Issue Details

Issue	#56
Published	September 1977
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.30 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Archie Goodwin

Cover Details - "Death is the Black Ninja!"

Characters	Shang-Chi; a ninja
Genre	martial arts
Pencils	Ron Wilson
Inks	Mike Esposito
Letters	Annette Kawecki ?

17 page Master of Kung Fu story "Of Heroes Past and Battles Present!"

Characters	Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Robin Hood (flashback); Attila (flashback); Saint George; Leiko Wu; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Miss Carstairs; Slayer in Darkness; Red Baron
Synopsis	Shang-Chi, Reston and Tarr go up against a man who seems to be able to adopt the fighting techniques of warriors from history.
Genre	martial arts
Script	Doug Moench
Pencils	Jim Craig
Inks	John Tartaglione [as Tartag]
Colors	Phil Rachelson [as Rache]
Letters	Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Denise Wohl (pages 2-10, 22-23, 30-31); Irving Watanabe (pages 11-17, 26-27, uncredited)

1 page letters page "Missives to the Master!"

Script	Doug Moench ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters of comment from readers J. Marc DeMatteis, S. Lee Marine and M. E. Robbins. Placed between pages 11 and 12 of sequence 1.