Who Is Leiko Wu? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Leiko Wu is a Marvel comic book character, with over 165 comic issue appearances. Leiko is a young Chinese-British woman and also a lover and ally to Shang Chi.

Who is Leiko Wu?

Origin As a young Chinese-British woman, Leiko became a feeled agent for the British MI-6 . She had worked a number of missions before she became romantically involved with another MI-6 agent named Clive Reston . Though the two loved one another very much, the romance did not last. They did however remain good friends and teammates. Creation Leiko Wu was created by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy and first appeared in Master of Kung Fu issue 33 (1975). Leiko Wu was created as a replacement for Sandra Chen (created by Len Wein and Paul Gulacy), who died in the first appearance, Shang-Chi mentions the similarity between Leiko and Sandra. Major Story Arcs A New Love In her first appearance , Leiko Wu is relaxing in Reston's bath tub when he and the visiting Shang-Chi enter. She insinuates a romantic past with Reston, but that the relationship is over.

Key facts

Leiko Wu is of human origin and first appeared in "Wicked Messenger of Madness!". The character is published by Marvel. With 165 recorded issue appearances, Leiko Wu ranks among the most featured characters in comics.