NOV 3, 2026
THE MANDARIN'S TEN RINGS AREN'T MAGIC — THEY'RE THE ENGINE OF A DEAD DRAGON'S STARSHIP!
He didn't buy the deadliest jewellery in the Marvel Universe. He hot-wired it out of a crashed dragon's dashboard.
Tales of Suspense #50 (1964) debuts the Mandarin already wearing the rings, and Tales of Suspense #62 (1965) reveals their origin: the ten rings were the power source of Axonn-Karr's Makluan starship, salvaged from its wreck in China's forbidden Valley of Spirits.
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