Having just prevented Fu Manchu from blowing up the World Trade Center (using UFO's, electronic zombies, South American leopard cultists, and a nuclear bomb...seriously), Shang-Chi eschews a vacation. Instead, he takes it upon himself to settle the growing Asian gang problem in New York City. Why? Because that's how Shang-Chi rolls, dammit!
He approaches the Joy Boys, and expresses a desire to talk. You can imagine how well that goes. Fortunately, Shang-Chi is quite the linguist:
Let's see the Jets and Sharks try to top that, huh? Shang-Chi makes even Spacebooger look like Officer Krupke...Shang-Chi performs on off-Broadway version of Eight Men Out in Master Of Kung Fu #90 (1980), by (of course) Doug Moench, Mike Zeck, and Gene Day.
And all you readers--join in the fights. Come play each Friday!! It's fun!!
Poor fools never knew what hit 'em.
ReplyDeleteI'm just about ready to annoint Master of Kung Fu my new all-time favorite comic of all time. From start to friggin' finish, MoKF delivered the goods. Even when Doug Moench quit/was forced off by Shooter three issues before the series ended, MoKF was a high-grade book all the way. No "Jump the Shark" moments whatsoever.
And I finally snagged a copy of the elusive issue #64, with the iconic Gulacy cover. It's already gonna be a helluva weekend, Snell-san.
Not one POW or SPLAT - great stuff. (Now wondering if there's a thesaurus of onomatopoeia type words for when speeding objects or body parts meet opposing objects or body parts ... )
ReplyDeleteGary--Doug Moench is well known his creative sound effects. I should do an encyclopedia of his MOKF onomatopoeia someday...
ReplyDeleteC.K.--I had no idea #64 was elusive, especially as it was a fill-in issue. I was just leafing through it last night. It's interesting--Gulacy didn't do any covers while he was the book's artists, but he did several after he left...
"I had no idea #64 was elusive, especially as it was a fill-in issue."
ReplyDeleteIt probably isn't, despite the fine Gulacy cover. However, it was elusive to me because it kept vanishing every time I went back to get it while collecting the run.
How has Master of Kung Fu not been in continuous publication since the '70s? Because people suck, that's why.
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