Master of Kung Fu #24 for Sale - First Appearance of Wilhelm Bucher - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Master of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series)
Issue: #24
Publication date: January 1975
Key date: 1975-01-00
On-sale date: 1974-10-10
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.25
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Wilhelm Bucher - 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	The Night of the Assassin!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Annette Kawecki	Shang-Chi
1	Massacre Along the Amazon!	comic story	17	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Al Milgrom, Jim Starlin, Alan Weiss, Walter Simonson; inks: Sal Trapani; colors: Petra Goldberg; letters: Dave Hunt	Wilhelm Bucher First, Fu Manchu, Shang-Chi, Denis Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, Zheng Zu
2	-	letters page	2	pencils: John Buscema

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Comic Reader #111	1974	On eBay ›
Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-90129-5	2016	On eBay ›
Weapon of the Soul ISBN 978-1-302-90135-6	2018	On eBay ›
FOOM Magazine #7	1974	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

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

‹ #238 of 109#25 ›

Sources

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

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