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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)
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Is Variant Variant: UK 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: £0.12 GBP
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, with replaced cover price and replaced brand.
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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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Twin Swords...Swift Death!

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Genres: martial arts
Character(s): Shang Chi; Korain (a samurai)
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Weapon of the Soul

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: martial arts
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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[untitled]

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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!

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Character(s): Godzilla
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Captain America and the Sore Sir's Apprentices

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sore Sir's Apprentices
Synopsis: Captain America defeats The Sore Sir's Apprentices with the help of a Hostess Cup Cake.
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