Wong-Chu is a supervillain appearing in

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s published by

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. He usually appears as an adversary of

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, playing a key role in his origin and being the first villain he faced.

Publication history

Wong-Chu first appeared in ''

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'' #39 (March 1963), and was created by writer

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and artists

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and

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Fictional character biography

Wong-Chu was a commander during the

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, later retconned to be the fictitious Siancong War. He kidnaps

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, who is dying from shrapnel lodged in his chest, and forces him and

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to build weapons for him. However, Stark and Yinsen instead build the Iron Man armor to escape and stabilize the former's condition. Wong-Chu kills Yinsen, but is killed in an explosion during a battle with Iron Man.''Tales of Suspense'' #39. Marvel Comics. It is later revealed that Wong-Chu was a servant of the

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and survived the explosion, but was scarred on the left side of his body. He obtains Yinsen's disembodied brain from Doctor Midas and battles Iron Man before being decapitated. Despite this, his brain is later recovered and placed in a robotic body.''Iron Man'' (vol. 3) Annual 2000. Marvel Comics.

Powers and abilities

Wong-Chu possesses no super-human powers, but is a highly skilled

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, particularly in wrestling.

In other media

* A character inspired by Wong-Chu named Righella appears in a flashback in the '' Marvel Anime: Iron Man'' episode "A Twist of Memory, a Turn of the Mind", voiced by Seiji Sasaki in the original Japanese version and by

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in the English dub. * Wong-Chu appears in '' The Invincible Iron Man'', voiced by

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. 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. This version is the commander of the Jade Dragons, a guerrilla force dedicated to stopping the Mandarin's resurrection, before being killed by his protégé Li Mei.

References

External links

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