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Nunchaku

Nunchaku

A traditional Okinawan weapon consisting of two sticks chained together, the Nunchaku or nunchuks are a complicated weapon to wield.

Name:
Nunchaku
Aliases:
  • Nunchuks
Start year:
1976
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Overview

Contrary to popular belief, the Nunchuk is not a Japanese weapon, it was not developed by villagers to be used against the Samurai or the Ninja, nor did either group use it. The Nunchuks was a not a wildly used or popular weapon as it was ineffective against the most widely used weapons of the time such as the Katana and the Naginata.

List of characters who use the Nunchuks

  • Armakuni
  • Bruce Lee
  • Damian Wayne
  • Daredevil
  • Fei Long
  • Hon-Fu
  • Kenshiro
  • Liu Kang
  • Michelangelo
  • Ryu Hayabusa
  • Shang-Chi

Issues

September 1976

July 1977

September 1979

July 1982

December 1987

February 1988

July 1988

December 1988

January 1989

March 1989

August 1989

November 1990

January 1991

February 1991

August 1991

April 1992

February 1993

March 1993

June 1993

November 1999

January 2014

December 2015

Volumes

1937

1940

1974

1987

1988

1991

1992

1993

1999

2011

2015