(February 1975)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1975-01-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Editing
Don McGregor (credited) (editor); David Anthony Kraft (credited as David Kraft) (associate editor); John Warner (credited) (assistant editor); Len Grow (credited) (production); Barbara Altman (credited) (design); Nora Maclin (credited) (design); Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor-in-chief); Roy Thomas (credited) (editor emeritus)

Issue Notes

Copyright © 1975 by Marvel Comics Group. A Division of Cadence Industries Corporation.
Some information compiled 2002 by Steven Tice.

The Contest of Truth! (Table of Contents)

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

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

Genre
martial arts
Characters
Shang-Chi
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Chinese Kung Fu, Southern Style (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank McLaughlin
Pencils
Frank McLaughlin
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Letters
typeset

Genre
martial arts
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece illustrated article.

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

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

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

Script
Don McGregor; David Anthony Kraft
Pencils
George Pérez (illustrations); ?
Inks
?; ? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters page replies by David Anthony Kraft. Letters from Christopher T. Lake, Larry Mitchell, William Miles, Tony Hamilton, Brian Earl Brown, and Tom Jewitt.

Slaughter on the Editorial Page (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Editorial.

A Contest of Truth (Table of Contents: 5)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Mike Vosburg (credited); George Pérez (sourced) (see notes)
Inks
Jack Abel (credited)
Letters
Charlotte Jetter

Genre
martial arts
Characters
Shang-Chi (featured); Johnny Chen
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
San Francisco

Indexer Notes

From the Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #11 letters page: "The panels...by George Perez are: Page 14, panel 4; page 15, panels 3 & 4; page 17, panels 5 & 6; and page 19, center section."

Kihon Kumite (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Frank McLaughlin
Pencils
Frank McLaughlin
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Letters
typeset

Genre
martial arts
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Martial arts illustrated article.

The Hidden Fist of David Brownridge (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Hagen
Pencils
Marie Severin (illustration); ? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text article with one pencil illustration (page 28).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Iron Fist / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Frank McLaughlin
Inks
Rudy Nebres
Colors
?

Genre
martial arts; superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

"Pinup Preview" next issue ad.

Kick the Newsstand Habit! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Oriental World of Self-Defense (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Michele Wolfman
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
martial arts
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Article illustrated with 48 photos.

Slaughter in Central Park! (Table of Contents: 11)

Sons of the Tiger / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
George Pérez (credited as George Perez)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Letters
June Braverman ? (sourced)

Genre
martial arts
Characters
Sons of the Tiger: Abe Brown (featured); Bob Diamond (featured); Lin Sun (featured)
Silent Ones: Lotus Shinchuko (villain)
Mrs. Dalwoody (introduction); May Parker; Anna Watson; Silent Ones [unnamed sumo wrestler (dead)] (villains); Tao (cat); Duane; Rufus
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Central Park; Manhattan; New York City
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Contest of Truth!
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  2. 1. Chinese Kung Fu, Southern Style
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Enter the Letters
  5. 4. Slaughter on the Editorial Page
  6. 5. A Contest of Truth
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  7. 6. Kihon Kumite
  8. 7. The Hidden Fist of David Brownridge
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Iron Fist
  10. 9. Kick the Newsstand Habit!
  11. 10. The Oriental World of Self-Defense
  12. 11. Slaughter in Central Park!
    Sons of the Tiger
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David B
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Darrel McCann
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Steven Tice