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''Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'' is a martial arts comic book magazine published by Magazine Management Company,〔 a corporate sibling of Marvel Comics. There were a total of 33 issues published, plus one "Special Album Edition," before the series was cancelled. ==Overview== This magazine was published in the mid-to-late 1970s amidst the "Kung Fu" or "Chopsocky" movie craze. Bruce Lee movies were scoring huge box-office grosses, and the ''Kung-Fu'' television series was being watched by millions. Billy Jack the half-Indian, Green Beret martial arts hero was making his appearance, and people were "shaking their booty" to Carl Douglas's hit "Kung Fu Fighting". Kung-Fu was on many people's lips and the ''Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'' was there to capitalize on it. ''The Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu'' magazine was launched in 1974 and ended 33 issues later in 1977. Some of the core recurring characters of the magazine were: * Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu (from Marvel's color line), incorporating characters and concepts licensed from the Sax Rohmer estate * Iron Fist, The Living Weapon (also from the color line) * The Sons of the Tiger – Three men linked by mystical amulets (a feature created for "DHOKF") * The White Tiger – Heir to the amulets of "Sons of the Tiger" * Daughters of the Dragon – Colleen Wing and Misty Knight (characters derived from the ''Iron Fist'' series) Each issue had various comic stories from the above mentioned characters, both single issues stories and multi-issue arcs. Most of the issues had some kind of martial arts movie review from a recently released film. Other issues had interviews with authentic Martial arts instructors, while others had interviews with movie or television celebrities related to martial arts. The early issues had a martial arts instructional section which described some elementary fighting techniques. These were provided by comics illustrator/martial artist Frank McLaughlin. The magazine was strictly black-and-white with no color except for the cover. The cost of the magazine was 75 cents for issues #1–14. Issue #15 was a "Super Annual" (all reprints) issue and cost $1.25. Issues #16–33 were $1.00, as well as the "Special Album Edition" (June) 1974.〔(Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Special #1 at CMRO )〕 Issue #28, September 1976, was an all Bruce Lee special, including a 35 page comic-format biography, written by Martin Sands, and drawn by Joe Staton and Tony DeZuniga. When the magazine's run reached the mid-70s, the editors began experimenting by setting some of the comic stories in feudal Japan and starring samurai-type characters, including a four-part story arc called "Sword Quest", illustrated by Sanho Kim and Tony DeZuniga. The Sons of the Tiger/White Tiger feature ran until the penultimate issue.〔(''Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'' ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 By 1977 the "Chop-socky" movie craze was beginning to lose steam, which no doubt contributed to the poor sales of the magazine and its cancellation as of its 33rd issue. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deadly Hands of Kung Fu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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