I’m quite sure they’re going to make him the lost son of the Mandarin & Fing Fang Foo

As I understand, it’s a prerrequisite to join the Illuminati or to be the leader of any Marvel super hero team.

Well... Pym sometimes tries to go that way... Or was it Criti Noll?

Socks in sandals looks so samurai! Well, if the sandals are those wooden things they used. But seriously, sandals throughout history were used with socks when going through dirty, dusty or other country terrain. Roman caligulae became almost boots with the leather “sock” for campaign marches