Dr. Fu Manchu was a Chinese criminal mastermind who preferred to use the arcane arts rather than guns or explosives. He had numerous thugs, robbers, and secret societies, such as the Si-Fan, Phansigars and Dacoits under his thumb. Fu Manchu armed his forces with not only hand-to-hand weapons such as knives but also strange animals or chemical weapons. He funded his plots through drug trade and human trafficking.

His enemies included British police commissioner Denis Nayland Smith and his assistant Dr. John Petrie. Petrie functioned like Dr. Watson writing/narrating Smith's adventures and Smith worked like Sherlock Holmes, but not possessing the same deductive reasoning as the great detective. Smith couldn't outsmart Fu Manchu and only defeated him through sheer determination. Both foes begrudgingly respected each other and believed a man should stand by his words.

After Fu Manchu fell from grace within the Sublime Order, becoming an enemy of his rival Ki-Ming, the latter attempted to seize control of the Si-Fan. However, Fu Manchu regained his position with the help of his daughter. Fu Manchu and his daughter attended a Si-Fan meeting attended by the Council of Seven in England, where the daughter was officially introduced to the Si-Fan. The meeting was witnessed by Dr. Petrie. When the building was stormed, Fu Manchu and his daughter managed to skillfully escape.

All published appearances of Fu Manchu from before January 1, )-(95)}} are public domain in the US.

Some notable appearances are listed below:

* [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Zayat_Kiss The Zayat Kiss]
* The Clue of the Pigtail
* [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Redmoat Redmoat]
* [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Green_Mist The Green Mist]
* [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Green_Mist The Call of Siva]
* [https://archive.org/details/colliers5119unse Kâramanèh]
* Andaman—Second
* The Golden Flask
* Spores of Death
* The Knocking on the Door

* The Avenue Mystery (ss)
* [https://archive.org/details/colliers56unse The Six Gates: Fu-Manchu and company]
* [https://archive.org/details/colliers56unse The Fiery Hand: Fu-Manchu and Company]
* [https://archive.org/details/colliers56unse The Mummy: Fu-Manchu and Company]

*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/173 The Insidious Dr Fu Manchu (1912)]
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1183 The Return of Dr Fu Manchu (1916) (also known as The Devil Doctor)]
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17959 The Hand of Fu Manchu (1917) (also known as The Si-Fan Mysteries)]
*[https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20190933/html.php Daughter of Fu Manchu (1930) (original title: Fu Manchu's Daughter)]
** Serialized in twelve parts, in the March 8 and May 24, 1930 issues of Collier's.
*The Mask of Fu Manchu (Cover only) (1961)

*[http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=15276 The Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu #1]
*[https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=27880 Dr. Fu Manchu (1958) #1]

*The Mystery of Dr Fu Manchu (1923)
*The Further Mysteries of Dr Fu Manchu (1924)
*The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)
*Paramount on Parade (1930)
*The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930)
*The Adventures of Fu Manchu: The Zayat Kiss (1952)

*The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)

*Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)

* All of Fu Manchu's pre-)-(95)}} books are in the public domain as well as the Avon comic ''The Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu'' #1 in the United States.
* His daughter Fah Lo Suee first appears in The Hand of Fu-Manchu and is referred to as the Lady of the Si-Fan, however, her name was only revealed in ''Daughter of Fu Manchu'' (1930), which was serialized in ''Collier’s'' magazine between March 8 and May 24, 1930, and later published as a book in 1931.
* Dr. Fu Manchu's name is still trademarked by Rohmer's estate. Both Marvel and Alan Moore have gotten around this by calling Fu Manchu by another name or not mentioning his name.
* Rohmer claimed to have been inspired by a London's Chinatown criminal known as Mr. King. In 1915, Rohmer released the novel ''The Yellow Claw'', featuring a mysterious villain named Mr. King. Some researchers believe that the real Mr. King may have been a marketing stunt created by Rohmer.
* In 1931, the Bell Syndicate launched a Fu Manchu newspaper strip illustrated by Leo O’Mealia, which ran until 1933. This followed O’Mealia’s earlier work on a Sherlock Holmes strip for the same syndicate between 1930 and 1931.

*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/fu-manchu/4005-14083 Comic Vine]
*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/fumanchu.htm International Hero]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_manchu Wikipedia]
*[http://marvel.wikia.com/Zheng_Zu_%28Earth-616%29 Marvel Database]
*[https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Fu_Manchu Villains Wiki]
*[https://superepicfailpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Fu_Manchu SuperEpicFailpedia Wiki]
*[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/fumanchu.htm The Appendix of the Handbook of the Marvel Universe]
*[http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Fumanchu.htm Chronology of Dr. Fu Manchu and Sir Denis Nayland Smith]
*[http://philsp.com/SaxRohmer/FuManchu.htm The Page of Fu Manchu]
*[https://shangchimokf.blogspot.com/2016/04/fu-manchu.html Dr. Fu Manchu - Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu - The Unofficial Reference Guide - Chronology]
*[https://www.comics.org/searchNew/?q=Fu+Manchu&sort=chrono GCD]
*[https://spyguysandgals.com/sgShowChar.aspx?id=1531 Spys an Gals]
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