(May 1975)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1975-04-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
?
Editing
Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor); David Anthony Kraft (credited as David Kraft) (associate editor); John Warner (credited) (assistant editor); Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor-in-chief); Roy Thomas (credited) (editor emeritus); Barbara Altman (credited) (design); Nora Maclin (credited) (design); Len Grow (credited) (production)

Issue Notes

Expanded indexed information compiled 2002 by Steven Tice.

A Critical Overview: James Bond Invades the Martial Arts (Table of Contents)

James Bond / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams (signed as Neal Adams [long-tailed As]) (painting)
Inks
Neal Adams (signed as Neal Adams [long-tailed As]) (painting)
Colors
Neal Adams (signed as Neal Adams [long-tailed As]) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
spy
Characters
James Bond
Reprints

James Bond (Table of Contents: 1)

James Bond / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gray Morrow (signed)
Inks
Gray Morrow (signed)

Genre
spy
Characters
James Bond
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece illustration.

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rudy Nebres; George Pérez
Inks
Rudy Nebres; Rico Rival
Letters
typeset

Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jim Thompson, Ken Meyer, Jr., Eric Keitz, Clayton Moore, Edward-Michael Sullivan, and Jackie Frost.

Enter the Editor (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi. I'm Archie Goodwin.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Editorial.

Blood of the Golden Dragon (Table of Contents: 5)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Rudy Nebres
Inks
Rudy Nebres
Letters
Marcos Pelayo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A theater in New York's Chinatown, where shadows chase over filth...
Genre
martial arts
Characters
Shang-Chi; Shareen (introduction); Kwai (introduction); Shadow-Thief [Cho Lee] (introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of Golden Dragon serial

The Man with the Golden Gun Shoots Blanks! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 13 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rumor has it that James Bond is back!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Review / critique of the James Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun with accompanying screen of actors who have played Bond - Sean Connery, George Lazenby & Roger Moore.

The Crack of the Whip (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
George Pérez (credited)
Inks
The Tribe (credited); Tony DeZuniga ? (as The Tribe)
Letters
Karen Mantlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
April Fool's Day, 1975. Time's Square, New York.
Genre
martial arts
Characters
Sons of the Tiger: Abe Brown (featured)
Blackbyrd [Nathan Byrd] (introduction); Linda Lee Black (dies); Gerald Mills (dies); Miss Caxon; Captain Barkan (dies)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Amulets of Power; New York City

Next Issue (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Wilson (signed)
Inks
Ron Wilson (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sons of the Tiger Unleashed!
Genre
martial arts

Indexer Notes

Next issue ad.

It's Never Too Late to Subscribe! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What??!? You dare thus to affront Yu-Tze, son of M'yung Gungi?

Indexer Notes

Subscription offers for Marvel magazines.

[Double Dynamite from the Adventurous Age of Conan!] (Table of Contents: 10)

Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Niño
Inks
Frank Magsino
Letters
typeset

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan

Indexer Notes

House ad for The Savage Sword of Conan #6 (Marvel, 1974 Series) (includes cover), on sale April 8.

[From the Creator of Conan!] (Table of Contents: 11)

Kull / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Whelan
Inks
Mike Whelan
Letters
typeset

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Kull

Indexer Notes

House ad for Kull and the Barbarians #2 (Marvel, 1975 Series).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Critical Overview: James Bond Invades the Martial Arts
    James Bond
  2. 1. James Bond
    James Bond
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Enter the Letters
  5. 4. Enter the Editor
  6. 5. Blood of the Golden Dragon
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  7. 6. The Man with the Golden Gun Shoots Blanks!
  8. 7. The Crack of the Whip
    Sons of the Tiger
  9. 8. Next Issue
    Sons of the Tiger
  10. 9. It's Never Too Late to Subscribe!
  11. 10. [Double Dynamite from the Adventurous Age of Conan!]
    Conan
  12. 11. [From the Creator of Conan!]
    Kull
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Mark Boyer
  • David Bruce
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Darrel McCann
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore