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Issue: The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #11
Publication Date: January 1977
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Issues: #11 of 16 Issues
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
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Indicia Publisher: The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
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Price: $0.50 AUD
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Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Magazine size
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Imposter

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (painted)
Inker(s): ? (painted)
Colorist(s): ? (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ? (original editor, Selecciones Ilustradas)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
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Pages: 1
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The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Shang-Chi
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The sport illustration of Shang-Chi has been reused, even thought the feature wass no longer being reprinted.
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The Imposter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carlos Echevarría
Penciller(s): Leopoldo Ortiz ?
Inker(s): Leopoldo Ortiz ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ? (original editor, Selecciones Ilustradas)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Feature(s): Shi-Kai the Rebel
Character(s): Ling-Piao; Tao-Min (governor); Shi-Kai; Mongo
Synopsis: Among slaves forced to build the Great Wall of China, the guards find Ling-Piao, who looks like Shi-Kai. The Governor Tao-Min uses Ling-Piao to impersonate Shi-Kai and destroy his reputation. Ling-Piao is trained in unarmed combat and sent with armed soldiers to pillage villages. Shi-Kai discovers the game and pursues Ling-Piao to the Governor's palace. The pair fight, moving progressively out of the Governor's rooms until Ling-Piao dies in full public view, with the truth revealed.
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Tebeosfera reports the artist as Amador Garcia. The art does not look like the work of the same artist as the second (signed) Shi-Kai story in this issue. Other artists known to have worked on the series are César López, Santiago Martin Salvador, Leopoldo Ortiz Moya, José Cardona Blasi and Luis Bermejo.
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Rescue in Macao

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carlos Echevarría ?
Penciller(s): José Ortiz (signed)
Inker(s): José Ortiz (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ? (original editor, Selecciones Ilustradas)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Feature(s): The Crow
Character(s): The Crow; Lin-Sao; Mr Jeremy Stockton; Stockton's son
Synopsis: While the Crow is attempting a holiday visiting his old friend and fellow-student Lin-Sao in Macao, Jeremy Stockton offers the Crow half a million dollars to return his son from kidnappers who want a two-million-dollar ransom within twenty-four hours. A clue of a poisoned dart leads the Crow to a jungle tribe, where he discovers that there was not kidnapping and Stockton's son is attempting to defraud his father.
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Pages: 16
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The Six Dragons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Luis Bermejo Rojo
Inker(s): Luis Bermejo Rojo
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ? (original editor, Selecciones Ilustradas)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Feature(s): Jeff Blake
Character(s): Jeff Blake; Puang-Cho/Puang-Choa; Puang's son; four members of the Six Dragons
Synopsis: When a Chinese youth attempts to steal Blake's horse, he agrees to help the boy and his grandfather escape 'The Six Dragons'. The old man had formed the group to defend themselves from slavery, but his colleagues had become gangsters. Blake helps the pair to Stoke City and to catch a stage coach to Rio Grand.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: A character in this story is called both Puang-Cho and Puang-Choa.
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Moving

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ? (original editor, Selecciones Ilustradas)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Feature(s): The Martial Arts Karate the Fighting Art
Synopsis: Stability is encouraged through techniques of walking and turning in Zen Kutsu, walking in Ko Kutsu, circular movements (tai sabak), attack with gyaku tuski and practice of shuto uke.
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Pages: 4.2
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A Training Session

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ? (original editor, Selecciones Ilustradas)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Feature(s): Karate the Fighting Art
Synopsis: A range of exercises are described for warming up, followed by first practice, three basic kicks and walking in Zen Kutsu and Ko Kutsu.
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Pages: 2.8
Disclose Notes: Originally a separate feature, this article is reprinted directly after "Moving". The illustrations are by a different artist to the preceding sequence.
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The Treasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carlos Echevarria
Penciller(s): Amador García Cabrera [as Amador] (signed)
Inker(s): Amador García Cabrera [as Amador] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ? (original editor, Selecciones Ilustradas)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Feature(s): Shi-Kai the Rebel
Character(s): Shi-Kai; Mongo; Chao Hsi; Ling-Piao; Hang
Synopsis: When Chao Hsi reports where the Governor is hiding taxes forced from the poor, Shi-Kai sets out with Mongo to recover the treasure. But Governor Ling-Piao has set a trap and his guards being trained in expert fighting techniques. Shi-Kai and Mongo are imprisoned in a rapidly flooded pit. Against She-Kai's orders, his men follow and enter the governor's stronghold, in time to see Shi-Kai use his training in a tremendous jump to escape the trap. The governor escapes and Shi-Kai's rebels leave with their lives, but no treasure.
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Pages: 16
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Renounce

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carlos Echevarria ?
Penciller(s): Luis Bermejo Rojo
Inker(s): Luis Bermejo Rojo
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ? (original editor, Selecciones Ilustradas)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Feature(s): Jeff Blake
Character(s): Jeff Blake; Kioto; Pong; doctor; sheriff; judge; juror; Li-Chang
Synopsis: Blake guides his prisoner, a Tong boss's son, to Tombstone, but falls asleep exhausted. Kioto is fatally injured escaping and Blake is emprisoned for the death. Two Tong members learn what has happened and resolve to kill Blake. A jury acquits Blake, but he resigns from the Pinkerton Agency to escape the violence. The sheriff warns that the Tong will not let that happen, having killed the son of Li-Chang. Emphaising the point, the Tong members attack unsuccessfully. Blake is unswayed from his decision. The Tong members report to Li-Chang, who swears to kill Blake.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This series has been reported as scripted by Carlos Echevarria, Enrique Sanchez Abulí (possibly Amaika's issue #9 only) and F. Enriquez (possibly later episodes, also an artist). This story follows directly from the story in Amaika's Kung Fu #9, reprinted in Australia as 'Only the Desert Knows' in Super Giant Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #23.
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The Saphire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): José Ortiz (signed)
Inker(s): José Ortiz (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ? (original editor, Selecciones Ilustradas)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Feature(s): The Crow
Character(s): Sato; The Crow; police inspector; Alfred Maxwell; Charles Duggen
Synopsis: Five years ago, in 1971, Sato escaped from Arkansas Federal Penitentiary. Now, The Crow is arrested in Hong Kong and accused of stealing the 'Rainbow' Sapphire. He arranges to meet the gem's owner, Duggan, and return it for $100,000. On the first attempt, only Duggan's lawyer Maxwell arrives. On the second attempt, at a more deserted location, Maxwell reveals Duggan does not exist and that he is actually Sato. The Crow reveals the theft was a trap and captures Sato, but loses the gem in the ocean.
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: The narration at the start of this story states The Crow "doesn't know why he has been arrested", but he is soon revealed as having stolen the Sapphire as part of a deliberate plan with the police to trap Sato.

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