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Sep 14, 2010 - 6:15 AM
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Jim Phelps
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For some reason I seem to recall the lead character was sent to take out an adversary (an elderly fellow, confined to a wheelchair - Sir Denis Nayland Smith?) of Fu Manchu which he does with a single blow, then is informed by the man's servant that the real enemy is Fu Manchu and the lead character has been duped into doing Fu Manchu's evil bidding. I thought the character was Shang-Chi, perhaps I was confusing it with something else? Thanks! - jack
According to the all-knowing wikipedia:
"The series began by introducing Shang-Chi as a man raised by his father Fu Manchu to be the ultimate lackey for the would-be world conqueror. However, his first mission, in which he killed one of his father's old enemies, Dr. Petrie, ended with Shang-Chi learning of Fu Manchu's true, evil nature. Disillusioned, Shang-Chi swore eternal opposition to his father's ambitions and fought him as an agent of British intelligence, under the orders of Nayland Smith."
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Sep 14, 2010 - 9:37 AM
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jackfu
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"The series began by introducing Shang-Chi as a man raised by his father Fu Manchu to be the ultimate lackey for the would-be world conqueror. However, his first mission, in which he killed one of his father's old enemies, Dr. Petrie, ended with Shang-Chi learning of Fu Manchu's true, evil nature. Disillusioned, Shang-Chi swore eternal opposition to his father's ambitions and fought him as an agent of British intelligence, under the orders of Nayland Smith."
Thanks very much, Jim, for the clarification! At least I remembered part of it correctly. I'll have to look around and see if I still have that issue. Doubtful at best, but stranger things have happened. Thanks! - jack
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Hey Doug! You're the best writer in the biz IMHO. 
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Sep 20, 2010 - 6:38 AM
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Jim Phelps
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That is chilling, Neo. NYC in the mid-1970s...
Finished up MoKF #33-35, the "Mordillo Trilogy" and was impressed! This story is delightfully over-the-top in the way that the best episodes of The Wild, Wild West and The Avengers were. However, despite the crazed imagery, the story comes back with a touching last few panels concerning the tale's villains. I showed this to my wife and she forbade me to mention it again because "it's such a sad scene." She said "scene"! MoKF is quite cinematic, never as much as it was in the hands of Gulacy.
I also liked Gulacy's panel showing an enraged Clive Reston as Leiku and Shang Chi comfort one another after Leiku's near-death at the hands of Mordillo, who actually comes off a sympathetic! How many times has the leading lady come close to cashing in her chips and you still sympathize with the villain?
This story also has an obvious James Bond connection:
These were published in 1975, a year after the Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun was released. The villain, Mordillo, is a mad inventor who has an island with all kinds of elaborate funhouse-type deathtraps. Mordillo also has a dwarf-like robot named Brynocki, who's loyal to his creator to the, shall we say, extreme. Sound familiar?
MoKF artist Paul Gulacy, as mentioned already, is a huge 007 fan, so it would be easy to surmise that Mordiilo's island is based on Scaramanga's Island--which had a funhouse on it.
The logic is simple: Mordillo = Scaramanga and Brynocki = Nick Nack. Also, Gulacy's rendition of Fu Manchu was based on...Christopher Lee!
BTW, I didn't find issue #35 until the day I was scheduled to read it! I happened by a comic store and one of the few issues they had was, you guessed it...I'm still missing #36, but have most every issue from here on out.
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