HOUSE OF SECRETS "Taste of Dark Fire!"

Rarely do comics from two different genres crossover...

...but this terror tale from DC's House of Secrets #89 (1970-71) actually leads-in to...a romance comic!

Read it and we'll explain at the end...

This story by writer Gerry Conway and artist Don Heck appears to be the pilot/intro to an ongoing series, but no other tales about the disparate duo ever appeared!

But, that wasn't the end of their Battle Against Satanic Evil!

The interfaith avengers next appear in DC's Sinister House of Secret Love #2 (1971-72), where they save the rabbi's niece from being sacrificed in a demonic wedding ceremony!

You can read that story by clicking HERE!

It wouldn't be until years later that the Pugnacious Priest and Rambunctious Rabbi would appear once more, this time as the cover-featured heroes in a book-length story in DC's House of Secrets #150 (1978) which teamed them with the Phantom Stranger and Dr 13 to battle a mystical menace in both the past and the present!

Sadly, they haven't been seen in new stories on this plane of existence since... 

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Asian Antagonists MASK OF DR FU MANCHU Part 4/Conclusion

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Does that recap the story in style or what?

Avon Comics pioneered the concept of using the inside front cover to present background info and/or recaps which is so prevalent today.

What's really kool is that they used a page of new art, instead of a cut-and paste of text and already-used art!

And now, the conclusion...

Interesting to note that Dr Fu Manchu is shown to be honorable, and wouldn't attempt to retaliate after his defeat, simply to assuage his ego/vanity.

It goes against the usual "Yellow Peril" stereotype of Asians being without morals and ethics, doing anything, no matter how loathsome or inhuman to achieve their goals!
Though the adaptor of the Sax Rohmer-penned novel is unknown, the comic is illustrated by then-young up-and-comers Wally Wood and Joe Orlando (who split the penciling and inking almost on a panel-by-panel basis)!
Though Fu's comic book appearances were infrequent, he became an ongoing character at Marvel as the father of their resident martial arts master, Shang-Chi, who turned against his father when he discovered he was not the altruistic and benign person he deceived his son into believing!
The "Devil Doctor" battled not only his wayward son, but other martial arts heroes as shown HERE!
You'll note there's no mention of Fu in the upcoming movie Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings!, though Shang's father does appear!
When Marvel lost the licensing rights to Fu, they modified the character of Shang's father in comics to become Zheng Zu, an immortal sorcerer, and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as The Mandarin, based on a "Yellow Peril"-type supervillain dating back to the 1960s, who was Iron Man's arch-enemy.
(The movie Iron Man 3 introduced a false Mandarin, an imposter played by an out-of-work actor, into the movie continuity.
This one is the real character, heading the Ten Rings terrorist/criminal group which wounded and kidnapped Tony Stark, forcing him to become Iron Man.)

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Chinese SuperVillain and the Spread of Yellow Peril Ideology

Asian Antagonists MASK OF DR FU MANCHU Part 3

When Last We Left Our Protaganist...Who's Also Our Antagonist...

...under a flag of truce, Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Shan Greville meet with Dr Fu Manchu to make an exchange...Shan's kidnapped fiance Rima Barton for the artifacts Fu covets!

It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn...

Next Week: The Conclusion!

Though the adaptor is unknown, the tale is illustrated by young up-and-comers Wally Wood and Joe Orlando (who split the penciling and inking almost on a panel-by-panel basis)!

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Asian Antagonists MASK OF DR FU MANCHU Part 2

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May be NSFW due to xenophobic "Yellow Peril" stereotypes about Asians.

Sir Denis Nayland Smith foils Dr Fu Manchu's attempt to steal the Mask and Sacred Sword of El Mokanna which could unite millions of religious fanatics under Fu's command!

However, Smith's young associate, Shan Grenvile falls prey to the feminine wiles of Fu's daughter, Fah Loh Suee and is captured...

Do We Have to Tell You...
Continued Next Week!

Though the adaptor is unknown, the tale is illustrated by young up-and-comers Wally Wood and Joe Orlando (who split the penciling and inking almost on a panel-by-panel basis)!

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Dr Fu Manchu & the Rise of Chinaphobia

Asian Antagonists MASK OF DR FU MANCHU Part 1

NSFW Note: Racist, xenophobic Asian stereotypes ahead...

The most famous example of the Yellow Peril "evil Oriental" stereotype was Sax Rohmer's incredibly-popular Fu Manchu!

To Be Continued...

NEXT WEEK!

This 1951 one-shot from Avon Comics was based on the novel Mask of Fu Manchu, which had already been adapted for both a radio serial and a movie (starring Boris Karloff as Fu and Myrna Loy as Fah Lo Suee)!

Though the scripter is unknown, the tale is Illustrated by young up-and-comers Wally Wood and Joe Orlando (who split the penciling and inking almost on a panel-by-panel basis)!

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Alice Matheson RN is a nurse with a difference...she's an "Angel of Death", euthanizing terminally-ill patients...without their (or their next of kin's) permission!

When her latest "client" refuses to "rest in peace" and reanimates after receiving a lethal dose of drugs, Alice manages to finally put her down with a blow to the head!

Though the nurse fears she'll be exposed, the other staffers of London's St Mary's Hospital have bigger problems...all the recently-deceased are re-animating, and attacking the living!

Why did his head explode?

Is it linked to the fact that the only way to stop an undead, you have to destroy the brain or decapitate the reanimated corpse?

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