Clive Reston

Clive Reston is a British intelligence operative and agent of MI6 who became an ally of Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung Fu. Implied to be a descendant of both Sherlock Holmes and James Bond, he operates in the world of espionage and international intrigue.

Born into the shadowy world of Marvel's Bronze Age espionage scene, Clive Reston made his debut in Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #3 in 1975, the creation of the legendary team of Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy. Over the course of more than a hundred appearances spanning fifty remarkable years, he's carved out a lasting niche in Marvel's corner of international intrigue, keeping dangerous company alongside the likes of Black Jack Tarr, Leiko Wu, Denis Nayland Smith, and the formidable Shang-Chi cast of heroes and villains. His home turf — Master of Kung Fu, Marvel Comics Presents, and Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu — represents some of the most stylish, cinematically charged storytelling Marvel published in the Bronze Age and beyond. With a key issue to his name and a presence that has endured into the 2020s, Clive Reston is exactly the kind of richly textured supporting player that true Marvel deep-divers treasure.