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Issue: The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1 (4)
Publication Date: April 1974
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Issues: #1 (4) of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/05/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The top of the table of contents page says No. 1, but the indicia says V1 #4 in error. On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: martial arts
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In Content Item: FlagThe Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #4 published January 1976
as Secrets of Kung-Fu Revealed [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMästaren på karate #5/1993 published December 1993
as Omslag [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Bruce Lee - In Memoriam - 1941-1973

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; pin-up of Bruce Lee continues as single image to inside back cover.
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First Line: Stan Lee Presents: The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu
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The Testing of Shang-Chi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Character(s): Cho-Lin
Synopsis: Shang-Chi has turned against his father Fu Manchu, and now Fu Manchu wants answers from the priests who trained Shang Chi. Fu Manchu is unable to understand that it is his own brutality that has driven a wedge between him and his son.
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In Content Item: FlagDie tödlichen Hände des Kung Fu #1 published February 1976
as Fu Manchu ... Shang-Chi -- Meister des Kung Fu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMästaren på karate #1/1993 published July 1993
as Fu Manchu [Story on Interior Page(s)]första svenska översättningen, andra publiceringen / first Swedish translation, second publication
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Script credits from the Steve Englehart web site as reported by Darrel McCann (November 17, 2004).

Ties with Master Of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #17 as the third appearance of Shang-Chi.
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A Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu Special!

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First Line: Five fact-filled features for the discriminating Kung Fu fight fan in a special pull-out section for easy removal.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Photo montage serving as an introduction to the following articles.
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Heroes Don't Die

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In Content Item: FlagThe Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #4 published January 1976
as Heroes Don't Die [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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What to Do till the Sensei Comes: Getting in Shape for the Martial Arts

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In Content Item: FlagThe Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #5 published January 1976
as What to Do Till the Sensei Comes: Getting in Shape for the Martial Arts [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMästaren på karate #2/1993 published August 1993
as Innan sensei, läraren, kommer: kom i form för krigskonsterna [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]första översättningen, andra publiceringen / first Swedish translation, second publication
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Additional credits: Kata by Jeffrey Pinkus, instructor of Lie Han Pai. Rick Bryant: model. Michele Wolfman is credited on table of contents page.

Article is illustrated by model (Bryant) demonstrating positions of the kata.
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Getting in Shape For the Martial Arts

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Jeffrey Pinkus
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
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In Content Item: FlagMästaren på karate #2/1993 published August 1993
as Innan sensei, läraren, kommer: kom i form för krigskonsterna [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]första översättningen, andra publiceringen / first Swedish translation, second publication
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Catching a Killer Red-Handed!

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In Content Item: FlagThe Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #15 published August 1975
as Catching a Killer Red-Handed! [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Under the Pagoda: Films of Fury

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Genres: martial arts
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The Way of the Tiger, The Sign of the Dragon and the Click of the Nielsens!

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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Artist’s medium appears to be something different from pencil and ink.
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Raising Caine on Thursday Night: What's Right with Kung Fu

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Hai, Karate/Kung-Fu Fan

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Fu on You

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The Boogie Man Will Get You If You Don't Subscribe!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Shang-Chi
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Origin of the Tiger's Sons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Character(s): Sons of the Tiger [Bob Diamond; Lin Sun; Abe Brown]; Master Kee; Silent Ones; Sui Ti Kama; ninjas
Synopsis: Ninjas attack and mortally wound Lin Sun's adoptive father and Kung Fu Master Kee. With his dying breath, Master Kee gives Lin some magic tiger jewellery made from jade, and asks him to recruit two former students, Abe Brown and Robert Diamond, in order to stop the assassins. The trail leads to a ninja school/opium den owned by Sui Ti Kama. The three friends, "the Sons of the Tiger", stop Sui Ti Kama, but he is just the pawn of a larger organization known as "the Silent Ones".
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In Content Item: FlagSpecial Collector's Edition Featuring Savage Fists of Kung Fu #1 published January 1975
as The Sons of the Tiger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie tödlichen Hände des Kung Fu #1 published February 1976
as Die Söhne des Tigers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMästaren på karate #1/1993 published July 1993
as Tigerns söner [Story on Interior Page(s)]första svenska översättningen, andra publiceringen / first Swedish translation, second publication
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as The Sons of the Tiger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: This is the origin story of the Sons of the Tiger.
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Kicking Your Way on Apr. 2, 1974 The Second Scintillating Fight-Filled Issue of The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Character(s): Sons of the Tiger [Bob Diamond; Lin Sun; Abe Brown]
First Line: Featuring: Shang-Chi - - Master of Kung Fu! and The Sons of the Tiger!
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Disclose Notes: Promo ad. for The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #2
N.B. The Sons of the Tiger story did not appear until issue #3

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