While Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin and Al Milgrom created the character, it was writer Doug Moench who really built Shang-Chi's world, picking up the series with issue 20 and almost sticking with it until the end and wrote the vast majority of his appearances in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu. Artists Paul Gulacy, Mike Zeck and Gene Day brought the art to life and kickstarted their own careers on the series. Doug Moench left Master of Kung Fu with issue 121 due to creative differences with Editor in Chief Jim Shooter and the title was cancelled four issues later.
Marvel eventually lost the rights to use Sax Rohmer characters Fu Manchu and Sir Denis Nayland Smith, making it seem unlikely that we'd ever see Master of Kung Fu or Deadly Hands of Kung Fu receive collected editions, but both titles have since been collected in various versions, almost in entirety (see below). Even Shang-Chi himself was in continuity limbo for a few years, but I'll be covering his later appearance in another entry...
MCG Notes:
- Issue listings in blue & black: The must-read Daredevil stories from this time period, along with any often-forgotten tales that are worth a read.
- issue listings in grey: Part of Daredevil's chronology, cameo appearances or stories of note that non-essential or no longer considered 'required reading'.
- Chronology: Every Matt Murdock appearance from this period is included in chronological order - mapping out his timeline rather than just the order the issues were released.
- Spoilers: The are some spoilers in the story overviews, though I've tried to keep them to a minimum - just be warned!
First appearance of Shang-Chi, Fu Manchu, Denis Nayland Smith, Midnight (M'Nai), the Si-Fan assassins and Shang-Chi's mother; Shang-Chi - the Master of Kung Fu - discovers his father is evil; Fu Manchu sends Midnight to find Shang-Chi in New York City.
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #2[1/6]-3[6/6] (1974)
First appearance of Ducharme; Shang-Chi is pursued by Si-Fan assassins and battles heroin trafficker, the Adder.
First appearance of Black Jack Tarr; Shang-Chi is pursued by Denis Nayland and his enforcer, Black Jack Tarr, who recruit him in their war against Fu Manchu; Shang-Chi encounters the Man-Thing and battles the Si-Fan and Demmy Marston's assassins.
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1[2/4], [4/4] (1974)
Shang-Chi stops thieves from stealing a Buddha statue from a museum and defeats some hitmen.
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Special #1 (1974)
Shang-Chi, Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Black Jack Tarr team up with Iron Fist (Danny Rand) and the Sons of the Tiger (Abe Brown, Bob Diamond & Lin Sun) to stop Fu Manchu's latest scheme.
Shang-Chi fights his way through more of Fu Manchu's assassins, street gang the L.A. Savages, the Midnight Slasher and Johnny Chen.
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #11[1/2] (1975)
Shang-Chi and his allies thwart another one of Fu Manchu's schemes.
Fu Manchu sends the Council of Seven to assassinate his son.
Giant-Size Spider-Man #2[1/2] (1974)
A misunderstanding involving the Spider-Bandits gang leads to Spider-Man and Shang Chi fighting it out.
First appearance of Fah Lo Suee (Zheng Bao Yu); Shang-Chi clashes with Nazi war criminal Wilhelm Bucher, the Council of Seven and his own sister, Fah Lo Suee.
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #2[1/3]-3[1/3] (1974-1975)
First appearance of Dr James Petrie, Clive Reston and Shadow Stalker; Shang-Chi defends dojo from Fu Manchu's attackers; MI6 agent Clive Reston joins Shang-Chi, Black Jack Tarr and Sir Denis in opposing Fu Manchu and his Shadow Stalker.
First appearance of Brynocki, Mordillo (Simon Bretnor), Pavane and Razor-Fist (William Young), Carlton Velcro and Leiko Wu; Shang-Chi rescues Denis Nayland Smith from the Shadow Stalker; Shang-Chi takes down Carlton Velcro's drug-trafficking empire, battles KGB agent Therese Beswick and the faces the assassin Mordillo and his robot Brynocki; MI6 agent Leiko Wu allies Shang-Chi against Mordillo.
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #12[1/2]-14[1/2] (1975)
First appearance of Cho Lee and Shadow-Thief and Cho Lee; Shang-Chi steps in when Cho Lee tries to obtain the Golden Dragon artefact.
Shang-Chi's feud with the Shadow-Thief comes to a close.
Master of Kung Fu #36-37 (1976)
First appearance of Darkstrider; Moon Sun asks Shang-Chi to protect his travelling circus from the Warlords of the Web.
First appearance of Tiger-Claw; taxi driver Rufus T Hackstabber helps Shang-Chi defeat Tiger Claw and his gang of bank robbers.
Master of Kung Fu #38-42 (1976)
First appearance of the Cat (Shen Kui), Melissa Greville, Juliette, James Larner, Shockwave (Lancaster Sneed) and the Oriental Expediters; Shang Chi heads to London where he faces freelance spy, the Cat; former MI6 agent James Larner joins Shang Chi's team when they face Shockwave and the Oriental Expediters.
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #29[1/2] (1976)
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #31-32[2/2] (1976-1977)
Iron Fist seeks out Shang-Chi for help in locating the missing Colleen Wing; together they battle Shai-Tan and Quan-St'ar and team up with Jack of Hearts and the White Tiger against the Corporation during IRON FIST MUST DIE!
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #33[1/2] (1977)
Shang-Chi tries to stop a young man from joining a street gang.
First appearance of Herbert Griswold; Shockwave, Black Jack Tarr's nephew, makes an attempt on his uncle's life; Shang-Chi continues his investigation into the Oriental Expediters and learns of their connection to Fu Manchu; Shang-Chi battles Shaka Kharn and gets caught up in a war between his father and sister that costs the life of a member of his team and leads to a showdown with Fu Manchu.
Marvel Two-in-One #29 (1977)
After initially mistaking the Thing for a monster, Shang-Chi teams up with him to rescue Dr Kort in an effort to use his skills to revive Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew).
Shang-Chi fights robotic versions of his friends and foes in Doctor Doom's latest game with the Prime Mover.
Master of Kung Fu #54-58 (1977)
Shang-Chi clashes with former British Government agent Eric Slaughter in a number of guises.
Shang-Chi is among the many heroes who join the fight against the sentient computer programme FAUST.
Master of Kung Fu #64 (1978)
Fu Manchu turns Shang-Chi's childhood friend, Sho Teng, against him.
First appearance of Kogar (Li-Peng Kai) and Skull-Crusher (Chao Sima); the Cat hires the mercenaries Skull-Crusher and Pavane in his latest attempt on Shang-Chi's life.
Master of Kung Fu #65-75 (1978-1979)
Shang-Chi and Black Jack Tarr battle the smuggler Kogar as their fight with the Skull-Crusher and the Cat continues, pushing Shang-Chi to his moral limits; the duo then take on the Black Demon Sect before Shang-Chi has a rematch with Shockwave and Brynocki.
Viper, Silver Samurai and Boomerang attack the SHIELD Helicarrier; Shang-Chi teams up with Spider-Man, Black Widow and Nick Fury to defend it.
Master of Kung Fu #76-89 (1979-1980)
First appearance of the Order of the Golden Dawn and Zaran (Maximillian Zaran); Zaran tries to kill Shang-Chi to regain Fah Lo Suee's affection; Fu Manchu merges numerous secret societies into the Order of the Golden Dawn - including the Si-Fan, Leopard-Cult and Knights Templar - and plans to bring about a new world order; Shang-Chi has a showdown with Fu Manchu himself.
First appearance of Super-Midnight (Rufus "One-Eye" Carter); Shang-Chi battles Chinese and Japanese street gangs; Leiko Wu, Black Jack Tarr and Shang-Chi investigate a cult, go up against the assassin Agent Syn and meet former CIA agent Super-Midnight; the Shadow Slasher challenges Shang-Chi to a fight to prove who is superior; secrets of Shang-Chi's past are revealed when Fu Manchu returns.
Master of Kung Fu #102-121 (1981-1983)
First appearance of Dark Angel (Mia Lessing), Ghost Maker (Grigori Sovchenko); Razor-Fist (Douglas Scott), Razor-Fist (William Scott) and the IDIC (International Data Integration & Control); Shang-Chi opposes IDIC (a front for AIM); the Cat and Juliette return to plague Shang-Chi; Shang-Chi battles three Razor-Fists when Carlton Velcro returns; Shang-Chi uncovers a plot to assassinate the Queen of England; Fu Manchu and the Order of the Golden Sun return, brining a new agent called Death-Dealer; Shang-Chi and Fu Manchu have their final battle; Brynocki returns.
First appearance of Doctor Dredd; Shang-Chi discovers the existence of alien Dire Wraiths and joins forces with Wraith-hunter Rom against the Wraith warlock Doctor Dredd.
Master of Kung Fu #122-125 (1983)
Shang-Chi must atone for killing his father, Fu Manchu.
- 1988-2015: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu
Notable versions of Shang-Chi from alternate universes.
What If #16 (1979)
Uatu the Watcher reveals an alternate universe (Earth-79816) in which Shang-Chi never turned against his father, Fu Manchu.
Action Force #17 (1987, Marvel UK)
On Earth-120185, Shang Chi trains Quick Kick from the special UK military unit, Action Force.
Action Force #17 (1987, Marvel UK)
On Earth-120185, Shang Chi trains Quick Kick from the special UK military unit, Action Force.
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1-4
Giant-Size Spider-Man #2
Iron Man Annual #4
Marvel Comics Presents #1-8
Master of Kung Fu #17-125
Master of Kung Fu Annual #1
Master of Kung Fu: Bleeding Black #1
Special Marvel Edition #15-16
What If #16
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus vol.1-2
Bizarre Adventures #25
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus vol.1-2
Bizarre Adventures #25
Deadliest Heroes of Kung Fu #1
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1-14, 16-33
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Special #1
Marvel Premiere #16
Special Marvel Edition #15-16
Tales of Suspense #85
Master of Kung Fu Epic Collection vol.1: Weapon of the Soul
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1-4
Master of Kung Fu Epic Collection vol.1: Weapon of the Soul
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1-4
Giant-Size Spider-Man #2
Iron Man Annual #4
Master of Kung Fu #17-28
Special Marvel Edition #15-16
Master of Kung Fu Epic Collection vol.2: Fight Without Pity
Master of Kung Fu #29-53
Master of Kung Fu Epic Collection vol.2: Fight Without Pity
Master of Kung Fu #29-53
Master of Kung Fu Annual #1
Iron Fist: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu - The Complete Collection
Iron Fist: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu - The Complete Collection
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #29, 30-32
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Special #1
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