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| character_name = Wing
| publisher = [[DC Comics]]
| debut = ''Detective Comics'' #20 (October 1938)
| creators = Jim Chambers
| alter_ego =
| full_name =Wing How
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| alliances = [[Seven Soldiers of Victory]]<br/>[[All-Star Squadron]]
| partners =
| aliases = <!-- optional -->
| supports=[[Crimson Avenger]]
| powers = Skilled martial artist
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'''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==
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==References==
*[http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=wing Wing at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]
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