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. The Yu-Ti is the leader of the mythical city K'un-Lun and is a supporting character of Iron Fist.

Publication history

The Yu-Ti first appeared in ''

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'' #15 (May 1974), and was created by

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. The character subsequently appears in ''Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'' #10 (March 1975), ''Marvel Premiere'' #22 (June 1975), '' Master of Kung Fu Annual'' #1 (1976), ''Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'' #21 (February 1976), ''Iron Fist'' #6-7 (August–September 1976), ''Marvel Team-Up'' #64 (December 1977), ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #74-75 (October–November 1981), and ''Immortal Iron Fist'' #4-8 (May–October 2007), and #10-14 (December 2007-June 2008).

Fictional character biography

The Yu-Ti Lord Tuan dwelt with his son Nu-An in the shining tower in the realm of K'un-L'un with which they can observe the peace in their realm and watch other dimensions using the emerald known as the Great Crystal. Lord Tuan and Nu-An went wandering outside the city and encountered Shou-Lao who tried to attack them. A man from Earth named Wendell Rand suddenly arrived on K'un-L'un and drove Shou-Lao away with a rifle.''

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'' #75 (November 1981) Tuan adopted Wendell Rand as his son and took him into his house. Nu-An was present as the new Yu-Ti where he puts his arms around Wendell Rand showing him preference over

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. Wendell and Shakirah/Shakiri fell in love and got married, having a daughter named Miranda Rand.''Iron Fist'' #6 (August 1976) This ended up earning Wendell the enmity of the next Yu-Ti who was also in love with Shakirah. Nu-An helped Wendell into preparing his uniform as he was got ready to fight Davos and earn the right to make a challenge to Shou-Lao. Nu-An watched silently as Davos accused Lord Tuan of favoritism when he declared Wendell the winner. Nu-An also stood silently as Tuan exiled Davos from K'un-L'un because he challenged Shou-Lao without his permission.''

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'' #64 (December 1977) Lord Tuan dies and becomes the first of the Yama Kings of Feng-Tu, with his son Nu-An becoming the new Yu-Ti.''

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'' #21 (February 1976) Nu-An mentors Wendell Rand's son Danny Rand, also known as Iron Fist.''

'' #16 (July 1974)''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #119 (September 1985)

Powers and abilities

All of the Yu-Ti's have been shown to be masters of hand-to-hand combat. Nu-an, Tuan and Lei-Kung are immune to aging due to eating fruits from the Tree of Immortality.

In other media

Yü-Ti appears in the second season of '' Iron Fist'', portrayed by James Saito.

References

External links

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