Shang-Chi #5 Review: A Fitting End, But a Far Better Beginning
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Shang-Chi has been wrestling with the responsibility of living in two worlds, one he wanted to fully embrace and another he hoped to leave behind. Even though the clash and outcomes between these two seemed inevitable, the series’ conclusion stops short of making it seem “predictable,” at least in a negative sense.
Shang-Chi #5 may not be the series most visually impressive chapter or its best paced, but it is a fitting end to an even better series.
In an opening that’s about as dramatic as they come, readers see a superhero squad who have mastered their disciplines descending on a city besieged by “ancient Chinese vampires” as an agent aptly puts it. While the ferocity of the Jiangshi and Sister Hammer have been established before, these opening moments reminds readers of that quality in case they held any lingering doubts. A show of agents and civilians being converted into the Jiangshi
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