I-Ching (DC)

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I-Ching is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.

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Biography

Pre-Crisis

Comforting Diana Prince in Wonder Woman v1 #180.

I-Ching

He would also have a long lost daughter named Lu Shan who hated him as she believed him responsible for killing her mother. (Wonder Woman v1 #187) I-Ching was a member of an ancient sect whose monastery was hidden high in the mountains. Their task was to maintain ageless knowledge that had been lost centuries ago after men concluded that science and magic were different to one another when the sect knew that they were two sides of the same coin. They later drew the attention of Doctor Cyber who was sought out the priceless gems and precious metals that resided in the monastery with the villains agents sent to acquire them. Despite resisting these attackers, the sect fell before the weapons of the attackers with them slain leaving I-Ching the only survivor of the group who hid until the villains escaped with their treasures. Though wounded, he later managed to pursue them and sought to stop the machinations of Doctor Cyber. (Wonder Woman v1 #179)

To defeat Cyber, he sought out Wonder Woman in her guise as Diana Prince at a time when she had lost her powers. He stated that his foe was also the foe of her love Steve Trevor and told Diana his own backstory. Though she had lost her powers, I-Ching taught her martial arts to replace these abilities to better prepare her in the battle against Doctor Cyber. (Wonder Woman v1 #179)

Afterwards, the pair came to encounter a private eye named Tim Trench who was also on the trail for Doctor Cyber. The two decided to work together in order to hunt down the mysterious crime lord. (Wonder Woman v1 #180) After capturing one of Cyber's agents, I-Ching was alongside Diana and Trench as they infiltrated one of the criminals bases. (Wonder Woman v1 #181)

I-Ching was murdered by a mad sniper, who was gunning down innocent people from his rooftop vantage point. I-Ching died in Diana's arms. (Wonder Woman v1 #204)

Post-Crisis

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. I-Ching

The Department of Metahuman Affairs was noted to have had surveillance on Wonder Woman when she was with the Easter mystic code-named I-Ching. (Wonder Woman v3 #2) At some point, he was noted to have had met Batman with the two striking a friendship. (Detective Comics v1 #383)

I-Ching came to seek out Batman and tracked him to Tibet where the Dark Knight was looking to stop the resurrection of Ra's al Ghul. This saw him battling the League of Assassins alongside Batman and Talia al Ghul who was looking to save her son Damian Wayne. (Detective Comics v1 #383)

Batman refused to choose between Damian and Robin, and told Ra’s there was another way for him to restore himself. He offered to take Ra’s to Nanda Parbat and the Fountain of Life, and Ra’s accepted. Ra’s was surprised that Batman knew where to find Parbat, and Batman said he’d recently traveled there to undergo Thogal, a Buddhist rite of purification. Sensei had already come to Parbat and set it on fire. Ra’s asked Batman if he ever saw someone that hated their enemy as much as Sensei hated Ra’s. Batman battled the Men of Death, and was surprised with how easily he overcame them. The monks of Parbat said Rama Kusha had strengthened his hand and weakened theirs. Batman and Ra’s made their way to the fountain of Life, which Ra’s had always believed was the prototype of the Lazarus Pits that had kept him alive over the centuries. Sensei was infuriated to see Ra’s yet lived, and asked what he needed to do to get rid of his wayward son. Ra’s asked him why he stood in his way, and Sensei responded that under Ra’s and Talia’s rule the League of Assassins had lost their way and their honor, and he needed to restore both to them.. Sensei rammed his staff into Ra’s chest , saying that if he just died Sensei might spare the Fountain. Batman and Sensei engaged in battle, and Batman knew he was outmatched, but because of his advanced age Sensei had limited stamina, and Batman kept the fight going long enough to get the advantage. They fell into the Fountain of Life and Sensei found himself burning, unable to stand the purity of the Fountain. (Batman v1 #671)

He later came to assist the female heroine known as the Peacock in stopping the Sensei from finding the Mask of the Beholder in Gotham City that was being hidden by the Jade Compass Society. I-Ching advised to let the Batman assist them in stopping the Sensei and his demon tribe despite the reservations of the Peacock. (Batman v1 #705)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. I-Ching was born long ago on the wind-swept plains of Qinghai where he had a twin brother with the two being born to a farmer and his wife. Though identical, the two brothers were completely different in personality with the older brother drawn to virtue and I-Ching drawn to vice. On one occasion, I-Ching attacked an older boy in the village leading to his mother sending him to a remote mountaintop monastery to train with his brother joining him as he could not bear being parted from his twin. Once there, they were greeted by the monks who recognised the two brothers as being embodiments of the Yin and Yang of the current age with them training the twins. I-Ching proved to hold the aspect of chaotic Yin and it was determined that he was not evil but rather needed to be cultivated to better his talent. Upon the completion of their training, the now adult brothers were to embody their aspects by learning the others respective art. However, I-Ching's older brother All-Yang refused to do so as he felt there was nothing he could learn from chaotic Yin and turned against his kin. The act led to I-Ching being rendered blind and All-Yang departing where he was not seen for many years. The brothers thus became enemies as All-Yang sought to impose his views of order on the world as he believed the Realm of Humans to be full of chaos. In the aftermath, I-Ching learnt Yang to continue the balance but long sought a disciple to inherit his mantle. (New Super-Man v1 #18)

At some point, he worked for the American Intelligence Agency and maintained contacts with the organization. In an effort to control his fluctuating powers, Kong Kenan was told about I-Ching and attempted to better discipline himself under his martial artist training. (New Super-Man v1 #8)

Overview

Personality and attributes

As stated by him, eyes were only one portal to the soul with the mind truly seeing everything around it. (Wonder Woman v1 #179) He had said that the human organism had many avenues of perception of which the eyes were only one. (Wonder Woman v1 #180)

I-Ching stated that he did not hate but rather conducted his actions out of love for humanity. (Wonder Woman v1 #179) According to him, persistence brought about success. (Wonder Woman v1 #181)

He had a twin brother who later went by the name of All-Yang who had a different temperament and nature compared to I-Ching. (New Super-Man v1 #18)

One account claimed that he had a long-lost daughter by the name of Lu Shan. (Wonder Woman v1 #187)

An old acquaintance of I-Ching was a man named Won Lo. (Wonder Woman v1 #182)

Powers and abilities

I-Ching was privy to ancient secrets and knew techniques that made the human body into an instrument of more than human-power. Among these included Yoga breath control that allowed one to store oxygen in the body. He had also taught a person to free themselves from the prison of the flesh thus allowing them to send the mind to places where the mortal form could not travel. (Wonder Woman v1 #180) Through hypnosis, he was able to take a journey inside a person's consciousness. Hypnosis was said to be delicate process where a single mistake could destroy a person's psyche. (Wonder Woman v1 #181)

Whilst blind, he was a man of extraordinary skill with him being able to engage multiple foes in hand-to-hand combat. (Wonder Woman v1 #179) One move involved using an opponent's momentum against them and to finish a foe with a hammer blow to the nerve centre below the ear. (Wonder Woman v1 #180) His training included a range of martial arts that included karate, judo and kung-fu. (Wonder Woman v1 #181)

He was able to enter a realm of abstraction and bring others into it as well where he could show them the different triagrams of the body. (New Super-Man v1 #8)

Notes

  • I-Ching was created by Denny O'Neil and Mike Sekowsky who made his first appearance in Wonder Woman v1 #179 (November, 1968).

Appearances

  • Wonder Woman v1: (1968)
  • Justice League of America v1:
  • Wonder Woman v3:
  • Detective Comics v1:
  • New Super-Man v1:

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