(June 1974)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-03-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

Letters page replies by Steve Englehart. On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #104, March 1974.

Martial Arts Action from Mighty Marvel (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
martial arts
Characters
Fu Manchu [Zheng Zu]; Shang-Chi
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover credits provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.

Letters credit from the Danny Crespi files via Todd Klein on his Facebook page, 12 November 2017. Originally credited to Gaspar Saladino.

Attack! (Table of Contents: 1)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Paul Gulacy
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

Genre
martial arts
Characters
Celestial Order of the Si-Fan: Si-Fan Assassin
Celestial Order of the Si-Fan
Fu Manchu [Zheng Zu]; Shang-Chi; Denis Nayland Smith; Black Jack Tarr; Satma (dacoit, dies);Raskov; Dahar (first appearance); Jekin (first appearance)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Shang-Chi finds an ally in Fu Manchu's old enemy Sir Denis Nayland Smith and learns that Fu Manchu is smuggling a secret cargo into Florida. The cargo consists of gasoline laced with mimosa, a sedative intended to pacify the population and facilitate Fu Manchu's takeover of the United States. Shang-Chi is captured and foced to fight the doped-up dacoit Satma, but in the end he is able to escape and destroy the gasoline shipment.
Reprints
Keywords
Florida; New York

Indexer Notes

At about this time, the black-and-white companion magazine Deadly Hands of Kung Fu was started.

Pencils: First Gulacy on the feature.

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

Missives to the Master! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A Special Announcement from Stan, Roy, and Marvel Comics
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Martial Arts Action from Mighty Marvel
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  2. 1. Attack!
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  3. 2. ["A Special Announcement from Stan, Roy, and Marvel Comics"]
    Missives to the Master!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Steve Coates
  • Lionel English
  • David Haglund
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Steve Jenner
  • Darrel McCann
  • Hyju Rocket
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore