eas ) KUNGFU 2 Te MAD“Call me Shang-Chi, as my father did, when he raised me and molded my mind and my body in the vacuum of his Honan, China retreat. | learned many things from my father: That my, name means “The Rising and Advancing of a Spirit,’ that my body could be forged into a living weapon. Since then, | have learned that my father is Dr. Fu Manchu the most insidiously evil man on earth...and that tof#ener him would bring nothing but dishonor to the spirit of my name. DEATTORAND 2 SUN OF MORMILLO DOUG MOENCH WRITER ) PAUL GULACY aeris7T “A THEATER OF DEATH, DAN ADKINS (Aiea Ea ee JOE ROSEN G, Roussos MADAMAN'S CROWN-~ , LETTERER COLORIST MARV WOLFMAN £p;ToR THE SPACE FILLED WITH LEIKOSEREATH, YOU COST ME A ANILEION BY MURDERING VELCRO, iv SUANG=CHI! My OCCUPY A AAMLLION SECONDS OF YOUR PAIN--!! “MORDILLO'S HAND LIKE THE MAAN HIM-} SELF 1S INSANE, UT SPURTS FIRE. aoe ~ ~ ‘er : oe "THE SEAT NEXT TO MINE (GNITES, BUT THE BAR 1S TOO STRONG -- WE CANNOT MOVE. THROUGH CLENCHED TEETH, CLIVE RESTOW SWARLS AN OBSCENITY. MASTER OF KUNG FU published by MARVEL COMICS GROUP. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 575 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y, 10022 Published monthly. Copyright @)1975by Marvel Comics Group. A Division of Cadence Industries Gorporation.All rights reserved 575 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. Vol. 1, No. 35, December, 1975 issue. Price 25¢ per copy in the U.S. and Canada. Subscription rate $3.50 for 12 issues. Can- 26, Foreign $5.50. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or son or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A."MORDILLO HAS NEARD RESTON, HIS DON'T BE A FOOL, SPEECH IS FILLED WITH ISS: MORDILLO! LEIKO DOESN'T BUT HENS NOT MOTIM EVEN AWOW SHE HAS . THE [INFORMATION --{ IT'S LOCKED IN HER MEMORY-- SHE'S : BEEN HYPNOTISED TO FORGET IF ==! wiles AND You-- You IT Ne . THE ONLY ONE 3S Ww HOW TO. : HO és bf MEMORY Jf hel DON'T YOU KNOW (T'S NAUGHTY TO M2, AR. CLIVE? 2. -BUT.OF COURSE YOU STILL LOVE. LEIKO, AND YOU'D TRY AVY LIE TO SAVE HER LIFE. LET MRLCLIVE, EXCEL BUT YOU CAN'T DODGE THEM 442é FORGV--MUCH LIKE THE ONE WHICH ASSAUL TED RESTON (NV £OAOON.., iz THis |S caazy-- (MP OSSIBLE! “STULL, MOROMLOS. Leasree voor | pisacan a af Ot BUT I CAN'T eS LEAVE LEIKO-- NOT BEFORE SHE 7#LLS ME--! CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGE‘AMATTER OF SEE. N » THE €£0€K/ GOT TO REACH THE CLOCK! THE SOLAR- CHUTE |S MY ONLY WOPE NOW--! é a PYEWS IE NOT FOR THIS BLASTED SAROINE-TIM, THAT » ONE WOULD'VE DONE IT-+}GOOD SHOW CHINAMA! L COULDN'T HAVE DON! BETTER HIVSELF... ee OF COURSE, IF THAT BALMY, FINGER HADN'T PACKED SUCH A WQLL0P-- — ae YEAH--1 F/GUREO YOU “RESTON HAS PAUSED BLOKES WOULD NEED A ONLY LONG ENOUGH TO HANNO, GOOD THING T OETERMMINE THAT LEIKO. FOUND THAT ROBOT SHELL WILL REVIVE, PERHAPS BACK THERE-- IF MORDILLO HIS ANGER WITH TARR. HAD ALREADY INSTALLED ITS || RESLACES THE COMFORT HE CE GUT, E WOULDN'T! | CANNOT GIVE TO LEIKO,.. ABLE TO-- Layee, ; 4 4 QUIT YOUR YAPCING, { STAY HERE AND TALK. TARR! IN CASE YOU A ALL DAY IF YOU WANTS PPS HAVEN'T WOT/EED, IM GOING AFTER |} MORDILLO GOT AWMY--/ MOROILLO!S LA’ fa ( WHERE 4 you \ CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAG?ON SECOND THOUGHT, MAYBE ITS GEST YOU STAY HERE, TARR-- T DON'T WANT TO BE TRIPPING OVER ANY OAES WHILE D'M CHASING MeROLLO. WHAT THE: DEVIL'S GOTTEN INTO HiAA-- 2 WELL, NOW THAT SUNY UiMm'S GONE, MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW THERES A RESCUE CRALT ANCHORED JUST OFF THE ASEAND-- ALTHOUGH SIR DENIS'D CRUCIEY ME |F HE ANEW ABOUT IT. NOTHING'S GOTTEN INTO ME-- ABSOLUTELY WOTHING, ‘YOU CAN SEND OUT THE TROOPS IF T NOT BACK WITHIN A WEEK, YE MAY ENTRUST THE PORTENTOUS TASK TO THY HUMBLE OLDE SERVANT-- AND THATS ME MY LIEGE-Boss! IN THE M&QW TOME, L MUST ADORESS THE FAIR LADY OF THE TOWER. SR YWocKI--! x ARE YOU HERE+=? I WANT YOU To PREPARE THE TUBE- \. EXPRESS FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSPORT f= TO THE 200M BOME...! Be ae MIGHT AS WET, GO BACK TO CH? AND THE OTHERS-- NOT A SYGW OF THE BLOODY LUWwarrc... YON ReLice-- PLEerKO. EMBRACES ME HER SREATH AGAIN SHALLOW SOFTLY MURMURING WORDS OF GRATITUDE, TARR SAYS MOTAING... THOUGH I HAVE SEEN HIS EYES GROW MARROW. HE HAS KNOWN RESTON LONGER Bu> *His 15 4 DEAR + ENO. WHERE COULD ‘ be HAVE GOA."RESTON RETURN. Als PACE RAPK STUPID DOPES HAVE To I AT THE WORST TIME. NTEREERE, 2 IT'S 40 Goo? MORDILLO'S ESCAPED. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO-- "AT FIRST. HE SEEMED NOT TO DON'T Teel ME-- LET ME GUESS, OR WORSE, : LUM INTERRUOTING LISTENING i ay SOMETHING, AREN'T 78 THOSE : L? Cé/ko...? en =e OF SC ORPS MORDILLO HAS AL -ReaDy | CONSTRIOTED %\ MGOEL SOUAR-CHUTE, BLACK - JACK.- TENSION NO ae FOR SARCASM RESTON. WE'VE GOTT, FIGURE ‘OUT OUR NEKT MAOVE. WHAT'S THE COPE, LEIKO 2 HOWEVER, HE SLAIMS HIS WORKING MOPEL FUNCTIONS WELL OPERA: PERFECTLY-- AND HE PoeeH TO NEELS. poet eee ae HIGH peEa THE CH INTENSITY ee PRECISION £OC, SUSI NG VIOLET RAAATIO: ABILITY ON SPECIFIC OVER LARGE, GROUND-TARGETS. WONSPEMEIO THEREFORE, T Ss OR AT LEAST PREVENT AKORDILLO FROM YSING \T. CONTINUED AFTER iWELL, I'M +e AND IT'S A LOT FouGe COMING (A, THAN WHAT YOU DID WITH THEN. T VELCRO. WELL, WHEN IN THAT CASE... YOU PUT IT iT eae A Pee eels PLEASURE : Ss BLINDFOLDED NHEN I TOOK HER TO THE DOME...ALL ABOARD, 3083! Fs auc STOKED Ai hs , 5 * if TO IE IT eee. gor LIKE IT; Coss TRY IT OUT AND SEE, BRYNOCK/-- Is It REAOY 2 Pr CALLING Bagopa- ti? OWES CALLING, di: OA ONE! gi |3 AIOROLLLO, PAGODA” ONE! LL THUGS PROCEED TO SECTOR ZEE-FRINGE! REPEAT: SECTOR ZEE- FRINGE-- TIME TO CHANGE 1 MY HATSWe HAVE LERT ) -- THEN WHERE | / 1 ace YOu, a THE CASTLE, f3 THIS MEETING NO SOLAR- CHUTE MIMES AND S GADGET 2 Bi MUCH SILENCE... I WAS TAKEN IN . i é S ee SOME KIND OF 4 : tN INE TRAIN: pe WHO CARES: ABOLIT ZT, LEARNED EWouGH FRom FINESSE--2 TNAM ~~ ENOUGH TO MAKE CARES IF WE Bente HAVE THE SOLAR-CHUTE WORK--! THE FINAL SECRET AND WHO CARES IF IT OF PROJECT: SCORCHES EVE SQUARE WLTRA-VIOLET--2 MILES RATHER THAN A, IT’S ONLY THE SINGLE BUILDING --2 \TS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BETTER THAT WAY! A SCATTER SHOT- - < GUN AND A LASER~-1. DO YOU HEAR, ROGER -WILCO, BRYNOCKI--2? THIS Boss! ALL 15 ST77ZL MY CROWNING SYSTEMS GO... MOMENT OF GLORY! OPEN THE ESCAPE- = ROUTE--!1 .-- AND ESCAPE-ROUTE OPENING £ WAST-- DOWN THERE--! YES .-- THAT. EST BE IT. EGUILOING. WHICH OWE, I DON'T KNOW.{ WELL,IF THAT ITS COMPLETELY QOEWED-- DON'T TAKE THE THAT MUST MEAN THE BLOODY QOKE...£ SOLAR- CHUTES READY : TO LIFT GFF--! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOu, CHI--2 Geen Ss T WILLGO To THe THE DOME ALONE. He YOU AND TARR i | | MORDILLO TAKE LEIKO TO z ALONE, THE RESCUE ee RESTON. CRA ALL RIGHT--IF YOU WANT TO SHOW OFF ANG PLAYZOWE HERO, GO AHEAD. BUT YOU'VE acWEedny, CONE ENOUGH TO IMPRESS-~ “WAY WAY LIES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION... = e = Q X Now, BRYNOCKI... NOW IT 15 TIME FOR pos PEATH- STUPID WORLD. OL KNOW WHAT HE WILL SAY NEX: x cur rT, RESTON-- THE CHINA Or NOW COME OM-- L GOT INTO THIS ISLAND THROUGH A TUNNEL IN ONE OF THE CHECK, BOSS! VEHICLE ENERGIZED BY DIGITAL POWER: (RCES COUNT= DOWN MIMUS Tew. «+ . WE» n= SIGHT... SEVEN. SK... PAVE. POUR... FHR--- MOROILLO.a att CHECK, BOSS-- IT'S YOu--Pu! HUM, ALRIGHT... ae ue iN TIME SHWANG-CHl Ht a: OOING, MORDILLO. | STEP DOWN TO THE FL00R. LL WON'T GET DOWN!! THE RED CHINESE WILL PAY Doeane oe THis SOLaR- CHUTE --T WON'T ceT YOu Legerrey AND I WILL NOT YEAH-= es LIVES SMITH DOES NOT OH MO--? THEN WHY LET YOU. DESTROY Sa are ON WISH TO _KILL ANY DID HE S LIVES. At CHINESE, fea iif ny is Cunt CoN'T i s i AS BAO AS THE. ONES ese - ei ZF WORK Fo! WHAT DOES IT PRAT ZES, IF_y ef THE ONLY DIFFERENCE iS ITS USED TO FRY GAT 7ONS eri : f THAT ZAM BEING PAID A ND AAA, ad 2 : MILLION TO PLAY AND YOU'RE BEING A SUCKER BY PLAYING FOR FREE--1 [552 THE SUW-- aes ‘woe OF (38° etna AS A BIT RISES ME /MMEDIATELY, WING... CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGE"AS WE CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE THE CIRCULAR ISLAND MORDIELO SENDS YOU'RE TOO LATE, SHANG-CHI. WE'VE ALREADY PIERCED THE CLOUO-COVER-- AND ONCE IT PULL THIS 2&ver.. --e EACH OF THE EIGHT WozzZes WILL RELBASE A SPRAY) 5] OF CONCENTRATED AREOW A SAS EMISSION. AND VOW, FOR THE FR TO DISSOLVE A NICE NEAT MOLE IN THE ee + ALL T NEED DO |S STABILIZE THE SOLAR-CHUTE [5 HOVE: -- AND WITHIN A4/NYTES, ULTRA: cee -* AND PREVENT YOU DON'T SEEM TO MIOLET RAYS WILL STREAM DOWN ANS : THE RADIATION YNBERSTAND, SHANG-CHI. TO FOCUS THROUGH YOU_ MAY STILL FROM BECOMING ‘THE SOLAR-CHUTE HAS THE ‘CHUTES . Mave THIS LETHAL. ALREADY BEEN EWERGIZED, OCTAGONAL 4 : AND STABILIZED IN 4ENS. THUS 5 a oe _ i POSITION... THUS MAGNIFIED, SER 7 habe FREEING MY HAN2... THE RADIATION : a 2 WILL BE SUFFICIENT To BURN THE ENTIRE 4SLAND--AND To DESTROY TREACHEROUS UTTLE NOT YET BEEN GONE, MORDILLO.-RIGHT, TARR, THERES crGw7. ++ BUT EPR an iat ee Pad KIND up AUEAC fete SOMETHING... UND ON A FREE. ¥ ALREADY..- > A LIM8s, Tr Beueve... § SO LSE. IT eLaaae THE | c* Bees eae Do YOU_SUPPOSE YEAH, | REMEMBER, WELCOMING COMMITTEE FAT LADY == YOU'RE THE’ 1S OUT IN F&ed FORCE i ze ane vou Suteve TOOnE IN Z f - A SPOT LIKE THIS? /AQRDILLO HAS . INTERCEPT YOU, ERY A, Roel Re err owe TO IMAGINE Ps WHAT MY GEST: eve?! rT AMA CLE WOULD'VE a Y. DONE, Cogeecr me Tare,eut [i ras time, my | [ Ano you T_UNPERSTAND THAT WHILE ONLY BECAUSE I WAS ONA E 1S... SOMEWHAT. ‘| MUST BE... ZI WAS WITH VELCRO... YOU MISSION FOR AMORO/LLO, |T DiceanenT: WERE WITH MO@O/ZL0... WAS AY DUTY TO FAIL + <| éi GA “THE SOLAR-CHUTE LURCHES FE. DANGEROUSLY UNDER (Hh FORCE OF MY MOVE. + 7 ut Se “THE FIGHT MUST Move CUZ THESE JOKERS \: "1. PREVENTING MORDILLO 4 PAVE Y-- AIN'T ONES TO LET FROM ma ee OF HIS AWW (| SER PRTOMT, 4A SBA A? ASS 'EM Beet? HOPE You a \, i iy WON'T LET YOU sayy, . \ f Z : AND LEIKO TAKE Y SHANG-CHI += WON'T LET Ache cue easr: /1 EAL ANOTER 4 BUILD A SASSER PLAY- ROUND -- MORE Toys'-- MORE FRIENDS LIKE ER YWOEKY =~ i! T= LAYER WILL BE & SOON--T AWOW IT WILLY("--WHiLe Fae BeLow us \ #18 BELOVED (S4£ANO HOLD 17--Lf THATS WO--YOu CAN'T Wwin-- RADIATION COMING IF YOU WEN, THERE'S DOWN--! IT'S HITTING THE . ISLAND -- BT THE WAY THE SOLAR- CHUTE'S MOCK| oe 1s CONSUMED: "MANO (APS is FOR THE MACHINE BEGINE TO... 8 AEA. y ‘“-AND RUSHES COME ON, eee fe ieeeere. | Fake. =< + oO ae vy ey @) (SAcc PLATFORM. SENSE IN -/T'S ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS SWEEPING BEVOND THE ISLANDS PERIMETER OF MOUNTAINS AS MORDILLO SURGES TO WIS FEET-- “I CANNOT ALLOW HIM TO. EMBRACE THE SAME FATE HE WAS CAST TO THE (SLAND pee rea eco CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGE(Ur CANNOT ALLOW Hi TO DIE) © IT'S TRYING TOGET| [5 17's TRYING To STOP ME-- TRYING TO TING STOP ME--! OW: fe Pb FROM HAVING MORE eng Beck BUILDING Wea AME =-CHNN EY ALL RIGHT, SHANG- CHI -= YOu Win, T'VE BEEN 64D, Buy TLL BE GOeD Now -- MONEST, JUST nce —. ALUT EVER OAMISE TLL BE Good. DO YOU HEAR ME, I PROMISE WORLD--2 LiL BE == PASLEION BOLLARS..- IT COULDN‘T FIND MY Ueto HQT-- BUT I 877ed WON'T LET YOU GET HURT-9f I PROMISE I WON'T, BOsS--// “BUT EVEN IN BI us| Mea CODY MUST NOT Be Beet tavED . BY THE Sein? 30“ALL... BUT OM 4 $ lV “eaTwer (T 16 wiTHN - ait Mere Be OfposiTa| | : THE DON'T BLAME | Ome f RETURN HER Your: Kc ? MBRACE.. + & DON'T WORR Sy JUST LET ME CHANGE MY HAT AND B058--FZe : go] YO¢esE SEE. I'LL AY YA-- TL FIX YA BACK i F so , PROVE WE'RE STILL, BUDDIES, UP... > BOSS... WON'T LEAVE YA...