18. ^ Constantine, Percival (2013-04-09). "10 TV Shows That Marvel Seriously Needs To Make". WhatCulture.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  19. ^ Young, Aaron (May 6, 2021). "These Are Shang-Chi's Biggest Foes". Looper.com. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  20. ^ "Elsa Bloodstone (Ulysses' daughter, Monster Hunter)". The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  21. ^ "Valkyrie (Brunnhilde, Defenders member)". The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  22. ^ Shang-Chi #2. Marvel Comics.
  23. ^ "Shang-Chi's Secret History". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  24. ^ "Shang-Chi: The Future MCU Hero Has a New Rival Who Hits VERY Close to Home". CBR. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  25. ^ Master of Kung Fu #44. Marvel Comics.
  26. ^ Master of Kung Fu #47. Marvel Comics.
  27. ^ X-Men (vol. 2) #62. Marvel Comics.
  28. ^ Bunn, Cullen (w), Sliney, Will (a), Gandini, Veronica (col), Cowles, Clayton (let), Pyle, Ellie (ed). The Fearless Defenders, no. 8 (Aug. 2013). Marvel Comics.
  29. ^ Bunn, Cullen (w), Sliney, Will (a), Gandini, Veronica (col), Cowles, Clayton (let), Pyle, Ellie (ed). The Fearless Defenders, no. 12 (Dec. 2013). Marvel Comics.
  30. ^ "Celestial Order of the Si-Fan". The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  31. ^ Poisuo, Pauli (2021-08-26). "The Untold Truth Of Marvel's Xialing". Looper.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  32. ^ S, Ian; well (2021-09-05). "Shang-Chi's best Easter eggs and MCU references". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  33. ^ "Shang-Chi's best Easter eggs and MCU references". Digital Spy. 2021-09-05. Retrieved 2022-05-31.

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