Zheng Shi-Hua (Earth-616)

Red Cannon
Name	Zheng Shi-Hua
Current Alias	Red Cannon
Aliases	Codenames: Sister Hammer, Commander Hammer, Deadly Hammer Other Aliases: Dirt Girl, Ms. Olympia
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Red Dot Collective Formerly Five Weapons Society, Champions of the Five Weapons Society
Relatives	Grandparents: Xin (maternal grandfather) Parents: Zheng Zu (father, deceased); Jiang Li (mother) Siblings: Zheng Shang-Chi (brother); Brother Staff (half-brother, deceased); Takeshi (half-brother); Zheng Esme (half-sister); Zheng Zhilan (half-sister); Lu (half-brother); Uncle Rat (half-brother); Zheng Bao Yu (half-sister); Moving Shadow (half-brother, deceased); Kwai Far (half-sister); unnamed half-siblings Other Relatives: Zheng Yi (paternal uncle, deceased); Falo (distant relative)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Shaved, Black (formerly)
Unusual Features	Tattoo burned onto her forehead, cybernetic right hand
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	House of the Deadly Hand, Hunan, China
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	Chinese, Russian, American
Occupation	Leader of the Red Dot Collective Formerly Champion of the House of the Deadly Hammer, Supreme Commander of the Five Weapons Society, logger
Base of Operations	Red Dot Collective Headquarters, Chinatown, New York City, New York, USA Formerly House of the Deadly Hand, Hunan, China; House of the Deadly Hammer, Chara Sands, Russia; House of the Deadly Staff, London, England, United Kingdom; Mahatta River, British Columbia, Canada
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Gene Luen Yang, Dike Ruan, Philip Tan
First	Shang-Chi #1 (September, 2020)
First	Shang-Chi #1 (September, 2020)

History

Early Life

The daughter of Zheng Zu and Jiang Li and the younger sister of Shang-Chi, Shi-Hua was raised alongside her brother at their father's Hunan retreat. During their childhood, the two siblings accidentally entered one of their father's forbidden laboratories against his orders. As punishment, Zheng Zu burned a mark on Shi-Hua's forehead and sent her to the House of the Deadly Hammer in Russia while telling Shang-Chi he had her executed to teach him a lesson. Years later, Shi-Hua would eventually become the Champion of her House, only to be unfavorably compared to Shang-Chi by her father, making her resent her older brother.

Usurping Leadership

Shi-Hua as Sister Hammer

Following Zheng Zu's death, the leadership of the Five Weapons Society was passed on to his son, Brother Staff, who Shi-Hua killed to usurp control of the organization. Despite Zheng Zu's spirit selecting Shang-Chi over her for leadership, Shi-Hua named herself Supreme Commander and sent the Warriors of the Deadly Staff to kill her brother. Discovering that she was still alive, Shang-Chi met Shi-Hua to convince her to leave their father's cult. Instead, Shi-Hua poisoned and imprisoned Shang-Chi, but he was rescued by their half-siblings Brother Sabre and Sister Dagger, who refused to accept Shi-Hua as their new Supreme Commander.

Successfully reviving Zheng Zu's experiments with jiangshi, Shi-Hua created a massive army of jiangshi to destroy the western world. While attacking London with her undead army, Shi-Hua was confronted once again by Shang-Chi. When Shang-Chi's wound inflicted by a jiangshi began turning him into one, Shi-Hua used the opportunity to control him to attack their half-siblings. Shang-Chi began resisting, forcing Shi-Hua to plant a microchip containing an "unavenged grievance" on him to put him under her complete control. Instead, the two were transported to the Astral Plane where they witnessed Shi-Hua's childhood memories and were attacked by a vision of their father. When Shang-Chi revealed who their father truly was, Shi-Hua realized that her unavenged grievance was against Zheng Zu and not Shang-Chi, disabling her army and healing Shang-Chi's wounds. Instead of reconciling with her brother, Shi-Hua blamed him for robbing her of her life's purpose and attacked him. However when Leiko Wu shot at her, Shang-Chi caught the bullet, allowing Shi-Hua to flee.

Family Reunion

Shi-Hua fled to Canada and lived under the radar while working as a logger in British Columbia. She was tracked down by her grandfather Chieftain Xin and his Qilin Riders, who attempted to kill her as part of Xin's goal to destroy Zheng Zu's bloodline. During the fight, Xin managed to cut off her right hand; Shi-Hua's pain was also felt by Shang-Chi. Despite this, Shi-Hua continued fighting her attackers. Although he needed her corpse for his ritual, Xin took Shi-Hua' severed hand and fired a final arrow shot at his granddaughter before leaving through a portal. Shi-Hua was left for dead until she was rescued by Shang-Chi and her half-siblings. While the Warriors of the Deadly Hand nursed her wounds and constructed a prosthetic hand for her at the New House of the Deadly Hand, Shang-Chi told her of their mother's survival and capture. Rejoining the Society, Sister Hammer traveled with her brother and the other Champions of the Five Weapons Society to Ta-Lo to rescue her mother and stop her grandfather.

Shortly after arriving in Ta Lo, the siblings were confronted by the Jade Emperor's guards for trespassing and during the battle Sister Hammer made user of her new prosthetic weapon. Despite this, the Jade Emperor arrived and used the Ten Rings to capture the siblings and had the sent to his dungeon. While imprisoned, Sister Hammer asked Shang-Chi why he would still help her after she tried to usurp him. Shang-Chi responded that he didn't want to lose his family and was optimistic that she could escape their father's shadow, which deeply moved Shi-Hua. Under the influence of a Taotie Mask, Xin attacked the siblings in the dungeon to destroy Zu's bloodline once and for all. Shang-Chi took the Emperor's Ten Rings from their vault to save his family from his grandfather.

Empowered by the Rings, Shang-Chi initially gained the upper hand against Xin but began resisting their power when Zu attempted to influence his thoughts, allowing Xin to claim the Ten Rings, which he used to bury Shang-Chi and his siblings underneath the dungeon. However, four the Rings remained with Shang-Chi, which Shang-Chi used to protect them from rubble and to dig themselves out of the dungeon, only to be confronted by the Jade Emperor and his guards. The Emperor tasked Shang-Chi and his siblings with apprehending Xin and recovering the Ten Rings. Revealing that Xin was attacking the House of the Deadly Hand with the Qilin Riders and that Jiang Li was helping defend it with the Warriors of the Deadly Hand, the Emperor provided Shang-Chi and the others with Qilin to return to Earth. At the Society headquarters, Shang-Chi confronted his grandfather again, but lost the remaining Rings to Xin, who then ordered the Riders to destroy New York City. Shang-Chi gave in to his dark desires, reclaiming all of the Ten Rings from Xin and unlocking their full potential but also gave him the appearance and personality of Zheng Zu. Shang-Chi used the Ten Rings to easily defeat Xin and the Qilin Riders, destroying their masks in the process. Before a corrupted Shang-Chi could cut off Xin's hand for what he did to Sister Hammer, Shi-Hua, their siblings and Jiang Li talked him down, freeing him from Zu's influence and sparing Xin. After the Society repaired the damage done to the city and Xin and the Ten Rings were taken back to Ta Lo, Shi-Hua abruptly left the House of the Deadly Hand during the night.

New Identity

Shi-Hua as Red Cannon

Shi-Hua infiltrated the Red Dot Collective under the disguise of Red Cannon, a male cyborg. Shortly after Shi-Hua was recruited, the Collective joined forces with Hydra, A.I.M, the Hand and Inner Demons in raiding the House of the Deadly Hand for the Ten Rings. As Red Cannon, Shi-Hua fought Shang-Chi, who unrecognized her, but was defeated when Shang-Chi hit a pressure point below her elbow, which destroyed her plasma cannon. When Red Dot was killed after attempting to take the Rings, Shang-Chi used their power to force Red Cannon and the other criminals into retreating.

Following Red Dot's death, Shi-Hua became the new leader of the Collective. As Red Cannon, she was chosen by the Most Revered Game Administrators as a participant for the Game of Rings and summoned to the Meritorious Striving Pagoda, where she was given a Ring. Shi-Hua encountered Lady Iron Fan and Razor Fist on the Yellow Level and defeated them, eliminating them from the tournament and acquiring their Rings, leaving Shi-Hua with three. After four participants were eliminated, Shi-Hua was allowed to advance to the White Floor. Shi-Hua came across the fight between Tak and Ghost Maker and killed the two by breaking Tak's neck and fatally shooting Ghost Maker. She subsequently won their Rings, leaving her with five and allowing her to advance to the Red Level. On the Red Level, Shi-Hua hid in the shadows as Shang-Chi and Shen Kuei fought. When Shen Kuei consumed a Wyrmspawn and nearly killed Shang-Chi, Shi-Hua intervened by incapacitating Shen Kuei and killing the Spawn with her flamethrower. Shi-Hua gave up her five Rings and revealed herself to Shang-Chi. Shi-Hua explained that she realized Shang-Chi was afraid of wielding the Ten Rings due to him worrying that they would turn him into their father. Knowing that Shang-Chi would have to compromise his principles to maintain his newfound power, Shi-Hua revealed that she joined and took control of the Collective to use it to do what the Society would not and to protect her brother. Shi-Hua prepared to kill Shen Kuei but was prevented so by Shang-Chi, who destroyed her prosthetic hammer and told her that he did not need that kind of help from her. Somewhat hurt by his words, Shi-Hua told him that he would need her help in the future and withdrew from the tournament.

Attributes

Powers

Psionic Abilities: Due to her being the daughter of the Qilin Rider Jiang Li, Shi-Hua inherited her mother's psionic abilities, allowing her to mentally communicate with her blood relatives.

Abilities

Highly trained assassin, martial artist, and markswoman, with a proficiency for heavy weapons such as war hammers and axes.

Much like her father, Shi-Hua possesses a near-genius intellect and is quite knowledgeable in science and sorcery, being able to recreate her father's experiments with jiangshi. She is also shown to be knowledgeable in advanced technology and engineering.

Shi-Hua is fluent in English, Ancient Mandarin, and Russian.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Cybernetic Armor: While in disguise as Red Cannon, Shi-Hua wore a cybernetic helmet and chest armor that gave her the appearance of a large statured male cyborg. Under the guise of cybernetics, Shi-Hua's armor gave her enhanced durability while her helmet provided an A.I. Enhanced Targeting System and voice modifier. However, the chest plating greatly diminished Shi-Hua's hand-to-hand combat skills and was susceptible to pressure point strikes.

Weapons

Sister Hammer with her original prosthetic weapon

Prosthetic Weapon: After losing her right hand to Chieftain Xin, the Five Weapons Society constructed a prosthetic device to Shi-Hua's wrist. After joining the Red Dot Collective and gaining access to their technology and resources, Shi-Hua applied upgrades to her prosthetic stump, including additional weaponry and the ability to generate a prosthetic hand.

• Energy Hammer: Initially provided by the Five Weapons Society, Shi-Hua could manifest an energy construct shaped like a hammerhead from her stump. After additional upgrades provided by the Red Dot Collective, Shi-Hua included a chain with the energy hammer, allowing it to be fired like a projectile or swung like a flail.
• Plasma Cannon: Shi-Hua can generate a large cannon gun that fires plasma blasts.
• Flamethrower: Shi-Hua's prosthetic weapon is equipped with a flamethrower.

Former Weapons

Wielded a chuí or Chinese hammer in battle until it was destroyed by Shang-Chi.

Trivia

• Zheng Shi-Hua was created for the miniseries Shang-Chi, written by Gene Luen Yang, and she seems to replace Zheng Bao Yu (formerly known as Fah Lo Suee and Cursed Lotus), who also takes over her father's organization after his death.
  • In the stories written by Yang, Bao Yu is not mentioned.

See Also

• 15 appearance(s) of Zheng Shi-Hua (Earth-616)
• 4 mention(s) of Zheng Shi-Hua (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Zheng Shi-Hua (Earth-616)
• 21 image(s) of Zheng Shi-Hua (Earth-616)
• 3 victim(s) killed by Zheng Shi-Hua (Earth-616)