Razor Fist

Fictional character biography

William Young

The first Razor Fist is William Young, an assassin, bodyguard, and enforcer employed by Carlton Velcro, who surgically replaced his hands with steel blades. Razor Fist battles Shang-Chi, during which he is accidentally shot to death by Velcro's guards.

Doctor Doom later creates two robot duplicates of Razor Fist, which he pits against Shang-Chi.

William and Douglas Scott

The Scott brothers are servants of Carlton Velcro who each lost a hand in a car accident. They both become known as Razor Fist and pretend to be only one person. Each brother lost one hand in a car accident, which were subsequently replaced by long knife-like stabbing weapons by Velcro.

After Velcro accidentally kills William, Douglas is defeated and captured by Shang-Chi and Pavane. Sometime after William is killed, Douglas loses his other hand and replaces both his missing hands with blades.

Razor Fist begins working for the crime lord Roche in Madripoor and is assigned to kill Wolverine. With the assistance of a mutant pseudo-vampire, he overpowers Wolverine and knocks him off a cliff.

In New Avengers, the Hood recruits Razor Fist, among other villains, into his gang to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.

Under the employ of White Dragon, Razor Fist murders undercover MI-6 agent Leiko Wu, the lover of his leader's rival Triad clan leader Skull-Crusher, in London's Chinatown. Razor Fist and some of White Dragon's men attempt to attack Shang-Chi, who was in London investigating Leiko's death but are thwarted by the Daughters of the Dragon and flee the fight when Shang-Chi recognizes the tattoo of the Mao Shan Pai, a powerful black magic, on one of White Dragon's men. After Midnight Sun, Shang-Chi's brother and the true mastermind behind White Dragon, accidentally resurrects Leiko with the Mao Shan Pai, Razor Fist attempts to kill her a second time. However, he is beaten by Leiko, who rips his blades from his arms. Before she can kill Razor Fist, Leiko is stopped by Shang-Chi.

Powers and abilities

Each Razor Fist has no known superhuman powers. However, each Razor Fist's physical strength, speed, stamina, agility, and endurance are honed to the peak of human conditioning. The first Razor Fist's hands were both surgically replaced with steel blades which he used as weapons, while the former two Razor Fists initially had only one hand replaced with a steel blade. The last remaining Razor Fist eventually had his other hand replaced by a similar blade as well.

Each Razor Fist is highly skilled in multiple forms of combat, with extensive training in hand-to-hand combat and martial arts.

Other versions

An alternate universe version of Douglas Scott / Razor Fist from Earth-13116 appears in Master of Kung Fu (vol. 2). This version is a student of the Ten Rings school and enforcer of Emperor Zheng Zu who wields the Mortal Blade, a technique that makes his hands razor sharp.

In other media

• An original incarnation of Razor Fist appears in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, portrayed by Florian Munteanu. This version is Matthias, a Romanian member of the Ten Rings and the adopted son of its leader Wenwu.
• The Douglas Scott incarnation of Razor Fist appears in Marvel Avengers Alliance. He is killed as part of a ritual sacrifice and later found by a group of heroes.

References

References

1. ''[[Master of Kung Fu (comics). Master of Kung Fu]]'' #29 (June 1975)
2. ''Master of Kung Fu'' #59–60 (December 1977 - January 1978)
3. ''Master of Kung Fu'' #105 (October 1981)
4. ''[[Daughters of the Dragon]]'' #1–2 (March - April 2006)
5. ''[[West Coast Avengers]]'' (vol. 2) #11 (August 1986)
6. ''[[Marvel Comics Presents]]'' #2–4 (September - October 1988)
7. ''[[New Avengers]]'' #35 (December 2007)
8. ''[[The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu]]'' (vol. 2) #1–4 (July - October 2014)
9. ''Master of Kung Fu'' (vol. 2) #1–2 (July - August 2015)
10. Paige, Rachel. (December 10, 2020). "'Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings' Reveals Additional Cast".
11. Shaunette, Morgan. (December 1, 2021). "Marvel Reveals Shang-Chi and [SPOILER] Are Adoptive Brothers".