kwanyun-93060-s8-faceKWAN YUN

kwanyun-93060-s17-fullReal Name: Kwan Yun

Identity/Class: Alternate Reality (Earth-93060/"Ultraverse") human;
    presumably Taiwanese

Occupation: Leader (boss of bosses) of the Dragon Fang

Group Membership: The Dragon Fang

Affiliations: Casino, Dragonfire (Black Tiger, Bloodshed, Incoming)

Enemies: The Solution (Dropkick/Troy Wilde, Outrage/Vurk, Shadowmage/Aera, Tech/Lela Cho)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    presumably at least formerly multiple bases in Taiwan

First Appearance: (Behind-the-scenes) Solution#1 (September, 1993);
    (seen and identified) Solution#8 (April, 1994)

Powers/Abilities: Kwan Yun had no superhuman powers.

   As the leader of the Dragon Fang, he controlled a multinational criminal organization, including multiple superhuman warriors.

    He had the means to facilitate superhuman powers for other agents.

    He carried a handgun and had some unspecified level of proficiency in wielding it. kwanyun-93060-s17-gun

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'8"; I don't know how tall Outrage and Shadowmage were, but he was drawn as WAY shorter than them when they were towing him by a noose; however, he was closer to Lela's height when she was seen next to him)
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 150 lbs.)
Eyes: Dark brown
Hair: Black (graying; see comments)

History:
(Solution#8 (fb)) - Kwan Yun was boss of bosses of the multinational criminal organization known as Dragon Fang.

(Solution#6 (fb) - BTS) <Three years before the main flashback> - Seeking to take over the corporation Hypersonic, Dragon Fang arranged the death of the wife of CEO Terrance Cho in a car crash. 

(Solution#6 (fb) - BTS) - The Dragon Fang arranged the death of Terrance Cho, and when his daughter, Lela, inherited his stock options as majority shareholder. However, Dragon Fang had gained influence over the rest of the shareholders, and they refused to vote her in as CEO. Although Lela went to Nu-Ware and received wetware (nanotechnology) implants, Dragon Fang enforcers Black Tiger and Bloodshed forced her to surrender her shares of Hypersonic to Dragon Fang. When they tried to force her into a life of pornography and prostitution, Lela fought her way free and escaped.

(Solution#7 (fb) - BTS) - Dragon Fang sent the mercenary Casino to assassinate Lela, and Casino tracked her to a club in New York where she was saved by the mercenary Troy Wilde (brought in by Lela's friend Pete Bazzini). When Casino blew up Pete's club, Lela and Troy escaped, and Troy subsequently led Lela to London's Dark Shoppe. There they met with the Aerwan mystic Aera, but magically immobilized Casino when she attacked them there, but not before she had blinded Troy.

(Solution#8 (fb) - BTS) - Aera removed Casino's memory of her recent encounters; however, she had already reported Lela's London location to Dragon Fang.

(Solution#8 (fb)) - Kwan Yun met with the overlords of the Dragon Fang on the island of Taiwan for their monthly enclave. After being informed of Casino's failure to report in after revealing Lela Cho's location, Kwan Yun ordered their people in London to be alerted, as he wanted Lela dead.

(Solution#8 (fb) - BTS) - Along with the Darkurian known as Vurk, Lela, Aera and Troy joined together for a variety of goals. Troy had surgery from Nu-Ware to replace his eyes and give him additional abilities, and the group eventually became known as the Solution: Dropkick (Troy), Outrage (Vurk), Shadowmage (Aera) and Tech (Lela). Aera magically deflected attempts to track them down (including Casino's semi-mystic means).kwanyun-93060-s14-upper

(Solution#8 (fb)) - Kwan Yun's rage mounted with every failure to locate Lela and/or his associates.

(Solution#8 (fb) - BTS) - The Solution began systematically hitting Dragon Fang operations.

(Solution#8 - BTS) - Dragon Fang attempted to assassinate Lela as she visited her father's grave, but the rest of the Solution were present and thwarted the attempt.

(Solution#14) - Kwan Yun called a meeting of his top assassins -- Bloodshed, Black Tiger and Incoming -- telling them that they needed to do end the Solution's interference permanently, as they had cost them millions of dollars in lost revenue and crippled some of their most important operations. He advised Incoming that he would be given the ultra enhancements that he had been wanting (enhanced sight, reflexes, coordination and speed) and that the group would be reunited as a team to hunt down and kill the members of the Solution, excepting Lela Cho, whom he wanted alive.  As they all had wished a second chance at the Solution after previous defeats, they readily agreed, although they were appalled when he advised them that they would be working under a woman: Casino.

(Solution#15 - BTS) - The trio under Casino's direction was identified as Dragonfire. Casino set a trap to draw in the Solution, and, after they had split up to break into one of Dragon Fang's bases in Taiwan, Incoming shot Shadowmage, which disrupted her invisibility spell. Casino incapacitated Tech with an anesthetic gas.

(Solution#16 - BTS) - Casino subsequently injected Tech with a psychoactive to prevent her from using her technomancy powers even after she regained consciousness.

(Solution#16 - BTS) - Casino contacted Kwan Yun with an update on her team's progress. After Dropkick and Bloodshed took each other out and Outrage was blown apart by missiles, she contacted Yun again, telling him that the Solution had been defeated and that Lela was in the bag and awaiting his eager hands. kwanyun-93060-s17-slapped

(Solution#17) - Kwan Yun and the other Lords of the Dragon Fang arrived at the base in which the Solution had been apparently defeated at 6 pm. Although there was a scene of carnage, he was pleased as one of the men reported how they were cleaning up the remnants of Outrage.

(Solution#17 - BTS) - The revived Dropkick took out a number of Dragon Fang agents. Having used a healing spell, Shadowmage incapacitated Incoming with another spell.

(Solution#17) - While Dropkick engaged Casino, Lela's unconscious mind locked doors trapping Yun in his men in a room with the re-formed Outrage, who was temporarily savage and virtually mindless. As he picked Yun up with a hand, Shadowmage had to mystically stop Outrage from slaying Yun; upon recovering, Outrage regained his wits.

While Casino fled, Outrage and Shadowmage brought Yun to Lela, who slapped him for having killed her father and mother. Although Yun told her that it was all business and for profit, Lela advised him that the Solution had crippled Dragon Fang, and she demanded that he sign Hypersonic back over to her and give her 20 million dollars for damages and expanses.
    Yun initially was defiant, noting how Dragon Fang encompassed the world and would crush them in the future. However, when Outrage threatened him and Lela noted how ineffective the Dragon Fang had been against them and warned that she would not stop until the Dragon Fang had been defeated, Yun reluctantly agreed.
Comments: Created by James D. Hudnall and John Statema.

    The organization Dragon Fang also appears in the Solution#1, 7, and 8. I read 6-8 for this profile, but not #1. AFAIK, Kwan Yun first appeared in Solution#8. Eventually, Dragon Fang will get its own profile, and if I missed anything, we will add it in.

    His name is very similar to the Chinese goddess of mercy, Kwan-Yin (or Guan-Yin; see clarifications). I have no idea if that was intentional or not. I had communicated with James Hudnall when I wrote the Hardcase profile, but he has unfortunately passed away since then.

    For some reason, Yun had brown hair (and even sometimes light brown hair) in the Solution#17, as opposed to black, graying hair in previous appearances.

    This profile was completed 09/07/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event to represent Casino's stories and characters.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Kwan Yun should be distinguished from:

images: (without ads)
Solution#8, pg. 9, panel 1 (seated, profile);
          panel 2 (face);
    #14, pg. 24, panel 1 (upper);
    #17, pg. 17, panel 4 (full, leaning, reaching for gun);
          panel 5 (with gun);
       pg. 20, panel 4 (upper, in noose);
          panel 5 (slapped)
Appearances:
Solution#6 (February, 1994) - James D. Hudnall (writer), John Statema (penciler), Dennis Jensen & Mark Stegbauer (inkers), Hank Kanalz (editor)
Solution#7 (March, 1994) - James D. Hudnall (writer), John Statema (penciler), Thomas Florimonte (inkers), Hank Kanalz (editor)
Solution#8 (April, 1994) - James D. Hudnall (writer), John Statema (penciler), Dennis Jensen & Barbara Kaalberg (inkers), Hank Kanalz (editor)
Solution#14 (December, 1994) - James D. Hudnall (writer), Hoang Nguyen (penciler), Bob Downs (inker), Scott Bernstein (assistant editor), Hank Kanalz (editor)
Solution#15 (January, 1995) - James D. Hudnall (writer), George Dove (penciler), Jeff Whiting & Phil Moy (inkers), Scott Bernstein (assistant editor), Hank Kanalz (editor)
Solution#16 (January, 1995; flipped with Ultraverse Premiere#10) - James D. Hudnall (writer), Daerick Gross (penciler), Phil Moy (inker), Scott Bernstein (assistant editor), Hank Kanalz (editor)
Solution#17 (February, 1995) - James D. Hudnall (writer), John Statema (penciler), Jeff Whiting (inker), Scott Bernstein (assistant editor), Hank Kanalz (editor)

First posted: 09/14/2026
Last updated: 09/07/2026

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