The Way of the Warrior offers inside look at Marvel’s kung fu heroes and more

By John Freeman on August 3, 2021

Out this week from Dorling Kindersley is Marvel The Way of the Warrior, combining two of author Alan Cowsill’s main loves – comics and martial arts!

Released ahead of the new Shang-Chi feature film, inside, you can discover the fighting styles, training techniques, and secret disciplines of Marvel Comics’ mighty martial artists and hand-to-hand combatants.

From disciples of Eastern combat tactics and mixed martial arts, to superpowered street fighters and deadly weapons masters, this book pulls no punches in revealing Marvel’s ultimate warriors.

Learn about the distinctive skills, expertise, and classic clashes of Marvel’s most lethal martial artists. They are all here, beautifully illustrated with original comic art: Shang-Chi, Iron Fist, Elektra, Daredevil, Taskmaster, Gamora, Karnak, Black Widow, Bullseye, Master Izo, Fat Cobra, Steel Serpent, Mantis and many more.

Alan Cowsill is the author of Zombie 18 and Punch Drunk Kisses. He hosts The Last Geek In Space podcast, recently chatting with artist Doug Braithwaite and CUD’s Will Potter.

Starting out as a comic dealer before becoming a writer and editor, he co-created Stormwatcher for Acme/Eclipse, Kilkane for Deadline magazine and was an editor at Marvel UK on Overkill, Biker Mice From Mars, X-Men, Action Man and the company’s Marvel line. He also wrote the first UK-originated Spider-Man strips for over a decade in Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures, for Panini UK’s Marvel line.

His other work includes Jackie Chan Adventures and the award-winning Classic Marvel Figurine Collection and DC Super Hero Collection. His books include Colin the Goblin, Warzone: Dark Eden, Chronopia, DC Comics: A Year by Year Visual Chronicle, Marvel Avengers Character Encyclopaedia, Avengers: The Ultimate Guide To Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Revolutionary War and the award winning graphic novel World War One.

• Marvel The Way of the Warrior is on sale from Thursday 5th August 2021 | ISBN 978-0241467596 | Buy it from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)

• Alan Cowsill is online at www.alancowsill.com and www.bullpenproductions.co.uk

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.