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Father... you speak with absolute assurance, completely convinced that your vision is the only proper way... and, like all men who speak thus... You are mad! When next we meet, it will be as implacable enemies!

—Shang-Chi

Appearing in "Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Special Marvel Edition #15

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  • Si-Fan (First appearance)
    • Fu Manchu (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
    • Tak (First appearance)
    • Unnamed Samurai Assassin
    • Unnamed Knife Wielding Assassin
    • Unnamed Steel Limbed Assassin
    • Gorilla Guard

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  • Elixir Vitae (First appearance; behind the scenes) (Main story and flashback)

Synopsis for "Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Special Marvel Edition #15

Shang-Chi confronts five fighters on his way to Fu Manchu's inner sanctum, while Fu Manchu watches on a video monitor.

He remembers: his father, Fu Manchu, sent him on his first mission at 19 years old. He would assassinate Doctor Petrie, a Westerner who opposed Fu's plans, "the most evil man alive." Once in Mayfair, he found Petrie asleep and wondered how such an old man could contain such malice. Petrie awoke; Shang-Chi struck. He turned to go.

Denis Nayland Smith, in a wheelchair, faced him with gun drawn. Shang-Chi slapped the gun out of his hand. He turned to go.

Smith began to weep for Petrie. Shang-Chi was stunned. Smith explained the true nature of evil: Fu Manchu, a megalomaniac with a global network of assassins, a genius with a rejuvenating potion, a dreamer with the goal of bringing the glory of China's imperial age to the whole world. Fu captured Smith in Burma and gave him to Tak, a sumo wrestler who mangled him. Smith pulls up his trouser leg....

Shang-Chi fights Tak

Shang-Chi fights Tak

Shang-Chi visited his mother, an American, at their home in Honan. She knew he would eventually learn the truth about his father but hoped it would not come so soon. Shang-Chi went to his father's international headquarters.

In the present, Shang-Chi faces the last of the five fighters: Tak. To end the grueling battle, he seizes Tak's topknot and heaves him through a door. He finds a laboratory and hints of the monstrosities his father has created. One of them, an enhanced gorilla, almost ambushes him. He knocks it down a flight of stairs. "Excellent, Shang-Chi," says Fu Manchu. He lays out his vision for Shang-Chi and invites him to join the great work.

"Father ... you speak with absolute assurance, completely convinced that your vision is the only proper way ... and, like all men who speak thus, you are mad." He turns to go. "When next we meet, it will be as implacable enemies."

He steps out of his father's China and into a New York City street. "I have lost a father," he thinks, "and in all the world, I can never find another."

Appearing in ""Never Bug a Giant!""

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers #31

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  • Numerous unnamed Forbidden Land Citizens (Main story and flashback)
  • The Incas (Mentioned)
  • Police from unidentified South American location
  • Sam Hill (Invoked)
  • Dr. Franz Anton

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Synopsis for ""Never Bug a Giant!""

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers #31

The story is continued from the last issue.

Captain America, The Wasp and Hawkeye leave for South America to help Goliath. Meanwhile, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch realize how badly they liked being Avengers and hope their powers return soon.

Goliath and Prince Rey escape to Prince Rey's rebel hideout. He explains how the Keeper controls a powerful cobalt flame capable of destroying the world. Goliath realizes Prince Rey only wants the flame for his own desires and leaves him.

Goliath attacks the Keeper and gets captured. The other Avengers attack and also get captured with the exception of the Wasp. Prince Rey's forces attack the Keeper's, while at the same time, the Wasp frees all the Avengers. Hawkeye smothers the flame with explosive arrows, destroying it.

The Avengers free Dr. Anton and leave. Unfortunately, Dr. Anton can do nothing to help Goliath's condition.

Appearing in "Let There be Victory!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Strange Tales #141

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Synopsis for "Let There be Victory!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Strange Tales #141

Furious that Mordo would interfere in an honor battle against Doctor Strange, Dormammu banishes his minion. Recovering, Doctor Strange then resumes his combat against Dormammu, a fight that Doctor Strange wins. After his defeat, Doctor Strange forces Dormammu to vow never to turn his power against the Earth, a vow that Dormammu begrudgingly accepts.

Returning to the Ancient One's cave on Earth, Doctor Strange and the Ancient One are contacted by Dormammu who forces them to watch helplessly as Dormammu banishes Clea to another dimension. Although Strange wishes to save the girl right away, the Ancient One turns his attention to more Earthly matters, namely those tainted by Mordo's black magic, and sends him back to his Sanctum to prepare for the coming battles.

Before Doctor Strange can arrive however, minions of Baron Mordo have broken into the Sanctum, and have planted an explosive within Strange's home, hoping that the non-mystical device will destroy their foe.

This story is continued next issue...

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  1. ↑ Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #2 ; Raiders of the Purple Veil
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