| Razor Fist | |
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 Razor Fist as depicted inDaredevil (vol. 2) #100 (October 2007). Art byMichael Lark. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | William Young: Master of Kung Fu #29 (June 1975) William Scott: Master of Kung Fu #105 (October 1981) Douglas Scott: Master of Kung Fu #105 (October 1981) |
| Created by | William Young: Doug Moench Paul Gulacy William Scott: Doug Moench Gene Day Douglas Scott: Doug Moench Gene Day |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | William Young Douglas Scott William Scott |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Assassins Guild |
| Abilities | Extensively trained hand to hand combatant and martial artist Peak-level physical attributes Wields steel blades |
Razor Fist is the name of three differentsupervillains appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The original Razor Fist was killed off in the comic books many years ago. The next two characters to take the title were brothers. The current Razor Fist is the only surviving brother.
Florian Munteanu portrays Razor Fist in theMarvel Cinematic Universe filmShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
The first Razor-Fist is an assassin, bodyguard, and enforcer employed by Carlton Velcro, who replaced his hands with steel blades. He battlesShang-Chi before being killed by Carlton Velcro's guards.[1]
Doctor Doom later constructed two robot duplicates of Razor Fist, which he pitted against Shang-Chi.[2]
The Scott brothers are servants of Carlton Velcro who each lost a hand in a car accident.[3] After Velcro accidentally kills William, Douglas is defeated and captured by Shang-Chi and Pavane.[3] Sometime after William was killed, Douglas (the current Razor Fist) lost his other hand. This happened in theDaughters of the Dragon mini-series. When he came up againstColleen Wing, she managed to sever his hand.[4]
Razor-Fist later appeared with blades on both hands. He teamed withZaran andShockwave to attack theWest Coast Avengers on behalf of theS.H.I.E.L.D. Deltites. Razor Fist was defeated byMockingbird, but he escaped.[5]
Later, he began working for the crime lord Roche inMadripoor, was assigned to killWolverine. With the assistance of a mutant pseudo-vampire, he overpowered Wolverine and was able to knock the weakened Wolverine off a cliff. The mutant,Sapphire Styx, had drained all of Wolverine's strength with her vampiric powers.[6] When next they fought, Wolverine barely beat him and appeared to kill him.[7] Razor Fist's recovery from this seemingly fatal encounter has never been explained.
Fully recovered, Razor Fist foughtHawkeye in an attempt to collect a reward for Hawkeye's right arm fromCrossfire. He was defeated by Hawkeye, but joined in Crossfire's mass attack on Hawkeye. He was defeated by Mockingbird again and taken into police custody.[8]
Razor Fist was also apparently killed byElektra when he attempted to claim a bounty that had been put on her head.[9] As with his previous apparent death his survival has not been explained. When he next appeared, battlingSpider-Man, he had a set ofcybernetic prostheses with blades attached. These were severed and broken by another martial artist namedCat. After this encounter Razor Fist was sent to prison.[10]
In the wake of the great supervillain breakout in the pages ofNew Avengers, Razor Fist escaped along with all the other villains.[11] He has recently appeared in theToxin miniseries. There, he replaced both of his prosthetic hands with actual razors, and attracted a group of young children who are victims ofself-harm. He was then easily defeated by the hero and returned to prison.[12]
Razor Fist since been hired byHood to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.[13] He later attacked theEnforcers, andMister Fear's other bodyguards. The fight is interrupted byDaredevil who takes outWrecker and Razor Fist who is also working for the Hood, unintentionally allowing the Enforcers to escape.[14] He helped them fight the New Avengers but was taken down by Dr. Strange.[15]
In "Secret Invasion", he is among the many supervillains who rejoined the Hood's crime syndicate and attacked an invadingSkrull force.[16] He joins with the Hood's gang in an attack on the New Avengers, who were expecting theDark Avengers instead.[17]Scorcher,Living Laser,Griffin, and Razor Fist are sent by the Hood to retrieveTigra andGauntlet after they flee fromNorman Osborn. They attack the heroes, who are ultimately saved byCounter Force.[18]
He was seen during the battle of Camp: H.A.M.M.E.R.,[19] until the Hood ordered him to teleport to aid Osborn inSiege ofAsgard.[20] During the battle a civilian family was hurt when theSentry caused the entire kingdom of Asgard to collapse. The husband finds bothBucky Barnes and Steve Rogers asCaptain America and asked them to help locate his family in the rubble. They find his wife but see his two daughters in the clutches of Razor Fist. Both Avengers defeat Razor Fist and leave him tied up as they search for their friends who are trapped underneath the rubble.[21] After the battle was over, Razor Fist was arrested along with other members of the Hood's gang.[22]
Razor Fist was later hired by theAssassins Guild to targetDomino. He was defeated byX-Force.[23]
Under the employ ofWhite Dragon, Razor Fist murders undercover MI-6 agentLeiko Wu, the lover of his leader's rival Triad clan leader Skull-Crusher, in London'sChinatown. Razor Fist and some of White Dragon's men attempt to attack Shang-Chi, who was in London investigating Leiko's death but are thwarted by the Daughters of the Dragon and flee the fight when Shang-Chi recognizes the tattoo of the Mao Shan Pai, a powerful black magic, on one of White Dragon's men. AfterMidnight Sun, Shang-Chi's brother and the true mastermind behind White Dragon, accidentally resurrects Leiko with the Mao Shan Pai, Razor Fist attempts to kill her a second time, only to be brutally beaten down by the black magic wielding Leiko, who then proceeds to painfully rip the blades from his arms. Before she could finish him off, she is stopped by Shang-Chi. Razor Fist and White Dragon's men are later taken into custody byBlack Jack Tarr and MI-6.[24]
During the "Search for Tony Stark" arc, Razor Fist rejoined Hood's gang and assisted in the attack on Castle Doom.[25]
Razor-Fist accepts a contract from the Assassins Guild to kill a man named Charles Helder but is thwarted byDeadpool, who was hired to protect Helder. While fighting Deadpool on a trolley, Razor-Fist is shoved into the street with the vehicle still moving, apparently killing him.[26]
Razor Fist is later seen alive again and joins a group of Shang-Chi's enemies that includesShen Kuei,Shockwave, Death-Hand, Shadow Stalker, Tiger-Claw, and others led byMidnight Sun that ambushes the Master of Kung Fu andDomino while the two are on a date inHong Kong.[27] The group is quickly defeated by the two.[28]
Each Razor Fist has no known superhuman powers. However, each Razor Fist's physical strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes & reactions, coordination, balance, and endurance are honed to the peak of human conditioning. The first Razor Fist's hands were both surgically replaced with steel blades which he used as weapons, while the former two Razor Fists initially had only one hand replaced with a steel blade. The last remaining Razor Fist eventually had his other hand replaced by a similar blade as well.
Each Razor Fist is highly skilled in multiple forms of combat, with extensive training in hand-to-hand combat and martial arts.
An alternate universe variant of Douglas Scott / Razor Fist from Earth-13116 appears inMaster of Kung Fu (vol. 2). This version is a student of the Ten Rings school and enforcer of EmperorZheng Zu who wields the Mortal Blade, a technique that makes his hands razor sharp.[29]
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