Master of Kung Fu, #61
Published: February 1978
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Savage Is the Skull Crusher!
"Admit it, son of Fu Manchu!"
Characters
- Shang-Chi
- Skull Crusher
Credits
- Pencils: Jim Craig
- Inks: Frank Chiaramonte
Story Notes
Previous cataloger listed cover inks by Sal Trapani. The original art is signed "Craig + Frank" next to the UPC box. This signature was blacked out on the printed cover. It was identified as Frank Chiaramonte by a Heritage Auctions customer when the original cover art went up for auction.
Glass Orchids
Storyline
While Shang-Chi fights the Skull crusher, romance blooms and withers among his friends.
Characters
- Melissa Greville
- Clive Reston
- Shang-Chi
- Denis Nayland Smith
- Black Jack Tarr
- Leiko Wu
- Skull Crusher (introduction)
- Juliette
Credits
- Script: Doug Moench
- Pencils: Jim Craig
- Inks: Tore Høgås
- Colors: Frank N. McInerney
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
- Letters: Sergio Sandoval
Credits
- Script: Doug Moench (uncertain)
Story Notes
Contest announcement. Contest results are eventually published in Master of Kung Fu #73. Letters of comment from readers Henry R. Kujawa and Selina Zane. Placed between pages 11 and 12 of sequence 1.
The Ding-a-Ling Family
Storyline
A family of space-traveling hillbillies invades Asgard, where Thor engages them in battle. Sif is able to stop the fight by distracting the Ding-a-Lings with Hostess Fruit Pies.
Characters
- Thor
- Sif
- Volstagg
- Ding-A-Ling Family
Credits
- Pencils: John Buscema (uncertain)
- Pencils: Sal Buscema (uncertain)
- Inks: Joe Sinnott
- Letters: Irv Watanabe
Story Notes
Advertisement for the ITT Continental Baking Company. Placed between pages 15 and 16 of sequence 1.