Neal Adams created this amazing image of the late Bruce Lee for the fourteenth issue of Marvel's The Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu. This is a dandy cover, but Adams produced many wonderful covers for this niche Marvel magazine that for a very short time flourished. See below.
Neal Adams kicked off The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu with this potent image of Bruce Lee defeating the minions of
He created this wild image of street violence starring Marvel's own Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung Fu.
Bruce Kelly is entertaining as a Kung Fu star, fusing the martial arts trend with the blaxploitation fad. I'm not sure he was as convincing as some, but he was so earnest in his approach in several fun flicks.
That Bruce Lee didn't get to star in Kung Fu, the show he invented is a tragedy. That David Carradine did is perhaps a second one. But I have to admit I loved this show then and love it only a bit less today.
The Kung Fu craze even penetrated the venerable James Bond movie series in The Man with the Golden Gun, though it must be said Roger Moore looked a bit wonky when he showed off a move. As I remember they brought in two comely female allies to help Moore against the minions of Hung Fat.
Neal Adams was able to capture the physical power of martial arts and his evocation of Lee is one of the best I've evet run across.
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I hadn't seen that last Neal Adams cover (issue 17) before, its an absolute cracker. I always felt that Rudy Nebres never really got the credit he deserved for his amazing art on this title .
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DeleteIt's a stunner. I'd forgotten it until I put this post together.
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