Appearing in "Lair of the Lost!"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Shang-Chi

Supporting Characters:

• Black Jack Tarr
• Denis Nayland Smith

Villains:

• Fu Manchu

Other Characters:

• Al Milgrom (Cameo)
• Jim Starlin (Cameo)
• Steve Englehart (Cameo)
• Tak
  
  

Synopsis for "Lair of the Lost!"Edit

This story actually begins with two stories. In the left-hand panels, three punks attack Shang-Chi to get money for drugs, with the usual result. In the right-hand panels, Sir Denis and Black Jack finalize their plan to trap Shang-Chi.

The first phase of the plan works. Shang-Chi finds Sir Denis's picture on the cover of a Daily Bugle and learns that he's visiting Rye, NY. Shang-Chi wants to apologize for killing Dr. Petrie (two issues ago), so he grabs the back of a passing truck. The truck passes Fu Manchu's headquarters, where he is making his own plans against Shang-Chi and Sir Denis.

In Rye, Shang-Chi asks a cabby for directions. When he overhears the "cabby" reporting his presence, he realizes he's walking into a trap. He sneaks in through a window, which is immediately sealed by a metal plate. He easily defeats a group of federal agents and, not so easily, a group of robot knights. When he encounters Black Jack, they fight hand to hand. Nothing seems to faze the Britisher, until Shang-Chi levers him over a balcony rail. Shang-Chi finds Sir Denis, who is still confined to a wheelchair. Sensing the man's chi, Shang-Chi tells him to stand up. Sir Denis complains that the doctors say he will never walk again. Shang-Chi tells him to stand up. He does! "What one knows, Sir Denis," says Shang-Chi before he leaves, "is not always the truth. Think on what you know of me until next we meet."

NotesEdit

• Although numbered to follow Special Marvel Edition (which was cancelled), this is the premiere issue of Master of Kung Fu.
  

TriviaEdit

• Creators Al Milgrom, Steve Englehart, and Jim Starlin make cameo appearances as muggers in this issue.
• The tagline for this issue is, "They call him Blackjack! The man not even kung fu can smash!!"
• This issue includes Marvel Value Stamp #53, the Grim Reaper, and the first installment of Missives to the Master, the letters page.

See AlsoEdit

• Write your own review of this comic!
• Discuss Master of Kung Fu Vol 1 17 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Master of Kung Fu series
• Images from Master of Kung Fu Vol 1 17

Recommended ReadingEdit

• Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1-33
• Master of Kung Fu #17-125
• Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu #1-6
• Special Marvel Edition #15-16

Links and ReferencesEdit

• None.

 

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