Master of Kung Fu #100 [Direct]
(May 1981)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
52
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
Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Bob Budiansky (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

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
Mike Zeck (signed)
Inks
Mike Zeck (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Special double-sized 100th anniversary issue!
Genre
martial arts
Characters
Shang-Chi; Leiko Wu; Clive Reston; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Black Jack Tarr; Fu Manchu
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Several characters remain unidentified.

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Red of Fang and Claw, All Love Lost (Table of Contents: 1)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Gene Day (credited) (pages 1-20); Mike Zeck (credited) (pages 21-47)
Inks
Gene Day (credited) (pages 1-20); Mike Zeck (credited) (pages 21-47); John Beatty (assists on pages 35, 37, 43, 46-47); Bob McLeod (assists on pages 35, 37, 43, 46-47)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)
Genre
martial arts
Characters
Fu Manchu; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Fah Lo Suee; Dr. Petrie; Lyman Leeks; Shang-Chi; Jack the Ripper [Phillip] (introduction, death); Melissa Greville; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu
Synopsis
Shows the early conflicts between Fah Lo Suee, Fu Manchu and Nayland Smith. In the present, a new Jack the Ripper has started murdering young women.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Doug Moench on the letters page this issue provides a panel-by-panel listing of the split inking duties on Zeck's section of the story.

First Gene Day pencils on series.

Earthly Delights (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letter of comment from reader Bob Rodi, with reply from Moench.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Special double-sized 100th anniversary issue!"]
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  2. 1. Red of Fang and Claw, All Love Lost
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  3. 2. Earthly Delights
    Hostess Fruit Pies; The Thing
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Missives to the Master!
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