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Shang-Chi (2020)
Shang-Chi (2020) #3
DEADLY FAMILY REUNION! Shang-Chi gets to know the family he never knew he had…But which of his siblings can he trust, and which are trying to kill him? Plus, witness the horrifying origin of Shang-Chi’s father!
23 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 25, 2020
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Gene Luen Yang
310 books3,397 followersGene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. As the Library of Congress’ fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, he advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. American Born Chinese, his first graphic novel from First Second Books, was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the L.A. Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award Finalist. His other works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), Superman from DC Comics (with various artists), and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series from Dark Horse Comics (with Gurihiru). In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. His most recent books are Dragon Hoops from First Second Books and Superman Smashes the Klan from DC Comics.
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February 2, 2022
Oh boy, this issue was in many ways the author at his worst. That image about how England, Japan, France, Germany, Austria, Italy and America crushed the "rebels" during the Boxer Rebellion would fit propaganda at its finest. The rebels that "rose against the foreigners" were the Boxers and apparently "foreigners" doesn't include the Manchus who ruled the Qing Empire. At least they aren't mentioned.
And the Five Weapons society did support the rebels according to this but tellingly enough, they only say "Western devils" now, no Japanese anymore. Although, maybe that one soldier on the left with the sword might be Japanese.
And afterwards the society has one house in China, one in England, one in Russia and one in Japan, and one in France. And this is all he does to keep tabs on the nations that attacked China? There were more than that. The choise of locations of the five secret houses still puzzles me. How is that supposed to make sense in and outside of the Marvel universe? And Brother Sabre is called Takeshi. Why? Is this another example of the weird "chimerican" nature of some media like the latest Mulan movie? That the makers create these weird hybrids? After all, why name his son with a Japanese name when Zheng Zu only did this to keep tabs on the Japanese and is such a sucker for the Qing times? Did only Shang get a chinese name?
And what is "learned to control their breathing" supposed to mean? Chi said it before and I doubt he can hear their breathing. Or is that a Qi thing? And the only way to kill a Jiang-Shi is through paper amulets with chicken blood? Just decapitate them!
And didn't Shang have them check his wound or why is he making a secret out of it?
Is that ghost supposed to be Zheng Yi after all? Odd that someone like Zheng Zu can only manifest as such a short sentenced ghost. I've read enough chinese folktales to know that they are usually way more talkative.
Sister Hammer being in the Louvre and talking to her siblings how the treasures were painstakingly made by their ancestors and pillaged by their enemies. So that is why France is here, the whole saking of the summer palace thing or something. That makes it even more odd that one of the siblings is called Takeshi when Japan is way more hated than France (Sister Dagger is called Esme) in China today. It is truly Chimerican. Not to mention that this reeds awfully close to chinese nationalist propaganda, would it go into a rant against the Japanese it would all fit.
And if I were Shang-Chi, I would be concerned that Takeshi and sister dagger are so in sync with him even despite barely knowing each other. Well, for all its oddities and weird things, this is still better drawn, painted and written than the boring Agents of Atlas. Unlike Pak, Yang knows what to do with his characters, probably because he doesn't put 13 in one team.
And they only noticed his sparkling blood now? He was sparkling like mad last issue right in front of them in the boot. And is Shang really so dumb not to notice what it means that the command to the Jiang Shi affects him as well and that he can feel its presence? Well, at least this here can keep my interest, if maybe for the wrong reasons.
And the Five Weapons society did support the rebels according to this but tellingly enough, they only say "Western devils" now, no Japanese anymore. Although, maybe that one soldier on the left with the sword might be Japanese.
And afterwards the society has one house in China, one in England, one in Russia and one in Japan, and one in France. And this is all he does to keep tabs on the nations that attacked China? There were more than that. The choise of locations of the five secret houses still puzzles me. How is that supposed to make sense in and outside of the Marvel universe? And Brother Sabre is called Takeshi. Why? Is this another example of the weird "chimerican" nature of some media like the latest Mulan movie? That the makers create these weird hybrids? After all, why name his son with a Japanese name when Zheng Zu only did this to keep tabs on the Japanese and is such a sucker for the Qing times? Did only Shang get a chinese name?
And what is "learned to control their breathing" supposed to mean? Chi said it before and I doubt he can hear their breathing. Or is that a Qi thing? And the only way to kill a Jiang-Shi is through paper amulets with chicken blood? Just decapitate them!
And didn't Shang have them check his wound or why is he making a secret out of it?
Is that ghost supposed to be Zheng Yi after all? Odd that someone like Zheng Zu can only manifest as such a short sentenced ghost. I've read enough chinese folktales to know that they are usually way more talkative.
Sister Hammer being in the Louvre and talking to her siblings how the treasures were painstakingly made by their ancestors and pillaged by their enemies. So that is why France is here, the whole saking of the summer palace thing or something. That makes it even more odd that one of the siblings is called Takeshi when Japan is way more hated than France (Sister Dagger is called Esme) in China today. It is truly Chimerican. Not to mention that this reeds awfully close to chinese nationalist propaganda, would it go into a rant against the Japanese it would all fit.
And if I were Shang-Chi, I would be concerned that Takeshi and sister dagger are so in sync with him even despite barely knowing each other. Well, for all its oddities and weird things, this is still better drawn, painted and written than the boring Agents of Atlas. Unlike Pak, Yang knows what to do with his characters, probably because he doesn't put 13 in one team.
And they only noticed his sparkling blood now? He was sparkling like mad last issue right in front of them in the boot. And is Shang really so dumb not to notice what it means that the command to the Jiang Shi affects him as well and that he can feel its presence? Well, at least this here can keep my interest, if maybe for the wrong reasons.
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