Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Vol 1 1

"The Testing of Shang-Chi"
	<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/7/75/Information-silk.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/10?cb=20070512030214" alt="Information-silk" class="" data-image-key="Information-silk.png" data-image-name="Information-silk.png" width="10" height="10" > Writers Steve Englehart; Jim Starlin <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/7/75/Information-silk.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/10?cb=20070512030214" alt="Information-silk" class="" data-image-key="Information-silk.png" data-image-name="Information-silk.png" width="10" height="10" > Pencilers Jim Starlin <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/7/75/Information-silk.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/10?cb=20070512030214" alt="Information-silk" class="" data-image-key="Information-silk.png" data-image-name="Information-silk.png" width="10" height="10" > Inkers Al Milgrom <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/7/75/Information-silk.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/10?cb=20070512030214" alt="Information-silk" class="" data-image-key="Information-silk.png" data-image-name="Information-silk.png" width="10" height="10" > Editors Don McGregor
""Origins of the Sons of the Tiger""
	Writers Gerry Conway Pencilers Dick Giordano Inkers Dick Giordano Editors Roy Thomas

When three are called and stand as one... as one they'll fight, their will be done... for each is born anew, The Tiger's Son

-- Sons of the Tiger oath

Appearing in "The Testing of Shang-Chi"Edit

Featured Characters:

Shang-Chi (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Fu Manchu
Priests
- Cho Lin

Antagonists:

Mercenaries assassins (Only in flashback)
Si-Fan

Other Characters:

Shang-Chi's mother (Mentioned)
"The British" (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Humans

Locations:

China
- Honan

Items:

Elixir of Life

Synopsis for "The Testing of Shang-Chi"Edit

This story flashes back to when Shang Chi was fourteen years old and Fu Manchu hires four assassins to attempt to kill him in order to determine if Shang Chi possesses the "killer instinct".

Appearing in "Origins of the Sons of the Tiger"Edit

Featured Characters:

Sons of the Tiger (First appearance)
- Lin Sun (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Black Tiger (Abe Brown) (First appearance)
- Robert Diamond (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Master Kee (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

Seven Silent Ones (Behind the scenes)
Ninjas
Drug hustlers
Sui Ti Kama (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Chinese revolutionaries (Only in flashback)
Lin's parents (Only in flashback) (Death)
Taki
Rosella

Races and Species:

Humans

Locations:

United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- San Francisco
  - Chinatown
    - Master Kee's school
    - Unnamed Ninja school
  - San Francisco Bay (Mentioned)
  - San Francisco's "other ghetto"
China (Only in flashback)

Items:

Amulets of Power

Synopsis for "Origins of the Sons of the Tiger"Edit

Lin Sun returns to his dojo to find his master dying from an attack by ninjas. With his dying breath, the master imparts on Lin the Jade Tiger amulets. Together with his friends Abe Brown and Bob Diamond, they become the Sons of the Tiger to avenge Lin's master. They hunt down the assassins' leader, Sui Ti Kama, and bust his opium den, but they know their mission isn't over until they find the Silent Ones that controlled them.

Notes

The origin of Shang-Chi is revealed in this issue.

Trivia

This issue includes a special feature on martial arts master Bruce Lee.

Links and ReferencesEdit

Footnotes

↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks

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