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Issue: Hands of the Dragon #1
Publication Date: June 1975
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagSeaboard
Brand: Atlas ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Comics
On Sale Date: 05/07/1975
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Larry Lieber
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from internal document posted by Paul Kupperberg to Facebook on 17 September 2019 detailing release dates for various Atlas publications. Other information for this issue from that document:
Date material due at World Color Printers: March 4, 1975.
Date shipping of comic started: April 15, 1975.
Copies printed for U.S.A. and Canada: 235,350.
Copies printed for England: 15,000.
Total copies printed: 250,350.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts, superhero
Feature(s): The Hands of the Dragon
Character(s): Dr. Nhu
First Line: From the holocaust of an atomic explosion...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits from The Comic Reader 117. Inks credit confirmed by the artist to Stephan Friedt through Facebook and submitted via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts, superhero
Feature(s): The Hands of the Dragon
Character(s): The Cobra [Ling] (twin brother of Wu Teh, first appearance, origin, villain); Dr. Nhu (first appearance, villain); Teh Chang (grandfather of Wu Teh and Ling, death); unnamed monk (friend of Teh Chang); Nicky (Wu Teh's co-worker); Hirohito Tanakka (Prime Minister of Japan); Doctor Ellis
First Line: The lightning feet of The Dragon flash toward the evil Dr. Nhu...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Origin of this martial-arts based character.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Sal Amendola ? (illustration)
Inker(s): Sal Amendola ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisements for Wulf the Barbarian, Police Action, The Grim Ghost, and The Brute.

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