I Ching (comics)
{{Infobox comics character
|image =225px
|caption = I Ching from Wonder Woman #180,
artist Mike Sekowsky.
|character_name = I Ching
|publisher = DC Comics
|debut = Wonder Woman #179 (November 1968)
|creators = Denny O'Neil (writer)
Mike Sekowsky (artist)
|real_name = I Ching
|species =
|homeworld =
|alliances = Justice League of China
|aliases =
|supports = Wonder Woman
Super-Man
|powers = Martial artist
Mystic
Living embodiment of yin and yang
}}
I Ching (often spelled I-Ching) is a fictional, blind martial artist published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Wonder Woman #179 (November 1968), and was created by Denny O'Neil and Mike Sekowsky. The character was created to further the editorial plans to reboot Wonder Woman's premise and characters.{{cite book |last1=Wells |first1=John |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-1969 |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490557 |page=217}}
Fictional character biography
= Pre-''Crisis'' =
I Ching is the last surviving member of an ancient sect who were killed by Doctor Cyber's agents.{{cite book |last1=Jimenez |first1=Phil |last2=Wells |first2=John |title=The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0345501073 |pages=205–206}} He becomes Wonder Woman's mentor after she gives up her powers to remain on Earth rather than accompany the Amazons in traveling to another dimension to restore their magic.
in Wonder Woman #204 (1973), I Ching is killed by an unidentified sniper.{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=McAvennie |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |title=DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-8578-6 |page=148}}
=Post-''Crisis''/"One Year Later"=
{{main|One Year Later#Wonder Woman}}
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot, I Ching is resurrected, becomes an ally of Batman, and tutors Kong Kenan, the Super-Man of China. He is additionally revealed to have a villainous twin brother named All-Yang, with the two embodying yin and yang.
References
External links
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- [http://www.supermansupersite.com/1971a.html Superman - The Sandman Saga]
- [http://www.fanzing.com/mag/fanzing37/feature7.shtml The Diana Prince Era (Fanzing.com)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210192435/http://www.fanzing.com/mag/fanzing37/feature7.shtml |date=2007-02-10}}
- [http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=iching The Unofficial I Ching Chronology]
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Category:Characters created by Dennis O'Neil
Category:Characters created by Mike Sekowsky
Category:Comics characters introduced in 1968
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Category:DC Comics martial artists
Category:Fictional blind characters
Category:Fictional Buddhist monks
Category:Fictional martial artists