Colleen Wing

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Colleen Wing in Totally Awesome Hulk v1 #11.

Colleen Wing is a female comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.

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Biography

Colleen Wing

Her mother, Azumi Ozawa, was apparently killed by an unknown assailant while Colleen was still a child. (Shadowland: Daughters of the Dragon v1 #3) Colleen grew up in the mountains of northern Honshu in Japan, where she was raised by her grandfather, Kenji Ozawa. Kenji's other children died in World War II. Kenji trained his only grandchild in the arts of the samurai, which his own ancestors had been in the time of the daimyo. (Power Man and Iron Fist v1 #70)

After Misty lost her arm, Colleen encouraged Knight to rise above her depression and return to an active role in life. After Knight's right arm was replaced with a bionic steel arm, Colleen and Misty formed a partnership as private investigators and called their firm Nightwing Restorations, Ltd. (Deadly Hands of Kung Fu v1 #32)

Professor Wing learned from a monk that Iron Fist was arriving from K'un-Lun. He calculated when Iron Fist would come to New York and sent Colleen to meet him. (Marvel Premiere v1 #19)

She continued working with Misty, reforming the Daughters of the Dragon and becoming bail bondsman, lending bail money to apprehended criminals until their cases worked their way through the criminal justice system. When one of the criminals missed their court date, they would hunt them down and bring them to justice. They also hired Otis Johnson to work in the office. They investigated Celia Ricadonna a wealthy New York publishing magnate and crime lord suspected of involvement in the deaths of some of their clients. (Daughters of the Dragon v1 #1) Criminals Freezer Burn, Humbug, 8-Ball, and Whirlwind were hired to steal a microchip containing a computer virus capable of taking down the global economy. (Daughters of the Dragon v1 #2) She attempted to kill all the criminals involved in the heist. (Daughters of the Dragon v1 #3) When Colleen confronted Misty, she sliced off her bionic arm. Tony Stark, however, was able to provide an upgraded version. (Daughters of the Dragon v1 #4) Teaming up with Iron Fist and one of their client Humbug, they found the auction for the microchip, turned Ricadonna into the authorities. (Daughters of the Dragon v1 #6)

During the Civil War; Coleen and Misty were contacted by Iron Man, Reed Richards, and Spider-Man to reform Heroes for Hire in order to track down superhumans refusing to comply with the Superhuman Registration Act. Initially hesitant, Colleen accepted, but only with the conditions that they would hunt criminals not registering, get Stark level resources, and she would get to pick the team. the pair eventually created a team including Shang-Chi, Humbug, Orka, Black Cat, Paladin, and a new Tarantula. (Heroes for Hire v2 #2)

Overview

Personality and attributes

In terms of her beliefs, it was said that she was a Buddhist. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #78.BEY)

Powers and abilities

Her skills with a blade were infamous to the point that Razor Fist claimed many believed her to be the most skilled samurai swordfighter outside of Japan and was even feared by the Hand for her skill. (Daughters of the Dragon v1 #2)

Notes

  • Colleen Wing was created by Doug Moench and Larry Hama where she made her first appearance in Marvel Premiere v1 #19 (November, 1974).

Alternate Versions

In other media

Television

  • In Iron Fist, Colleen Wing appeared in the setting of the live-action Netflix television series where she was portrayed by actress Jessica Henwick.

Video games

Appearances

  • Marvel Premiere v1: (1974)
  • Shadowland: Daughters of the Dragon v1:
  • Amazing Spider-Man v5:

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