
Today we have Mike Zeck’s cover to Master of Kung Fu #86 from March 1980.
Although Master of Kung Fu might sound like a silly title, it was actually a fairly serious series about the son of Fu Manchu [Shang-Chi] who teams with a group of British agents a la James Bond. The series ran from 1974 to 1983. Although several writers and artists worked on the series over the years, the writer most associated with the title is Doug Moench and artists Paul Gulacy and Mike Zeck.
Moench & Gulacy began their run in issue #22 and despite an occasional fill-in continued on the series through issue #51. Although other artists worked on the series, [and Mike even did a few issues] it was with issue #64 that Mike became the regular artist on Master of Kung Fu. The team of Moench and Zeck stayed with the series until Mike left after completing issue #101.
But back to the cover at hand… I like the intensity of this cover and Mike really caught the look of Shang-Chi. He doesn’t have a generic super-hero face [or even a generic Asian super-hero face].
We’ll be back tomorrow with a classic Paul Gulacy Master of Kung Fu cover.