At one point, there was debate on whether or not Iron Fist should be played by an actor of Asian descent. This didn't happen, of course, thus prolonging the issue of the dearth of Asian actors in lead roles. Why no-one ever turned around and optioned to do a “Shang-Chi: Master of Kung-Fu series”, is still a mystery to the ages.

A martial artist from China, Shang-Chi was trained as an assassin to serve his villainous father, only to defect and become an agent for British Intelligence. Throughout the years, he would team up with many famous characters and even become a member of the famous Heroes for Hire team and a little team called the Avengers

Created during the Kung-Fu boom of the 1970's by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin. “Master of Kung-Fu” rode the wave created by the surge of Bruce Lee's popularity. But unlike the many copycat movies made during this era, this series mixed the cool and flashy style of “Enter the Dragon” with the nourish crime and spy elements of Sax Rohmer. In fact, in the original publication, Shang-Chi was the son of famed super-villain Fu Manchu (though Shang-Chi is thankfully much less of a yellow peril stereotype than his infamous father).

Shang-Chi would be great as a Netflix-style series, but would also allow for stories on a larger scale and with more diverse locales, as Shang-Chi's role from the comics as a secret agent (maybe an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D for synergy purposes) can have the lead travel the world in his search for justice and vengeance against his evil father (which, unless the messy copyright status of Fu Manchu is ever resolved, might need to changed to a different character).

Fans have been clamoring for diversity, so why not give it to them in both the actors and the types of stories to tell?