Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in Strange Tales #110 (July 1963).

Benedict Wong portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Doctor Strange (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as well as the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (both 2022).

[4] Wong is the descendant and look-alike of Kan, a Chinese monk who lived roughly one thousand years ago and was a student of the occult.

Jehan persuaded Kan to lead his people in a war against the Wizard Kings who ruled this other-dimensional realm.

Vung captured both Kan and Shialmar and prepared to sacrifice them to the demonic race he secretly served, the N'Garai.

Kan deeply regretted aiding Vung in defeating the Wizard Kings and sought to atone by devoting his life and those of his first-born male descendants to the service of mystics who themselves serve the forces of good.

For the ten generations preceding Wong's, the first-born males have served the Ancient One, the former sorcerer supreme of the Earth dimension.

Subsequently, Wong was sent to a remote monastery to become a student of the martial and mystic arts of Kamar-Taj, and receive training in how to serve a master sorcerer.

[volume & issue needed] However, Wong put an end to what might have become a romance with Wolfe when he was notified that Imei Chang, the woman to whom he was betrothed, had at last come of age to be married.

[volume & issue needed] At one point, Wong was turned into a vampire by Dracula; he was soon restored to humanity by Doctor Strange.

[9] Wong and the empath, Topaz, were both abducted to another planet by the alien sorcerer Urthona when the latter used his magical powers to steal Doctor Strange's house and the mystical talismans and books it contained.

The disappearance of these talismans from the Earth dimension broke certain ancient spells holding various mystical menaces in check.

Strange subsequently cast a spell causing the population of the world, including Wong and Sara Wolfe, to believe him dead.

[volume & issue needed] Strange then embarked on a long quest during which he succeeded in defeating a number of the menaces that the disappearance of the talismans had unleashed, most notably Shuma-Gorath.

[volume & issue needed] Following the defeat of Shuma-Gorath, Strange returned to New York City and released Wong and Sara Wolfe from his spell.

[volume & issue needed] Finally, Strange managed to redirect some attention to this matter; the magical probe revealed that the demon just acted like Imei.

[volume & issue needed] Although Wong is as yet unmarried and childless, he has stated that his first-born son will follow the family tradition of serving a mystic devoted to good.

[volume & issue needed] Wong almost loses his life when he was kidnapped and mauled by a brutal, alien sorcerer.

Wong was one of the very few outside, involved entities to the Infinity Gauntlet incident, though he initially perceives it as a troubling dream or vision.

[17] In this same period, Wong is making a shopping trip in New York on Christmas Eve when he encounters a terrorist Hydra cell endangering civilians.

[21] After the "Fear Itself" storyline, multiple heroes reorganize themselves at the Avengers Mansion; Wong is angry at this, threatening the butler Jarvis if the man interferes with his kitchen.

Some of which, as he states to one of Strange's patients are "Chef, housekeeper, martial arts instructor, mystical guardian and insatiable adventurer".

[26] During the "Damnation" storyline, Wong was approached by the ghost of Doctor Strange's talking dog Bats, who recruits him to battle Mephisto.

Clea states to him and everyone present that the inter-dimensional warlords like Aggamon, Dagoth, Tiboro, and Umar are fleeing from the Three Mothers.

[33] Cameron Bonomolo of ComicBook.com ranked Wong 9th in their "Steve Ditko’s 10 Best Marvel Co-Creations" list and called him a "worthy sorcerer in his own right.

When he learns of several relics capable of commanding the powerful Vishanti entities, he ventures out from the monastery to secure them.

[40] In this limited series, Wong is introduced as a young Tibetan boy who was rendered mute after witnessing the slaughter of his family at the age of four.

Several years later Stephen Strange, a medical student volunteering in Tibet, fixes his broken arm and lends him a watch.

He decides to travel to America and study medicine where he opens an orthopedic clinic under the name "Stephen Wong."

There, Strange learns that Wong and Clea are trained mystical warriors serving the Ancient One, working to keep him alive.