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Mandarin (comics)

Mandarin
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The Mandarin.
Art by Robert De La Torre.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Tales of Suspense #50 (Feb. 1964)
Created by Stan Lee (writer)
Don Heck (artist)
In-story information
Team affiliations Mandarin's Minions
Hand
Tong
Notable aliases Gene Khan, Zhang Tong, Tem Borjigin
Abilities Superb athlete
Superhumanly skilled martial artist
Brilliant and brutal tactician
Gifted strategist
Genius-level intellect
Wears ten rings that grant various powers
Altered in-story information for adaptations to other media
Alter ego Arnold Brock – The Iron Man TV Series
Xin Xhang/Shin Xhang
Gene Khan/TemuginIron Man: Armored Adventures

The Mandarin is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the archenemy of Iron Man.

The character was created by Stan Lee and designed by Don Heck, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #50 (February 1964). The character is described as being born in China before the Communist revolution, to a wealthy Chinese father and an English aristocratic mother, both of whom died when he was very young. He is characterised as a megalomaniac, attempting to conquer the world on several occasions, yet also possessing a strong sense of honor.

The Mandarin is portrayed as a genius scientist and a superhumanly skilled martial artist. However, his primary sources of power are ten power rings that he adapted from the alien technology of a crashed space ship. Each ring has a different power and is worn on a specific finger.

In other media, the Mandarin has been shown in several forms of animation and computer games. A version of the character loosely serves as the main villain of the 2013 film Iron Man 3. In 2009, Mandarin was ranked as IGN's 81st Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

The Mandarin first appeared in Tales of Suspense #50 (February 1964), written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Don Heck.

The Mandarin's late father was one of the wealthiest men in pre-revolutionary mainland China (and a descendant of Genghis Khan), while his late mother was an English noblewoman. Their son was born in an unnamed village in mainland China before the Communist revolution. The boy's parents died soon after his birth, and he was raised by his (paternal) aunt, who was embittered against the world and raised him with much the same attitude. Every last bit of the family fortune was spent obsessively training the Mandarin in science and combat, with the result that he was penniless by adulthood. Without the wealth to pay the taxes on his ancestral home, the Mandarin was evicted by the government.


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