Descrizione
Cod.EA
SHANG – CHI MAESTRO DEL KUNG – FU
PRIMA SERIE (formato gigante )
editoriale Corno, 1977
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 : PUGNO D’ ACCIAIO ( IRON FIST ) e I FIGLI DELLA TIGRE (che litigano irrimediabilmente tra loro dandosele di santa ragione e arrivando alla definitiva separazione e allo scioglimento del gruppo, per causa di uno dei due soliti motivi che normalmente mettono disaccordo e zizzania tra gli uomini maschi, e stavolta non si tratta del denaro, insomma davvero una fine ingloriosa e squallida per il popolare team di attaccabrighe multietnici, meno male però che c’è LA TIGRE BIANCA / WHITE TIGER in arrivo a raccogliere la loro vacillante eredità e a cercare di riscattarne un pò l’ onore e recuperarne parzialmente almeno il prestigio, i crediti purtroppo no quelli sono tutti finiti in cavalleria )
CONDIZIONI OTTIME, L’ALBO NON E’ DI RESA
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.
“Why a Tiger-Claw?!” / DOV’ E’ ARTIGLIO DI TIGRE ? (2a parte – SINFONIA DI SANGUE )
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Rufus T. Hackstabber
- New York policemen
Locations:
- New York
Vehicles:
- Hackstabber’s taxi
Synopsis
Continued from last issue…
Chapter 2: The Way of the Tiger: A Movement in Blood / Capitolo II – SINFONIA DI SANGUE
Shang-Chi remembers Tiger-Claw. He was ten years old and spying on his father’s court. The man demanded that Fu Manchu make him a lodge master of the Si-Fan. Fu ordered three assassins to kill Tiger-Claw. Even at that age, Shang-Chi quickly saw that the three were outmatched, but Fu did not stop the conflict. The three died, and Tiger-Claw became a lodge master.
Back in the present, Smith and Tarr find the truck. Shang-Chi, Hackstabber, and the robbers arrive. The police almost arrest Hackstabber, but Smith vouches for Shang-Chi. Hackstabber drives off in his taxi; he knows where the robbers were supposed to meet their gang, and Shang-Chi, Smith, and Tarr head for the same lumberyard in Brooklyn. When they arrive, Hackstabber has been captured and the money is gone again, but he knows it has gone to Rockefeller Center.
At Rockefeller Center, Hackstabber distracts the gangster carrying two suitcases full of loot, and Shang-Chi knocks him out. Tiger-Claw, expecting to pick up the loot, arrives. He tells Shang-Chi that he intends to come out on top in the war between Fu Manchu and Fah Lo Suee. A group of Si-Fan assassins arrives. Tiger-Claw unites with Shang-Chi against the Si-Fan, and the two make short work of them.
Hackstabber tries to get his $7.80 from a suitcase, but Tarr kicks it shut. Smith and Tarr watch Shang-Chi battle Tiger-Claw. It looks bad until Shang-Chi uses a broken umbrella pole to snag Tiger-Claw’s poisoned-claw gloves and pull them off. In a fair fight, Shang-Chi beats Tiger-Claw.
Hackstabber asks Smith for his $7.80. Smith tells him to “file a proper claim with the authorities.” Hackstabber replies: “Well that’s a fine how do you! And it’s also a criminal outrage! Why I never heard of such a thing! Harumph, sir—harumph, I say! And furthermore, you’ll hear from my lawyers in the morning. … oh, and by the way—is that your final offer?” Shang-Chi takes Smith aside, while Tarr snaps Hackstabber’s cigar in two, and receives a few bills. Hackstabber gives Shang-Chi a ride home to Smith’s townhouse. When Shang-Chi arrives, he gives Hackstabber his “fare”: $7.80.
Featured Characters:
- Sons of the Tiger (Disbands)
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- Abe Brown (Only in Flashback)
- Bob Diamond (Leaves Team)
- Lin Sun (Leaves Team)
Supporting Characters:
- Lotus Shinchuko
- White Tiger (Hector Ayala) (First appearance)
Locations:
Items:
Synopsis
Continued from last issue…
Abe is gone, and so the three become two, and those two cannot find any common ground. Lotus tells them that she loves both of them, and leaves into the night as well, while Bob continues to throw racial slurs and vitriol at the last friend he has. His words finally ignite a fire within Lin Sun, and the two men lash out at one another in rage…
Lin tries at first to bring his brother to his senses, but Bob isn’t listening. Lin tells him that Lotus isn’t a possession, nor is she a prize, but Bob continues attacking. Their battle continues into the night, with neither listening to anything the other has to say.
Lin overcomes Bob, and is very nearly ready to strike a killing blow against him, a blow that Bob seems to welcome. Ripping away Bob’s medallion and his own, he throws them aside, and both men realize that the dream that was the Sons seems to finally be over. But what about the amulets?
Young Hector Ayala finds them, puts them on, and is transformed into the mystical White Tiger!
“Heart of the Dragon!” / IL CUORE E IL DRAGO
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Featured Characters:
Villains:
- Scythe (First appearance)
- paid goons
Other Characters:
- Yu-Ti (Only in flashback)
- Lei-Kung (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Shou-Lao (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Shu-Hu (Only in flashback)
- Dragon-Kings (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- New York City
- K’un-Lun (Only in flashback)
Synopsis
Having traveled to New York, Iron Fist finds himself attacked by a bunch of street thugs. After fighting off the first round, he reflects back on his training in K’un-Lun where as a boy he thirsted for revenge on the man who killed his family and was allowed martial arts training under the tutelage of Lei-Kung. Finishing off the last of the thugs, Iron Fist then recalls the events that led to the gaining of his Iron-Fist powers, how he was allowed by Yu-Ti to battle Shou-Lao the Undying. He would defeat the dragon, and in the course of the battle have the dragon shaped tattoo burned on his chest. After defeating Shou-Lao he would plunge his hands into the brazier containing the dragons immortal heart and it would charge him with the power of the Iron Fist.
Iron Fist is snapped out of his recollection with the arrival of Scythe a mercenary who uses the weapon of his namesake, who informs Iron Fist that there is a 10 million dollar bounty on his head. As the two fight, Iron Fist recalls how he bested Shu-Hu and was allowed the choice of gaining immortality from the Tree of Immortality. However, Iron Fist declines this offer, opting instead to be allowed to leave K’un-Lun to get revenge on his parents killer, Harold Meachum.
Iron Fists finishes his recollection and easily defeats Scythe, using his iron-fist attack to destroy his weapon. With Scythe cowering and begging mercy, Iron Fist demands to know who put the bounty on his head, and Scythe informs him that it was sent out by the owner of the Meachum building.