Colleen Wing

Colleen Wing first appeared in Marvel Premiere #19 (November 1974), created by writer Doug Moench and artist Larry Hama.{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=409}}

Colleen was born in the mountains of Honshu, Japan, to Professor Lee Wing (a teacher of Asian history at Columbia University) and a mother whose ancestors were samurai and daimyōs. After her mother's death, Colleen's late maternal grandfather Kenji Ozawa taught her the ways of the samurai, in which she later became very skilled. Professor Wing learned from a monk that young warrior Iron Fist would come from that land to seek vengeance on his father's killer and sent Colleen to meet him. Professor Wing and Colleen befriended Iron Fist, and Colleen has acted as his ally in many of his exploits. In Colleen's first appearance, she met Iron Fist,Marvel Premiere #19. Marvel Comics. and she then aided Iron Fist in battling the Cult of Kara-Kai.Marvel Premiere #22. Marvel Comics. Years later, Colleen went back to New York City to visit her father there. Upon arrival, she got caught in a gun battle by the local Manhattan police and some thugs. Luckily, she was rescued by officer Misty Knight, who eventually became her best friend. Later, when Knight's right arm was severely injured by a bomb explosion and was amputated, Colleen encouraged Knight to rise above her depression and return to an active role in life. Colleen and Knight formed a partnership as private investigators and called their firm Nightwing Restorations, Ltd.Iron Fist #1 Due to Wing's samurai-style training and both partners' expertise in the Asian martial arts, they were dubbed "the Daughters of the Dragon."

Colleen was at one point captured by Master Khan and Angar the Screamer, who turned her into a mesmerized slave. Colleen battled Iron Fist, who finally freed her from their mental control.Iron Fist #5-7. Marvel Comics. Colleen then teamed with Misty in opposing agents of the criminal Emil Vachon in Hong Kong.Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #32-33. Marvel Comics. Colleen was captured by Emil Vachon, however, who turned her into a heroin addict. She was rescued by Misty Knight, overcame her addiction, and took vengeance on Vachon.Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #34. Marvel Comics. Colleen then fought Davos, the second Steel Serpent, and met Spider-Man.Marvel Team-Up #64. Marvel Comics.

Colleen later aided the X-Men and Sunfire in battling Moses Magnum in Japan.X-Men #118-119. Marvel Comics. She accompanied the X-Men to Canada,X-Men #120-121 and made romantic overtures towards Cyclops, whose girlfriend Jean Grey was presumed to be dead at the time.X-Men #122. Marvel Comics. She was held prisoner by Arcade soon after that.X-Men #123. Marvel Comics.

Colleen later met the actor Bob Diamond, one of the Sons of the Tiger.Power Man and Iron Fist #59. Marvel Comics. She then battled Constrictor and Sabretooth.Power Man and Iron Fist #66. Marvel Comics. Professor Wing then regained his memory, and Colleen's training in samurai skills by her grandfather was revealed.Power Man and Iron Fist #70. Marvel Comics. Colleen then began a romance with Bob Diamond.Power Man and Iron Fist #73. Marvel Comics. She was shot by Warhawk,Power Man and Iron Fist #76. Marvel Comics. and later fought the Constrictor again.Power Man and Iron Fist #84. Marvel Comics. She was briefly turned to glass by the second Chemistro,Power Man and Iron Fist #93. Marvel Comics. and was soon returned to normal.Power Man and Iron Fist #94 She then fought Fera (now Ferocia).Power Man and Iron Fist #99. Marvel Comics. Colleen later temporarily ended her friendship with Misty due to the latter's romance with Tyrone King.Power Man and Iron Fist #117. Marvel Comics. Colleen was next transported to K'un-L'un.Power Man and Iron Fist #118. Marvel Comics. She killed Chiantang the mystic dragon.Power Man and Iron Fist #122. Marvel Comics. She then attended the funeral of an impostor she believed to be Danny Rand.Power Man and Iron Fist #125. Marvel Comics.

Some time later, Colleen saw a second Danny Rand impostor on television.Namor the Sub-Mariner #8. Marvel Comics. She confronted this impostor, who was actually the Super-Skrull.Namor the Sub-Mariner #10. Marvel Comics. She was present at the exhumation of the corpse of the first Danny Rand impostor.Namor the Sub-Mariner #13. Marvel Comics.

After her relationship with Bob Diamond ended, Colleen once again started up the Daughters of the Dragon organization with Misty as bondswoman.Daughters of the Dragon # 1-5. Marvel Comics.

Succeeding in that during the 2006 "Civil War" storyline, she and Misty create the new Heroes for Hire due to the urging of Iron Man, Reed Richards and Spider-Man.Heroes for Hire Volume 2 #1. Marvel Comics.

Colleen has been identified as one of the 142 registered superheroes who have registered as part of the Initiative.Avengers: The Initiative #1. Marvel Comics.[https://archive.today/20120526061017/http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.947 Avengers: The Initiative #1 Character Map] In the group's most recent mission, Colleen Wing and Tarantula were offered to the Brood Queen by their possessed teammate HumbugHeroes For Hire Volume 2 # 13. Marvel Comics. When Shang-Chi and the other heroes come save them, Colleen is in traumatic shock; she is further agitated when Moon-Boy, whom the group had been hired to apprehend for S.H.I.E.L.D. is taken into custody by Paladin.Heroes For Hire Volume 2 # 9. Marvel Comics. Misty had made a deal with him in order to find both her and Tarantula after their capture.Heroes For Hire Volume 2 # 14. Marvel Comics. Colleen, deeply upset by this, left the group as a result. Heroes for Hire disbanded in the aftermath of this.Heroes For Hire Volume 2 # 15. Marvel Comics.

Following Daredevil's takeover of Hell's Kitchen during the "Shadowland" storyline, Misty, Colleen Wing, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Shang-Chi confront him in attempt to stop him without violence. After a commotion happens elsewhere in his castle, he attacks the group, believing they are responsible.Shadowland # 2. Marvel Comics. Days after the fight, Colleen is contacted by Daredevil, offering information about her mother. Upon visiting him again, he reveals to her that her mother actually led a resurrected Hand group of all swordswomen called "the Nail". Colleen's mother and the Nail were eventually assassinated by one of The Hand's enemies. Daredevil then asks her to lead a new incarnation of the group.Shadowland: The Daughters of the Shadow #1. Marvel Comics. She eventually accepts and meets the Nail consisting of Black Lotus, Cherry Blossom, Makro, and Yuki.Shadowland: Daughters of the Shadow #2. Marvel Comics. Colleen later betrays the Nail and has to defend herself against them.Shadowland: Daughters of the Shadow #3. Marvel Comics.

During the "Blood Hunt" storyline, Colleen Wing and Morbius the Living Vampire were abducted by vampires piloting a Beyond Foods truck while looking for a cure. When they get out and take an elevator to Floor Z4, they come across a floor filled with vampires. Though Colleen Wing and Morbius fight some vampires, the fight is broken up by the vampire Theocritus who subdues Colleen Wing. He has Colleen taken to the pens as he explains to Morbius that they are in Hemoglobin Inc. who needs him to finish the vampire cure once and for all.Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #1. Marvel Comics.

Colleen Wing was an athletic woman with no superhuman abilities. She has achieved mastery of the traditional combat skills of the Japanese samurai, including swordsmanship (Kenjutsu); she is a talented swordswoman and has been shown defeating several HYDRA agents with no injury.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=August 2010}} She is also highly skilled in other martial arts such as Judo,Iron Fist vol. 2 #2 (October 1996). Marvel Comics. Karate, and Iaidō.Daughters of the Dragon #6 (July 2006). Marvel Comics.

After being brainwashed as a living weapon by Iron Fist foe Master Khan, Danny melds his mind with hers in order to break her free of this control.Iron Fist #6. Marvel Comics. As a result, Colleen gains knowledge of K'un L'un martial arts as well as chi control; allowing her to focus her chi to enhance her strength, accelerate her healing, and reduce her body functions to survive severe conditions.

She wields a 1,000-year-old katana which she inherited from her grandfather. Colleen is also a seasoned private detective with excellent investigative skills.

• Colleen appears briefly in the alternate timeline of the 1995–1996 "Age of Apocalypse" storyline. She and Misty Knight were in the same human pens and escaped together. However, Colleen was infested by a Brood-infested Christopher Summers and later killed by Misty Knight.Tales from the Age of Apocalypse #2. Marvel Comics.
• An Ultimate Marvel version of Colleen Wing appears in Ultimate Spider-Man #110 as the wife of Danny Rand.Ultimate Spider-Man #110. Marvel Comics.
• Colleen appears in the alternate timeline of the 2005 "House of M" storyline as a member of the Dragons, in which the leader is Shang-Chi. Later, she was among the captured Dragons in a trap arranged by both the Kingpin and the Brotherhood. They were freed by Luke Cage in order to help the Avengers defeat the Brotherhood.House of M: Avengers #3 - #5. Marvel Comics.
• In A.I.M.'s pocket dimension of Earth-13584, Colleen Wing appears as a member of Spider-Man's gang.Dark Avengers Vol. 2 #187. Marvel Comics.

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{{See also|Colleen Wing (Marvel Cinematic Universe)}}

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Colleen Wing appears in Marvel's Netflix television series, portrayed by Jessica Henwick:{{cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/01/iron-fist-jessica-henwick |title=Marvel's Iron Fist casts The Force Awakens actress in lead role |last=Hibberd |first=James |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=April 1, 2016 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403192752/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/01/iron-fist-jessica-henwick |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

• First appearing in the first season of Iron Fist, this version runs a dojo in Chinatown, teaching self-defense lessons to disadvantaged youths. She meets Danny Rand, who initially challenges her before she gradually warms up to him when Ward Meachum attempts to bribe her.{{cite episode|title=Snow Gives Way|series=Marvel's Iron Fist|credits=Dahl, John (director); Scott Buck (writer)|network=Netflix|airdate=March 17, 2017|season=1|number=1}}{{cite episode|title=Shadow Hawk Takes Flight|series=Marvel's Iron Fist|credits=Dahl, John (director); Scott Buck (writer)|network=Netflix|airdate=March 17, 2017|season=1|number=2}} After convincing her to join him in his fight against the Hand by buying her building, becoming her landlord, and remitting her rent,{{cite episode|title=Under Leaf Pluck Lotus|series=Marvel's Iron Fist|credits=Briesewitz, Uta (director); Cristine Chambers (writer)|network=Netflix|airdate=March 17, 2017|season=1|number=5}} Wing works with Rand to dismantle the Hand's operations and they gradually fall in love with each other, both unaware that her sensei Bakuto is a founding member of the Hand who used her dojo to find recruits.{{cite episode|title=Black Tiger Steals Heart|series=Marvel's Iron Fist|credits=Hoar, Peter (director); Quinton Peeples (writer)|network=Netflix|airdate=March 17, 2017|season=1|number=10}} When Rand discovers this, he and Wing briefly part ways, though they quickly reconcile after Bakuto tries to have her killed by her own students. Wing and Rand later defeat Harold Meachum and travel to K'un-L'un, only to find the entrance closed and littered with the corpses of Hand ninjas.{{cite episode|title=Dragon Plays with Fire|series=Marvel's Iron Fist|credits=Surjik, Stephen (director); Scott Buck, Tamara Becher-Wilkinson and Pat Charles (writer)|network=Netflix|airdate=March 17, 2017|season=1|number=13}}
• As of the miniseries The Defenders,{{cite tweet |user=TheDefenders |number=794177340657930241 |date=November 3, 2016 |title=For @MarvelIronFist's @Jhenwick, this fight is just beginning. #Defenders |link=https://twitter.com/TheDefenders/status/794177340657930241 |access-date=November 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6lkFX0vK2?url=https://twitter.com/TheDefenders/status/794177340657930241 |archive-date=November 3, 2016 |url-status=live}} Wing and Rand began traveling the world to find members of the Hand until they are attacked by Elektra Natchios and, following a dying Chaste member's last words, return to New York, where Rand battles Luke Cage until Wing and Claire Temple help the pair work out their differences.{{cite episode|title=The H Word|series=The Defenders|credits=Clarkson, S.J. (director); Douglas Petrie & Marco Ramirez (writer)|network=Netflix|airdate=August 18, 2017|season=1|number=1}}{{cite episode|title=Worst Behavior|series=The Defenders|credits=Hoar, Peter (director); Lauren Schmidt Hissrich & Douglas Petrie (writer)|network=Netflix|airdate=August 18, 2017|season=1|number=3}} While Rand joins forces with Cage, Matt Murdock, and Jessica Jones to battle the Hand,{{cite episode|title=Take Shelter|series=Marvel's The Defenders|credits=Briesewitz, Uta (director); Lauren Schmidt Hissrich & Douglas Petrie & Marco Ramirez (writer)|network=Netflix|airdate=August 18, 2017|season=1|number=5}} Wing works with Temple and Misty Knight to protect their loved ones from Bakuto.
• Wing returns in the Luke Cage episode "Wig Out", in which she reunites with Knight and trains her to fight with one arm following the events of The Defenders.{{cite episode|title=Wig Out|series=Marvel's Luke Cage|credits=Jobst, Marc (director); Matt Owens (writer)|network=Netflix|airdate=June 22, 2018|season=2|number=3}}
• Wing returns in the second season of Iron Fist, in which she and Rand battle his brother Davos while she investigates the history of a brush and comb set marked with the symbol on her katana. By the end of the season, Rand passes the mantle of the Iron Fist to Wing upon discovering she is the descendant of Wu Ao-Shi, the first woman to defeat Shou-Lao.{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Autumn Noel |date=2018-09-07 |title='Iron Fist' Season 2 Ending Explained: Answers From the Comic Books |url=https://www.newsweek.com/iron-fist-season-2-explained-ending-meaning-orson-randall-wu-ao-shi-colleen-1112380 |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=Newsweek}}

• Colleen Wing appears in Iron Fist's ending for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 as a member of his new Heroes for Hire.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Colleen Wing appears as an assist character in Marvel Heroes.{{Cite web|url = http://www.mmorpg.com/mobile/features.cfm?read=7823&game=693&ismb=1|title = Sweet Christmas! It's Patch 1.3!|date = 16 December 2014|access-date = 21 March 2016|website = MMORPG.com|last = Bitton|first = Michael}} This version is a member of the Heroes for Hire.
• Colleen Wing appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Colleen Wing appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.{{cite web|title=Characters|url=http://m.ign.com/wikis/lego-marvel-super-heroes-2/Characters|website=IGN Database|date=19 May 2017 |access-date=28 January 2018}}

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• {{Marvelwiki|colleen-wing|Colleen Wing}}
• [http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/w/wingcolleen.htm Colleen Wing at Marvel Directory.com]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20030625205538/http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2855/dod.html Daughters of the Dragon at Women of Marvel Comics]

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