Shang-Chi: A Comic to Screen Comparison
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Spoilers if you haven’t seen the movie yet. This is just designed to be a fun comparison between the film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and its Marvel Comics' original, The Hands of Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu. It discusses the comics creators like Steve Engleheart and Jim Starlin, and looks at the classic run by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy. It looks at characters from the film like Katy, Xu Xialing, and Wenwu as well as locations like Ta-Lo and shows which comics any of that is drawn from.
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Don’t agree with you on awkwafina being a love interest. It’s one of the first marvel movies to feature characters of opposite sex that are purely friends. I loved that even at the post credits it was clear they were platonic
Thank you, I had to pause the video to say something similar. It was so refreshing to see that.
I would say Walkirie in thor in 3 is the same
I mean Black Widow and Hawkeye were always best friends.
@@0XYamamotoX0 I also liked Natasha and Steve's relationship.
"First characters that are purely friends in MCU"?
Urmmm, Clint and Natasha? T'challa and Okoye? Thor and Valkyrie? Captain Marvel and Nick Fury?
The movie made it quite clear that Katy and Shang-Chi do not see each other as love interests; they are simply best friends. That's enough for them and quite refreshing for the audience.
Yeah, Destin Daniel Cretton confirmed in an interview he felt it was important to remind viewers men and women can be just friends. I would imagine Leiko Wu would be introduced in a sequel.
For now
I was going to comment something like that
I came here to say this.
That is the chinese way of getting close.
Do BFFs hold hands and lean to shoulders like that?
Even though MARVEL had the rights to Fu Manchu, they didn't just adapt Sax Rohmer's stories, as you would expect; rather, they used his characters as back-story for their original creation, Shang-Chi, and I always got the impression that that comic wasn't actually a part of the 'official' Marvel Comics Universe -- implying there would be no cross-overs with Spider-Man, or the Fantastic Four, or Iron Man, etc.
Shang-Chi, in that he joined MI6 to work for Sir Denis Nayland-Smith along with Blackjack Tarr and Clive Reston, was having adventures around the globe, and thus should not be crossing paths with all the superheroes in New York City and wherever else the standard Marvel heroes fought their villains.
Another great thing about MOKF was that Clive Reston was hinted at being the son of James Bond, with Gulacy's art making him look like a young Sean Connery but with a different hairstyle. And Reston was also hinted at being related to Sherlock Holmes -- which would also make James Bond related to the famous Victorian era detective.
It's too bad the MCU version of Shang-Chi has ditched all that. I would've loved to see a MOKF movie done in a mash-up style of Bond + Bruce Lee -- preferably directed by Quentin Tarantino, as MOKF was his favorite comic book. Alas...!
that was great. My older brother used to buy all the comics, or as many as he could, more difficult in Scotland of the 70s than I imagine in the US. No comic stores back then but there was a wee shop in our town called The Yankee Mag Store, it was hidden, some way off the main shopping area so you had to really look for it, but it stocked US superhero comics as best it could, as well as selling other newsagent type things like candy, newspapers and tobacco. My brother did buy Master Of Kung-Fu but I was less interested in that and more into the Avengers and the FF at the time. But I still read the kung-fu comics and I loved the tie-in with Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu cos I'd seen the films and thought they were great!
Awesome story. I don't know why, but reading that gave me some good vibes...thanks for sharing that.
"The Yankee Mag Store" is such a great name for a comic book shop lol
@@newflesh666 it was the nearest shop, a half hour bus journey away, that we could get hold of superhero comics. It cornered the market in DC and Marvel comics for over 2 decades, Gone now alas.
I was barely a teenager when the Moench/Gulacy run of this comic was out, and it was incredible. The other artists just DID NOT GET how Shang-Chi was supposed to look. Paul Gulacy got it. His images looked like a Bruce Lee-meets-James Bond movie.
this is the best comment here, I totally agree I'm 52 yrs old and when I was a kid I couldn't afford to buy each issue when the came out so the owner of the shop would let me catch up on the issues I missed by saving them on the side for when I got my allowance or cut enough lawns.
I have all of Moench/Gulacy issues.
The "Bruce Lee-meets-James Bond movie" styling is because in those early days, as his own style was evolving, Paul Gulacy drew _heavily_ from *Jim Steranko's* run on _Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D._ And let's face it--nobody knew Pop Culture/Movie/Pulp styling like Steranko! I agree that _Master of Kung Fu_ was one of the best written, best choreographed comics out of Marvel for at least two or three decades. Bought them all; kept them all.
Gulacy was fantastic but I also enjoyed the limited amount done by Starlin early in the run.
@@richardstevenjones He was workman-like, but it always felt like his heart wasn't in it. Not like his _Capt.Marvel_ & _Warlock_ runs.
Gulacy’s art on this title was awe inspiring.
So true. He took the best of Steranko as his inspiration & ran with it. Everything he touches is masterful. He`s one of My all -time favorites.
Indeed. In my opinion, his best work on the title is on the pages of issue 40, "The Murder Agency". He did pencils and inks here and it is amazing! Of course, he did some stunning covers which are... awe-inspiring. :-)
@@williamjackson6705 I was just going to say a lot of his images and figures are very "Steranko", but with a slightly more modern edge. I'm guessing Gulacy read a lot of the Nick Fury / S.H.I.E.L.D. issues that Steranko did.
@@williamjackson6705 Agree 100%
I have a hard time dealing with the fact that US 1 wasn’t a top selling book.
I would LOVE to see a US1 reboot.
need an update. he can be a gig driver that can mentally alter social media!! GIGMAN!!!
Oh man, it had alien truckers and Baron von Blimp! That comic was so awesome
I had a full run. Never had the racetrack, though. (My parents wouldn't buy it. By that point they'd bought me three slot car tracks, only one of which worked at all, and then only on one lane. Those things sucked back then.)
It am worst selling book on not home planet
Shang Chi comics I read as a kid were stories that you could see Bruce Lee star in. The movie was more Jackie Chan. My son loved it though, so I guess it hit the target audience. Didn’t think it was bad but I miss the more grounded stories
Just came back from a morning show. Pretty good movie - the action was very good (with 2 excellent set-pieces in the first third), and it was visually much better than the usual Marvel fare. My main problem with it was the old Marvel habit of needlessly upping the stakes to world-threatening. I think they could have done much better with a smaller-scaled story, maybe closer to the Monech-Gulaci run (still one of my favorite comics of all time). That way they could have also kept more of a focus on Katy and his sister, both of whom had great potential. Also: Leung and Yeoh rule!!
yeah, but can he fight or is all special fx, wires and camera cuts?
@@TwilightBinder ? It’s a movie
@@TwilightBinder yes he can fight but there is also CGI and wire work for the supernatural aspects of the fights.
We could get so much better movies if feige would stop ruining the vision of the directors, the Black Widow movie is a good example, you can practically feel the fight between art and the studio
@@fucondeez it's a martial arts movie. If the fights are mostly wires, special effects and camera cuts (as the promotional material has shown) then it's not going to be a good martial arts movie.
Recent comic-tropes episodes have been shorter and more focused on specific topics. This new format is great !
Trivia : In 1971, the Comics Code Authority changed rules regarding horror comics. Following this, Marvel introduced comics based on monsters (Dracula) and other kung-fu inspired titles. And thus Marvel was able to follow popular movie fads.
I think it had something to do with writer Marv Wolfman and the comics code didn’t allow the word wolfman or vampire or other stuff like that and so it was changed. I could be wrong though.
@@OomaGooma That is so ridiculous I hope it's true.
The thing I loved about the original run was how grounded it was. Sure it was spies and weird gadgets and over powered villains. Now it seems everything is mystic.
The tesseract 😬
I'm with you on that bro'. The espionage/spy drama aspect was one of the things this old man loved about the original series too. If I wanted big cosmic or mystic drama I'd buy an issue of Avengers, Captain Marvel or Dr. Strange back then.
Agreed
Interesting comment. The mythology of the movie is messier but the character relations are tighter and more coherent.
Would have been nice to have both
Good video. Couple of things to note though. Firstly, in _Special Marvel Edition 15,_ Shang-Chi said his mother was American, not English (the woman _previously thought_ to be his mother, that is, because a recent retcon revealed that this woman wasn't his real mother after all). Secondly, while the original Razor-Fist (William Young) had blades on both arms from his debut appearance, the current Razor-Fist (Douglas Scott) in the comics initially only had a blade on his left arm when he was first introduced in _Master of Kung Fu 105._ His right hand and forearm were later replaced with a blade, giving him a matching pair like the original Razor-Fist.
I remember seeing the comics back in the day, , but I really had little interest in them at that time.
I did go see the film and was pleasantly surprised. I especially enjoyed the interaction between Shang-Chi & Katy. She was funny & he happily played along. I think they are like siblings, more than anything.
It was one of the few consistently well written comics throughout its entire run. I loved that comic.
Thanks for doing this video, and for mentioning Gene Day! Would love to see you do a full feature on him one day. Also I’m currently trying to pull together a full run of Master of Kung Fu and I’m about 65% complete!
First time on your channel. My God! I am very impressed and deliriously happy with the history provided about Shang-Chi...The Comic book! All these MCU and Disney fans will never get it, so I am beyond elated with your thorough, yet factual research...this is awesome! Thank you for that part of the video...I loved it!
It's funny because Shang Chi, Iron Fist and Luke Cage were my father's jam. He was the one who got me into comics and kung fu and kaiju films. He's since passed and this episode was a lovely reminder of him. It really put a smile on my face and let me remember one of my treasured memories of my dad. When I was a little girl every Saturday we would go to a comic book shop, he'd buy me candy and let me pick out a comic while he would *ahem* engage in vigorous discourse about his favorite comics with the owner and any customers that had an opinion😄. Have a great day!
Fantastic. That's cool! If you're here, can we assume you've kept some interest in comics? "Vigorous Discourse" is the name of my new peace-loving, diplomatic superhero character coming soon to a self-published comic near you! ;)
@@JakobNoone absolutely! I love comics, I float between the big two, indie and web comics. That's why I enjoy this channel, Chris has a passion for comics that makes me remember why I liked comics to begin with. I would love to get a link to your comic! Vigorous Discourse is an excellent name for a character and I'm intrigued!
@@mzgreenjeansapproves Sorry - that part about Vigorous Discourse was just a joke. :D
At shangi_chi's introduction Bruce lee movies were the biggest thing ever, trust me, i was there.it made absolute sense a comic book picked up on it.I bought every early shangi chi comic.They were great.The stories and the overwhealming fantastic artwork made me proud to own.Paul Gulacy was a Rembrandt.
Fin Fang Foom may still have something to do with the 10 Rings in the MCU, there is a short scene that shows his face in a scroll. I hope he shows up in the movies at some point, he's pretty cool.
Didn't catch that thanks I'm working on a Shang Chi video I will give you a shoutout
Thank you for mentioning the ugliness of the yellow-orangeish hued skin. A lot of youtubers and writers who summarize the history and origins of Shang-Chi never mention it. Being Chinese-American, it reminds me a lot of the racist political cartoons from the 1880s. It’s as if Luke Cage was colored a dark black for his skin rather than brown.
A sad sign of the times. The coloring in 90s was good. He was in a X-men comic he looked normal
Progress I guess
I have issue #16 (bought at a local comic shop when first released) but have been recently hesitant to display that comic book in my room collection for the reasons (drawings depicting the "Fu Manchu inscrutable Oriental" stereotypes) you and the video mentioned.
I really wish they had adapted the Moench/Gulacy run. I enjoyed the Rohmer characters. Fu-Manchu was the original "yellow peril" supervillain.
And also Fu Manchu is a legendary band 🎸
So great is Fu Manchu the US goverment asked Sax to stop writing him because they feared he hurt allied interests in China. Top that Superman.
Rohmer's Fu Manchu is very different though. The dude is basically a world class troll and a trickster.
@@nooctip Superman radio shows literally helped take down the KKK. :)
@@GreenLanternCorps2814 True Supes is a contender. But still got to rate stop publishing him or our war strategy will suffer higher.
The fact that a more obscure character like Shang-Chi got a movie gives me hope we can someday see a movie with Rom SpaceKnight
Well... I don't know if I can say MCU Shang Chi is... really Shang Chi.
If a shang chi fan existed before this movie premiered he would have said that he is still waiting for a good adaptation of the character.
in the movie it's more like the 10 bracelets
They're rings. They just don't fit human fingers.
Amusingly (given Wenwu is based on Iron Man's comics nemesis), they're often called iron rings in English.
@@ishotmyboss Now, that's a clever observation! Actually fits with the original comic source.
@@ishotmyboss yes, they fit as rings on a dragon
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu comic magazine had small episodes of Shang-Chi as well ... I don't see the themes of the comic Shang-Chi in the new Disney/Marvel film at all. The movie has none of the Bruce Lee feel or the 007 action or espionage MI6 spies - instead it focuses on the magical fantasy kiddie side of it ... what could you expect from Disney?
I wish they had kept Shang Chi as a martial artist, the magical power stuff turned me off. Very DC from the perspective that they are throwing all this power at Shang Chi which makes all his conflicts less dramatic since he is so powerful.
I started loving Shang Chi when he trained Spider-man when he lost his spider sense during the Spider Island event
Two comic tropes episodes in less than a week! What a great surprise!
Loved the movie, and this was a fantastic overview of a character I knew very little about. Great job!
Excellent deep dive here! Really impressed with the research!
I am seeing number of similarities to the Agents of Atlas. Jimmy Woo, who's the descendant of the evil Golden Claw and, ultimately, in the bloodline of the Khans. Mr. Lao, the mysterious dragon that protects the Atlas organization.
I want to believe Jimmy Woo in Ant Man is related to Shang Chi and the Mandarin and there is an Atlas organization that requires Gorilla Man, Venus, Namora, and Marvel Boy to team up with Jimmy.
That would be so cool.
And there's the new, entirely Asian line-up of the Agents of Atlas, which the sequels could presumably build towards.
@@chrischiu-tabet9462 Sure. Not my Agents of Atlas, but those exist, too.
I'm talking about the team that is retro and quirky. Not the diversity mandated one.
God, a semi-retro movie w/Jimmy Woo and the Agents of Atlas would be the bomb! Sort of _Raiders/Lost Ark franchise_ meets _Agents of Shield/Agent Carter!_
Not really sure Katy counts as "romantic interest". That's something I really liked, actually - that they didn't shoehorn a romance story into the movie. Even at the end, it seems to me they're still just very good and close friends.
Friend zoned
Yes, I came here to write this. Probably my favorite thing in a mostly boring movie (for me)
@@MrKrushgutz The friend zone isn't real.
And even if it was, this would be a pretty shit example of it, as Shang-Chi seems pretty laid back and OK with "just" being friends. There is absolutely no indication he wants their relationship to turn romantic.
@@krank23 So you think he enjoys being celibate? The dude has no game like most Asian men.
@@krank23 LOL! Dude what are you talkin’ bout?! Of course the friend zone is real. Only a fool would say otherwise! 😂
I'm still pissed we did not get a Mandarin VS Iron man movie...
I mean I feel like if they went that route, he’d be just another terrorist villain. Could have made him a Ironman/Dr. Strange Villain but I’d rather save that seat for Doom. Over all I’m okay with the version we did get
Yeah I hear ya, I’m disappointed too. Though with Iron Man, I really wanted to see Titanium Man (Iron Monger and Crimson Lash just didn’t cut it for me)
mandarin was my favorite villain when i was a kid watching those first animations, yuo know, the really really bad ones. those rings...man i loved them!!! still miss them, the movie is wonderful, i cried, but i still want to see hands covered in colorful rings. maybe they can find a second set of rings, smaller, and his sister can wear them on her fingers.
@@superheropow1 Iron Monger was fine (even if the chess player motif could've been added). Justin Hammer should've been played by Charles Dance (Sam Rockwell would've been great as Sinclair Abbott/Spymaster). As for the Mandarin, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa or Colin Chou would've been my choices... Seen Forbidden Kingdom ? That's how he should've been portrayed...
Hopefully they do this in What If? Season 2. Wenwu decides to interfere sooner, kills Slattery and Killian, and takes over the Extremis Project. Now Tony has a stronger, scarier villain to contend with.
Actually... that'd be doooooope!
Excellent video! I was pleasantly surprised that Katy wasn't turned into a love interest though; that seemed like a celebration of platonic friendship.
Which was refreshing to see.
Eating for comic Razorfist isn't a problem, his knives are interchangeable with other utensils like forks, spoons, a can opener, back scratcher etc. Wiping his ass is still a problem though.
again, jim starlin. i hope he is with us when we get Adam Warlock, which, while not creating, he made his own more than any other marvel creation. still the only comics i truly recall fondly and will reread from that period. jim deserves so much attention, i hope he is happy with his legacy at this point. cosmic AND psychedelic!!!
We need to see his Warlock vs Magus storyline adapted in GOTG vol. 3. Jim would be so proud.
Hey there. Thanks for another great video. If I may make one correction; Jim Craig was Gulacy's immediate successor on the art chores with issue #51. He did a few issues before Zeck took over.
Shang has been a favorite of mine for decades, it’s nice he is finally getting recognized by the MCU films, even if his character is reworked a little from the books.
US 1 was a licensed comic book of the Tyco US 1 slot car line. You could drive trucks and trains around the track and you could load and unload items run by the wheels of the truck in certain area. One of the rare instances where the toyline was much better than the comic!
Yeah, I just commented this as my memory. US 1 is more in line with TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE and TEAM AMERICA than with the 70's exploitation...exploitations.
Oh hi you caught me wondering what happened to the pre show skit thing but still appreciate the resurch and quality you put in every video
I watched the movie with my dad tonight.
We liked the movie.
Me thinks after watching all of that I’m gonna be seeking out the old Shang Chi comics. Those sound right up my alley for a fan of martial arts films
It’s been a while for me since I last one of these videos. Real glad to see you back in action
The Doug Moench run is fantastic! Some of the stories behind Marvel's comics from the 70s are almost as intriguing as the plots themselves.
He did a very touching story where He had Nayland Smith shed a tear after Shang basically called him his true father. Moench also refused to kill of Shang and most his cast when ordered to do so, thus his early departure before the books last issues.
The shorter the video the longer the research and time spent making it. THANKS!
This was my favorite comic when I was a kid, and I still have the entire first run (17-125).
Oh man US1 sounds so bad it’s great! I might have to seek that out now! I wouldn’t mind a Marvel Legends US1 action figure and truck accessory 👍
You have to! It has alien truckers, a satanic highwayman, and a guy called Baron von Blimp who is obsessed with blimps.
My formative comic reading era, the Exploitation Age of Comics. Luke Cage & Iron Fist, Ghost Rider, Werewolf by Night, Tomb of Dracula...Godzilla. Still some of my favorite characters of all time.
this man is the one above all comic youtubers
man, I love this channel. i love your style and sense of humour chris, keep it up!
Comics version is more like Bruce lee but in the movie he is like Jackie chan with powers like the Jackie chan cartoon
That intro alone deserves a like
I’m lucky enough to have bought most of them of the rack as they came out,,no matter what people think my favourite time was when fu manchu and the midnight sun in the first story arc were introduced
I don't get why the colouring is an issue. There were only 64 available, so they used an approximation.
White people aren't Y2 R2, blacks aren't Y3 R3 B2, and the Hulk isn't really Y B3.
agreed. they should have used yellow or some other color to signify that they are different than white people
Because Asians don't have yellow or orange skin. Often there's no coloring difference at all between Asians and Caucasians, or Asians have slightly paler skin. It's a caricature therefore because it exaggerates this minute difference to emphasize a contrast between Asian and Caucasian characters, rather than promote empathy. Most readers probably know that the character would not be orange in real life, yet this is how they're made to see him.
@@davidbjacobs3598 None of the colours used in comics accurately represent anyone's skin tone. And yes, Asians have a different skin tone to whites. Marvel didn't invent the concept of the yellow man.
Wow! Cool shirt, Chris! Keep it up! Proud of yo- but seriously that's a cool shirt.
Thank you for making an episode about this I've never heard about this guy before
I was honestly surprised to see them make a movie about him then again they made gardens of the Galaxy a house hold name
Gardens of the Galaxy sounds like a poem haha.
Great video! I love to see more videos like this in the future
Exploitation in hindsight…or of the time, culture? I’d avoid putting blame on anyone’s doorstep. With that being said, you’re the man. With great power…
Having lived thru the time, I can easily say exploitation. But the reality is, Marvel was capitalizing on current movements of the time. As Comic Tropes pointed out. This can be debated for a long time.
Well "Exploitation" is kinda a genre, and I think these comics were very much intended to tie into that. This doesn't necessarily mean that they recognized it as problematic or meant anything ill by design - the fact remains that these comics highlighted non-white characters as heroic leads to be emulated. They also exploited stereotypes.
Exploitation can also refer to violence in many instances. Like "Last House on the Left" is arguably an exploitation film. Generally exploitation films have minimal budget and appeal to baser concepts, often (though not always) with little substance beneath them. Something like Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (which is a real movie).
@@davidbjacobs3598 True... We did get some great characters out of the "genre of the time".
Blade, Damian Hellstrom and Ghost Rider out of the horror movement of the time.
Power Man (Cage) and Falcon with the Blaxploitation movies.
Tigra, Hellcat and Valkyrie with the women's movement.
It's not like ANY of these characters disappeared when the fad went away. They stayed prominent long after. Even now.
@@dawolf856 Was Falcon a tie-in to Blaxploitation? I haven't read his early appearances, but assumed it would stick with the political thriller genre of most Captain America stories.
Blade definitely was though, given that Blackula was a big thing.
@@davidbjacobs3598 You know... had to look up year he was created. 1969... he's clearly a product of the Civil Rights movement of the time. Predates the Blaxploitation era by at least 5 years. But, I think you get what I mean.
In the comics, Leiko had a relationship with Clive Reston prior to meeting Shang Chi. She then has an ongoing, on again - off again relationship with Shang Chi from their firsts meeting until the end of the series. She once slept with Reston while with Shang Chi, for which he famously punched Reston off a bar stool. The original comics from the 70s were actually really good, but the quality of the stories fell off from around issue 90 onwards. They basically ran out of ideas.
Excellent comparison summary. Thanks for putting it together for us.
I 1st heard of Shang chi from Marvel’s mature Max imprint run and the ultimate universe version of Shang Chi where his Father was a Triad leader and where he worked with Spider-man daredevil and Iron Fist to take out Kingpin. Also in Dan Slot’s Run on Spider-Man, Shang Chi become Spider-Man’s martial art teacher when he lost his Spider senses
I actually read that marvel max story. It was fun. Wish there was more marvel max stories publishing today.
"Normal skin tone" lol
Iron Fist's origin is suspiciously like the origin of Kwai Chang Caine in the TV series 'Kung Fu. Marvel didn't get the rights to the TV show but... The Gulacy run on Master of Kung Fu is excellent
The first ever two comics I had (I was 7) were a Shang Chi comic and a Dracula comic. They were black/white comics and then the cover was still made of thin cardboard. unfortunately the Shang Chi comic has been lost over time.
My mans got the teddy fresh drip
didn't care for the movie but your vid was excellent!
Looking back at the original comics they really suffer from how little the artists know about martial arts, fighting and fight choreography.
A modern reader would expect a higher level of bullshido. I mean, the cinematic choreography has come such a long way since Bruce Lees trailblazing work. With recent work like Jason Bourne, Ip Man, Ong Bak, John Wick, netflix Daredevil and some Captain America fight scenes, an audience has just come to expect so much more, with or without super powers. And we have youtube and mma, so some knowledge about real amateur as well as highly skilled fighting is also at anyones finger tips.
I do think the Shang Chi movie pulls this off pretty well. (Or go look at the fight choreography in Arcane for an animated example).
Not following the modern comics, I wonder if present day work is as updated?
Thanks for another cool video.
The credits gave special thanks to Matt Fraction
That's nice but his mortgage payments are 3 special thanks. C'mon Hollywood!!
As a kid who owns the original comic to the end of Gulacy era (now 61 y/o) Fu Manchu was a Darth Vader style villain, no one read the shitty old Sax Rhomer books. But because of MOKF comic books he was respected as a genius villain. So, screw it, Disney buy Fu Manchu and clean this shit up. He truly is a more compelling and cinematic character than what you gave us with the 10 rings saga.
Actually, US1 was a licensed toy property that they were paid to do. And the character of Ulysses Archer could NOT control CB's with his mind. He had a metal skull which allowed him to receive cb signals, and it allowed him to have a limited 'communication' with his semi-sentient truck, but that was it.
Chris rockin the teddy fresh
Really looking forward to seeing this when the movie theaters nearby re-open (Ida fallout).
That CB1 is an untapped goldmine ya hear
Well researched once again. Nice work, Chris!
Thanks Chris!
Wait what that’s Andy??? Holy shit
Marvel are really breathing new life into the comics at the moment , to compliment the film I guess, Shang Chi will soon be fighting the Fantastic Four as head of the Ten Weapons Society
Still haven't seen the movie, I'm sure it's fantastic. But his "superhero" suit really bugs me for some reason. It's like the easiest thing you could get right, Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon suit but red instead of yellow. How hard is that? Why did it have to be super detailed? Idk maybe the movie has an answer.
With Mandarin they purposely avoided his original bearded look to avoid racial stereotypes, I wonder if it's the same with Shang Chi's costume
I THOUGHT THE EXACT SAME THING. missed opportunity
Maybe they didn't want casual viewers to confuse him with the Bride from Kill Bill 😂
Comic: Bruce Lee is Shang-Chi
Movie: Simu Liu is Shang-Chi
Had I known Gulacy was on the title, I would have definitely collected it. But, I wasn't really into the martial arts craze.
Glad Shang-Chi is getting some love,good lob on tha video brother.I have all the Starlin/Gulacy drawn issues-GULACY is a beast!!! I bought his artbook a few months ago from Amazon-FANTASTIC.Also bought Starlin's artbook,haven't sat down to view it yet,but will get around to it.Monech's(hope I spelled it right)writing on tha title was good,I liked the spy angle very much and the characters also.I like most of Marvel's martial arts heros-IRONFIST,WHITE-TIGER,DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON and the SONS OF THE TIGER-they were modelled after Enter the Dragon lineup-1 asian,1 black and 1 white actor.
As an avid reader and collector of the comics (both classic and some of the modern stories) I was excited about the film, but it wasn’t great, at best it was OK. Death Dealer was cool and one my favorite parts of the film. With the plethora of Hong Kong action films and Kung Fu cinema I grew up watching, anyone with the same experience would say there’s no way we can give this film any higher than a mid level score. Now if you are not exposed to films with the likes of Donnie, Yen, Jet Li, Jackie Wu, Woo Ping and Jackie Chan among others.. than you’ll enjoy it more.
I'd like to see more comic to screen comparisons from you. I'd love it if you started with Cap 1 and went thru all mcu films in chronological order.
Thank you for the info Chris. I never read Master of Kung Fu back in the 1970's , but I am now. I am going to keep reading comics!
I half-remember Leiko Wu's hand being cut off and sent to Shang-Chi some time in the early 90s. Because #gritty!
Really enjoy your show. I'm a "comic veteran" and think you got this stuff down.
i regret not getting the omnibuses when they came out
Nice overview of the character, Chris. I’ve worked with Paul Gulacy and he pronounced his name as goo-LAY-see. Thx!
Finally get to watch this because I saw the movie!
Sister Dagger got a new name
He was orange because he got spray tans and then gets all oiled up and bronzed. That explains everything.
I get why it was done the way it was, but I'm a bit disappointed by the explanation for his incredible skill. It reminds me of one punch man. "I trained for like 7 years.." So, less than most pro fighters?
my buddy phat is that color in the summer
Could you imagine if US 1 got made into a movie/tv show?
Giant space dragons are too political to put in the movie now somehow.
M.o.k.f. was the 1st comic that I purchased EVERY one, for the entire run. Loved it thoroughly, which is why I cannot bring myself to support the "reboot" or the film. (Too many changes)
Great video!
And yet, wasn’t it established that the MCU is Earth 616?
No.
@@ComicTropes My mistake. I watched this video just after having watched “Far from Home” where, I believe it was Mysterio, said it was the 616 universe. I should have considered the source was from someone who wasn’t really from a different Earth. Then again, the fact that he picked 616 is a bit strange.
The title at one point was the top three sellers, behind Amazing Spider-Man and Ghost Rider.
9:42 Don't know if I'm mad at the physics defying nature of the nunchuk if the right or jealous of his ability to twirl it in a impossible way.