SAMISDAT
Real Name: Alexi Kalishnikov
Identity/Class: Human/Criminal mastermind
Occupation: KGB agent, cult leader
Affiliations: Member of KGB, leader of the Dawning Light; Agent Syn and the Syn Variants
Enemies: Shang-Chi, Freelance Restorations
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Unrevealed
Base of Operations: “Samisdat” Island
Appearances: Master of Kung-Fu I#93 (November, 1980)
Powers/Abilities: Samisdat is a “born leader”, tough and ruthless
History:
(Master of Kung-Fu I#93 - BTS) - Black Jack
told Shang-Chi and Leiko that Sir Denis meant that Samisdat was
the one behind “The Dawning Light”. Black Jack showed
them a photograph of Samisdat.
(Master of Kung-Fu I#94 - BTS) - Melissa Greville used a computer to get as much
info about Samisdat as she could. She got a photo, and learned that
he had connections with KGB and that he was from Romania.
(Master of Kung-Fu I#95) - At the “Samisdat” island, Samisdat was
making his plan come to life. He planned to use “The Dawning
Light” culties as terrorists against the western
civilization. The plans were destroyed by Shang-Chi, Leiko Wu,
Black Jack Tarr and Clive Reston. He tried to send his five new
Agents Syn against them but they all failed, as a last desperate
attempt, he tried to activate his satellite and escape in it, but
Reston had destroyed the satellite, Samisdat was killed when the
satellite crashed.
(Master of Kung-Fu I#96 (fb)) - The satellite crashed down in Samisdat’s home
on “Samisdat” island killing Samisdat, Yugoslavian
intelligence was revealed to have tried to obtain intelligence
files on Samisdat.
Comments: Created by Doug Moench & Mick Zeck.
New images by Markus Raymond.
He presumably takes his name from this concept: Samizdat.
--Ronald Byrd
Profile by The Beetle.
Clarifications:
No known connections to:
images:
Master of Kung-Fu I#95, p10, pan4 (main)
Master of Kung-Fu I#95, p10, pan6 (head shot)
Appearances:
Master of Kung-Fu I#93-96 (October, 1980 - January, 1981) - Doug Moench (writer), Mike Zeck (pencils), Gene Day (inks), Jim Salicrup (editor)
First Posted: 09/11/2002
Last updated: 08/18/2025
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