The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #16 for Sale - First Appearance of Raymond Halliday - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series)
Issue: #16
Publication date: September 1975
Key date: 1975-09-00
On-sale date: 1975-08-07
Indicia publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price: $1.00
Pages: 76

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Raymond Halliday - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Luis Dominguez; inks: Luis Dominguez; colors: Luis Dominguez	Abe Brown, Bob Diamond, Lin Sun
1	-	comic story	1	script: Frank McLaughlin; pencils: Frank McLaughlin; inks: Frank McLaughlin
2	Stan Lee Presents The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
3	-	letters page	2	script: Doug Moench
4	Editors in Painted Death!	text article	1	script: Don McGregor; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; letters: Marie Severin
5	Demons in Painted Death	comic story	17	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Rudy Nebres; inks: Rudy Nebres; letters: Marcos Pelayo	Shang-Chi
6	Jhoon Rhee: Karate's Practical Visionary	text article	8	script: Jim Whitmore
7	The Corpse Rider	comic story	10	script: John Warner; pencils: Sanho Kim; inks: Sanho Kim; letters: Sanho Kim
8	Chapter I The Rites of Every Citizen	comic story	16	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Stan Gan; letters: Marcos Pelayo	Blackbyrd, Abe Brown, Nathan Byrd, Bob Diamond, Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Lotus Shinchuko, Lin Sun, Raymond Halliday First
9	Next issue	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-90133-2	2016	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #1516 of 33#17 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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