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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.


* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The selection of the emperor.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The selection of the emperor.
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* CompositeCharacter: [[Characters/IronManEnemies The Mandarin]] is merged with Shang-Chi's father, [[Characters/ShangChi Zheng Zu]]. This version has Zheng Zu's name, but is closer to the Mandarin's personality and powers.

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* CompositeCharacter: [[Characters/IronManEnemies [[Characters/IronManCentralRoguesGallery The Mandarin]] is merged with Shang-Chi's father, [[Characters/ShangChi Zheng Zu]]. This version has Zheng Zu's name, but is closer to the Mandarin's personality and powers.
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For the last century, that emperor has been Zheng Zu, the father of ComicBook/ShangChi. But this version of Shang-Chi is very different from the existing Marvel Universe character.

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For the last century, that emperor has been Zheng Zu, the father of ComicBook/ShangChi. But this version of Shang-Chi is very different from the existing Marvel Universe Franchise/MarvelUniverse character.



* ArchnemesisDad: Zheng Zu, as usual.

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* ArchnemesisDad: Zheng Zu, as usual. Shang-Chi's rebellion against his villainous father has been one of the recurring themes for the Franchise/MarvelUniverse versions of the characters. These versions are in a different context, but the conflict is the same.



* BigBad: Zheng Zu, Shang-Chi's father.
* CompositeCharacter: [[Characters/IronManEnemies The Mandarin]] is merged with Shang-Chi's father, Literature/FuManchu, to create Emperor Zheng Zu. Currently, Zheng Zu is the real name of Shang-Chi's father, who would have usurped the name of Fu Manchu.

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* BigBad: Zheng Zu, Shang-Chi's father.
father. The main Franchise/MarvelUniverse version has always been an ArchnemesisDad to Shang-Chi, and this one plays the same role. Not only is he the ruler of K'un Lun and commander of the other villains, his corruption is what sends Shang-Chi into exile before the story starts.
* CompositeCharacter: [[Characters/IronManEnemies The Mandarin]] is merged with Shang-Chi's father, Literature/FuManchu, to create Emperor [[Characters/ShangChi Zheng Zu. Currently, Zu]]. This version has Zheng Zu Zu's name, but is closer to the real name of Shang-Chi's father, who would have usurped the name of Fu Manchu.Mandarin's personality and powers.
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* CompositeCharacter: [[Characters/IronManEnemies The Mandarin]] is merged with Shang-Chi's father, Literature/FuManchu, to create Emperor Zheng Zu. Currently, Zheng Zu is the real name of Shang-Chi's father, who would have usurped the name of Fu Manchu.


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* RaceLift: The series has a few Marvel characters reimagined as Asian, in keeping with the old school wushu film aesthetic.
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!!This series contains examples of:

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!!This series contains !!''Master of Kung Fu (2015)'' provides examples of:
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* ArtShift: The first three pages of each issue retell some of K'un Lun's history and are drawn as if they were an illustrated scroll.
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* AnArmAndALeg:
** Zheng Zu amputates Razor Fist's hands as punishment for his failure against Shang-Chi
** Cy lost an arm prior to the start of the story, while trying to protect Rahne.


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* SacrificialLamb: Cy is killed by the Laughing Skull, convincing Shang-Chi that he needs to stop hiding and must stand up against his father.
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* SupernaturalMartialArts: Many of them.
** The Gorgon's Eye petrifies a target
** The Zero Touch can freeze someone to death

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* SupernaturalMartialArts: Many of them. \n Most are drawn from the powers of the Mandarin’s ten rings.
** The Gorgon's Eye petrifies a target
target.
** The Mortal Blade shifts a hand into a razor-sharp blade.
** The Zero Touch can freeze someone to death
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For the last century, that emperor has been Zheng Zu, the father of Shang-Chi. But this version of Shang-Chi is very different from the existing Marvel Universe character.

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For the last century, that emperor has been Zheng Zu, the father of Shang-Chi.ComicBook/ShangChi. But this version of Shang-Chi is very different from the existing Marvel Universe character.

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One of those realms is K'un Lun, home to a many different martial arts schools. In the wake of a war that almost destroyed the kingdom, it was decided that an emperor would be selected through trial by combat every 13 years.

For the last century, that emperor has been Zheng Zu, father of Shang-Chi. But this version of Shang-Chi is very different to the existing Marvel Universe character.

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One of those realms is K'un Lun, home to a many different martial arts schools. In the wake of a war that almost destroyed the kingdom, it was decided that an emperor would be selected through trial by combat every 13 years.

For the last century, that emperor has been Zheng Zu, the father of Shang-Chi. But this version of Shang-Chi is very different to from the existing Marvel Universe character.






** The Zero Touch can freeze someone to death

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** The Zero Touch can freeze someone to deathdeath

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** The Gorgon's Eye petrifies a target
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* MergedReality: This version of K'un Lun (Battleworld as a whole also qualifies, but the series doesn't stop to explore that).

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* MergedReality: This version of K'un Lun (Battleworld as a whole also qualifies, but the series doesn't stop to explore that).that).
* SupernaturalMartialArts: Many of them.
** The Zero Touch can freeze someone to death
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* DrunkenMaster: Shang-Chi starts this way. He drinks less later in the series.

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* BigBad: Zheng Zu, Shang-Chi's father.
* DrunkenMaster: Shang-Chi starts this way. He drinks less later in the series.series.
* MergedReality: This version of K'un Lun (Battleworld as a whole also qualifies, but the series doesn't stop to explore that).
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For the last century, that emperor has been Zheng Zu, father of Shang-Chi. But this version of Shang-Chi is very different to the existing Marvel Universe character.

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For the last century, that emperor has been Zheng Zu, father of Shang-Chi. But this version of Shang-Chi is very different to the existing Marvel Universe character.character.

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* ArchnemesisDad: Zheng Zu, as usual.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The selection of the emperor.
* DrunkenMaster: Shang-Chi starts this way. He drinks less later in the series.
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''Master of Kung Fu'' is a 2015 Creator/MarvelComics limited series written by Haden Blackman and illustrated by Dalibor Talajic and Goran Sudzuka, with colors by Miroslav Mrva.

The series is part of the ComicBook/SecretWars2015 event, set at a time when reality has been remade and the only remaining planet is Battleworld, a patchwork of different realms held together by the will of ComicBook/DoctorDoom.

One of those realms is K'un Lun, home to a many different martial arts schools. In the wake of a war that almost destroyed the kingdom, it was decided that an emperor would be selected through trial by combat every 13 years.

For the last century, that emperor has been Zheng Zu, father of Shang-Chi. But this version of Shang-Chi is very different to the existing Marvel Universe character.

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