(November 1974)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
seven times a year
On-sale Date
1974-08-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in United States of America
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #109, August 1974.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Death-Cult of Kara-Kai! (Table of Contents)

Iron Fist / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
martial arts; superhero
Characters
Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Death-Cult of Kara-Kai
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit for cover confirmed by Todd Klein via files of Danny Crespi (as posted to Facebook through the Comics Historian Exchange page, 16 August 2016). Originally credited tentatively to "Annette Kawecki ?"

Death-Cult! (Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Fist / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Larry Hama
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Jan Brunner
Letters
Ray Holloway

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vengeance was yours,
Genre
martial arts; superhero
Characters
Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Colleen Wing (introduction); Professor Lee Wing [also as the Ninja]; Ward Meachum (introduction, villain); Death-Cult of Kara-Kai (introduction, villains); Joy Meachum; Yu-Ti (flashback); Lei Kung, the Thunderer (cameo flashback); Da Tempa (dies in flashback)
Synopsis
Iron Fist meets Colleen Wing and her father who knows all about Danny's stay in K'un-Lun. Iron Fist tries to make amends with Joy Meachum but she leads him into a trap where he has to face members of the Kara-Kai death cult. The mysterious ninja who actually killed Meachum shows up to give Danny a hand.
Reprints

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

Iron Fistfuls / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench ?
Pencils
Herb Trimpe; John Romita; John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks
Herb Trimpe; John Romita; John Buscema ? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ken Meyer Jr., Demetrios Frangos, Edward B. Via, Larry Grossman. Includes a house ad for the Incredible Hulk # 181 and Marvel Value Stamp # 6 (Thor).

Sumptuous Scoops About Summer, Spidey -- And Softball! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Hey, Hero! Have We Got a Bonus Page to Pick with You! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Death-Cult of Kara-Kai!
    Iron Fist
  2. 1. Death-Cult!
    Iron Fist
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Iron Fistfuls
  4. 3. Sumptuous Scoops About Summer, Spidey -- And Softball!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. Hey, Hero! Have We Got a Bonus Page to Pick with You!
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Philip Young