Appearing in "Midnight Brings Dark Death"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Shang-Chi

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Villains:

• Fu Manchu
• Midnight (M'Nai)
• Si-Fan assassins

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• China

• Honan
• Fu Manchu's Fortress

Items:

• Elixir of Life

Vehicles:

• 
  
  
  

Synopsis for "Midnight Brings Dark Death"Edit

Shang-Chi (Earth-616) now makes his home in Central Park. A gang tries to mug him, with predictable results. "Skillfully executed, my brother!" says M'Nai, who watched the whole thing from the shadows. Before Shang-Chi can say anything, M'Nai vanishes.

Shang-Chi remembers his history: Fu Manchu found him in an African village that the British had just raided. They were trying to stamp out a biological weapon Fu had created. The village chief was ready to kill the scarred, screaming orphan when Fu stopped him. Fu pointed out that the child did not cry; his screaming came from hatred, not fear or sorrow, and Fu could use that kind of hatred. Fu Manchu put a black hood on M'Nai and raised him alongside Shang-Chi. One day Shang-Chi wanted to look under M'Nai's mask. M'Nai refused, and they fought. Their mutual respect made them friends. Back in the present, M'Nai meets with Fu Manchu, who orders him to kill Shang-Chi.

Shang-Chi encounters a policeman, who realizes that he's wanted for Petrie's murder (last issue). A bamboo tube drops from the roof onto the sidewalk. Shang-Chi knows that M'Nai wants to meet him because that was their means of passing notes in school. After knocking out the cop, Shang-Chi reads the message: a challenge to mortal combat. They meet at midnight at Broadway and Houston. M'Nai attacks with knife, nunchaku, fists, and words. The policeman appears with reinforcements, interrupting the fight, but only temporarily. M'Nai finds Shang-Chi first and attacks with bo and shuriken. They move to a construction site, where Shang-Chi finds a pipe to counter M'Nai's bo. Still outmatched, he climbs a crane to evade M'Nai and then realizes his problem: "I have never felt the death-power in my limbs tonight! ... I have never been more than the fly, however bravely I buzzed!" He can't bring himself to kill his only friend. M'Nai solves his problem for him, though. From atop the crane he kicks at Shang-Chi, misses, and falls. His cloak catches on the crane's hook. His neck snaps. Shang-Chi thinks for a moment about removing M'Nai's mask to see how he is scarred... but he already knows.

Appearing in "Heart of the Dragon"Edit

Featured Characters:

•  Iron Fist (Daniel Rand) 

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Villains:

• Scythe

Other Characters:

• Lei-Kung (Appears in flashback and main story)
• Shou-Lao (Appears in flashback and main story)
• Yu-Ti (Appears in flashback and main story)

Locations:

• K'un-Lun
• New York City

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• 
  
  
  

Synopsis for "Heart of the Dragon"Edit

Synopis not yet written.

Appearing in "Retreat"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Shang-Chi

Supporting Characters:

• Black Jack Tarr
• Denis Nayland Smith

Villains:

• Fu Manchu

Other Characters:

• Man-Thing

Locations:

• Man-Thing's Swamp

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• 
  

(Earth-616)

'ai (Earth-616)

(Earth-616)

's Swamp

Synopsis for "Retreat"Edit

Synopis not yet written.

NotesEdit

• "Midnight Brings Dark Death" was originally printed in Special Marvel Edition #16.

• "Heart of the Dragon" was originally printed in Marvel Premiere #16.

• "Retreat" was originally printed in Master of Kung Fu #19
  

TriviaEdit

This issue is billed as a "Super Annual Issue".

Related ArticlesEdit

• Shang-Chi image gallery
• Shang-Chi chronology page
• Shang-Chi quotes page
• Denis Nayland Smith chronology page
• Fu Manchu chronology page
• Iron Fist chronology page
• Jack Tarr chronology page
• Man-Thing chronology page

See AlsoEdit

• Write your own review of this comic!
• Discuss Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Vol 1 15 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Deadly Hands of Kung Fu series
• Images from Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Vol 1 15

Recommended ReadingEdit

• Daughters of the Dragon #1-6
• Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1-33
• Iron Fist (Volume 1) #1-15
• Iron Fist (Volume 2) #1-2
• Iron Fist (Volume 3) #1-3
• Iron Fist (Volume 4) #1-6
• Master of Kung Fu #17-125
• Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu #1-6
• White Tiger #1-6

Links and ReferencesEdit

• Deadly Hands of Kung Fu article at Wikipedia
• Deadly Hands of Kung Fu series index at the Grand Comics Database
• Shang-Chi at Wikipedia
• Shang-Chi at the Marvel Directory
• Sons of the Tiger article at Wikipedia

 

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