Issue Details

Issue	#38
Published	January 2002
Cover Price	2.50 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Joe Quesada (editor-in-chief); Mike Marts (editor); Mike Raicht (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "Return of the Dragon Part 1 of 3"

Characters	Black Panther
Pencils	Steve Uy (painting)
Inks	Steve Uy (painting)
Colors	Steve Uy (painting)
Letters	typographical

23 page Black Panther story "Return of the Dragon, Book One of Three: Noted Sword"

Characters	Black Panther; Everett K. Ross (as Mephisto); Iron Fist; Black Dragon [Chiantang] (also as Everett K. Ross); Nightshade; Colleen Wing; Misty Knight; Queen Divine Justice; Henry Peter Gyrich; Omoro
Synopsis	The Black Panther returns to New York to find that the Black Dragon has been resurrected by Nightshade and is inhabiting Ross' body.
Genre	superhero
Script	Christopher Priest
Pencils	Sal Velluto
Inks	Bob Almond
Colors	Jennifer Schellinger
Letters	Sharpefont; Paul Tutrone
Notes	This story reveals that Chiantang (now called Black Dragon) shifted into the form of Mephisto and switched bodies with Everett K. Ross following the story in issue 30.

Black Panther story "Return of the Dragon, Book One of Three: Noted Sword [continued]"

Characters	Defenders [Dr. Strange; Silver Surfer; Sub-Mariner (cameo); Hulk (cameo); Nighthawk (cameo); Valkyrie (cameo); Hellcat (cameo)]
Genre	superhero
Script	Christopher Priest
Pencils	Sal Velluto
Inks	Bob Almond
Colors	Jennifer Schellinger
Letters	Sharpefont; Paul Tutrone
Notes	continued from previous record

1 page letters page "Mail to the King!"

Letters

typographical