(October 1976)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-09-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Barcode
0714860291310
Editing
John Warner (editor); Ralph Macchio (assistant editor); Archie Goodwin (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Some information compiled 2004 by Steven Tice.
On sale date from the Comic Reader #135.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Iron Fist; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Earl Norem (painting)
Inks
Earl Norem (painting)
Colors
Earl Norem (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
martial arts; superhero
Characters
Iron Fist; Shang-Chi
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Fist / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Chaykin
Inks
Howard Chaykin

Genre
martial arts; superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece.

Stan Lee Presents The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rudy Nebres; Ron Wilson
Inks
Rudy Nebres; Sonny Trinidad; Rudy Mesina; Pete Liljauco (tones)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Enter the Letters / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ralph Macchio ?
Pencils
George Pérez; Tony DeZuniga (illustrations)
Inks
Jack Abel; Tony DeZuniga (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-147
Genre
martial arts
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Fred G. Hembeck (future comics writer and artist), Robert Mallory, Keith Grestl, John Hazlett, Chris Picotte, Larry Twiss, and Charles Novinskie.

Approaching Thirty! (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Warner
Pencils
Paty Cockrum (illustration)
Inks
Paty Cockrum (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
martial arts
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Editorial accompanied by an illustration of John Warner dressed as Shang-Chi by Paty.

To Slay the Savior (Table of Contents: 5)

Iron Fist; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Rudy Nebres
Inks
Rudy Nebres
Letters
Rudy Nebres (page one titles); Annette Kawecki

Genre
martial arts; superhero
Characters
Shang-Chi; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Black Jack Tarr; Winston Neville (intro); Blevins [Iron Mask] (villain; intro); Cadre of Salvation (intro)
Synopsis
Shang-Chi and Iron Fist are separately led into the sewers of London by notes from Fu Manchu. They each fight through a hidden maze to find, Blevins, one of Sir Denis' former compatriots, laid the trap to get the pair to join his Cadre of Salvation against Fu Manchu. The pair refuse but are made to fight because Blevins has captured, Winston Neville, another old friend of Sir Denis and is threatening to blow up the House of Parliament. The duo manage to save Neville and capture Blevins.
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Indexer Notes

Blevins is only called "Iron Mask" in the issue's table of contents. It is stated that the story takes place before Iron Fist #7.

Rip Off at the O.K. Box Office (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
martial arts; western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A review of the movie The Stranger and the Gunfighter.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Fighting Arts Review / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
David Anthony Kraft
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
martial arts
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reviews of books.

Flesh of My Flesh! (Table of Contents: 8)

Sons of the Tiger / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Sonny Trinidad (page 1); Ron Wilson
Inks
Sonny Trinidad (page 1); Rudy Mesina (inks); Pete Lijauco (tones)
Letters
Condoy (page 1, 13-19); Karen Mantlo (pages 2-12)

Genre
martial arts
Characters
Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart]; White Tiger [Hector Ayala]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Iron Fist; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Iron Fist
  3. 2. Stan Lee Presents The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Enter the Letters
  5. 4. Approaching Thirty!
  6. 5. To Slay the Savior
    Iron Fist; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  7. 6. Rip Off at the O.K. Box Office
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Fighting Arts Review
  9. 8. Flesh of My Flesh!
    Sons of the Tiger
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