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Issue: Master of Kung Fu #53
Publication Date: June 1977
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Issues: #53 of 109 Issues (246 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 30¢ Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860244906
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Archie Goodwin
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Inks over pencils. Colors yet to be added. Sold for $1,434 USD from the Heritage Auction 2010 November Dallas Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction #7027.
 
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Twin Swords...Swift Death!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ernie Chan (signed)
Inker(s): Ernie Chan (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dan Crespi
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Feature(s): Master of Kung Fu
Character(s): Shang Chi; Korain (a samurai)
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Pages: 1
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Weapon of the Soul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway (pages 1-14); Doug Moench (pages 15-31)
Penciller(s): Paul Gulacy
Inker(s): Al Milgrom
Colorist(s): George Roussos
Letterer(s): Dave Hunt
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Feature(s): Master of Kung Fu
Character(s): Shang-Chi; divers; Korain (first appearance, dies); Demmy Marston; Bufford Jones; Diana (dies); nameless captain; Chino
Synopsis: Small-time hood Demmy Marston wants to collect the reward on Shang Chi's head and hires Korain the samurai, a former affiliate of Fu Manchu's. Korain dies during the battle with Shang-Chi; his body can no longer stand the strain of taking Fu Manchu's exlixir vitae. Marstons girlfriend Diana is killed by Korain's sword.
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From Content Item: FlagMaster of Kung Fu #20 published September 1974
was Weapon of the Soul [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 17
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Doug Moench
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Missives to the Master!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Ed Via, Robert Snedden, The Gray Mouser, The Marveriter
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Zounds! A Zealful Zetetic of Zestful Zanies to Zap the Zeitgeist!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed); ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins
Character(s): Godzilla
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Captain America and the Sore Sir's Apprentices

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America; Hostess
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sore Sir's Apprentices
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