Wonder Woman: Encyclopedia of Villains

Name: Kung
First Appearance: Wonder Woman #237 (1977)
Creators: Gerry Conway and Jose Delbo
Abilities: Mastery of martial arts. The ability to transform into any animal real or imaginary.


Backstory: Thomas was born in America to immigrants who spent their lives suffering cruel mistreatment due to their ethnicity, eventually resulting in their deaths.

Washing his hands of America, Thomas returned to Japan, and trained to become a master of martial arts. The mastery of which also allowed him to shapeshift into any animal by perfectly mimicing its motions to the point that he would turn into that animal.

When he heard of the internment of Japanese Americans and discovered that his sister was pretending to be Chinese to avoid being locked away as well, Thomas took on the name of Kung and approached the Japanese government, revealing his abilities.

Becoming an assassin representing Japan, Kung would do what he could to destroy the country he was born from which destroyed his family.

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