KIAI! #39: Peter McCoy

# Kung-Fu por una Rubia

This Spanish-language pulp adventure, issue #39 of the ¡KIAI! weekly collection, features "Kung-Fu por una Rubia" by Peter McCoy. The story opens in Los Angeles's Chinatown, where private investigator Mark Jones—the well-paid, glamorous cousin of honorable Chang Jones, an Oriental art dealer—awaits the arrival of Betty Halles, the shop's platinum-blonde, twenty-two-year-old employee. Betty arrives frightened, having been followed by a mysterious, silent man during her commute. Mark comforts her while waiting for Chang's return from the harbor, where a valuable shipment from Hong Kong has been delayed. To calm Betty's nerves, Mark agrees to help her unpack an arrived wooden crate containing fragile merchandise. Inside they discover an exquisite jade figurine of Princess Miao Shan, a legendary Buddhist deity. The narrative emphasizes Mark's attraction to Betty's beauty while establishing an atmosphere of suspense surrounding the mysterious follower and the valuable oriental artwork.