Membership:
Samisdat, Agent Syn and the Syn Variants, Mandy Greville, various
unnamed THE DAWNING LIGHT
Membership:
Samisdat, Agent Syn and the Syn Variants, Mandy Greville, various
unnamed
Purpose: The Dawning Light was a cult founded by the KGB agent Samisdat as a cover organization for KGB, the cult members are brainwashed into believing that western civilization is bad, and the cult members should be used as terrorists
Affiliations: Led by Samisdat
Enemies: Freelance Restorations
Base of Operations: Long Island, New York; “Samisdat Island” in the Carribean
First Appearance: Master of Kung-Fu I#93 (October, 1980)
History: (Master of Kung-Fu I#95 (fb) ) - The Dawning Cult makes contact with Mandy Greville, convincing her to join the cult.
(Master of Kung-Fu I#94 (fb) ) - Two of The Dawning Light culties persuade Mandy to
turn against her friends with the words “remember Mandy we
must eliminate our enemies, they’re blind– only we see
the dawning light” (Master of Kung-Fu I#95 (fb) ) - The Dawning Cult convinces Mandy to steal
documents detailing the British-German weapons transport . (Master of Kung-Fu I#93 - BTS) - Revealed to have kidnaped Mandy Greville . (Master of Kung-Fu I#93) - In order to save Mandy Greville, infiltrated by Black
Jack, Shang-Chi and Leiko Wu, succeeded in freeing her, but she
won’t be freed, she still supports the ideas of the cult . (Master of Kung-Fu I#94) - Agent Syn is sent by “The Dawning Light” to
kill Mandy Greville before she can reveal the location of
“Samisdat” island. Mandy tries to kill Black Jack, but
when Agent Syn tries to shot Mandy her brainwashing disappears,
Agent Syn is shot and killed by Clive Reston . (Master of Kung-Fu I#95) - The Dawning Light are by ship on their way to
“Samisdat” island, Shang-Chi and Leiko Wu has
infiltrated the cult, and are among those onboard the ship. Hen
they arrives at the island, they are send to small dormitory
quarters where they’re to spend the night. While the rest
are sleeping, Shang-Chi and Leiko sneaks out, trying to learn
more about the cult. Learns that the organization is a cover for
KGB operations, and that the cult members are being used as
terrorists against the western civilization. The next day, all
the cult members meet before Samisdat. He command his cultist to
remove your robes. After they’ve moved their robes,
revealing that two of them are infiltrators, Samisdat orders his
culties to attack the infiltrators. Black Jack and Clive Reston
arrives to save their two partners. While the fight goes on, some
of the cult members suddenly finds Samisdat secret base, where a
satellite is based. Samisdat afraid that they might tell others,
orders his men to kill them. The Cult members escapes. Samisdat
himself activate the satellite, blowing off the entire base,
seemingly killing Samisdat. The cult members disillusioned with
their leader, turns away from the island COMMENTS: Created by Doug Moench &
Mick Zeck Profile by: The Beetle CLARIFICATIONS: Mandy Greville - The sister of
Melissa Greville, who was working for her uncle, when she was
tricked into joining the cult Samisdat - Leader of the cult
and and a KGB agent Agent Syn(s) - Super-agents of
“The Dawning Light”, all send to kill Shang-Chi Appearances: Last updated: 09/29/02 Any Additions/Corrections? please let me
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Master of Kung-Fu I#93-95 (October-December, 1980) - Doug Moench (writer), Mike Zeck (pencils), Gene Day (inks), Jim Salicrup (editor)
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