Wonder Woman (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1977.
Synopsis for "Assassin of a Thousand Claws"
We learn more about Kung, he and his sister are American citizens, but Kung feels that the country betrayed them and killed his father. He went back to Japan and mastered the so-called samurai teachings. He became the best fighter, so when WWII started he was sent back by the masters to do their bidding. His sister is less fanatical, and tries to stop Kung, but he is determined to fulfill his orders and kill MacArthur, who is attending a warship inauguration. Kung, in the form of an enraged rhino, explodes onto the scene, while Sandman and his sidekick, Sandy tries to stop him, with not much luck. His undoing is his sister, as she gets almost crushed when the rhino knocks over the giant ship, but he saves her, and gets crushed in her stead.
Appearing in "Assassin of a Thousand Claws"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Etta Candy
- Nancy Morita
- Sandman
- Sandy the Golden Boy
- Steve Trevor
Antagonists:
- Kung (Apparent Death)
Other Characters:
- Colonel Belushi
- Diana Prince
- Lt. Pierre Marchand (First appearance)
- Luigi
Locations:
- Earth-Two (1943)
- Japan
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Brooklyn
- Manhattan
- Chinatown
- Dodds Manor
- Grand Central Station
- Little Italy
- Waldorf Astoria
- New York City
- Washington, D.C.
- Acme Corporation
- Union Station
- New York
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- The title to this issue, "Assassin of a Thousand Claws", is a nicknamed attributed to Kung.
- Although Kung appears to die in this issue, he actually resurfaces and is later seen in Crisis on Infinite Earths #5. He also appears in All-Star Squadron #8, which, despite being published five years after this comic, is set over a year before it.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Wonder Woman Recommended Reading
- All-Star Comics (Volume 1)
- Comic Cavalcade (Volume 1)
- JLA (Volume 1)
- Sensation Comics (Volume 1)
- Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- The Legend of Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- The Legend of Wonder Woman (Volume 2)
- Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- Wonder Woman (Volume 2)
- Wonder Woman (Volume 3)
- Wonder Woman (Volume 4)
- Wonder Woman (Volume 5)
- Wonder Woman (Volume 6)