batmiesta Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 7/26/2021 at 1:06 AM, tth2 said: Love this Buscema cover. tth2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimjum12 Posted July 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2021 This was Jon's copy and won't likely be for sale. There are about a dozen MOKF issues that I would LOVE to have in CGC 9.8, but prices have already scooted them out of my comfort zone. I suppose raw will have to do. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) HighVoltage, jcjames, namisgr and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 7/31/2021 at 2:25 PM, jimjum12 said: This was Jon's copy and won't likely be for sale. There are about a dozen MOKF issues that I would LOVE to have in CGC 9.8, but prices have already scooted them out of my comfort zone. I suppose raw will have to do. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) This is what Shang Chi looks like, not some round faced fat bloke. Chaykin Stevens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) On 8/1/2021 at 4:25 PM, batmiesta said: This is what Shang Chi looks like, not some round faced fat bloke. I always thought that Master of Kung Fu was created with Bruce in mind ... and I would imagine the Kung Fu craze hit NYC (... and Marvel) a little earlier than everywhere else, but I was a teen in the early 70's and Carradine's show, Bruce Lee, the Billy Jack stuff.... everybody I knew was signing up for Karate. You could catch a decent DoJo for 10 bucks a month. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Edited August 2, 2021 by jimjum12 batmiesta and HighVoltage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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divad Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) Dismal FC cut, all too common with this title: Edited August 2, 2021 by divad batmiesta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tth2 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 For a low-tier title, MOKF was graced by some of Marvel's best artists of the time. Starlin, Gulacy, Zeck, Day. Amazing. Von Cichlid, divad, HighVoltage and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVoltage Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 On 7/31/2021 at 7:25 AM, jimjum12 said: This was Jon's copy and won't likely be for sale. There are about a dozen MOKF issues that I would LOVE to have in CGC 9.8, but prices have already scooted them out of my comfort zone. I suppose raw will have to do. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Is this 'THE' cover for the MOKF run? I love it, along with #51 and #67 for Gulacy. #71 and #101 are Zeck faves. And was this the only book where the main character is drawn as sweating while kicking butt?! Shang was workin' hard! jimjum12 and divad 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 9:52 AM, HighVoltage said: Is this 'THE' cover for the MOKF run? I love it, along with #51 and #67 for Gulacy. #71 and #101 are Zeck faves. And was this the only book where the main character is drawn as sweating while kicking butt?! Shang was workin' hard! I'm working on the short list .... luckily I can settle for raw, as some of the best covers are either too pricey in CGC or not available at all. I am also going to include some Gene Day eventually. My favorite issue of the martial arts titles is still Marvel Premiere 15 with Gil Kane handling a rare book length story during his Cover Reign... even if it was a blatant assimilation of all that was cool about Carradine's Kung Fu series on prime time TV. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) ... I can't count the times I've been box diving MOKF at an LCS .... uniformly high grade, YES !, only to hit beaters where all the classics are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVoltage Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 9:18 AM, jimjum12 said: I'm working on the short list .... luckily I can settle for raw, as some of the best covers are either too pricey in CGC or not available at all. I am also going to include some Gene Day eventually. My favorite issue of the martial arts titles is still Marvel Premiere 15 with Gil Kane handling a rare book length story during his Cover Reign... even if it was a blatant assimilation of all that was cool about Carradine's Kung Fu series on prime time TV. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) ... I can't count the times I've been box diving MOKF at an LCS .... uniformly high grade, YES !, only to hit beaters where all the classics are. Oh - you are so right on those MOKF classic covers! I found a #51 several months ago that was in the 8.0 range and I just grabbed it because I hadn't seen one that decent just sitting in a box in quite awhile. I only have a few MOKF slabs, but I am very ok with raw on these! If I were looking to just have a couple of MOKF slabs, it would probably be #64 and #101. And Gene Day had some really cool ones as well! (103/105/111/116/118) Side note: I think Mike Mignola did inking right at the end of the MOKF run. I'd love to see him knock out a Shang Chi piece these days. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 11:38 AM, HighVoltage said: Side note: I think Mike Mignola did inking right at the end of the MOKF run. I'd love to see him knock out a Shang Chi piece these days. ...perhaps if the movie adds enough heat to the franchise ? ... Mignola is a hot property now. It would take a special artist to really pull off a marquee treatment of the character, an artisan with a talent for the "ballet of motion". Gil Kane was an example, but he's at the Big Drawing Board In The Sky.... as is Gulacy ? Neal Adams could do a good rendition... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MattTheDuck Posted August 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2021 Today's mail call, courtesy of @Azkaban and "Don's Collection!" batmiesta, jcjames, divad and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post letsgrumble Posted August 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2021 Was missing some of the later issues to complete the run. But managed to pick up these beauties yesterday: They get the Mylar treatment... batmiesta, tth2, Von Cichlid and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LowGradeBronze Posted August 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) These are two of my favourite Gulacy issues. A great two part story line. Had these since 1976 and bought in the local newsagent's for 9 pence! This was before I discovered bags, let alone boards, so they've survived well. Edited August 10, 2021 by LowGradeBronze Got date wrong ADAMANTIUM, batmiesta, tth2 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaykin Stevens Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 7:30 PM, jimjum12 said: ...perhaps if the movie adds enough heat to the franchise ? ... Mignola is a hot property now. It would take a special artist to really pull off a marquee treatment of the character, an artisan with a talent for the "ballet of motion". Gil Kane was an example, but he's at the Big Drawing Board In The Sky.... as is Gulacy ? Neal Adams could do a good rendition... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Paul Gulacy is still alive and kicking. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TroyT7986 Posted August 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2021 Just received my #15 in the mail today. Will be submitting soon as I get all my other books I am waiting on for the past several months batmiesta, ADAMANTIUM, namisgr and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVoltage Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 1:17 PM, TroyT7986 said: Just received my #15 in the mail today. Will be submitting soon as I get all my other books I am waiting on for the past several months I did not realize Englehart colored this! And good old Tom Orzechowski as letterer. He lettered some great stuff on the X-Men! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 Saw the movie last night! Solid B-level Marvel flick, with a couple of outstanding Kung Fu fight scenes. Overall acting was meh, and had too much exposition for my tastes, but we had fun. jcjames, piper, ganni and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 8:17 PM, TroyT7986 said: Just received my #15 in the mail today. Will be submitting soon as I get all my other books I am waiting on for the past several months You should get it back just in time for Shang Chi 3 . TroyT7986, piper, HighVoltage and 1 other 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
