Five Weapons Society

The Five Weapons Society are an organization that features in Marvel Comics.

History

ive Weapons Society was created by brothers Zheng Zu and Zheng Yi, at first to protect China during the Qing Dynasty, after Yi's death, Zheng Zu changed the Society to a criminal organization, (Shang-Chi v1 #1) using various names like Celestial Order of the Si-Fan, Order of the Golden Dawn and Celestial Order of the Hai-Dai. (Shang-Chi v1 #2) Zu also used other names like Fu Manchu, (Special Marvel Edition v1 #15 Han (Black Panther v4 #11) and Comte de Saint Germain. (Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu #1) After discovering that his father's organization existed for evil purposes, Shang-Chi rebelled against his father. (Special Marvel Edition v1 #15)

After the death of the Five Deadly Warriors, Zu established houses in honour for each of them where they became the new Five Weapons Society. (Shang-Chi v1 #3) In 1900, he and the Five Weapons Society aided rebel forces in Chain against the Eight Nations Invasion during the Boxer Rebellion. During this time, Western invaders came to break into the House of the Deadly Sabre and desecrated the shrine to Zheng Yi. This angered Zheng Zu who decided to kill the leader of the House of the Deadly Sabre for their failure. After the invasion, Zheng Zu moved four of the Five Weapon Society to foreign nations as a means of keeping a watch against those that would threaten him. The House of the Deadly Hand remained in China whilst the House of the Deadly Staff was established in England, the House of the Deadly Hammer was formed in Russia, the House of the Deadly Sabre made in Japan and the House of the Deadly Dagger built in France. (Shang-Chi v1 #3)

Members

• Zheng Zu :
• Shang-Chi :
• Zheng Shi-Hua :
• Takeshi :
• Zheng Esme :
• Zheng Zhilan :

Notes

• The Five Weapons Society was created by Gene Luen Yang, Dike Ruan and Philip Tan where they made their first appearance in Shang-Chi v1 #1 (September, 2020).
• They were based on the Celestial Order of the Si-Fan which was created by Sax Rohmer and made their first appearance in "The Zayat Kiss" (1912)
• It was later brought into Marvel Comics by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin where the Si-Fan appeared in Special Marvel Edition v1 #15 (September, 1973)
• The group was then referred to as the Order of the Golden Dawn that was created by Doug Moench and Mike Zeck where they made their first appearance in Master of Kung Fu v1 #83 (September, 1979).
• They then were re-invented as the Celestial Order of the Hai-Dai which was created by Ed Brubaker and Mike Deodato Jr. which made their first appearance in Secret Avengers v1 #6 (October, 2010).

In other media

Films

The Five Weapons Society does not appear in the movies, however, in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the Ten Rings organization, led by Wenwu is the closest to it, Wenwu is Shang-Chi's father and is a composite character of Zheng Zu and Mandarin, the The organization's name was inspired by the Mandarin's rings.

Appearances

• Shang-Chi v1: (2020)

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry
• Marvel Database Entry
• Comicvine Entry
• The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Celestial Order of the Si-Fan

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