DAVID WU

Real Name: David Wu

Identity/Class: Normal human (Chinese citizen)

Occupation: Ambassador

Affiliations: Shang-Chi

Enemies: None

Known Relatives: Mr. Wu (father, presumed deceased), Leiko Wu (younger sister)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Hong Kong Embassy, New York, USA

Appearances: Master of Fung-Fu I#90 (July, 1980)

Powers/Abilities: David Wu was an accomplished international diplomat with bilingual skills.

History:

(Master of Fung-Fu I#90) - While in New York, Shang-Chi and Leiko Wu decided to stay for a while. Leiko asked Shang-Chi if they should pay avisit to her brother, the Chinese ambassador David Wu. When the two of them arrived at the embassy, David was in a meeting with the police, so Leiko and Shang-Chi waited for the meeting to finish. When the meeting ended, David was surprised to see his little sister; Leiko asked David if they could stay with him for a while. David answered that he had no UN duties until next season, so of course they could stay. Leiko asked what the problem was with the police. David replied that there had been lots of gang violence lately, both in New Your and San Francisco, especially with the Chinese community. There were problems with the ABC (American-Born Chinese) and the new Chinese, but now the problem seemed to be between the Chinese and the Japanese, mainly between the Chinese Joy Boys gang and the Japanese Golden Claws gang. Shang-Chi asked David what he wanted to do about the problem and David answered “I really don’t know...”

(Master of Fung-Fu I#91 (fb)) - David spoke further with Shang-Chi and Leiko.

(Master of Fung-Fu I#91) - David and Leiko picked up Shang-Chi up from the police station. Shang-Chi told David that one of the Joy Boys had a gun and that there was a meeting between the Joy Boys and the Golden Claws that evening. David wanted to involve the police, but Shang-Chi wanted no police involvement. David thought Shang-Chi was crazy, but let him go.

(Master of Fung-Fu I#92) - Having tea at the embassy with Shang-Chi and his sister, David spoke about what had happened to them over the last couple of days. Suddenly a small child came rushing in through the door, wanting to talk with ambassador Wu. David asked her name; she replied "Angela". She also revealed that a monster attacked her grandmother’s grocery and she needed help. Shang-Chi advised that he and Leiko would bring the girl home and investigated the rumors about the so-called monster.

(Master of Fung-Fu I#93) - When Black Jack arrived at the embassy to tell Leiko and Shang-Chi that Mandy Greville had been kidnaped by a cult, they decides it was time to leave New York, so they said their farewell to David.

Comments: Created by Doug Moench (writer), Mick Zeck (pencils), Gene Day (inks).

Ahh, this name reminds me of my time in Tennessee:

Dr: Welborn: "You're a yankee? I bet you don't even know how to woo a women. Watch this."

A receptionist walks by, he checks out her rear, and then goes, "WOOOOOOOOOOOO! "

--Snood.

Profile by: The Beetle

Clarifications:
David Wu is:

• the older brother of Leiko Wu @Master Of Kung-Fu #33
  Neither of them have any known connection to:
• WU, Dr. - contested Reed Richard's monopoly on unstable molecules @ She-Hulk II#5
• WU, AO-SHI - held Iron Fist mantle during the early 16th century @ Immortal Iron Fist I#2
• WU, CHEN - Golden Tigers member; used scimitar, fought Iron Fist (Rand) @ Power-Man & Iron Fist I#8
• WU, CHIN of the Korean War - duped by propaganda, underprepared for aerial dogfight @ War Comics#10/5
  
• WU, CYNTHIA - affiliated with Golden Tigers gang, had martial arts training @ Power-Man & Iron Fist I#8
  
• WU, DAVID - brother of Leiko, Chinese ambassador @ Master of Kung Fu I#90
• WU, FONGJI - circa 1596, repelled the "Phoenix of Life and Death" @ Avengers vs. X-Men#6
• WU, LEIKO - girlfriend of Shang-Chi, former agent of Freelance Restorations & MI-6, left hand cut off by Argus as torture @ Master of Kung Fu I#33
• WU, ROSE CARLING - Landau, Luckman & Lake, hybrid human-extradimensional, old friend of Wolverine, apparently killed @ Uncanny X-Men I#257
• WU, SONIA - social studies teacher of Devlor @ Fantastic Force#3
  
• WU, STEPHEN - member of the Hand, killed by the Mandarin for giving one of his rings to Chen Hsu @ Iron Man I#259
• WU, TSO REN - monk hiding from the Chinese government in Chinatown; escaped with Daken, taken to Miss Sinister @ X-Men Origins#1
  
• WU of the Old West - associate of Morris Masters, unable to translate Chinese character ("Western Cliff") on letter @ Marvel Westerns: Strange Westerns starring the Black Rider#1
• any other "David" or "Wu" characters
  

images: (without ads)
Master of Fung-Fu I#90, p8, pan2 (main image)
Master of Fung-Fu I#90, p8, pan1 (headshot)

Appearances:
Master of Fung-Fu I#90 (July, 1980) - Doug Moench (writer), Mick Zeck (pencils), Gene Day (inks), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Master of Fung-Fu I#91 (August, 1980) - Doug Moench (writer), Mick Zeck (pencils), Gene Day (inks), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Master of Fung-Fu I#92 (September, 1980) - Doug Moench (writer), Mick Zeck (pencils), Gene Day (inks), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Master of Fung-Fu I#93 (October, 1980) - Doug Moench (writer), Mick Zeck (pencils), Gene Day (inks), Jim Salicrup (editor)

First posted: 09/08/2002

Last updated: 06/25/2005

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