The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 1974 #1 4 - 7.5 - $39.00

Shang-Chi has turned against his father Fu Manchu, and now Fu Manchu wants answers from the priests who trained Shang Chi. Fu Manchu is unable to understand that it is his own brutality that has driven a wedge between him and his son.

Ninjas attack and mortally wound Lin Sun's adoptive father and Kung Fu Master Kee. With his dying breath, Master Kee gives Lin some magic tiger jewellery made from jade, and asks him to recruit two former students, Abe Brown and Robert Diamond, in order to stop the assassins. The trail leads to a ninja school/opium den owned by Sui Ti Kama. The three friends, "the Sons of the Tiger", stop Sui Ti Kama, but he is just the pawn of a larger organization known as "the Silent Ones".

The top of the table of contents page says No. 1, but the indicia says V1 #4 in error. On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.

• Bruce Lee - In Memoriam - 1941-1973 - Inside front cover; pin-up of Bruce Lee continues as single image to inside back cover.
• The Testing of Shang-Chi - Script credits from the Steve Englehart web site as reported by Darrel McCann (November 17, 2004). Ties with Master Of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #17 as the third appearance of Shang-Chi.
• A Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu Special! - Photo montage serving as an introduction to the following articles.
• What to Do till the Sensei Comes: Getting in Shape for the Martial Arts - Additional credits: Kata by Jeffrey Pinkus, instructor of Lie Han Pai. Rick Bryant: model. Michele Wolfman is credited on table of contents page. Article is illustrated by model (Bryant) demonstrating positions of the kata.
• The Way of the Tiger, The Sign of the Dragon and the Click of the Nielsens! - Artist?s medium appears to be something different from pencil and ink.
• Origin of the Tiger's Sons - This is the origin story of the Sons of the Tiger.
• Kicking Your Way on Apr. 2, 1974 The Second Scintillating Fight-Filled Issue of The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu - Promo ad. for The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 N.B. The Sons of the Tiger story did not appear until issue #3