Who Is Wing? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Wing is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Wing How, with over 157 comic issue appearances. Wing was the golden-age Chinese sidekick and valet to the original Crimson Avenger, Lee Travis.

Who is Wing?

Creation Wing first appeared in Detective Comics #20 dated October of 1938 created by Jim Chambers . Major Story Arcs Before he came to the United States, to avoid persecution by the Japanese, the man known only as Wing lived in Hankow, China. In New York in 1938, Wing became the chauffeur of Lee Travis , the young publisher of the Globe Leader newspaper. Wing was greatly concerned about the recent conquest of much of China, including Hankow by imperialist Japan, in which 3 million of his fellow Chinese had died. As a result of his conversations with Wing on this subject, Travis began to feel he ought to do more about the war in Asia. On Sunday, October 30, 1938, Wing drove Travis to a Halloween costume party in New Jersey that was being held to raise funds for Chinese victims of war. Travis was dressed as a masked highwayman for the occasion. The party was interrupted by costumed thieves, one of whom murdered Claudia Barker, an acquaintance of Travis and reporter for Downtowner magazine.

Key facts

Wing is of human origin. The character is published by DC Comics. With 157 recorded issue appearances, Wing ranks among the most featured characters in comics.