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Artist: (Alvin
Lee & Ramil Sunga)???
Cover: A
Print: First Print
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Cover Opinion:
This cover really makes sense to me. Every character
featured on the cover, is actually in it! That's quite the
joy. The dark color scheme that is used in this cover is
nice also. |
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Artist: ???
Cover: B
Print: First Print
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Cover Opinion:
A Female-Group of the main girls from Street Fighter.
Only problem, Elena and Ibuki won't even show until Street
Fighter III. However, not a bad cover, there is something
drawn in the eyes that make it look superb. |
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Artist: Jo Chen
Cover: Power Foil
Print: Special Edition Limited
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Cover Opinion:
Another 4-Star cover. This one shows Bison and one of
his signature moves! What a great cover, except...Bison
isn't even really in this comic. I guess they're random, the
last two made sense. |
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Comic Information
Street Fighter #3
Publisher:
Image Comics
Producer:
Udon Entertainment
Writer:
Ken Siu-Chong
Artist:
Alvin Lee
Arnold Tsang
Rob Ross
Andrew Hou
Notes:
Backup Story drawn by
Kevin Lau
Cheap Shots #3 by Rey
Original Release Date:
November 2003 |
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Introduction:
Starting with a dream fight scene, is there any
other way to define Street Fighter without the
fighting? Amazing start again. Going back to where
the last comic left off, we see a long story focused
on Vega and Ken. With a minor focus on Guile and
Chun-Li. Who will be the victor of the battle?
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Synopsis: Master Gouken's Dojo, Ryu dreams of
completely obliterating Ken. Waking up quickly, he
realizes it was only a dream. Akuma senses the power
of the Ryu and is shown to take Gouken's beads. In
Shibuya, Vega bumps into Eliza and hands her back
her scarf. Secretly, he puts a tracking device on
it. In the Japanese Airport, Chun-Li and Guile are
seen leaving, with Juni reporting to Bison on the
whereabouts of what she heard. Eliza is in her hotel
alone, waiting for Ken, when Vega shows up. Ken
rushes in and the battle between Vega and Ken
begins. Vega is able to slash Eliza close to the
neck, and Ken gives a rage attack of the "Tatsumaki-Senpu-Kyaku."
Shadow is seen to have targeted Ken, but Bison
relocates him to somewhere else. At the Central
Hospital, Eliza and Ken discuss how Ken almost lost
Eliza again. Not wanting it to happen ever again.
Eliza tells Ken to go after Ryu to make sure he'll
be okay. As Chun-Li and Guile are on their way to
Master Gouken's dojo, Guile spots who he believes is
Charlie. Guile runs after Charlie and so does
Chun-Li. Chun-Li gets hurt with a Sonic Boom.
Quickly rising from the attack, she notices Charlie.
Who calls himself "Shadaloo Agent Shadow"
Back-Up Issue Synopsis: The US Martial Arts
Tournament. A fight between Ken and Zangief takes
place. Ken begins to think a lot about Eliza and
loses focus on the battle. Remembering that Eliza
left him because he was a fighter, Ken continues to
lose focus. That is, until Eliza is seen in the
audience. With new fierce spirit, he defeats Zangief
and becomes the winner of the US Martial Arts
Tournament. Eliza is then seen with the wedding ring
on her finger again and tells Ken that she fell in
love with a fighter.
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Notable Character First Appearances:
Juni
Shadow (Shadaloo Charlie)
Zangief |
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Conclusion: It seems to be clear and evident,
that the Street Fighter comics are set to 18 main
pages per comic. Not bad at all, because these
comics give no filler talk, everything goes straight
to the point. Action is bound to be
on almost every page! The storyline advances at a
slower rate with this comic book as it focuses a lot
more on the relationship between Ken and Eliza than
anything else.
This comic book is a definite four-star. It is
amazing. The fight scene is one to remember. It
seems though, that being in a hotel room alone has
already been seen. Where have we seen this you
wonder? Well where else? The Street Fighter II:
Animated Movie. Instead, it seems to use
similar-like appearance to the Chun-Li/Vega battle, except that
Eliza isn't a fighter. So Ken comes in to fight.
Vega's words are a little reminiscent of the movie
also, but then again, Vega is known for that type of
personality. Good thing Udon didn't change that.
Using Shadow in the storyline has really bitten me a
little bit. While not completely a bad thing, Shadow
isn't even a part of the canon. However, to give a
sequential storyline, Shadow in the storyline seems
to be a thoughtful choice. At least Udon didn't make up an entire
new character, just one that Capcom themselves made.
One other critique, a Sonic Boom is big diameter, not
a fireball. Yet we see it as a fireball. Regardless,
this issue is of top quality and is the first 4-star
comic. The storyline doesn't advance quickly
allowing you to get a full spectrum of the
relationship between Ken and
Eliza. |
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Date Reviewed: 2007 - April - 6th
All images are copyright of Udon / CAPCOM.
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