Lei Kung (character)
Lei Kung the Thunderer is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a master martial artist whose pupils include his son Steel Serpent and Iron Fist.
Lei Kung was portrayed by Hoon Lee in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Netflix television series Iron Fist.
Publication history
The character first appeared in Marvel Premiere #16.Fictional character biography
Several millennia ago, after she was busted for training three cavemen, Fan Fei was chained up and watched as the cavemen were fed to Shou-Lao by Lei Kung. When Fei defeated Shou-Lao, Kung had Fei exiled from K'un-Lun. Sometime later, Kung was at the entrance of K'un-Lun when Fei came across it. Kung states that her sentencing was wrong and wanted to bring her home. Fei declined stating that Earth was her home and her fights here are just the beginning.In the present day Yu-Ti apprenticed the young Danny Rand to Lei Kung the Thunderer, who teaches him the martial arts while in the mystical city of K'un-L'un. The Steel Serpent, Lei's exiled son, later becomes an enemy of Iron Fist while seeking to claim his power. Many years ago, when Davos failed to defeat Shou-Lao, Lei Kung found him weeping in the snow before taking him back to K'un-L'un.
During the Tournament of Heaven, the Yu-Ti's corruption is revealed to the populace and Lei Kung leads a rebel army called the Army of Thunder against him. After Nu-An flees K'un-Lun, Lei Kung succeeds him as the Yu-Ti.
During the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline, Iron Fist brings Lei Kung to take Hope Summers to K'un-L'un for training. As the Phoenix Force-powered Namor attacks Wakanda, Iron Man tells Kung to pull Hope back to K'un-L'un and seal the portal before Namor gets through. The Avengers later arrive in K'un-L'un. When the Phoenix Force-powered Cyclops attacks K'un-L'un, Kung meets with Hope outside the Cave of Shou-Lao telling her that it is time for her final lesson. The two ride Shou-Lao into battle, but are blasted out of the air by the Phoenix Force-powered Cyclops. Tapping into Shou-Lao's powers, Hope returns Cyclops to Earth, temporarily incapacitating him. K'un-L'un is rebuilt following the battle, but Kung refuses outside help in doing so.
The crazed android known as the One, believing itself to be Wendell Rand, attacked K'un-Lun in revenge for abandoning it and killed many civilians, including Lei Kung. After his death, Lei Kung's face was stolen by the One.