Wong-Chu

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Wong-Chu
Wong-Chu (Earth-616) from All-New Iron Manual Vol 1 1 001.jpg
Wong-Chu as depicted in All-New Iron Man Manual #1 (May 2008).
Art by Carlo Pagulayan.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963)
Created by Larry Lieber
Jack Kirby
Don Heck
In-story information
Species Human
AbilitiesExpert martial artist

Wong-Chu is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He usually appears as an adversary of Iron Man, playing a key role in his origin and being the first villain he faced.

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Publication history

Wong-Chu first appeared in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963), and was created by writer Larry Lieber and artists Jack Kirby and Don Heck.

Fictional character biography

Wong-Chu once served as a commander for the Vietnamese congress during the Vietnam War (later retconned to be the fictitious Siancong War). When a reckless American contingent triggers a booby trap in the Vietnamese jungles while testing a new weapon, one of Wong-Chu's commanders found a survivor in the form of Tony Stark. Wong-Chu learns that Stark has shrapnel lodged in his heart that will kill him within a week. Wong-Chu tries to capitalize on this by telling Stark that he is dying and that, if he creates a powerful new weapon for him, then his surgeons will save him. Realizing that Wong-Chu is lying, Stark pretends to comply with him. Using materials supplied by Wong-Chu, Stark and Ho Yinsen build a suit of powered armor. Yinsen distracts the guards long enough to give Iron Man time to charge his armor. Wong-Chu kills Yinsen as Stark finishes charging his armor, but fails to notice that Stark has escaped and is hiding on the ceiling. Wong-Chu attempts to escape from Iron Man, only to be killed in an an ammo dump explosion. [1]

Years later, it is revealed that Wong-Chu survived the explosion (albeit heavily scarred on the left side of his body) and that Yinsen's brain was preserved alive, salvaged by the interdimensional merchant Doctor Midas. Before Wong-Chu can claim Yinsen's brain, Iron Man helps the Sons of Yinsen defeat Wong-Chu, who is decapitated and killed by one of the Sons. [2]

Powers and abilities

Wong-Chu possesses no super-human powers, but is a highly skilled martial artist, particularly in wrestling. [1]

In other media

References

  1. 1 2 Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963)
  2. ↑ Iron Man (vol. 3) #31-32 (August - September 2000)
  3. ↑ "Wong Chu Voice - The Invincible Iron Man (Movie)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 13, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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