Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #3

(March 1975)

Fires of Rebirth (Table of Contents: 1)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Doug Moench

Pencils

Paul Gulacy

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

Bill Mantlo

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (pages 1-37); Charlotte Jetter (pages 38-50)

Genre

martial arts

Characters

Shang-Chi; Fu Manchu; Clive Reston; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Black Jack Tarr; Shadow-Stalker; Dr. Petrie

Synopsis

vs Fu Manchu. Dr. Petrie appears, alive. (Remember Shang Chi's first foray into the world was to assassinate Petrie, which he thought he did until this story.)

Reprints

• in Meester der Kung Fu (Classics/Williams, 1975 series) #11 (1976)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #71 (3ème trimestre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
• in Master of Kung Fu Epic Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 - Weapon of the Soul (2018)

Indexer Notes

Story in four chapters: unnumbered chapter I (11 pp.), Chapter II London (8 pp.), Chapter III Crucible of Deceit (6 pp.), Chapter IV: Test of Loyalty (15 pp.)

Memos and Meanderings From Your Mighty Muddled Merry-Makers! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Concentrate on Chaos! (Table of Contents: 3)

Yellow Claw / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Rosalind Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Stan Lee (original Editor)

Genre

martial arts; spy

Characters

Yellow Claw; Jimmy Woo; Suwan; Six telepathic mutants [Gene Bitner; Simon Lestron; Craig Farnsworth; Ernest Scope]

Reprints

• from Yellow Claw (Marvel, 1956 series) #2 (December 1956)

Indexer Notes

Inks credit per Michael Vassallo via the Yahoo Groups timely-atlas list (22 October 2006); the original indexer credited Paul Reinman. Story relettered to make Jimmy Woo a SHIELD agent instead of an FBI operative.

According to X-Men: Hidden Years (Marvel, 1999 series) #18 these mutants appear next behind the scenes with more mutants in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #14. The mutants in this story appear next in X-Men: Hidden Years (Marvel, 1999 series) #15.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Yellow Claw / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Rosalind Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Stan Lee (original Editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That tip you got was on the level, Jimmy!

Genre

spy

Characters

Yellow Claw; Jimmy Woo; Suwan; Fritz Von Voltzmann [Karl Von Horstbaden]; Hamud

Reprints

• from Yellow Claw (Marvel, 1956 series) #2 (December 1956)

Indexer Notes

story is relettered to turn Jimmy Woo from an FBI operative into a SHIELD agent.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Missives to the Master! / letters page / 1.34 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ron Wilson; John Buscema (illustrations); ?

Inks

George Klein (illustrations); ?. Frank Giacoia

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Unless something went very wrong, you're reading Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu (G-S MOKF for short) #3 ....

Reprints

• in Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (2016)

Indexer Notes

includes letters from Dean Mullaney, Brian K. Morris, Chad B. Govette, house ads for Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction and Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up and Marvel Value Stamp #71 (Vision)