Wing (comics) 847770 174581824 2007-11-29T12:21:00Z Doczilla 881880 clean up using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Superherobox <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics--> | image = | caption = | character_name = Wing | publisher = [[DC Comics]] | debut = ''Detective Comics'' #20 (October 1938) | creators = Jim Chambers | alter_ego = | full_name =Wing How | species = <!-- optional --> | homeworld = <!-- optional --> | alliances = [[Seven Soldiers of Victory]]<br/>[[All-Star Squadron]] | partners = | aliases = <!-- optional --> | supports=[[Crimson Avenger]] | powers = Skilled martial artist }} '''Wing''' (full name '''Wing How''') is a [[fictional character]] in the [[DC Comics]] [[DC Universe|universe]]. He is the [[Asia]]n sidekick and [[valet]] to the [[Crimson Avenger]], one of the first costumed heroes of the [[Golden Age of Comics]]. He bears more than a slight resemblance to [[Kato (The Green Hornet)|Kato]], the sidekick of [[The Green Hornet]]. Wing first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #20 (October, 1938). ==Fictional character background== Wing began as a uniformed [[chauffeur]] of the Crimson Avenger's [[alter ego]] Lee Travis. A [[Chinese people|Chinese]] immigrant who moved to America to escape [[Japan]]ese persecution in the days leading up to [[World War II]], Wing helps to instill a social conscience in his employer. When the death of a fellow reporter motivates Travis to become the Crimson Avenger, Wing assists him in his fight against crime. Curiously, despite Wing's initial lack of a costume, no one ever makes a connection between Travis' chauffeur and the Crimson Avenger. When the Crimson Avenger abandons his cloak and [[Fedora (hat)|fedora]] for a more traditional [[superhero]] costume, Wing dons a matching yellow costume and becomes his official sidekick.<ref>''Detective Comics'' #44</ref> He serves as a member of the [[Seven Soldiers of Victory]] (as the honorary "eighth Soldier") and the [[All-Star Squadron]]. However, the Crimson Avenger frequently attempts to dissuade Wing from this path, believing that the bright young man has a better future ahead of him than running about in a costume fighting madmen. In ''[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]'' #100 (August 1972), it is revealed that Wing sacrificed his life to defeat the cosmic being known as the [[Nebula Man]], a creature who scatters the other Soldiers through time. ==Powers and abilities== Wing is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, including [[judo]] and [[karate]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== *[http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=wing Wing at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe] [[Category:Comic book sidekicks]] [[Category:DC Comics superheroes]] [[Category:Asian superheroes]] [[Category:Fictional sidekicks]] [[Category:Fictional chauffeurs]]