• 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' is Marvel’s first and only superhero film starring an Asian lead (Simu Liu), with an Asian American director and writer, and based on a character who was actually Asian in the original comic. | VALERIE MACON / AFP-JIJI
    "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is Marvel’s first and only superhero film starring an Asian lead (Simu Liu), with an Asian American director and writer, and based on a character who was actually Asian in the original comic. | VALERIE MACON / AFP-JIJI
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In the pantheon of Marvel superheroes, there’s Spider-Man and Iron Man and Captain America and … Shang-Chi?

Admittedly one of the lesser-known players in the comic company’s roster, Shang-Chi, aka the Master of Kung Fu, wasn’t even familiar to many of the creators hired by Disney and Marvel Studios a couple of years ago to bring the character to cinematic life.

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