The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #8

The cover of this January 1975 Curtis/Marvel magazine says it all: bodies fly through the air in a rooftop brawl, with a kung fu fighter in red delivering a devastating kick while another figure clutches a woman in the chaos below — and a masked figure lurks ominously in the upper corner. Bob Larkin's painted cover work gives the whole scene a kinetic, almost cinematic energy that fits perfectly with the magazine's bonus feature promising everything you wanted to know about "Swords of Death" movies. Inside, Shang-Chi, Son of Fu Manchu faces "A Hatred for All Seasons" courtesy of writer Doug Moench and artist Mike Vosburg, alongside a Sons of the Tiger story — solid value for 75 cents in 1975.