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.png) Lei Kung as depicted inNew Avengers (vol. 2) #25 (April 2012). Art byMike Deodato (penciler), Will Conrad (inker), and Rain Beredo (colorist). | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974) |
| Created by | Len Wein Roy Thomas Larry Hama |
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| Alter ego | Lei Kung |
| Species | Human |
| Notable aliases | Thunderer,Yu-Ti |
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Lei Kung the Thunderer is afictionalcharacter appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He is a master martial artist whose pupils include his sonSteel Serpent andIron Fist.
Lei Kung was portrayed byHoon Lee in theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)Netflixtelevision seriesIron Fist.
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The character first appeared inMarvel Premiere #16 (July 1974).[1]
Several millennia ago, after she was busted for training three cavemen,Fan Fei was chained up and watched as the cavemen were fed toShou-Lao by Lei Kung. When Fei defeated Shou-Lao, Kung had Fei exiled from K'un-Lun. Sometime later, Kung was at the entrance of K'un-Lun when Fei came across it. Kung states that her sentencing was wrong and wanted to bring her home. Fei declined stating that Earth was her home and her fights here are just the beginning.[2]
In the present dayYu-Ti apprenticed the youngDanny Rand to Lei Kung the Thunderer, who teaches him the martial arts while in the mystical city ofK'un-L'un. TheSteel Serpent, Lei's exiled son, later becomes an enemy of Iron Fist while seeking to claim his power.[3] Many years ago, when Davos failed to defeatShou-Lao, Lei Kung found him weeping in the snow before taking him back to K'un-L'un.[4]
During the Tournament of Heaven, the Yu-Ti's corruption is revealed to the populace and Lei Kung leads a rebel army called the Army of Thunder against him. After Nu-An flees K'un-Lun, Lei Kung succeeds him as the Yu-Ti.[5]
During theAvengers vs. X-Men storyline, Iron Fist brings Lei Kung to takeHope Summers to K'un-L'un for training.[6] As thePhoenix Force-poweredNamor attacksWakanda,Iron Man tells Kung to pull Hope back to K'un-L'un and seal the portal before Namor gets through. TheAvengers later arrive in K'un-L'un.[7] When the Phoenix Force-poweredCyclops attacks K'un-L'un, Kung meets with Hope outside the Cave of Shou-Lao telling her that it is time for her final lesson. The two ride Shou-Lao into battle, but are blasted out of the air by the Phoenix Force-powered Cyclops. Tapping into Shou-Lao's powers, Hope returns Cyclops to Earth, temporarily incapacitating him.[8] K'un-L'un is rebuilt following the battle, but Kung refuses outside help in doing so.[9]
The crazed android known as the One, believing itself to be Wendell Rand, attacked K'un-Lun in revenge for abandoning it and killed many civilians, including Lei Kung. After his death, Lei Kung's face was stolen by the One.[10]
The weapons master of K'un-Lun, Lei Kung is a martial arts expert, one of the finest in the Marvel universe.
Lei Kung appears inIron Fist, portrayed byHoon Lee.[11][12][13][14][15]
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