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Street Fighter Legends: Chun Li #1
By Hervé St-Louis January 25, 2009 - 15:30
Udon Comics
Writer(s): Erik Ko, Ken Siu-Chong
Penciller(s): Omar Dogan
Inker(s): Omar Dogan
Colourist(s): Omar Dogan
Letterer(s): Marshall Dillon
Cover Artist(s): Kevin Lau
$2.99 US
This story explores Street Fighter martial artist life Chun
Li, before she joined the Street Fighter contest years ago. At least, that’s
what I think this story is about. Here Chun Li is a cop who first encounters
Shadaloo, the criminal organization headed by M.Bison M.Bison send Sagat to Hong
Kong on business, but it appears that his path will soon cross with that of
Chun Li. Which will survive the fight?
This is a simple story, filled with historical errors and
typos. Someone really has to tell the guys at Udon Comics how to spell the word
emperor. Making a typo once is acceptable. But spelling the same word wrong
twice, and correctly another time, shows a lack of editing. At $3.95, I like my
comic books to be properly edited and proofed.
I mentioned historical errors. I’m not discussing about the
confusing Street Fighter continuity here. It would have helped if the writer
had clearly introduced this story as one set in the past, when Chun Li was
starting out. It would have helped a lot. But since Sagat doesn’t even have his
chest scar, it was easy to guess at the when the story happened, provided one
knows a little bit of Street Fighter history.
The story make it sounds that the great wall erected by Emperor
Qin Shi Huang is the same that one can visit in China today. The two are totally
unrelated and were created with thousands of years apart of one another. I know many readers don’t care about their
Chinese history. But some of us do.
Visually, this comic book feels like an animé. It’s got
bright colours and weird page compositions used to draw the reader in the
action. It should be a fun read, even if the story is weak.