Naver Webtoon Exclusively Serializes Marvel Hero Webtoon 'Shang-Chi'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Marvel's first Asian hero, 'Shang-Chi,' is now available on Naver Webtoon.

Naver Webtoon announced on the 1st that it will exclusively serialize the webtoon Shang-Chi as the second series of the 'Marvel Webtoon Project.'

Shang-Chi is a hero origin story based on the Marvel comic of the same name published in 2020. The webtoon will be presented in a total of 8 episodes and can be enjoyed every Wednesday and Sunday on Naver Webtoon and Naver Series.

A Naver Webtoon official said, "With the release of Marvel Studios' movie ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ on the same day, fans can enjoy the diverse charms of Shang-Chi through both the webtoon and the movie simultaneously," adding, "We expect that discovering the similarities and differences between the stories in the two genres will also be a highlight for viewers."

Meanwhile, Naver Webtoon has been presenting the Marvel Webtoon Project since this year in collaboration with Marvel Comics and Sigongsa, the official Marvel publisher in Korea. This project is the world's first title to recreate Marvel Comics' printed comics into vertical scroll webtoons optimized for mobile environments.

In July, the first series, the webtoon ‘Black Widow,’ was released, and the original comics of the movies 'Eternals' and 'Spider-Man: No Way Home,' scheduled to be released in November and December respectively, will also be presented as webtoons.

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