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Cover of Master of Kung Fu #44
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CATALOG RECORD

Master of Kung Fu #44

Marvel · Series began 1974 · September 1976

Dates

Cover date
September 1976
On sale
June 8, 1976
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #44 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: John Buscema, Paul Gulacyinks: Al Milgrom, Jack Abelletters: Danny Crespi, Annette Kaweckiscript: Doug Moenchcolors: Don Warfield

Stories

  • Prelude: Golden Daggers (A Death Run) · 17 pages

    Ducharme is revealed to be Nayland Smith's mole inside Fu Manchu's organization. But Smith has not found Fu's mole within his. Clive and Chi, then Leiko, are attacked on the road by masked assassins (presumably the Golden Dagger). The men escape but Leiko does not. In the hospital the wounded Shock-wave implicates Petrie as the mole, then shoots Smith!

Characters

Shang-ChiLeiko WuClive RestonZheng ZuDenis Nayland SmithFu ManchuFah Lo SueeZheng Bao YuDoctor PetrieJames PetrieShockwaveLancaster SneedDucharme

Reprinted in

Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu Omnibus (2016), Master of Kung Fu Epic Collection (2018)

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