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Issue Details

Issue #81
Published October 1979
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roger Stern; Jim Salicrup (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Shang-Chi
Genre martial arts
Pencils Marie Severin ?; John Romita, Jr.?
Inks Gene Day

17 page Master of Kung Fu story "Breathless"

Characters Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Leiko Wu; Melissa Greville; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Lyman Leeks; Dr. Petrie (flashback); Karamenah (flashback); Mrs. Haversham
Synopsis Fu Manchu's leopard cultists manage to best Shang-Chi and his friends.
Genre martial arts
Script Doug Moench
Pencils Mike Zeck
Inks Gene Day
Colors George Roussos
Letters Jim Novak

1 page letters page "Missives to the Master!"

Script Doug Moench
Letters typeset
Notes Letters of comment from reader Raymond Orkwis. Placed between pages 11 and 12 of sequence 1.

1 page Hulk; Hostess Fruit Pies advertisement "The Ultimate Weapon!"

Characters Hulk
Genre superhero
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Klaus Janson
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Advertisement for the Continental Baking Company. Placed between pages 15 and 16 of sequence 1.