Doubtful. In a very real way, Shang is the closest thing H4H has to a headliner, given that Humbug and Black Cat were minor Spider-villains, Misty and Colleen are best known for being supporting players in “Power Man/Iron Fist,” and Paladin is pretty much a never-was. Shang, on the other hand, was one of the best selling characters of the mid-70’s and held down his own title for nearly a decade after the kung-fu craze that birthed him died off. If they kill Shang, I wouldn’t say it’s out of obsolescence, rather than an attempt to try and make people feel strongly about the title.

Humbug killed the hiveling; Miek will want him dead.
Humbug seems to be important to No-Name’s little plans; No-Name will want him alive.
Welcome to your next-issue conflict.

They’ve already announced deaths, so place your bets. I think Humbug is a goner along the lines of Sigourney Weaver in “Alien 3;” I also won’t be surprised if Shang-Chi’s obsolescence catches up with him. (Fortune-cookie-wisdom-spouting Asian martial artist? That was fresh in the 1970s. He’s also voicing responsibility for the hiveling’s murder.) Oh, and Paladin. That’s the guys, except for Moon Boy, who can fall either way.

The ladies will probably get a pass (except for Tarantula or Scorpion) ahaving already had their share of grief with that gross H4H13 cover. I came in late here, so I missed that discussion, but it kills me that someone who can put together this site can’t discern the difference between a veined-penile tentacle dripping goo into the exposed cleavage of a helpless, chained-up Black Cat as it approaches her mouth, and Witchblade’s armor sort-of coping a feel as it activates. It’s the difference between walking your dog and being torn apart by a stray pack while a crowd cheers. In all the covers at Superdickery.com with Wonder Woman in simulated “tentacle rape bondage” situations, she never once wears that hentai-manga expression of helplessness/shame/weeping fear/horror that graces three faces on the H4H cover–I doubt Shang-Chi (quietly scooted around the pillar nearly out of view so as not to spoil the fanboys’ RAEP RAEP RAEP fappy-fun) is putting on that look as he becomes a tentacle-yaoi fantasy…

I’d be suprised if Humbug truly turned. Insects are usually loyal to their hive (in his case the hive being H4H).