Master of Kung Fu #81 [Direct]
(October 1979)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roger Stern (editor); Jim Salicrup (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Barcode exists but has a black line through it rendering it unscannable.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Marie Severin ?; John Romita Jr. ?
Inks
Gene Day
Colors
?
Genre
martial arts
Characters
Shang-Chi
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Breathless (Table of Contents: 1)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
Gene Day
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Jim Novak
Job Number
LG532
Genre
martial arts
Characters
Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; Melissa Greville; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Lyman Leeks; Dr. Petrie (flashback); Karamenah (flashback); Mrs. Haversham
Synopsis
Fu Manchu's leopard cultists manage to best Shang-Chi and his friends.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Missives to the Master! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from reader Raymond Orkwis.
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of sequence 1.

The Ultimate Weapon! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  2. 1. Breathless
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Missives to the Master!
  4. 3. The Ultimate Weapon!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
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  • Derek Reinhard
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