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	universe = [[Marvel Universe]]		universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
	\| real_name = Unrevealed		\| real_name = Unrevealed
-	\| aliases = Gene Kahn, Zhang Tong, Chu~~, Tem Borjigin~~	+	\| aliases = Gene Kahn, Zhang Tong, Chu
	\| identity = Secret		\| identity = Secret
	\| occupation = Would-be conqueror; former janitor, businessman and crimelord, government administrator		\| occupation = Would-be conqueror; former janitor, businessman and crimelord, government administrator
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	\| eyes = Blue-Black		\| eyes = Blue-Black
	\| hair = Black		\| hair = Black
-	\| powers = ~~The Mandarin possesses the power to channel his spiritual energy, or chi, to enhance his physical abilities, granting him superhuman strength and the ability to go years without food or water.~~	+	\| powers =
	\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.		\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.
	\| weapons =		\| weapons =
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-	bio_text= Born circa 1920, the future Mandarin was raised by his embittered aunt following his parents’ deaths~~. Every bit of the gold he had inherited was spent training him in science and combat~~, ~~with the result that~~ he ~~was destitute shortly after reaching adulthood. Unable~~ to ~~pay~~ the ~~taxes on~~ his ~~family estate~~, the ~~future Mandarin was evicted by the Chinese government~~. After years of seeking some means of ~~gaining~~ greatness, he ventured into the mysterious Valley of Spirits, where he discovered the millennia-old wreckage of a starship of the reptilian Kakaranatharian, or [[Makluan]], [[Glossary:E#extraterrestrial\|extraterrestrial]] race, and the ten mighty rings which had powered the vessel. Unaware that the Makluans themselves remained at large, posing as humans, the Mandarin spent decades mastering Makluan technology, then several years more conquering the valley’s adjacent villages and establishing a network both of citadels and of loyal followers such as Po, Yu, and Li Fong. His long-range goal was to conquer China, and then the world, which he claimed he would rule with the “wisdom and harmony” of his nobleman ancestors. During these years he fathered a son, Temujin, whom he sequestered in a remote monastery, and took the girl later known as [[Madam Macabre]] as a student; another girl, Mei-Ling, became betrothed to marry him in adulthood. He also discovered the dormant [[Glossary:A#alien\|alien]] robot [[Ultimo]] within a volcano, and worked for years to revive him using a combination of science and [[Glossary:M#magic\|magic]].	+	bio_text= Born circa 1920, the future Mandarin was raised by his embittered aunt following his parents’ deaths, and as an adult he used his brilliance and family wealth to attain prominence in the Kuomintang Party’s reign over China. The Communist Revolution of 1949 cost him his position and power, although the population he had once commanded still regarded him with nigh-mystic awe. After years of seeking some means of regaining greatness, he ventured into the mysterious Valley of Spirits, where he discovered the millennia-old wreckage of a starship of the reptilian Kakaranatharian, or [[Makluan]], [[Glossary:E#extraterrestrial\|extraterrestrial]] race, and the ten mighty rings which had powered the vessel. Unaware that the Makluans themselves remained at large, posing as humans, the Mandarin spent decades mastering Makluan technology, then several years more conquering the valley’s adjacent villages and establishing a network both of citadels and of loyal followers such as Po, Yu, and Li Fong. His long-range goal was to conquer China, and then the world, which he claimed he would rule with the “wisdom and harmony” of his nobleman ancestors. During these years he fathered a son, Temujin, whom he sequestered in a remote monastery, and took the girl later known as [[Madam Macabre]] as a student; another girl, Mei-Ling, became betrothed to marry him in adulthood. He also discovered the dormant [[Glossary:A#alien\|alien]] robot [[Ultimo]] within a volcano, and worked for years to revive him using a combination of science and [[Glossary:M#magic\|magic]].


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	Eventually recognizing Chen Hsu’s theft, the Mandarin confronted the old man, who returned both his ring and his memory, then guided him in commanding the gigantic Makluan dragon [[Fin Fang Foom]], with whom the Mandarin soon seized control of one-third of his native land. Tony Stark and James Rhodes, both armored as Iron Man, intervened, but the Mandarin turned against Hsu and Foom upon learning that the Makluans wanted to rule Earth themselves; with Stark channeling his own armor’s power through the rings, the Mandarin seemingly destroyed the Makluans, but his hands were burned off in the process. Eventually recovering, he grew new reptilian hands and recovered his rings, then discovered the Thuviskaroth of Cataphylaxis, a.k.a. the Heart of Darkness, a centuries-old talisman of cosmic evil. Forced through a psychological gauntlet in which he overcame personifications of his earlier schemes, he emerged near-mad with supernatural power and, in a departure from his usual methods, mystically reverted China to its medieval state, supposedly saving the world from the corruption of the technology he had commanded so long, with the assistance of the superhuman Avatars. While War Machine (Jim Rhodes) and [[Force Works]] fought the Avatars, Iron Man penetrated the Mandarin’s defenses and infected him with a techno-organic virus, nullifying his Heart’s mystic bond and again rendering him amnesiac as the janitor Chu.		Eventually recognizing Chen Hsu’s theft, the Mandarin confronted the old man, who returned both his ring and his memory, then guided him in commanding the gigantic Makluan dragon [[Fin Fang Foom]], with whom the Mandarin soon seized control of one-third of his native land. Tony Stark and James Rhodes, both armored as Iron Man, intervened, but the Mandarin turned against Hsu and Foom upon learning that the Makluans wanted to rule Earth themselves; with Stark channeling his own armor’s power through the rings, the Mandarin seemingly destroyed the Makluans, but his hands were burned off in the process. Eventually recovering, he grew new reptilian hands and recovered his rings, then discovered the Thuviskaroth of Cataphylaxis, a.k.a. the Heart of Darkness, a centuries-old talisman of cosmic evil. Forced through a psychological gauntlet in which he overcame personifications of his earlier schemes, he emerged near-mad with supernatural power and, in a departure from his usual methods, mystically reverted China to its medieval state, supposedly saving the world from the corruption of the technology he had commanded so long, with the assistance of the superhuman Avatars. While War Machine (Jim Rhodes) and [[Force Works]] fought the Avatars, Iron Man penetrated the Mandarin’s defenses and infected him with a techno-organic virus, nullifying his Heart’s mystic bond and again rendering him amnesiac as the janitor Chu.

-	Regaining his identity, the Mandarin rebuilt his power base once more, clashing with [[Squirrel Girl]] and using the [[Espionage Elite]], the [[Dreadnought\|Dreadnoughts]], and others to undermine Stark, whom he now knew to be Iron Man and of whose capabilities he was unsure following the hero’s revival from the [[Onslaught (event)\|Onslaught]] crisis. Aboard his immense aircraft, the Dragon of Heaven, the Mandarin invaded Russia using a mercenary army fought by the Avengers and [[Winter Guard]], but this was merely a pretext to lure Iron Man into action and better test him in battle. Although satisfied Iron Man indeed remained a worthy adversary, the knowledge seemed to do the Mandarin little good when Iron Man destroyed the Dragon of Heaven’s power source, toppling it from the sky. The Mandarin was seemingly slain in the disaster, but ~~later turned out to have survived.~~	+	Regaining his identity, the Mandarin rebuilt his power base once more, clashing with [[Squirrel Girl]] and using the [[Espionage Elite]], the [[Dreadnought\|Dreadnoughts]], and others to undermine Stark, whom he now knew to be Iron Man and of whose capabilities he was unsure following the hero’s revival from the [[Onslaught (event)\|Onslaught]] crisis. Aboard his immense aircraft, the Dragon of Heaven, the Mandarin invaded Russia using a mercenary army fought by the Avengers and [[Winter Guard]], but this was merely a pretext to lure Iron Man into action and better test him in battle. Although satisfied Iron Man indeed remained a worthy adversary, the knowledge seemed to do the Mandarin little good when Iron Man destroyed the Dragon of Heaven’s power source, toppling it from the sky. The Mandarin was seemingly slain in the disaster, but this may be only the latest of the many seeming deaths from which he has returned.
-		+
-	~~The Mandarin was discovered within an insane asylum in China. The Mandarin had been sitting motionless for years when a terrorist threatened his life. The Mandarin reacted to~~ the ~~threat by slaughtering his attackers with his chi enhanced physical abilities. The Mandarin gained knowledge~~ of ~~how to mass produce Extremis~~ from ~~Maya Hansen. Seeking to purge the world of weakness, The Mandarin launched a barrage of missiles designed to spread Extremis world-wide. After a brutal fight during~~ which ~~the Mandarin kicked a dent in Iron Man's helmet and broke Iron Man's arm, Iron Man stopped the missiles~~.	+

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MichaelChen at 17:00, 26 February 2010

2010-02-26T17:00:12Z

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	\| eyes = Blue-Black		\| eyes = Blue-Black
	\| hair = Black		\| hair = Black
-	\| powers = The Mandarin possesses the power to channel chi ~~into~~ his ~~body~~, ~~allowing~~ him to ~~survive for~~ years without food or water.	+	\| powers = The Mandarin possesses the power to channel his spiritual energy, or chi, to enhance his physical abilities, granting him superhuman strength and the ability to go years without food or water.
	\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.		\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.
	\| weapons =		\| weapons =
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	}}{{bio\|		}}{{bio\|
-	bio_text= Born circa 1920, the future Mandarin was raised by his embittered aunt following his parents’ deaths~~, and as an adult he used his brilliance and family wealth to attain prominence in the Kuomintang Party’s reign over China~~. ~~The Communist Revolution~~ of ~~1949 cost him his position and power, although~~ the ~~population~~ he had ~~once commanded still regarded~~ him with ~~nigh-mystic awe~~. After years of seeking some means of ~~regaining~~ greatness, he ventured into the mysterious Valley of Spirits, where he discovered the millennia-old wreckage of a starship of the reptilian Kakaranatharian, or [[Makluan]], [[Glossary:E#extraterrestrial\|extraterrestrial]] race, and the ten mighty rings which had powered the vessel. Unaware that the Makluans themselves remained at large, posing as humans, the Mandarin spent decades mastering Makluan technology, then several years more conquering the valley’s adjacent villages and establishing a network both of citadels and of loyal followers such as Po, Yu, and Li Fong. His long-range goal was to conquer China, and then the world, which he claimed he would rule with the “wisdom and harmony” of his nobleman ancestors. During these years he fathered a son, Temujin, whom he sequestered in a remote monastery, and took the girl later known as [[Madam Macabre]] as a student; another girl, Mei-Ling, became betrothed to marry him in adulthood. He also discovered the dormant [[Glossary:A#alien\|alien]] robot [[Ultimo]] within a volcano, and worked for years to revive him using a combination of science and [[Glossary:M#magic\|magic]].	+	bio_text= Born circa 1920, the future Mandarin was raised by his embittered aunt following his parents’ deaths. Every bit of the gold he had inherited was spent training him in science and combat, with the result that he was destitute shortly after reaching adulthood. Unable to pay the taxes on his family estate, the future Mandarin was evicted by the Chinese government. After years of seeking some means of gaining greatness, he ventured into the mysterious Valley of Spirits, where he discovered the millennia-old wreckage of a starship of the reptilian Kakaranatharian, or [[Makluan]], [[Glossary:E#extraterrestrial\|extraterrestrial]] race, and the ten mighty rings which had powered the vessel. Unaware that the Makluans themselves remained at large, posing as humans, the Mandarin spent decades mastering Makluan technology, then several years more conquering the valley’s adjacent villages and establishing a network both of citadels and of loyal followers such as Po, Yu, and Li Fong. His long-range goal was to conquer China, and then the world, which he claimed he would rule with the “wisdom and harmony” of his nobleman ancestors. During these years he fathered a son, Temujin, whom he sequestered in a remote monastery, and took the girl later known as [[Madam Macabre]] as a student; another girl, Mei-Ling, became betrothed to marry him in adulthood. He also discovered the dormant [[Glossary:A#alien\|alien]] robot [[Ultimo]] within a volcano, and worked for years to revive him using a combination of science and [[Glossary:M#magic\|magic]].


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	Eventually recognizing Chen Hsu’s theft, the Mandarin confronted the old man, who returned both his ring and his memory, then guided him in commanding the gigantic Makluan dragon [[Fin Fang Foom]], with whom the Mandarin soon seized control of one-third of his native land. Tony Stark and James Rhodes, both armored as Iron Man, intervened, but the Mandarin turned against Hsu and Foom upon learning that the Makluans wanted to rule Earth themselves; with Stark channeling his own armor’s power through the rings, the Mandarin seemingly destroyed the Makluans, but his hands were burned off in the process. Eventually recovering, he grew new reptilian hands and recovered his rings, then discovered the Thuviskaroth of Cataphylaxis, a.k.a. the Heart of Darkness, a centuries-old talisman of cosmic evil. Forced through a psychological gauntlet in which he overcame personifications of his earlier schemes, he emerged near-mad with supernatural power and, in a departure from his usual methods, mystically reverted China to its medieval state, supposedly saving the world from the corruption of the technology he had commanded so long, with the assistance of the superhuman Avatars. While War Machine (Jim Rhodes) and [[Force Works]] fought the Avatars, Iron Man penetrated the Mandarin’s defenses and infected him with a techno-organic virus, nullifying his Heart’s mystic bond and again rendering him amnesiac as the janitor Chu.		Eventually recognizing Chen Hsu’s theft, the Mandarin confronted the old man, who returned both his ring and his memory, then guided him in commanding the gigantic Makluan dragon [[Fin Fang Foom]], with whom the Mandarin soon seized control of one-third of his native land. Tony Stark and James Rhodes, both armored as Iron Man, intervened, but the Mandarin turned against Hsu and Foom upon learning that the Makluans wanted to rule Earth themselves; with Stark channeling his own armor’s power through the rings, the Mandarin seemingly destroyed the Makluans, but his hands were burned off in the process. Eventually recovering, he grew new reptilian hands and recovered his rings, then discovered the Thuviskaroth of Cataphylaxis, a.k.a. the Heart of Darkness, a centuries-old talisman of cosmic evil. Forced through a psychological gauntlet in which he overcame personifications of his earlier schemes, he emerged near-mad with supernatural power and, in a departure from his usual methods, mystically reverted China to its medieval state, supposedly saving the world from the corruption of the technology he had commanded so long, with the assistance of the superhuman Avatars. While War Machine (Jim Rhodes) and [[Force Works]] fought the Avatars, Iron Man penetrated the Mandarin’s defenses and infected him with a techno-organic virus, nullifying his Heart’s mystic bond and again rendering him amnesiac as the janitor Chu.

-	Regaining his identity, the Mandarin rebuilt his power base once more, clashing with [[Squirrel Girl]] and using the [[Espionage Elite]], the [[Dreadnought\|Dreadnoughts]], and others to undermine Stark, whom he now knew to be Iron Man and of whose capabilities he was unsure following the hero’s revival from the [[Onslaught (event)\|Onslaught]] crisis. Aboard his immense aircraft, the Dragon of Heaven, the Mandarin invaded Russia using a mercenary army fought by the Avengers and [[Winter Guard]], but this was merely a pretext to lure Iron Man into action and better test him in battle. Although satisfied Iron Man indeed remained a worthy adversary, the knowledge seemed to do the Mandarin little good when Iron Man destroyed the Dragon of Heaven’s power source, toppling it from the sky. The Mandarin was seemingly slain in the disaster, but ~~this may be only the latest of the many seeming deaths from which he has returned~~.	+	Regaining his identity, the Mandarin rebuilt his power base once more, clashing with [[Squirrel Girl]] and using the [[Espionage Elite]], the [[Dreadnought\|Dreadnoughts]], and others to undermine Stark, whom he now knew to be Iron Man and of whose capabilities he was unsure following the hero’s revival from the [[Onslaught (event)\|Onslaught]] crisis. Aboard his immense aircraft, the Dragon of Heaven, the Mandarin invaded Russia using a mercenary army fought by the Avengers and [[Winter Guard]], but this was merely a pretext to lure Iron Man into action and better test him in battle. Although satisfied Iron Man indeed remained a worthy adversary, the knowledge seemed to do the Mandarin little good when Iron Man destroyed the Dragon of Heaven’s power source, toppling it from the sky. The Mandarin was seemingly slain in the disaster, but later turned out to have survived.

-	The Mandarin ~~infiltrates the U~~.S. ~~government via~~ his ~~role as CEO of Prometheus, a corporation specializing in bio-engineered weaponry~~. ~~He appears~~ to ~~be using~~ Extremis ~~creator and Tony Stark's former love interest~~ Maya Hansen to ~~produce an army~~ of ~~Extremis enhanced soldiers as well as financing and arming terrorists around the globe.~~ The Mandarin ~~also appears~~ to ~~plan unleashing the~~ Extremis ~~virus in aerosol form on the public, expecting the 97~~.~~5% fatality ratio to cause~~ a ~~mass catastrophe of deaths.[volume & issue needed] The~~ Mandarin ~~admits to Hansen that even he will die~~ in ~~the outbreak but she~~ and ~~those with the gene to survive will become free from disease and become effectively immortal. Though he has his Extremis disabled,~~ Iron Man ~~defeats the Mandarin while wearing the Silver Centurion armor by tearing five of the rings out of the Mandarin~~'s ~~spine~~, ~~blasting him with those rings, his unibeam, and repulsors at the same time, and then freezing him as he is engulfed in deadly concentrated Extremis virus.~~ Iron Man ~~then prevents~~ the ~~Extremis-outbreak~~	+	The Mandarin was discovered within an insane asylum in China. The Mandarin had been sitting motionless for years when a terrorist threatened his life. The Mandarin reacted to the threat by slaughtering his attackers with his chi enhanced physical abilities. The Mandarin gained knowledge of how to mass produce Extremis from Maya Hansen. Seeking to purge the world of weakness, The Mandarin launched a barrage of missiles designed to spread Extremis world-wide. After a brutal fight during which the Mandarin kicked a dent in Iron Man's helmet and broke Iron Man's arm, Iron Man stopped the missiles.

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MichaelChen at 20:35, 24 February 2010

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	\| hair = Black		\| hair = Black
-	\| powers = The Mandarin ~~has~~ the power to channel chi into ~~enhancing~~ his body, allowing him to survive for years without food or water.	+	\| powers = The Mandarin possesses the power to channel chi into his body, allowing him to survive for years without food or water.
	\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.		\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.
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	Regaining his identity, the Mandarin rebuilt his power base once more, clashing with [[Squirrel Girl]] and using the [[Espionage Elite]], the [[Dreadnought\|Dreadnoughts]], and others to undermine Stark, whom he now knew to be Iron Man and of whose capabilities he was unsure following the hero’s revival from the [[Onslaught (event)\|Onslaught]] crisis. Aboard his immense aircraft, the Dragon of Heaven, the Mandarin invaded Russia using a mercenary army fought by the Avengers and [[Winter Guard]], but this was merely a pretext to lure Iron Man into action and better test him in battle. Although satisfied Iron Man indeed remained a worthy adversary, the knowledge seemed to do the Mandarin little good when Iron Man destroyed the Dragon of Heaven’s power source, toppling it from the sky. The Mandarin was seemingly slain in the disaster, but this may be only the latest of the many seeming deaths from which he has returned.		Regaining his identity, the Mandarin rebuilt his power base once more, clashing with [[Squirrel Girl]] and using the [[Espionage Elite]], the [[Dreadnought\|Dreadnoughts]], and others to undermine Stark, whom he now knew to be Iron Man and of whose capabilities he was unsure following the hero’s revival from the [[Onslaught (event)\|Onslaught]] crisis. Aboard his immense aircraft, the Dragon of Heaven, the Mandarin invaded Russia using a mercenary army fought by the Avengers and [[Winter Guard]], but this was merely a pretext to lure Iron Man into action and better test him in battle. Although satisfied Iron Man indeed remained a worthy adversary, the knowledge seemed to do the Mandarin little good when Iron Man destroyed the Dragon of Heaven’s power source, toppling it from the sky. The Mandarin was seemingly slain in the disaster, but this may be only the latest of the many seeming deaths from which he has returned.
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		+	The Mandarin infiltrates the U.S. government via his role as CEO of Prometheus, a corporation specializing in bio-engineered weaponry. He appears to be using Extremis creator and Tony Stark's former love interest Maya Hansen to produce an army of Extremis enhanced soldiers as well as financing and arming terrorists around the globe. The Mandarin also appears to plan unleashing the Extremis virus in aerosol form on the public, expecting the 97.5% fatality ratio to cause a mass catastrophe of deaths.[volume & issue needed] The Mandarin admits to Hansen that even he will die in the outbreak but she and those with the gene to survive will become free from disease and become effectively immortal. Though he has his Extremis disabled, Iron Man defeats the Mandarin while wearing the Silver Centurion armor by tearing five of the rings out of the Mandarin's spine, blasting him with those rings, his unibeam, and repulsors at the same time, and then freezing him as he is engulfed in deadly concentrated Extremis virus. Iron Man then prevents the Extremis-outbreak

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MichaelChen at 15:49, 24 February 2010

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-	\| powers = ~~Possesses~~ the power to channel chi into enhancing his body, allowing him to survive years without food or water.	+	\| powers = The Mandarin has the power to channel chi into enhancing his body, allowing him to survive for years without food or water.
	\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.		\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.
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MichaelChen at 06:36, 24 February 2010

2010-02-24T06:36:45Z

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	universe = [[Marvel Universe]]		universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
	\| real_name = Unrevealed		\| real_name = Unrevealed
-	\| aliases = Gene Kahn, Zhang Tong, Chu	+	\| aliases = Gene Kahn, Zhang Tong, Chu, Tem Borjigin
	\| identity = Secret		\| identity = Secret
	\| occupation = Would-be conqueror; former janitor, businessman and crimelord, government administrator		\| occupation = Would-be conqueror; former janitor, businessman and crimelord, government administrator
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	\| eyes = Blue-Black		\| eyes = Blue-Black
	\| hair = Black		\| hair = Black
-	\| powers = ~~The Mandarin can~~ channel ~~his~~ chi into enhancing his body, allowing him to go years without food or water.	+	\| powers = Possesses the power to channel chi into enhancing his body, allowing him to survive years without food or water.
	\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.		\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.
	\| weapons =		\| weapons =

MichaelChen at 20:37, 23 February 2010

2010-02-23T20:37:46Z

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-	\| powers = The Mandarin ~~has the power to harness~~ his ~~Chi to amp~~ his body, allowing him to go ~~for~~ years without food or water.	+	\| powers = The Mandarin can channel his chi into enhancing his body, allowing him to go years without food or water.
	\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.		\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.
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MichaelChen: Edited in his Chi powers.

2010-02-23T02:56:01Z

Edited in his Chi powers.

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	\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.		\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.
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MichaelChen: Added in his Chi powers.

2010-02-22T18:06:52Z

Added in his Chi powers.

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-	\| powers = The Mandarin ~~can harness~~ his ~~spiritual energy, also called chi~~, ~~enabling~~ him to ~~survive for~~ years without food or water.	+	\| powers = The Mandarin possesses the power to channel his Chi to enhance his body, allowing him to go years without food or water.
	\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.		\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.
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MichaelChen at 02:12, 22 February 2010

2010-02-22T02:12:06Z

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	\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.		\| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.
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Max Spider: added Mandarin to the villains category

2007-08-18T14:34:48Z

added Mandarin to the villains category

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universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| real_name = Unrevealed
| aliases = Gene Kahn, Zhang Tong, Chu
| identity = Secret
| occupation = Would-be conqueror; former janitor, businessman and crimelord, government administrator
| citizenship = Chinese national
| place_of_birth = China
| relatives = Unidentified father, mother, paternal aunt (all deceased). Mei-Ling (fiancée, deceased), [[Temujin]] (son), Genghis Khan (alleged ancestor, deceased)
| groups = [[Avatars]], "[[Acts of Vengeance]]" [[Prime Movers]], [[Hand]]
| education = Multiple College Degrees
| height = 6'2"
| weight = 215 lbs.
| eyes = Blue-Black
| hair = Black
| powers =
| abilities = A remarkable genius with both earthly and extraterrestrial technology, the Mandarin is also an exceptional athlete, swordsman, and martial artist.
| weapons =
| paraphernalia = The Makluan rings he wears, which he can command over vast distances, each possess a different ability: “ice blast” (left little finger), to emit waves of cold; “mento-intensifier” (left ring finger), to place people under mental control; “electro-blast” (left middle finger), to emit electricity of various intensities; “flame blast” (left index finger), to project heat and trigger chemical explosions; “white light” (left thumb), to emit various forms of electromagnetic energy; “black light” (right little finger), to create absolute blackness, possibly a form of Darkforce; “disintegration beam” (right ring finger), to break down a target’s molecular bonds; “vortex beam” (right middle finger), to manipulate air for levitation or concussive force; “impact beam” (right index finger), to project explosive, sonic, or magnetic force; and “matter rearranger” (right thumb), to alter a substance’s molecular structure into gas, liquid, or solid form. He has used a wide variety of robots, weaponry, and vehicles.
| debut = Tales of Suspense #50 (1964)
| origin =
| significant_issues =
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bio_text= Born circa 1920, the future Mandarin was raised by his embittered aunt following his parents’ deaths, and as an adult he used his brilliance and family wealth to attain prominence in the Kuomintang Party’s reign over China. The Communist Revolution of 1949 cost him his position and power, although the population he had once commanded still regarded him with nigh-mystic awe. After years of seeking some means of regaining greatness, he ventured into the mysterious Valley of Spirits, where he discovered the millennia-old wreckage of a starship of the reptilian Kakaranatharian, or [[Makluan]], [[Glossary:E#extraterrestrial|extraterrestrial]] race, and the ten mighty rings which had powered the vessel. Unaware that the Makluans themselves remained at large, posing as humans, the Mandarin spent decades mastering Makluan technology, then several years more conquering the valley’s adjacent villages and establishing a network both of citadels and of loyal followers such as Po, Yu, and Li Fong. His long-range goal was to conquer China, and then the world, which he claimed he would rule with the “wisdom and harmony” of his nobleman ancestors. During these years he fathered a son, Temujin, whom he sequestered in a remote monastery, and took the girl later known as [[Madam Macabre]] as a student; another girl, Mei-Ling, became betrothed to marry him in adulthood. He also discovered the dormant [[Glossary:A#alien|alien]] robot [[Ultimo]] within a volcano, and worked for years to revive him using a combination of science and [[Glossary:M#magic|magic]].

In recent years, seeking assistance to master the Makluan rings’ full power, the Mandarin became the patron of the Sin-Cong revolutionary Wong Chu, who abducted the Chinese genius Ho Yinsen and American industrialist [[Iron Man (Anthony Stark)|Tony Stark]]. However, Yinsen sacrificed his life to enable Stark to escape and overwhelm Wong Chu’s forces using his first Iron Man armor. After disciplining Wong Chu for his failure, the Mandarin had the opportunity to stop Iron Man from departing but, intrigued, allowed him to pass unhindered, little realizing the armored hero would become his most persistent nemesis.

Several months later, Iron Man visited China to investigate the Mandarin for the U.S. government. Using the rings and his own combat skills, the Mandarin nearly defeated Iron Man, who nonetheless outwitted him and escaped. Soon after, the pair again clashed when the Mandarin pulled Stark surveillance missiles from the sky to use for his own purposes, then manipulated the Chinese government into test-firing a missile which, unknown to them, was intended to trigger world war, but Iron Man defeated him both times. Affected by [[Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)|Doctor Doom]]’s [[Emotion Charger]], the Mandarin next joined many other [[Glossary:S#super-villain|super-villains]] in attacking the [[Fantastic Four]]’s Richards-Storm wedding; later, he recruited the [[Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)|Swordman]], whose sword he equipped with greater technological weaponry, to serve as his spy within the [[Avengers]], but the Swordsman ultimately balked at destroying the Avengers and betrayed him.

Finally activating Ultimo, the gloating Mandarin teleported Stark to his citadel to observe the supposed triumph, but Iron Man lured the giant back into the volcano, temporarily imprisoning him. Later, Iron Man again prevented his foe from provoking world war with a second missile scheme. Reactivating Ultimo and rehiring the Swordsman, along with [[Living Laser]], Power Man (later [[Atlas (Erik Josten)|Atlas]] of the [[Thunderbolts]]), [[Enchantress]], and the [[Executioner (Skurge)|Executioner]], the Mandarin launched an effort to empower a world-wide hate-ray, only to be foiled by the Avengers. He next mentally controlled the [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)|Hulk]] and used him to wreak havoc, thinking each nation would blame the other for the behemoth’s attacks, but his control was disrupted by [[Fury, Nick|Nick Fury]] and [[Brevlov, Yuri|Yuri Brevlov]] of [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] Undaunted, the Mandarin, now accompanied by the adult Mei-Ling, used a Hulk robot to abduct Stark’s lover Janice Cord while framing Stark himself for enemy conspiracy, but Mei-Ling, touched by Cord’s love for Stark and disillusioned by the Mandarin’s cruelty, sacrificed her life helping Iron Man defeat him. A second attempt to control the Hulk with the help of the [[Sandman (William Baker)|Sandman]] also failed, as did efforts to foment unrest by abducting peacemaker Dr. Robert Hoskins, who was rescued by [[Captain America]].

Hoping to enhance his rings’ already phenomenal power, the Mandarin manipulated the Royal Family of [[Inhumans]] into obtaining the mystic Eye of Yin, created centuries ago by Makluan-trained sorcerers, but he was overpowered by [[Black Bolt]], who absconded with his rings. After allying himself with the former Russian super-operative [[Unicorn]], the Mandarin regained the rings via a Makluan headband device and returned his attention to Tony Stark. In the identity of Gene Kahn, he stirred unrest among Stark’s employees, then, when exposed, fought Iron Man alongside the Unicorn. However, careless use of the headband inadvertently switched the Mandarin’s consciousness with that of the terminally ill Unicorn, and he quickly abandoned the fight to rectify the situation. Adding insult to injury, he discovered that a rival mastermind, the [[Yellow Claw]], had, at the prodding of the [[Glossary:E#extradimensional|extradimensional]] [[Black Lama]], seized his current base, one of his Chinese castles, in his absence. Retiring to an underwater base, the Mandarin captured [[Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)|Sunfire]] and forced him to power the machinery that restored him to his rightful body, but even with Ultimo’s aid, regaining his castle was not so simple. Iron Man and Sunfire intervened in the conflict, which ended with the Mandarin seemingly slain by the Yellow Claw’s robot surrogate, the Makluan rings claimed by the Claw’s servant Loc Do.

However, the Mandarin’s new control of his consciousness enabled him to transfer his intellect into the rings themselves, and he remade Loc Do’s body into a younger version of his own. Despite his new body, his customary schemes to foment world war were once more thwarted by Iron Man. Efforts to obtain [[Wakanda]]’s [[Glossary:V#Vibranium|Vibranium]] via the resurrected [[Killmonger, Erik|Killmonger]] proved no more successful, and his attempt to destroy China’s rice crops, intended to drive the Chinese government into invading other nations, was disrupted by an [[Rhodes, James|alternate Iron Man]] (Stark’s temporary replacement Jim Rhodes). Later, while experimenting with his rings, the Mandarin was rendered comatose; although he recovered physically, he was left amnesiac when elderly Chen Hsu, the millennia-old captain of the disguised Makulans, stole and replaced one of his rings, still tied to his consciousness and thus necessary to restore his memory fully. As Zhang Tong, the Mandarin, still driven by a need for conquest, became a criminal overlord in Hong Kong, allowing ten underlings to use his rings as his operatives in the so-called Hand. Having no memory of his grudge against Stark, he sought to force a business alliance but was again foiled by Iron Man, who nonetheless found himself unable to interfere with his opponent’s criminal network. Soon afterward, the Mandarin joined several other masterminds in the so-called “Acts of Vengeance” anti-superhero conspiracy, then allied with Matsuo Tsurayaba of the ninja Hand, but these endeavors were disrupted by the Avengers and the [[X-Men]], and subsequent worldwide attacks on crime prevention specialists were ended by Nick Fury’s intervention.

Eventually recognizing Chen Hsu’s theft, the Mandarin confronted the old man, who returned both his ring and his memory, then guided him in commanding the gigantic Makluan dragon [[Fin Fang Foom]], with whom the Mandarin soon seized control of one-third of his native land. Tony Stark and James Rhodes, both armored as Iron Man, intervened, but the Mandarin turned against Hsu and Foom upon learning that the Makluans wanted to rule Earth themselves; with Stark channeling his own armor’s power through the rings, the Mandarin seemingly destroyed the Makluans, but his hands were burned off in the process. Eventually recovering, he grew new reptilian hands and recovered his rings, then discovered the Thuviskaroth of Cataphylaxis, a.k.a. the Heart of Darkness, a centuries-old talisman of cosmic evil. Forced through a psychological gauntlet in which he overcame personifications of his earlier schemes, he emerged near-mad with supernatural power and, in a departure from his usual methods, mystically reverted China to its medieval state, supposedly saving the world from the corruption of the technology he had commanded so long, with the assistance of the superhuman Avatars. While War Machine (Jim Rhodes) and [[Force Works]] fought the Avatars, Iron Man penetrated the Mandarin’s defenses and infected him with a techno-organic virus, nullifying his Heart’s mystic bond and again rendering him amnesiac as the janitor Chu.

Regaining his identity, the Mandarin rebuilt his power base once more, clashing with [[Squirrel Girl]] and using the [[Espionage Elite]], the [[Dreadnought|Dreadnoughts]], and others to undermine Stark, whom he now knew to be Iron Man and of whose capabilities he was unsure following the hero’s revival from the [[Onslaught (event)|Onslaught]] crisis. Aboard his immense aircraft, the Dragon of Heaven, the Mandarin invaded Russia using a mercenary army fought by the Avengers and [[Winter Guard]], but this was merely a pretext to lure Iron Man into action and better test him in battle. Although satisfied Iron Man indeed remained a worthy adversary, the knowledge seemed to do the Mandarin little good when Iron Man destroyed the Dragon of Heaven’s power source, toppling it from the sky. The Mandarin was seemingly slain in the disaster, but this may be only the latest of the many seeming deaths from which he has returned.

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