LOL almost sixty years of existence and he has 37 pictures on ComicVine.
WONG
Created By: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko
First Appearance: Strange Tales #110 (July 1963)
Role: Ethnic Helper
Group Affiliations: None
PL 8 (105)
STRENGTH 3
STAMINA 4
AGILITY 6
FIGHTING 11
DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 3
AWARENESS 3
PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Acrobatics 5 (+11)
Athletics 8 (+11)
Deception 2 (+4)
Expertise (Magic) 8 (+11)
Expertise (Manservant) 6 (+9)
Insight 2 (+5)
Investigation 2 (+5)
Perception 5 (+8)
Advantages:
Agile Feint, Close Attack, Defensive Attack, Ranged Attack
Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Initiative +6
Defenses:
Dodge +11 (DC 21), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +4, Fortitude +6, Will +6
Complications:
Responsibility (Dr. Strange's Employ)- Wong is devoted, as all firstborne males in his family are, to the service of good- chiefly The Sorceror Supreme of Earth.
Relationship (Sara Wolfe, Imei Chang)- Wong was attracted to Dr. Strange's secretary, but broke it off when his arranged bride came of age. Imei was later killed, sending Wong into a maddened state for a while.
Relationship (Dr. Strange)- The two are close friends, but have had their differences- Wong was a savage enemy after Strange was responsible for Imei's death (it was save her, or save several more people).
Total: Abilities: 72 / Skills: 38--19 / Advantages: 4 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 10 (105)
-Wong is part of the classic old fiction trope, which kind of hit its peak between the Newspaper Comic Strip and Comic Book Silver Age Eras- the "Ethnic Helper" character. Mandrake the Magician had Lothar, The Green Hornet had Kato, and TONS of guys had, uh... controversial-looking black buddies- sometimes the characters are for gags, and sometimes they're there to add a sense of mysticism or "the old ways" to a character. And so it was a Genre Convention that Doctor Strange would have an Asian-looking helper character named Wong as his assistant. Unusually, he is the ONLY Silver Age Marvel character with this old genre convention, which is no longer seen as quite so appropriate. But Wong has been Grandfather Claused in, and usually remains at Strange's side as friend and confidante.
-Wong was Strange's manservant for years, and we'd finally learn that he was descended from a man who had, unbeknownst to him, aided an Evil Warlord in stealing souls and grabbing power- the man then devoted his family lineage to serving good Wizards instead. Wong briefly pursued a relationship with Strange's secretary Sara Wolfe, but soon an arranged marriage with Imei Chang got in the way, and he instead went with her. Wong was once turned into a vampire by Dracula, and abducted by Urthona and the Shadowqueen (the wife of Wong's descendant), but was rescued by the hero every time- in short, Wong is a "Dude in Distress", actually getting kidnapped almost as much as the women Strange likes.
-He has a cute-looking relationship with Imei, but she is ultimately killed in the grim & gritty '90s by Sister Nil, one of the Lilin. Strange could have saved her, but instead chose to save a multitude of people- this drove Wong insane with rage, and he became a regular opponent for a while until the two finally made peace- Wong was allowed to say goodbye to Imei's spirit on a joint quest the two men went on. After this, they resolved to see each other as equals, not master & servant. But the '90s soon ended Strange's regular book, and so Wong was hit by an epic case of "Back To Basics Syndrome", suddenly becoming just a manservant again in many stories that featured Strange. He helps serve the runaway Avengers, has a cancer that Strange must cure, and turns out to have formed a secret group of wizards to protect Strange from behind the scenes. All extremely minor stuff, really- I think he got the most focus as a real character in that 1980s-90s span. Which is kinda too bad because he's, like, Marvel's only Asian hero for AGES.
-Wong is a solid PL 7.5 fighter, being more of a capable Assistant than a major fighter on his own (I mean, he does ALRIGHT, but the Professional Super-Heroes are likely out of his league- it's not like the dude gets to spar all the time).
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