I Ching (comics)
title: "I Ching (comics)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["characters-created-by-dennis-o'neil", "characters-created-by-mike-sekowsky", "chinese-superheroes", "comics-characters-introduced-in-1968", "dc-comics-male-superheroes", "dc-comics-martial-artists", "fictional-blind-characters", "fictional-buddhist-monks", "fictional-martial-artists", "fictional-sole-survivors", "wonder-woman-characters"] topic_path: "geography/china" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching_(comics)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | [[Image:WW180.gif |
| caption | I Ching from Wonder Woman #180, |
| artist Mike Sekowsky. | |
| character_name | I Ching |
| publisher | DC Comics |
| debut | Wonder Woman #179 (November 1968) |
| creators | Denny O'Neil (writer) |
| Mike Sekowsky (artist) | |
| real_name | I Ching |
| alliances | Justice League of China |
| aliases | |
| supports | Wonder Woman |
| Super-Man | |
| powers | Martial artist |
| Mystic | |
| Living embodiment of yin and yang | |
| :: |
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I Ching (often spelled I-Ching) is a fictional, blind martial artist published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Wonder Woman #179 (November 1968), and was created by Denny O'Neil and Mike Sekowsky. The character was created to further the editorial plans to reboot Wonder Woman's premise and characters.
Fictional character biography
Pre-''Crisis''
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I Ching is the last surviving member of an ancient sect who were killed by Doctor Cyber's agents. He becomes Wonder Woman's mentor after she gives up her powers to remain on Earth rather than accompany the Amazons in traveling to another dimension to restore their magic.
in Wonder Woman #204 (1973), I Ching is killed by an unidentified sniper.
Post-''Crisis''/"One Year Later"
Main article: One Year Later (comics)#Wonder Woman
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot, I Ching is resurrected, becomes an ally of Batman, and tutors Kong Kenan, the Super-Man of China. He is additionally revealed to have a villainous twin brother named All-Yang, with the two embodying yin and yang.
References
References
- (2014). "American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-1969". TwoMorrows Publishing.
- (2010). "The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia". Del Rey.
- (2019). "DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle". DK Publishing.
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