MAO LIU-CHO
Real Name: Mao Liu-Cho
Identity/Class: Human (Chinese)
Occupation: Si-Fan faction leader
Group Membership: Si-Fan, the Coiled Serpent Syndicate
Affiliations: Deng Lin-Xiao, Mao Liu-Cho, Hsien Ming-Ho;
possibly Wilson Fisk
Enemies: Hellfire Club, Shang-Chi
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Hong Kong, China
First Appearance: (seen in a hologram) X-Men II#62 (March, 1997);
(full) Journey into Mystery I#514 (November, 1997)
Powers/Abilities: Mao Liu-Cho has been described as "insane." He is an experienced criminal mastermind.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'0")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 200 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: White
History:
(X-Men II#62 (fb) - BTS) - Following the apparent death of their long-time leader Fu Manchu,
the Si-Fan split into four factions: the Sleeping Dragon Clan led by
Chiang Kai-Dong; the Steel Lotus Group led by Hsien Ming-Ho; the Wild
Tiger Mob led by Deng Lin-Xiao; and the Coiled Serpent Syndicate led by
Mao Liu-Cho.
As the Hellfire Club sought the secret of Fu Manchu's Elixir Vitae in the hopes it could be used to cure the Legacy Virus, Mao Liu-Cho and the other faction leaders made a sudden disappearance. Intelligence operative Clive Reston researched the disappearance of Liu-Cho and the others and alerted Shang-Chi and the X-Men, showing his allies a holographic representation of Liu-Cho and the other faction leaders as he recapped what he had learned. Reston characterized Mao Liu-Cho as "insane."
(X-Men II#63-64 - BTS) - The Si-Fan worked in partnership with Stark-Fujikawa and their representative Wilson Fisk, supplying him with the Elixir Vitae to determine whether it could be used to cure the Legacy Virus.
(Journey into Mystery I#514) - Chiang Kai-Dong, Mao Liu-Cho and Hsien Ming-Ho met with Deng Lin-Xiao in Hong Kong at a bar and witnessed Lin-Xiao meet with Chow Yun Woo, one of the men distributing his "Wild Tiger" narcotic. The meeting was broken up when Shang-Chi threw the Lin-Xiao's bodyguard into their table with the message "A pebble has come to stir the waters" attached to his chest. Lin-Xiao was embarrassed as being dishonored in front of his rival Si-Fan bosses but Shang-Chi exited without being apprehended.
Comments: Created by Scott Lobdell, Ben Raab, Carlos Pacheco and Art Thibert.
Mao Liu-Cho was not identified by name in Journey into Mystery I#514 but matches up visually with the man seen in Clive Reston's hologram in X-Men II#62. X-Men II#62 didn't elaborate on what happened to Liu-Cho and the other bosses but since they subsequently turned up just fine, one assumes Wilson Fisk put them into some kind of protective custody away from the Hellfire Club while he researched the Elixir Vitae.
Profile by Prime Eternal.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Mao Liu-Cho should not be confused with:
The Coiled Serpent Syndicate were the faction of the Si-Fan that were led by Mao Liu-Cho.
--X-Men II#62 (fb) - BTS
images: (without ads)
X-Men II#62, page 16, panel 1 (hologram of Liu-Cho, main image)
Journey into Mystery I#514, page 8, panel 8 (in person)
Appearances:
X-Men II#62 (March, 1997) - Scott Lobdell (writer), Ben Raab (writer),
Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Art Thibert (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
Journey into Mystery I#514 (November, 1997) - Ben Raab (writer), Brian
Hagen (pencils), Vince Russell (inks), Sandu Florea (inks), Joe
Andreani (editor)
First posted: 08/19/2023
Last updated:
08/19/2023
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
Non-Marvel Copyright info
All other characters mentioned or pictured are ™ and © 1941-2099 Marvel
Characters, Inc. All Rights Reserved. If you like this stuff, you
should check out the real thing!
Please visit The Marvel Official Site at: http://www.marvel.com
Special Thanks to http://www.g-mart.com/ for hosting the Appendix, Master List, etc.!