Issue(s): Master of Kung Fu #24
Cover Date: Jan 75
Title: "Massacre along the Amazon"
Credits:
Doug Moench - Writer
Al Milgrom, Walt Simonson, James Starlin, & Alan Weiss - Penciler
Sal Trapani - Inker

Review/plot:
Holy crap that's a lot of artists. This is a very early job for Walt Simonson at Marvel, possibly his first. I don't know who "Weiss" is. Only last names are given in the credits (I found Weiss' first name in a letter in issue #27 complaining about the art in this issue. Reaction to this issue overall was very negative). Despite obviously having been a rush job, the art in this book still has a consistent look and isn't bad at all (*I* think, anyway. Obviously the readers who wrote in disagreed).

Shang Chi and his British allies are still in the Amazon, heading toward the Nazi Bucher's base. Fu Manchu is also arriving at the base, and the Nazi plans to betray him, but Fu Manchu is one step ahead.

Shang Chi has infiltrated his father's men...

...and investigates the Nazi base as the two sides fight. He finds a nuclear bomb and deactivates it. He saves his father from capture, and then defeats Bucher. Fu Manchu escapes.

Moench's stories remain enjoyable.

Quality Rating: B-

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A