Thomas Morita (Earth-Two)

The early life of Thomas Morita was fraught with difficulty. His parents immigrated to the United States from Japan before the Great Depression. During the Depression, his father was unable to find work and eventually died. His mother died soon afterward, leaving only Thomas and his sister, Nancy. Morita traveled to his parents' homeland to train as a samurai and learning of the Japanese-American internment only further fueled his hatred of America. At some point during his training, he underwent some unexplained mystical process that imbued him with the power to transform into animals.

Kung undertook his first assignment on December 30, 1941, to kill Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his way to Washington, D.C. but was stopped by the hero Commander Steel. ^[1]

On March 4, 1942, Kung was hired by the mysterious Prince Daka to team up with Tsunami, Samurai, and Sumo, to infiltrate the All-Star Squadron's headquarters and steal Starman's gravity rod. This theft was thwarted by the Guardian and Kung escaped with Prince Daka. ^[2]

In 1943, Kung was assigned to kill General Douglas MacArthur in Washington, D.C. Wonder Woman foiled the assassination attempt, but Kung escaped to his sister's home in New York's Chinatown. Kung tried again to assassinate MacArthur at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but was himself killed while saving his sister from the weight of a teetering battleship, whose drydock supports had been washed away. ^[3]

Sometime prior to his death, Kung was brought aboard the Monitor's Satellite by Harbinger as part of a combined effort to save the remaining Earths from the Anti-Monitor. He was later recruited by Brainiac as part of his massive super-villain army to conquer those remaining Earths. ^[4]^[5]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Animal Mimicry: Kung had the ability to transform himself into animal forms through concentration. Among the animals he transformed into were a man-sized insect, a tiger, and a rhinoceros. Kung was able to retain his human intelligence when transformed but reverted back to his human form if he somehow lost his concentration.

Abilities

Martial Arts: As a samurai, Kung was also a master of several Japanese martial arts.

Notes

This version of Thomas Morita (Earth-Two), including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the Multiverse in the 1985-86 Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series and is now considered apocryphal.

A Post-Crisis version of Kung debuted in the Guns of the Dragon limited series.

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[0] All-Star Squadron #8

[1] All-Star Squadron #42-43

[2] Wonder Woman #237-238

[3] Crisis on Infinite Earths #5

[4] Crisis on Infinite Earths #9

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