Shang-Chi series gets a surprise relaunch as Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings

gamesradar.com:

Marvel's Shang-Chi ongoing title will come to a surprise end with May's Shang-Chi #12 … just before relaunching almost right away in July as Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings #1, which takes the place of the previously solicited Shang-Chi #13.

Why the seemingly innocuous change? It all comes down to the addition of a new, more MCU-inspired version of the fabled Ten Rings that will come to Marvel Comics in Shang-Chi #12, which, according to Marvel's announcement of the relaunch, "have power that rivals the Infinity Gems." And that power has been fully assembled in Shang-Chi's hands.

The original Marvel Comics Ten Rings are possessed by the villain known as the Mandarin. Rather than simply rings, the Mandarin's weapons are alien artifacts from the planet Maklu IV which house the souls of some of the dragon-like species' greatest warriors. Each of the rings provides a different power, from energy beams, to elemental manipulation, to psionics, and more.

In the MCU, the Ten Rings were adapted as larger armband-like rings which work in tandem as a weapon with a variety of powers. They still seem to have a connection to draconian creatures, though the MCU hasn't named them as Makluans yet.

Now, in May, a new version of the Ten Rings based on the MCU version will become Shang-Chi's greatest weapon - but that level of power will come with a new level of threats as Shang-Chi faces "every bounty hunter, assassin, and evil syndicate in the Marvel Universe" including "everyone from Hydra to the Hand."

Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings #1 will maintain the core creative team of the current iteration of the ongoing title, writer Gene Luen Yang and artist Marcus To - meaning that really all that's changing is the title and numbering, with a new