Shang-Chi’s Hypocrisy Over Hulk Shows How the Avengers Corrupt Heroes
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Thor #25
While the Avengers are known as the protectors of Earth and are considered to be the pinnacle of superhero standards, the team also holds a power that corrupts its members, something that is proven true by Shang-Chi’s hypocrisy over the Hulk.
Shang-Chi was, up until recently, an adversary of the Avengers after he decided to stick with the criminal organization created by his father, the Five Weapons Society, in an effort to change it from within. The Avengers wanted to shut it down and arrest everyone involved, but Shang-Chi couldn’t let that happen to his family as he believed his plan to turn them to the side of good was sound enough without the Avengers’ interference. The conflict resulted in a brutal battle between the Five Weapons Society and the Avengers, with a versus battle between Shang-Chi and Thor that is one for the books. While tensions were high, Shang-Chi was eventually welcomed back into the good graces of the Avengers.
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In Thor #25 by Donny Cates and Martin Coccolo, Thor is in the middle of a raging battle against the Hulk. The two titans broke out into combat after Thor accused the Hulk of the murder of innocent civilians in El Paso, an event that has yet to be fully explained. During the battle, which is taking place in a deep-space fighting arena, the Avengers gather in their mountain headquarters on Earth to discuss how to take down the Hulk given his alleged crimes in El Paso–and among them stands Shang-Chi.
Shang-Chi knows better than anyone that the Avengers sometimes get it wrong when it comes to pursuing a target, especially one of their own. Within continuity, it
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