When the earthly heroes recover from the attack, they awaken to find Sun standing over them with his staff. However, despite a brief struggle, they too fall to Skirn’s mighty power, allowing the Absorbing Man to become the sixth Worthy, “ Greithoth: Breaker of Wills” (Spencer, 2011b). Moments later, the Immortal Weapons and War Machine happen upon the scene while attempting to close the dimensional rift. Skirn then attacks the “little thief” and incapacitates him with a blow of her hammer (Spencer, 2011b, p. But Sun greedily boasts that the hammer is his property, along with everything else he sees, much to her annoyance. The third Worthy, “ Skirn: Breaker of Men” ( Titania), leads the Absorbing Man to hell so he can become the next Worthy. Sun attempts to retrieve the weapon but can’t lift it (similar to the enchantment on Thor’s hammer) as he isn’t the intended wielder (Spencer, 2011a). But this triumphant moment is disturbed when one of the “ Seven Hammers of the Worthy” punches through the heart of Beijing, China and breaches the dimensional barrier separating hell from earth, thus allowing demons to spill into the human world. When challenged by the intended recipient and his henchmen, Sun leaps from a tall rampart and soundly beats the monstrous gang, all while touting his superiority based on the pedigree of his magic staff (which can separate into three sections) and past deeds as the historical Monkey King (fig. He is first seen enjoying a meal meant for the winner of a demonic fighting tournament. Sun’s story opens in the Eighth City, a hellish dimension that serves as a prison for the evils of the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven. But I won’t be covering that depiction here as it is separate from the aforementioned superhero. However, the linked articles and notes below should help the uninitiated get up to speed.Ī more accurate, cartoonish version of Sun Wukong appears in two issues of Tarot: Avengers/Defenders (2020) (Davis, 2020a 2020b). It would take way too long to summarize each narrative here, so I will only be discussing the events in which he appears.
Sun appears as a minor character in several disparate storylines. Captain Marvel) as he gains his abilities via divine empowerment. Sun’s story arc follows him from a greedy crime lord to a heroic demigod who sacrifices his life in an attempt to help save the world.
Sun’s tale is laid out in several publications, including four tie-ins from the “ Fear Itself” (2011) crossover event, four issues of Avengers World (2014-2015), one tie-in from the “ Secret Empire” (2017) crossover, and two tie-ins from the “ War of the Realms” (2019) event. I’ve been aware of Marvel Comics’ Sun Wukong for a number of years now, but I feel compelled to finally write something after having reviewed DC Comics’ Monkey Prince. There have been a number of Monkey King adaptations in mainstream and indie Western comic books over the decades.
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