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X-Men #72 (1998) Carlos Pacheco, Art Thibert and Liquid! Cover, Carlos Pacheco Pencils, Joe Kelly Story

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the Assassination of Graydon Creed, by Jeff Matsuda, with Inks by Art Thibert, and Colors by Christian “Liquid!” Lichtner.

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The 1990's were a very sparse period for our man Shang-Chi.

He had a return in Bleeding Black, a 1990 one shot written by Doug Moench that wrapped up the poisoning subplot that had been left dangling from his Marvel Comic Presents story. Here he is back in his old school costume for the cover, by David and Dan Day.

He co-stars with Moon Knight in this 1992 one-shot, another Moench story with two of his favorite heroes teaming up to deal with the wacky android Brynocki.

This cover by Jeff Albrecht and Art Nichols is very '90s, but Shang-Chi still has his 70's attire.

A year later (1993) he guested in a few issues of Captain America. Razorfist (III) shows up too, albeit briefly. Cover art by Rik Levins.

In 1994, he appeared in Marvel Comics Presents again, this time with a Cool Trenchcoat (tm) and a superhuman depiction of his martial arts abilities in which he spins like a tornado to avoid getting shot. Later on he uses a super shout to blow away a bad guy. Its some wild wuxia stuff, and I don't know if he ever used those abilities again.

He also has a guest role in Daredevil Annual #10 (1994). This cover is very clearly inspired by Frank Miller's work on Sin City. I think his leggings have "S.H.I.E.L.D." on them? Anyway, it features a re-appearance by Ghost-Maker, an old MOKF foe.

Shang-Chi popped up in a short 1997 arc of the X-Men. I remember being annoyed with his depiction in this, chiefly because I couldn't believe Wolverine could quickly win a fight against him (as he does in this). On the other hand, they do let him have a weird chi awareness moment where he notices Jean Grey being nearby despite her using telepathic invisibility. The rest of the arc he mostly hangs out quietly in the background.

Anyway, enjoy the '90s energy just popping off of this cover! Art by Carlos Pacheco, Art Thibert and Liquid.

This is, as far as I can tell, the first time we see him with a tattoo - a dragon wrapping around his left shoulder and upper arm. The tatted-up outfit pops up throughout this arc and later the same year in a brief arc in Journey into Mystery.

Its more of a traditional Hong Kong action tale with references to his dad and sister and some drug running.

Our boy has a guest appearance in Elektra's series in 1998. The tattoo is gone, but the outfit's more comparable to his post-X-Men getup in this era. Art by Mike Deodato Jr.

One of if not his last appearances in '90s comics is a guest role in Heroes for Hire #18-19 (art by Pasqual Ferry) from 1998. He's got a sort of hybrid getup here, a little bit old school, a little bit 90's, a lot Bruce Lee.

As in so many of these stories, Shang-Chi is mostly there to pop up mysteriously, mention the connection the bad guy has to his father's legacy, beat up some ninjas, then quickly fade into the background while the main hero does their thing.

His total number of appearances over the decade amounts to around 20 issues, tops, with most of those being guest or side story roles. He rarely gets more than a few lines and is often just one of several martial artist types who cameo. Its a pattern that does not end with the 90's, as we'll see as we move into the '00s....

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i’m going to post a bunch of pictures of wyatt in chronological order excluding anything that makes him any shade of red. partially just cause i feel like it, also just to see how he’s changed visually thru the years (or how he hasn’t)

by NO MEANS comprehensive

1960s:

His FIRST appearance, 1966, Fantastic Four vol 1 #50. Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, no idea who did colors on either the original or the digital recolor. classic. delightful. very tall. six-foot-six and charming

1970s:

He’s mostly shades of light red/pink..... for most of the 70s...

uh... Marvel Team-up #18 (1974) seems alright. Len Wein on writing, Gil Kane on pencils, Frank Giacoia and Mike Esposito on inks, Glynis Wein on colors so I’m actually shocked he’s not red cause she does that.... a lot.

1980s:

stop me if you’ve seen this one--a classic from Marvel Graphic Novel #18 in 1985... (The Sensational She-Hulk! not the series.) Writing and art by John Byrne, ink by Kim DeMulder, color by Petra Scotese

1989--She-Hulk: Ceremony #1 written by Dwayne McDuffie, with pencils by June Brigman, ink by Stan Drake and color by Paul Mounts. very cute and handsome. a weird comic with weird pacing that i’m not sure if i can recommend--it does a lot of stereotypical stuff but also is one of few comics to give wyatt a little more depth.

1990s

we’re just going to skip allll the way past Sensational She-Hulk

1990: Marvel Graphic Novel #62: Ka-Zar: The Guns of the Savage Land written by Chuck Dixon and Timothy Truman with pencils by Gary Kwapisz and inks and colors by Ricardo Villagran.... another handsome one, mostly. bit of an odd comic imo but fun.

Fantastic Four #394 in 1994, written by Mike Lackey, penciler: Paul Ryan, inker: Dan Bulanadi, colors by John Kalisz. have not read, but have seen pages and this scene is cute imo. he looks like the punisher lol

Early 2000s:

...idk why i used such a terrible crop but it’s fine. 2000--Fantastic Four vol 3 #29, writer: Chris Claremont, Penciler: Salvador Larroca, Inker: Art Thibert and Colorist: Liquid! Personally not a fan. Claremont’s run is fun but I just... find his approach to Wyatt’s family and tribe lacking--felt like he just made a bunch of stuff up instead of looking into his character.

Fantastic Four #543 (2007) "C'mon Suzie, Don't Leave Us Hangin'" Writer: Dwayne McDuffie, Penciler: Mike McKone, Inker: Andy Lanning and Cam Smith, Color: Paul Mounts. Same dude who colored Ceremony which i would not have believed if you told me cause he’s way paler here and also it’s just generic digital coloring vs the colorful paint in Ceremony..... weird. fucking massive arms though, jesus christ

Fantastic Four #543 (2007) "A Day At the Races" Writing and art by Paul Pope with colors by Jose Villarrubia. I haven’t read this cause I’ve been having trouble finding it.... art is weird.... kind of ugly... yet weirdly captivating......

20-teens

She-Hulks #2 (2010/2011) Writer: Harrison Wilcox, Penciler: Ryan Stegman, Inker: Michael Babinski, Color: Guru-eFX. I thought this min-series was actually really well-done for the most part, though the She-Hulks are too small and SO IS WYATT? He’s the size of a regular, possibly kind of short man which is really weird. The colors are odd too, it’s clear he’s supposed to be darker than Jen but he looks very desaturated. he’s not bad looking though and he’s sweet. just too short.

FF vol 2 #3 (2013) Written by Matt Fraction, penciled and inked by Michael Allred, colored by Laura Allred. Um.... I ignored most of the plot in this FF series, but the personal moments I found really nice and this is a great Wyatt-- Tall, dark and handsome. And charming.

She-Hulk Vol 3 #6 (2014) written by Charles Soule with art by Ron Wimberly. Haven’t read this yet but plan to. The art in this issue is.... interesting...

Fantastic Four vol 5 #11 (2014) written by James Robinson, pencils by Leonard Kirk, ink by Karl Kesel and colors by Jesus Aburtov. The pencils on this are okay I guess but the coloring I’m not a fan of. Wyatt being WAY paler than his other 2014 appearances isn’t great and I hate when colorists make brown eyes orange. The story seems fun though.

Fantastic Four vol 6 #1 (2018) Written by Dan Slott, penciled by Sara Pichelli, with ink by Pichelli and Elisabetta D'Amico, and colors by Marte Gracia. At least he has a different skintone than Johnny here.

I won’t bother talking about my complaints with this run but all of the colorists have made Wyatt pretty pale and after a decent amount of his appearances being tan it’s offputting. I didn’t include them but Jesus Aburtov has another stint on this that’s REALLY pale, and Erick Arciniega makes him pretty pale too.

adam hughes’ art is nice tho, in issue 5--he did all the pencils, inks and colors I believe, in the bachelor party ish. love his red tuxedo jacket.

2020s!!!!!!

he hasn’t appeared yet but.. BUT. This upcoming cover, a palate cleanser, if you will:

from the upcoming Fantastic Four #20. looks to be by Nick Bradshaw and John Rauch, a beautiful cover as always, on which everyone is attractive imo. sky is always cute tbf. johnny is lovely, love his dumb outfit... wyatt is nice and big and solid and handsome which is nice to see after a bunch of far-too-slender and pale wyatts. he is 6′6″ okay! at LEAST 260 lbs if not closer to 290

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variant cover to X-Men (1991) #62 by Carlos Pacheco, Art Thibert and Liquid!