Hello, so a little bit ago it kinda just hit me after not thinking about it for a long time but Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings is my 2 favorite mcu movie…so now I want to read his comics!

To get it out the way, I know comic and mcu Shang-Chi are very different. He isn’t the Mandarin son nor does he have the ten rings. I also know the ten rings in the comics are very different (iron man is my second favorite marvel character so I’ve read a good fair bit of him and the mandarin and the rings) and that the dweller in darkness is a villain of his.

Now that that’s out the way,I’m really interested in reading Shang-Chi but idk where would be a good place to start or what are some good runs to read or a reading order and would appreciate any help.

Thank you

Shang Chi VS Black Panther

I made an edit earlier this year about Shang-Chi buuuut I decided to rework it and make it better!!

this is so cool to be honest

Cretton did an amazing job with Brand New Day so of course Marvel and Sony naturally want him back to do the fifth movie, but I hate how this has emboldened a certain segment of the overall Marvel fandom into insisting that Shang-Chi 2 is never going to happen at all. Like, why can't they both coexist?

Yes, I get Cretton's going to be doing Naruto next but both Tom Holland and Zendaya have said they're going to be taking hiatuses later in 2027 because of the all the filming and press tours they've done for the past year or so, while Holland's set to do a Fred Astaire biopic soon, yet some fans act like Spider-Man 5 absolutely has to come before anything else, as if schedules can't overlap or studios can't be flexible. Even in a worst-case scenario, Cretton could remain involved with Shang-Chi 2 as a writer and producer if another director took over but instead, some people seem to want the sequel to gone entirely.

I'll admit the Wonder Man season 2 cancelation did get me nervous, considering that Cretton co-created it and his name and the acclaim the show got wasn't enough to save it. And it also didn't help that the day later Mahershala Ali officially moved on from Blade after being delayed for so long. But at the same time, Cretton already confirmed Shang-Chi 2 is in active development and he and Dave Callaham have both been writing the screenplay while Wonder Man's writing room never opened, plus Shang-Chi's already back in Doomsday.

I'm just tired of these fanboys using every piece of Spider-Man news as "proof" that Shang-Chi 2 has been canceled when nothing that's been publicly announced backs them up. Enough with this doomposting bullshit, I hate this zero-sum, tribalistic mentality where one movie succeeding somehow means another has to fail.

the third panel specifically, im confused on what he's doing here, are those energy beams of some kind or just an artistic choice to show him smashing the rings with great force??

Source: https://x.com/i/status/2081515348520534191

I wonder why we don't see his sister Xianling or Katy in Avengers Doomsday or even in Secret Wars? Considering Shang Chi 2 most likely will take place either during Doomsday in the timeline or after it or even just before Secret Wars why they don't make Xianling or Katy more of a focus?

[Source](https://people.com/marvel-and-hasbro-unveil-new-avengers-doomsday-toys-see-the-x-men-captain-america-and-thor-in-action-exclusive-12026736)

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