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1978's Master of Kung Fu Vol.1 #67 cover by cover artist Paul Gulacy.

From Master of Kung Fu #47, 1975. Part two of a six part cinematic storyline that is considered to be one of the best in the entire series.

#MOKF 48 double page approaches a crescendo that mixes Gulacy's illustrative and cinematic approach, Moench's elegant descriptions and Abel & Marcos' inking that brings together visuals that are very difficult to capture in any other medium. #ShangChi  kicking ass like usual. https://www.instagram.com/p/CT-TdUMPXxz/?utm_medium=tumblr

Organized the essentials on the bookshelf. #marvelomnibus #mokf #howardtheduck #fantasticfour

So i am now the proud owner of my very own copy of Shang-Chi: Master of Kung-Fu Omnibus Vol. 1 and I really have no complaints. Once the decision was made to separate the stories from Deadly Hands magazine and the color comic a lot of my reprinting concerns flew out the window. For those interested there is a newer nice discussion of Shangs 1970's chronology that can be found here - http://marvelmasterworksfansite.yuku.com/topic/29123/Definitive-reading-order-MOKF-DHOKF-amp-Iron-Fist?page=1#.V3GuKjWYGed But the reason why I'm posting this is - For years we've heard that the main roadblock in reprinting old Shang Chi comics was the rights issues with the Sax Rohmer estate and the various other characters not owned by Marvel. But in the copyright information printed in my copy of the omni all rights are claimed by Marvel. Was this a mistake? Or is everything public domain now? Since these Shang Chi Omnibus's have been announced (6 books published in a pretty short amount of time as opposed to normal comic book reprints) the assumption a lot of people have made is Marvel got the rights to reprint the series but they only have a short window of time to do so, otherwise why rush out so many books so quickly? Curious! It's a mystery to me!