Master of Kung Fu, #21
Published: October 1974
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Season of Vengeance... ...Moment of Death!
"Eat cold steel, pajama-boy!"
Characters
- Shang Chi
- (two unnamed assassins)
Credits
- Pencils: John Romita
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Letters: Sean Dove
Story Notes
Romita pencils and Esposito inks per Nick Caputo 2006; updated 2024. The scene depicted here does not actually occur within the story.
Season of Vengeance...
"I have touched the water from yacht to wharf.."
Storyline
Demmy Marston holds Shang-Chi responsible for the death of his girlfriend at the hands of Korain and puts a price on his head. Shang-Chi is caught in an aquatic park and brought before Marston, who starts beating him to death. Marston is interrupted by Fu Manchu and his men and killed with a snake. Fu Manchu says that he alone decides when Shang-Chi dies, but it is not today.
Characters
- Shang-Chi
- Demmy Marston (dies)
- Diana (as a corpse)
- Dirk
- hired hitmen
- assassins
- Fu Manchu
Credits
- Script: Doug Moench
- Pencils: Ron Wilson
- Inks: Al Milgrom
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: John Costanza
"When I first heard Jim Starlin was going to leave Master of Kung Fu ...."
Credits
- Pencils: Paul Gulacy
Story Notes
Letters from The Comics Critic, Joseph Randisi, Jr., William Mills, "Be a Mighty Marvel Salesperson!" house ad, illustration of Shang-Chi, house ad for Monsters of the Movies #2, and Marvel Value Stamp Series A #62 (The Plunderer).
Wonderously Witty Words from a Woomful of Wombats!
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: John Romita
Story Notes
Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, house ad for FOOM subscription.