Volume: 1
Price: 0.75 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1974-02-05
Editing: Roy Thomas (editor); Marv Wolfman (associate editor); Don McGregor (editorial staff); Carla Joseph (editorial staff)

Issue Data

Indexer 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.

Bruce Lee - In Memoriam - 1941-1973

Bruce Lee / photo story / 2 pages

Pencils:
? (photograph)
Inks:
? (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; pin-up of Bruce Lee continues as single image to inside back cover.

[no title indexed]

table of contents / 1 page

Letters:
typeset

  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Stan Lee Presents: The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu
Reprints (1)

[The Testing of Shang-Chi]

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 15 pages


    Genre:martial arts
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.
Reprints (5)

Indexer 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.

A Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu Special!

illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
? (photographs)
Inks:
? (photographs)
Letters:
typeset

  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Five fact-filled features for the discriminating Kung Fu fight fan in a special pull-out section for easy removal.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Photo montage serving as an introduction to the following articles.

What to Do till the Sensei Comes: Getting in Shape for the Martial Arts

text article / 4 pages


Reprints (5)

Indexer 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.

Under the Pagoda: Films of Fury

text article / 1 page


The Way of the Tiger, The Sign of the Dragon and the Click of the Nielsens!

text article / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Jim Sharpe (signed)
? (photographs)
Inks:
Jim Sharpe (signed)
? (photographs)
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Artist’s medium appears to be something different from pencil and ink.

Raising Caine on Thursday Night: What's Right with Kung Fu

text article / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
? (photographs)
Inks:
? (photographs)
Letters:
typeset

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Origin of the Tiger's Sons]

Sons of the Tiger / comic story / 15 pages


    Genre:martial arts
Characters:
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".
Reprints (8)

Indexer Notes

This is the origin story of the Sons of the Tiger.

Kicking Your Way on Apr. 2, 1974 The Second Scintillating Fight-Filled Issue of The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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