| Five Weapons Society | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | As Celestial Order of the Si-Fan: Special Marvel Edition #15 (December 1973) As Order of the Golden Dawn: Master of Kung Fu #83 (September 1979) As Celestial Order of the Hai-Dai: Secret Avengers #6 (October 2010) As Five Weapons Society: Shang-Chi #1 (September 2020) |
| Created by | Sax Rohmer Steve Englehart Jim Starlin Doug Moench Mike Zeck Ed Brubaker Mike Deodato Gene Luen Yang Dike Ruan Philip Tan |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Secret society Formerly: Criminal organization |
| Base(s) | Currently: House of the Deadly Hand, Chinatown, Manhattan (Headquarters) House of the Deadly Staff, London House of the Deadly Dagger, Paris House of the Deadly Hammer, Chara Sands House of the Deadly Sabre, Tokyo Formerly: House of the Deadly Hand, Henan |
| Leader(s) | Shang-Chi Formerly: Zheng Zu Zheng Yi Kingpin Zheng Bao Yu |
| Agent(s) | Currently: Sister Dagger Brother Sabre Sister Hammer Brother Staff Sister Staff Master Ling Formerly: Midnight Sun Death Dealer Moving Shadow |
The Five Weapons Society is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Five Weapons Society was an organization created by the brothers Zheng Yi and Zheng Zu to defend China during the Qing dynasty, after Yi's death, the society became a criminal organization, using names such as the Celestial Order of the Si-Fan and the Celestial Order of the Hai- Dai.[1]
The organization debuted in Special Marvel Edition #15 (December 1973) in the Bronze Age of Comic Books, under the name Celestial Order of Si-Fan, the organization of Dr. Fu Manchu, created by writer Sax Rohmer, with Fu Manchu adapted as father of Shang-Chi, a hero created by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin.