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Issue: Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu Omnibus #2
Publication Date: January 2016
 
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Rating: T+
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/28/2016
Volume: 2
Pages: 672
ISBN: 9781302901301
UPC/EAN: 978130290130159999
Price: $158.00 CAD
$125.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: T+
Content Items: 107 (32 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Collects Master of Kung-Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #38-70 & Master of Kung-Fu (Marvel, 1976 series) #1
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: 7.25 in. x 10.875 in.
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Shang Chi
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The Hands of Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu Omnibus Volume 2

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Title page with indicia & collection credits on reverse.
Features cover artwork from Master of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #64
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Contents

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Beyond This Point There Be Spoilers

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Cats are always cool, but a Siamese drawn by Gulacy? Forget it, Kerouac.
Moench reminisces about his time on, what he calls, the first "great era" of Master of Kung Fu".
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Shang-Chi; Iron Fist; Quan-St'ar
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The Fortress of S'ahra Sharn!

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Shang-Chi; Iron Fist; Quan-St'ar (a magician)
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This story is unusual for MOKF in that it's magical and involves interdimensional travel.
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Claws of the Cat!

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Martial Arts madness-- as you have never seen before!
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Giacoia credit per Nick Caputo, Jan 2011. Previous indexer listed Dan Adkins?
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Cat

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Shang-Chi; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Cat [Shen Kuei]; Leiko Wu; Juliette; Bewitchers of the Night (introduction)
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Vs. Cat, first. Previous attribution of inks by Jim Steranko on bottom two tiers of page 14 was refuted by Dan Adkins in a letter printed in Amazing Heroes #167 (June 15, 1989). (Error 5274, attachment 232, November 2, 2010).
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Apologia plus letters from Clyde Talley, Larry Dean, Jerry Lazar, Rick Werit and Marvel Value Stamp Series B #40 (part of Stan Lee's face)
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Fight without Pity!

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Shang-Chi; Shen Kuei
Shang-Chi battles to the death against Cat!
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Fight without Pity

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Shang-Chi; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; Cat [Shen Kuei]; Juliettte
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Shang-Chi vs Cat
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Letters from Bill Wu, Ken Meyer, Jr., Wayne Vicenzi and Marvel Value Stamp Series B #71 (part of Stan Lee's face).
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Fury Erupts in... The Murder Agency!

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Explosive Martial Arts action--
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The Murder Agency

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Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Denis Nayland Smith; Leiko Wu; James Larner (introduction); Oriental Expediters (introduction); Shen Kuei (flashback); Juliette (flashback)
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Sensational all action ish!
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Adkins cover credits provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.
The cover is based on cover of Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 painted by Bob Larkin.
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Slain in Secrecy, and by Illusion!

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Shang-Chi; Clive Reston; James Larner; Black Jack Tarr; Midnight [M'Nai] (flashback); Cho Lin (introduction, flashback); Kwan Shu (introduction, flashback)
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Letters from Mike Baron, Rook Jones, Gringo, and William MacDonald Neville.
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Clock of Shattered Time!

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Shang Chi; Shockwave
Before you can defuse that time bomb you have to defeat me!
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Cover art credits confirmed 2010 by Al Milgrom.
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Clock of Shattered Time

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Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; James Larner; Denis Nayland Smith; Melissa Greville; (introduction); Shockwave (introduction); Skolnik; Dr. Petrie; MI-6 [Agent Caldwell]
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This issue was rush-inked by Tom Sutton. See the Master of Kung Fu #46 letters page for details.
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Shang Chi; Shockwave
Shang-Chi faces electronic death at the hands of Shockwave!
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A Flash of Purple Sparks

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Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; James Larner; Denis Nayland Smith; Leiko Wu; Melissa Greville; Ducharme; Shockwave; Dr. Petrie; Sir Herbert Griswold (introduction); Five; Nine
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Death Day of the Golden Dagger!

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Shang-Chi; Fu Manchu
This is it! Son vs. father!
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Cover art credits confirmed 2010 by Al Milgrom.
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Prelude: Golden Daggers (A Death Run)

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Shang-Chi; Leiko Wu; Clive Reston; Ducharme; Shock-wave; Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie; Fah Lo Suee; Bolo; Kimba
Ducharme is revealed to be Nayland Smith's mole inside Fu Manchu's organization. But Smith has not found Fu's mole within his. Clive and Chi, then Leiko, are attacked on the road by masked assassins (presumably the Golden Dagger). The men escape but Leiko does not. In the hospital the wounded Shock-wave implicates Petrie as the mole, then shoots Smith!
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Prelude to a 'Return of Fu Manchu' arc (apparently unnamed)) in 6 chapters, followed by an epilogue.
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Letter from Ralph Macchio.
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Death Seed!

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Shang-Chi; Fah Lo Suee
Golden daggers. Glittering doom!
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Part One: (Shang-Chi) The Death Seed!

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Shang-Chi; Leiko Wu; Clive Reston; Shock-wave; Nayland Smith (unconscious); Dr. Petrie; Black Jack Tarr; Fah Lo Suee; Bolo; Kimba; Tarrant; Fu Manchu
Shang-Chi and Clive Reston confront Fah Lo Suee (Fu's evil daughter who is herself fighting Fu) and her bad boys Bolo and Kimba. She informs her two opponents that Petrie is the mole and invites them to join her. Reston is eager but Shangi-Chi refuses. Leiko escapes and saves the two from execution. Clive leaps aboard Fah Lo Suee's escape launch and discovers the shocking identity of Tarrant. Meanwhile, Fu Manchu has located the great oyster.
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This is the first issue of a six-part storyline. Each issue is narrated by a different character - this one by Shang-Chi.
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Die, Son of Fu Manchu!
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Cover penciler credit and cover inker confirmation provided 2011 by Al Milgrom.
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Part Two (Clive Reston): The Spider Spell!

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Shang-Chi; Leiko Wu; Clive Reston; Nayland Smith (unconscious); Dr. Petrie; Black Jack Tarr; Larner; Fah Lo Suee; Tarrant; Fu Manchu
Clive Reston escapes the launch and joins with Shang-Chi and Leiko Wu in pursuit of Fah Lo Suee and 'Tarrant'. They escape, but take Chi and Leiko with them disguised as her minions. Meanwhile, Fu Manchu has opened the oyster --- and the pearl.
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The second of a six-part storyline. Each issue is narrated by a different character - this one by Clive Reston.
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Letters from Cathy Butterfield, Matt Adone, The Wold Noewton Meteoritics Society, Larry Dean; discussion of the mismatched art team in Master of Kung Fu #42.
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War in the Arctic Wastes! The Cold White Mantle of Death!

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Shang-Chi stands alone against the forces of Fu Manchu!
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Part III (Leiko Wu): Phantom Sand

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Shang-Chi; Leiko Wu; Clive Reston; Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie; Black Jack Tarr; James Larner; Fah Lo Suee; Tarrant; Fu Manchu
Shang Chi. Leiko Wu. Two names, his and mine, two sounds.
Nayland Smith is not dead yet, and his organization tries to de-program Dr. Petrie. Fah Lo Suee's planes land somewhere cold and she discovers Leiko Wu and Shangi-Chi hiding in plain sight. They escape. Larner and Reston, shot down when they stray too close to Fu Manchu's icy citadel, join up with Chi and Leiko. And is Ducharme a double agent? Meanwhile, Fu Manchu begins the resurrection of his ancestor, the mighty warlord Shaka Kharn.
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Third of a six-part storyline. Each issue is narrated by a different character - this one by Leiko Wu.
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Howard the Duck
I believe that Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy, like Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams with Green Lantern/Green Arrow, have reached a new peak in comic book storytelling with Master of the Kung Fu.
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Letter from Steven Feldman and Howard the Duck Weakly Campaign Update #2 by Steve Gerber with Howard the Duck illustration.
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The Bridges of a Thousand Dooms!

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Part IV (Black Jack Tarr) City in the Top of the World

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Black Jack Tarr; Shang-Chi; Leiko Wu; Clive Reston; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; James Larner; Fah Lo Suee; Fu Manchu; Shaka Kharn
Black Jack Tarr arrives at Fu Manchu's fortress. He finds Larner and Fah Lo Suee who are cooperating against Fu. She reveals Fu's appalling plan for world domination - through destruction. Tarr penetrates the fortress and joins with Chi, Leiko, and Reston while Larner has his own mission. Shang-Chi beats up 400 minions before he encounters the newly resurrected Shaka Kharn.
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Most of page two printed directly from Gulacy's pencils.

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Letters of comment from readers Lanson Armstrong, Harvey Chin, Arthur Byron Cover, Ann Nichols, Denny Sargent, and Mark R. Kausch.
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Shaka Kharn-- The Demon Warrior!

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Given life by Fu Manchu-- To bring death to Shang-Chi!
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Part V (Sir Denis Nayland Smith): The Affair of the Agent Who Died!

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Shang-Chi; Leiko Wu; Clive Reston; Nayland Smith; Black Jack Tarr; James Larner (death); Fah Lo Suee; Fu Manchu; Shaka Kharn
Leiko Wu and Clive Reston enter a silo in Fu Manchu's fortress to find what appears to be a large spacecraft. Alerted, Fu Manchu is confronted by Black Jack Tarr. Tarr doesn't stand a chance and Fu secures the spacecraft. Shang-Chi battles his ancestor Shaka Kharn. It doesn't go well, though he does manage to escape. Fu Manchu and Shaka Kharn take off in the spacecraft just before Larner collapses the mountain, dying in the process.
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Fifth of a six-part storyline. Each issue is narrated by a different character - this one by Nayland Smith.
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Shang-Chi; Clive Reston; Fu Manchu (hand only)
This is the moment Earth dies!
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Part VI (Fu Manchu): The Dreamslayer!

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Shang-Chi; Fu Manchu; Clive Reston; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Ward Sarsfield; Ducharme; Shaka Kharn (death); Leiko Wu; Black Jack Tarr; James Larner (corpse); Fah Lo Suee
Shang-Chi and Clive Reston did not die in the collapsed fortress - they snuck aboard Fu Manchu's rocketship. Chi confronts his father. While they talk, Shaka Kharn forgoes his rejuvenation treatment to battle Chi. Without the treatment he is defeated. The controls have been sabotaged: Fu Manchu cannot complete his awful plan. He escapes in a shuttle pod - to drift in space.
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Conclusion to the 6-part story, the return of Fu Manchu. Each chapter is narrated by a different character - this one by Fu Manchu himself.
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Letters of comment from readers Achille David Di Bacco and "Sir James Bond".
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To End -- To Begin!

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Shang-Chi; Chankar; Shaka Kharn; Fu Manchu
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First Gulacy cover on this series.
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Epilogue Brass and Blackness (A Death Move!!)

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Shang-Chi; Clive Reston; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Leiko Wu; Black Jack Tarr; Ms. Greville; Dr. Petrie
The funeral of James Larner. Flashback to Shang-Chi and Clive Reston's escape from Fu Manchu's rocket ship. Sir Denis Nayland Smith calls a meeting of his surviving agents. Chi is reunited with his cat. The meeting is attacked and Ms. Greville wounded. Shang-Chi and Leiko Wu quit. Reston and Tarr take leaves of absence.
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Epilogue to the preceding six-part story.
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Mayhem in Morocco!

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Special action issue!
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A Night at the 1001 Nights

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Shang-Chi; Rufus T. Hackstabber; Quigley J. Warmflash; Dinah Warmflash (a belly dancer); Si-Fan warriors; Tiger Claw
Shang-Chi runs into Rufus T. Hackstabber in Morocco after Rufus is thrown out of his hotel by Si-Fan warriors. Shang and Rufus then go to visit Rufus' cousin Quigley J. Warmflash and his daughter Dinah while still being pursued by Si-Fan warriors working for Tiger Claw.
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vs Tiger-Claw (from Giant Size Master of Kung Fu 4), with WC Fields (Quigley J. Warmflash) and Groucho Marx (Rufus T. Hackstabber) look-alikes.
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Twin Swords...Swift Death!

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Korain (a samurai)
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Death Wears Three Faces!

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Shang-Chi; War-Yore
A startling new direction in the world's foremost Martial Arts action series!
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The Story of War-Yore

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Shang-Chi; Leiko; Robin Hood; Attila the Hun
I have chosen to leave the past of Smith's agency.
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Letters from Bill Wu, Jeff Rogers, Mitch Paul, Ed Via and Richard Burton.
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The Ages of Death!

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Shang-Chi races against time to track down the most sinister secret of all!
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The Ages of Death!

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Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Fu Manchu; Ducharme (flashback); Han Sung (death)
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First Mike Zeck pencils on series.
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Letters from Matthew Nelson, Roger Klorese, and J. Doug Dennis; includes house ad for The Eternals series.
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Death Is the Black Ninja!

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Shang-Chi-- Stalked by the most savage foe of all!
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Of Heroes Past and Battles Present!

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Attila (flashback); Saint George; Miss Carstairs; Slayer in Darkness; Red Baron
Shang-Chi, Reston and Tarr go up against a man who seems to be able to adopt the fighting techniques of warriors from history.
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Letters of comment from readers J. Marc DeMatteis, S. Lee Marine and M. E. Robbins.
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Rage of the Red Baron!

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Shang-Chi; The Red Baron
2000 feet above modern-day London Shang-Chi duels a killer from the past!
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Call It Thunder!

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Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Denis Nayland Smith; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; The Red Baron; MI6
A London night ...unlike others.
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con't next issue
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Behold the Final Mask!

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Shang-Chi; Leiko Wu; War-Yore
This issue: Shang-Chi's showdown with War-Yore, the Murder Master!
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The Saga of War-Yore Part IV The Final Faces

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Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Denis Nayland Smith; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; War-Yore
Within the castle of a madman called War-Yore, I do not move.
vs War Yore
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Letters from James C. LeRoy, Bill Sundling, Tom Likens and Brad Scudder.
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Behold! The Angel of Doom!

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Beginning! The most shocking Shang-Chi saga ever!
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The Phoenix Gambit

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Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Denis Nayland Smith; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom]; Prime Mover
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Doom Game!

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Shang-Chi; Razor-Fist; Pavane; Doctor Doom
Shang-Chi's deadliest foes return as pawns in the hands of Marvel's master of macabre villiany--Dr. Doom!
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End Game

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martial arts
Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom]; Fu Manchu; Doombot
vs Dr Doom and the Prime Mover, as the action is revealed to be a chess game between them. This is very reminiscent of the Steranko Dr. Doom/Yellow Claw confrontation in Nick Fury. Features simulacrums of Shang Chi's greatest foes.
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Savage Is the Skull Crusher!

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martial arts
Skull Crusher
Admit it, son of Fu Manchu!
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Previous cataloger listed cover inks by Sal Trapani. The original art is signed "Craig + Frank" next to the UPC box. This signature was blacked out on the printed cover. It was identified as Frank Chiaramonte by a Heritage Auctions customer when the original cover art went up for auction.
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Glass Orchids

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martial arts
Skull Crusher (introduction); Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Leiko Wu; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Melissa Greville; Clive Reston; Juliette
While Shang-Chi fights the Skull crusher, romance blooms and withers among his friends.
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[untitled]

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typeset
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Contest announcement. Contest results are eventually published in Master of Kung Fu #73.
Letters of comment from readers Henry R. Kujawa and Selina Zane.
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of sequence 1.
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[untitled]

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Ying & Yang symbol. Page filler.
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Coast of Death!

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martial arts
Shang-Chi; Skull-Crusher [Chao Sima]
Now! A startling new direction-- A savage new quest!
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Red Seas

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martial arts
Shang-Chi; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; Skull-Crusher [Chao Sima]; Cat [Shen Kuei]; Mei Ling
Sadness was once her song.
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Doom Wears Three Faces!

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martial arts
Shang-Chi; Skull-Crusher; Pavane
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Hiding Cats

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Subject Matter
martial arts
Shang-Chi; Cat [Shen Kuei]; Skullcrusher; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Denis Nayland Smith; Leiko Wu; Melissa Greville; Juliette; Pavane; Kogar (introduction); Mara (introduction)
Shang-Chi fights Cat and Skullcrusher.
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Jim Craig incorporates many Paul Gulacy swipes into his artwork this issue.
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[untitled]

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typeset
Subject Matter
Dear Marvel, MOKF #57 was a great issue!
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Letters of comment from readers Henry Kujawa, Bill Wu, and Ed Via.

Between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
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Yin & Yang symbol. Filler page.
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To Challenge a Dragon!

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martial arts
Shang-Chi
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Deadly Lesson: Like Father, Like Son...?

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Credits
? [as Tribe]
Subject Matter
martial arts
Shang-Chi; Fu Manchu ; Sho Teng (death); Cho Lin (flashback)
centers on Shang Chi's youth
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At the Mercy of Pavane!

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martial arts
Shang-Chi; Pavane
Shang-Chi must choose the lady or the tiger--
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Black Knights

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Subject Matter
martial arts
Shang-Chi; Pavane; Skullcrusher; Cat [Shen Kuei]; Kogar (river pirate); Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; Melissa Greville; Juliette; Mara; MI6
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C-833
This storyline ends in #69. Additional credit information 2005 by Steven Tice.
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Showdown with Kogar!

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Shang-Chi; Kogar
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Bob McLeod confirmed 2006 that he did not ink this cover.
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Two Rivers

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Credits
? [as M. Hands] (pages 7, 8); ? [as M. Hands] (page 9)
Subject Matter
martial arts
Shang-Chi; Pavane; Cat [Shen Kuei]; Skull-Crusher; Kogar; Juliette; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; Melissa Greville; MI6
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Dark Encounters!

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martial arts
Shang-Chi
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Dark Encounters

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Subject Matter
martial arts
Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Denis Nayland Smith; Leiko Wu; Melissa Greville; Juliette; Cat [Shen Kuei]; Skull-Crusher; Kogar; MI6
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Continued in next issue.
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Final Combats!

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Shang Chi; Shen Kuei
Shang-Chi-- Locked in a death battle with the Cat!
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Cover credits confirmed from http://www.MikeZeck.com.
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Final Combats

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Subject Matter
martial arts
Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; Melissa Greville; Juliette; Cat [Shen Kuei]; Kogar
I am no longer Juliette's protector.
vs Cat
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LG-32
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[untitled]

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martial arts
Skull Crusher
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Murder Mansion!

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Subject Matter
martial arts
Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr
Death awaits Chi and Black Jack Tarr in
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Home to Die

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martial arts
Black Demon Sect; Anna
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Original Art, Master of Kung Fu #38, page 3

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Subject Matter
martial arts
Shang-Chi; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Leiko Wu
I have come here to find a cat, to find his cunning and mystery
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Original Art, Master of Kung Fu #38, page 4

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martial arts
Here...
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Original Art, Master of Kung Fu #40, page 8

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Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr
She is gone.
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Original Art, Master of Kung Fu #40, page 12

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superhero
Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; James Larner
Is this being insane?
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Original Art, Master of Kung Fu #46, page 14

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Leiko Wu; Clive Reston
Is this being insane?
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Original Art, Master of Kung Fu #50, page 15

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martial arts
Shang-Chi; Fu Manchu
But why, my father? Why must you do this?
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[untitled]

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martial arts
Shang-Chi
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Unused cover original art for Master of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #48
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The Bridge of a Thousand Dooms!

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Shang-Chi
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Original art for cover of Master of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series #48
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Original Art, Master of Kung Fu #62, page 1

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martial arts
Shang-Chi
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Behold the Marvel Galaxy of Super-Stars!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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various
various
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Nova; Captain Marvel; Hulk; Shang-Chi; Daredevil
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[untitled]

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martial arts
Shang-Chi
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Cover art for this volume.

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