Descrizione
Cod.EA
SHANG – CHI MAESTRO DEL KUNG – FU
PRIMA SERIE (formato gigante )
editoriale Corno, 1976
la memorabile collana corno che ha fatto conoscere all’ ottuso e rozzo pubblico italiano la commovente ed incazzatissima saga nippo-americana, ispirata alle capriole marziali di Bruce Lee, alle prodezze sushi di David Carradine, ai capitomboli ninja di Itto Ogami, alle imprecazioni zen di David Sylvian e alla virilità bonsai di Carl Douglas
Contiene inoltre : I FIGLI DELLA TIGRE
redazionali : IL JUDO di Cesare Barioli
CONDIZIONI QUASI OTTIME
LEGENDA STATO DI CONSERVAZIONE
condizioni ECCELLENTI (o anche EDICOLA e/o MAGAZZINO) = si intende un oggetto nuovo e perfetto oppure usato senza difetti e praticamente ancora come nuovo, tenendone per quest’ultimo caso in conto ovviamente la datazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 8,5 e 9,8 (non assegniamo punteggi superiori a 9,8 perchè trattasi di tipi ideali a ns avviso più teorici e scolastici che reali e concreti, ogni manufatto umano in natura ha una percentuale insita e congenita seppur infinitesimale di imperfezione)
condizioni OTTIME = oggetto nuovo (o talora anche usato ma maneggiato e conservato con molta cura) in cui non si riscontra alcun difetto rilevante e degno di nota, tutt’al più qualche minimo segno di lettura o di uso ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 7 e 8,5
condizioni BUONISSIME = oggetto usato (ed in taluni casi anche fondo di magazzino soggetto a piccole usure del tempo) con lievi imperfezioni e difetti poco vistosi, generalmente molto marginali ed appena percepibili ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 5,5 e 7
condizioni MOLTO BUONE = oggetto usato con imperfezioni vistose e difetti abbastanza spiccati, pur se non completamente invalidanti (generalmente specificati nel dettaglio alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto); corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 4 e 5,5
condizioni PIU’ CHE BUONE / MEDIOCRI = oggetto usato con imperfezioni e difetti evidenti, smaccati, madornali ed invalidanti, assolutamente non collezionabile tuttavia idoneo per la semplice lettura o documentazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale inferiore a 4
per eventuali ulteriori dettagli aggiuntivi e specifici si prega di fare sempre riferimento alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto
a disposizione moltissimi numeri delle altre serie Corno , Star e Marvel, sono gradite le mancoliste.
I TEMPI IN CUI VIVIAMO SONO SEMPRE PIU’ DURI, E ANCHE SOPRAVVIVERE SU EBAY STA DIVENTANDO OGNI GIORNO PIU’ DIFFICILE. SE VOLETE CONTINUARE A DELIZIARVI O INFURIARVI LEGGENDO E USUFRUENDO DELLE NOSTRE ATIPICHE ED INCONVENZIONALI INSERZIONI, VISTO CHE NON COMPRATE MAI NULLA, AIUTATECI ALMENO CON IL VOSTRO APPOGGIO E IL VOSTRO SOSTEGNO, PER UNA VOLTA TANGIBILE E COMMENSURABILE. ACCETTIAMO OGNI FORMA DI CONTRIBUTO E SOVVENZIONE, AL LIMITE ANCHE DANARO, MA VANNO BENE PURE PROSCIUTTI, FORMAGGI, SIGARETTE, BUONI PASTO, BIGLIETTI DEL TRAM, LIQUORI , POLLAME E ORTAGGI.
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Synopsis
Shang-Chi (Earth-616) crouches on a limb in the Brazilian jungle, waiting for a file of Si-Fan to pass beneath him. He drops on the last one, Chai Phan, knocking him out. He takes Chai’s robe, mask, and place at the end of the line. Nearby, Fu Manchu orders the pilot of his helicopter to hover over the compound of Wilhelm Bucher, from whom he wishes to get the plans for a Nazi secret weapon. The Nazis in the camp spot him and prepare to spring a trap, while Fu comments that he has predicted it and has a trap of his own. On the Amazon River, Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Black Jack Tarr have restarted the engines of a paddlewheeler and set course for Bucher’s compound. Bucher, in his own boat, arrives at his compound.
Shang-Chi and the Si-Fan meet Fu. They split into two groups: one to assault the compound head on, the other to circle around and catch the Nazis from behind. Fu goes with the first group, Shang-Chi with the second, where he hopes to remain undetected. The first group of Si-Fan attack the compound, guns blazing. One of the Si-Fan in the second group detects Shang-Chi. He pulls off his disguise and prepares to fight.
Moments later, Fu fires a flare gun. The second group bursts out of the jungle and catches the Nazis in a crossfire. The few survivors have already taken shelter in a quonset hut, where Bucher sees the Si-Fan make their final assault. Another group of Nazis opens fire from a facing hut, catching the Si-Fan in another crossfire.
Shang-Chi finally defeats his foe and heads for the center of the compound. He ducks behind a hut for cover and sees something inside: “It … cannot … be ….” When he reaches the battle, the Si-Fan have shrugged off the hail of bullets and taken the battle inside the hut, where they have the advantage. Bucher will not allow “inferior” races to best him; he uses a machine gun to mow down Si-Fan and Nazi alike. His men find Fu and bring him forward. Bucher has him tied to a tree and aims a rocket launcher at him. Shang-Chi hesitates for a moment: his father deserves to die, but not at the hands of a bigot. At the last second he kicks the rocket launcher to one side. The rocket hits the wall of a hut, revealing a missile with a swastika on it. Bucher orders his men to shoot Shang-Chi.
Instead, a volley of shots comes from the jungle and takes care of the remaining Nazis. Smith and Tarr have finally arrived. Bucher throws a knife at Shang-Chi, wounding him in the shoulder. Then, seeing that his nuclear missile will fall into Chinese hands, he tries to detonate it. Shang-Chi tells Bucher that he deactivated it. Bucher can’t stand the fact that a Chinaman not only survived his knife but also defused his bomb. He backs away and falls down the missile shaft.
When Smith, Tarr, and Shang-Chi go back outside, they find that Fu Manchu has (as usual) escaped.
Trivia
Shang-Chi took a bullet in the shoulder in the previous issue; there is no acknowledgement of the fact in this issue.
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- Si-Fan assassin
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- Jivaro headhunters
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- Amazon Basin
Synopsis
Shang-Chi (Earth-616), Sir Denis Nayland Smith, and Black Jack Tarr have begun a long trek through the Brazilian jungle. The paddlewheeler that brought them to a Nazi compound had its fuel tanks punctured during a furious gun battle, but they kept a nuclear missile out of Fu Manchu‘s hands. (It all happened last issue). They hear a helicopter—Fu Manchu’s—as it passes them by.
Some time later, Shang-Chi’s keen hearing picks up an unusual sound. He melts into the jungle to investigate. In the middle of a clearing he finds an infant crying … and a jaguar about to pounce! He fends off the big cat until it gives up and leaves. He picks up the child. Several tribesmen come from the jungle, so quietly that even Shang-Chi didn’t hear them. He holds out the child, thinking he got lost. A man raises a machete and tries to kill the child. Shang-Chi kicks the man away.
The tribesmen hang back and discusses the matter. They lead Shang-Chi, still carrying the infant, to their village. He sees a Si-Fan assassin, chosen for his familiarity with the region, bound to a stake in the village. He explains that these Jivaro headhunters exposed the child because he was born during a new moon and is thus considered unlucky. The Jivaro have a heated discussion. The assassin says that one faction, led by the chief, considers Shang-Chi a divine messenger and a sign to spare the child; the other faction, led by the chief’s main rival, considers Shang-Chi a mortal. They agree to settle the question by putting the stranger through a trial by fire.
The villagers prepare their gauntlet by creating a long narrow fire. Not only must Shang-Chi walk over the coals, he must protect the child from clubs wielded by the tribesmen. When he succeeds at this task, another quarrel breaks out between the chief and his rival. The rival settles this question by running his spear through the chief, then leading an attack by his faction against Shang-Chi.
“I become the storm,” narrates Shang-Chi, “channeling its force into the ranks of chaos … transforming their numbers into self-imposed barriers … striking as the lightning strikes … and whirling as the wind … until those would fight … have done so.”
The Jivaro, says the assassin, now consider Shang-Chi a true god, not just a messenger. Shang-Chi asks that they release the assassin. The two leave the village. In the jungle, the assassin finds that his duty to Fu Manchu outweighs his gratitude to Shang-Chi; he is last seen flying out of the trees and over a precipice. Some time later, he catches up to Smith and Tarr at a landing strip.
Notes
- Shang-Chi took a knife in the shoulder in the previous issue; there is no acknowledgment of the fact in this issue.
Trivia
- For the first time in MOKF, Smith smokes a pipe.
- Issue #23 showed Smith, Tarr, and Shang-Chi arriving in Brazil in a small jet; when they return to the landing strip in this issue, it has become a propeller-driven plane.
“They Who Dwell Within”/ LA BATTAGLIA METAFISICA (2a parte)
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Continued from last issue…
Returning home to nurse their wounds, Lin realizes that the only thing that the Silent Ones could be after are the mystical amulets themselves, the source of their enhanced abilities, and (in theory) wellsprings of unknown power. The Sons Of The Tiger finally bring their hands together for more than just battle skills, and truly meet their foes for the first time!
Suddenly, the Sons are faced with mysterious guardians from beyond, creatures who attack relentlessly and without reason. It takes the realization that the Tiger’s Sons neither need nor WANT to fight to get them past the guardians, traversing time and space to finally bring them to the lair of their Master’s ancient enemies.
