Mister Wu

Real Name: Wu

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Detective

Affiliations: Alfie

Enemies: Unknown

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: U.S.A.

First Appearance: All Select Comics #11 (Timely, Fall 1946)

Powers/Abilities: Excellent investigator. Good fighter, sometimes uses his cane as a weapon.

History: (All Select Comics #11, Blonde Phantom #12, ga) Mister Wu was a gentleman detective of Indian extraction. He worked as a private investigator in the U.S., ably assisted by his friend Alfie.

Comments: Timely Comic's first Asian hero.

Thanks to Jess Nevins for allowing me to use information from his excellent Golden Age Heroes Directory and his Guide to Golden Age Marvel Characters. Thanks also to Richard Boucher & Darrin Wiltshire @ PR-Publications for permission to use information from their equally brilliant collection of Golden Age Sites, PR Publications. Their knowledge of Golden Age characters far outstrips my own.

CLARIFICATIONS: None.

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