Today we talk about Shang-Chi, a character who was originally conceived as the son of racist caricature villain Fu Manchu (which has since been ret-conned). He is very good at martial arts and fighting his evil half-siblings!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:

-An interesting post about Shang-Chi, Fu Manchu, and what marvel could do about it
-Special Marvel Edition (1971) #15
-Master of Kung-Fu (1974)
-Shadowland (2010) omnibus
-Avengers (2012)
-War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas (2019)
-Agents of Atlas (2019)
-Shang-Chi (2020)
-Shang-Chi (2021)
-Master of Kung Fu (2015)

-Invincible

-The Adventure Zone: Crystal Kingdom
-Super Sons Polarshield Project, Foxglove Mission, & Escape to Landis

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