Hey, how's everyone doing today? Well, we're gonna keep the Shang-Chi hype train going and find out today: Who is the Mandarin?
Oh, my bad, not that Mandarin. THIS Mandarin.
Yes, we're finally getting the true Mandarin in the MCU.
They had to change a bit about him, including his name, but I'm sure it'll still be better than what we got before.
The Mandarin first appeared in Tales of Suspense #50 in February of 1964.
The Mandarin is one the best martial artists in the world. He has mastered channeling his chi, allowing him to sustain himself for long periods without food.
It also allows him to fight in hand-to-hand combat with Iron Man and increase his power level enough to damage Iron Man's armor.
His ten rings each have a different power.
The rings that he wears on his left hand are the Ice-Blast ring that can fire waves of cold energy,
the Mento-Intensifier ring that allows him to mentally control others,
the Electro-Blast ring shoots high voltage of electric blasts,
the Flame-Blast ring, which fires intense heat waves,
and the White Light ring, which fires electromagnetic blasts.
On his right hand, he wears the following rings: the Black Light ring, which emits an area of darkness,
the Disintegration ring fires a beam that destroys the molecules of the object that is hit,
the Vortex Beam ring he uses to fly as it releases air in the form of a vortex,
the Impact Beam ring fires a beam which explodes with concussive force,
and the Matter Rearranger ring which can rearrange, speed up, or slow down the molecules and atoms of an object.
The Mandarin was born in the 1920s to one of the wealthiest families in China.
His father was a direct descendant of Genghis Kong and his mother was a British aristocrat. His parents both passed a short time after he was born.
He ended up being raised by his aunt who was withdrawn and angry at the world. She imparted the same values in him as she raised him.
His aunt spent every bit of his inheritance from his parents on him being trained in the martial arts and taught by the best scientists, leading to him becoming a scientific genius.
His aunt was unable to pay the taxes on their home and they were evicted and put out onto the streets.
His aunt died shortly after, and the Mandarin just began to wander from place to place. He came across the remains of an alien ship.
There, he spent many years mastering the alien technology and the ten power rings he found inside.
He also found the remains of Ultimo, an alien robot, and revived it.
He felt he was now ready to begin to take over the world and bring harmony.
He conquered the area around the Valley of Spirits and enslaved the villagers to do his labor.
In wanting to further understand his power rings, he had a local warlord kidnap the genius Tony Stark.
This began the events that would transform Stark into Iron Man.
The two then became Arch-Enemies with Iron Man ruining many of the Mandarin's schemes.
The Mandarin, always on the search for means for more power, was told how to control the dragon Fin Fang Foom.
He was led to the dragon's resting place by a member of Foom's race disguised as a human.
With Fin Fang Foom under his control, the Mandarin quickly conquered almost half of China.
The Mandarin then realized, after the others of Foom's race revealed themselves, he had been used to begin their invasion of Earth.
Iron Man and War Machine showed up to stop it, but ended up having to team with the Mandarin to stop the alien dragons.
The dragons were defeated but, in the process of the fight, the Mandarin's hands were burnt off.
Through magic, he ended up growing new reptilian hands.
Yo, I'm glad we're finally getting a real version of the Mandarin.
How about you?
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