[kurt.rock]

A Man Called Hero The Movie, Comic Adaptation
Language: English (Translation from another language, by Kurt.Rock)
Raw: Original Chinese
One shot comic

Prologue:
June 1913. Clear Stream Village. Snow is falling badly, and it is considered as a bad omen by some people...

Hero Hua, accompanied by his good friend, Sanglo is on the way to an isolated place where a Kung Fu master lives. And then the master, Kam-O teaches martial arts to Hero.

Upon arriving at his home, after completed his martial art course, Hero find that his family was slaughtered. By some means, he found out that the evil foreigners were the ones who are responsible for the killing. The killings were meant to show the villagers that the foreigners are in charge of that district.

Enraged, Hero seeks those bad people and annihilates all of them. As a consequence of his action, the corrupted government who sided with the foreigners initiate a massive hunt for Hero.

To escape the hunt, Hero decided to sign a contract to become a mine labour in US. The night before he leave, he go to meet his lover, Kityue. The lovers end up making love...





I hope you guys enjoy it.

[Hedron]

If not for the movie, I would never have been interested in the television series. Thank you, Kurt Rock!

I still highly recommend purchasing the Blood Sword (Chinese Hero) television series. It's on 9 DVDs and a huge soap opera that has its own flavor, unique from the comic.

[gradytwins237]

These street fighter comics are kool, thanks for upload.

[loadingnow]

[Mediafire] Blood Sword Dynasty



[Mediafire]The Blood Sword


[Mediafire]Tiger Wong AKA Oriental Heroes


[Mediafire]Iron Marshal


Password : www.bosscomics.com

[JRD1]

I will look through my old comics tonight, but I believe I have all but 5 FOBP....

Quote: Originally Posted by otalt

In case anyone else is looking to contribute any scans they have...

here's what is missing so far.
Jademan Comics series...

Oriental Heroes
3-16,20-30,35,36,40,48,51

Blood Sword Series
31-49

Force of Buddaha's Palm
1-13,15,19-27,49-52

Drunken Fist
2-54 needed.

Blood Sword Dynasty <Completed>

Iron Marshall ?

[Hedron]

Hi JRD1,

None of those are missing, we scanned and uploaded them all to this thread on various services. Sadly, only Megaupload was a longtime storage service, and their owner is being persecuted by our foolish democratic governments. So every few months, someone will have to reupload all the English editions of Jademan Comics, until someone can come up with a longterm solution besides perhaps some torrents.

[Hedron]

Oriental Heroes - Chinese Edition
post-English issues
Part 11
text by Hedron

Overview: Our Heroes and Villains reach issue 800, as was celebrated long ago during the English run. There are many improvements in the story to celebrate here.

Issue 796: Guy and Ancestor invade yet another Buddhist Temple. Ancestor shows off his power by fatally poisoning two monks. But Guy's pernicious good influence must be rubbing off on him, for he quickly heals them.

Guy enlists the monks help (I guess they had nothing better to do) in helping Ancestor plumb new depths of infinite power.

Meanwhile, Green Serpent, Gold Dragon, Baldie, and Barbarian wait for a phone call.

Old Supreme comes running in, but with a goofy joyful attitude that one usually sees in the standard Jademan buffoon characters. When will Iron Dude regain his sanity, and lead Global Cult again? He offers Gold Dragon some magic rocks which obviously offer a chi upgrade for the next baddie they will have to fight.

Ancestor is overcome with the goodness of the monks, and flees the temple. Guy follows him, but Ancestor believes they are being watched. Suddenly, he is attacked by... Maggie! Incredible Chap's sister, The Supreme's fiancee, and potential love interest of Tiger Wong. But didn't she die horribly at the hands of a jealous Supreme? Even more surprising is the Electric Hell Dragon's Stroke delivered to the back of Ancestor's head. Tiger Wong is back as well!

Issue 797: But it is some blonde youth using Buddha's Palm that is attacking Ancestor. Guy grabs Ancestor and prevents him from following the two, which poisons Guy enough to make him pass out. Ancestor still considers Guy his responsibility, and allows the mysterious visitors to escape to restore him.

Meanwhile, Chan Ou-Wan (as the leader of Global Cult) and Incredible Chap (as the Global Secretary) struggle to hold together the criminal organization. Chan has the box of magic rocks, and Chap eagerly eats the contents.

With the death of his sons, Old Supreme helps Barbarian achieve the next level of Ancient Electric Bolt. Barbarian is eager to test his new power, but Old Supreme casually generates a Hin Yuen Heaven Opener tornado, causing Barbarian's eyes to bulge out of his head.

Green Serpent and Gold Dragon come running, and it's all Green Serpent can do to revive Barbarian.

Suddenly, Old Supreme seizes Gold Dragon by his face, declaring that Gold Dragon has a good bone structure. He forces him to eat the magic rocks, whose effect we will have to wait for, later.

Issue 798: Maggie and whom I presume is her blonde brother make their way to a temple. They also eat some magic pills, is everyone doped up on this series? They find Tiger Wong going through the meditations of Nine Suns Kung Fu. He looks like he's expecting them.

Okay, this young woman is clearly not Maggie, Ancestor must have been addled in his old age. Tiger Wong was revived by the old wizard and his two acolytes, so he is grateful.

Tiger Wong is nothing but skin and bones since expending all of his kung fu. The young acolytes do their best to nurse him back to health, although the blonde girl seems to have other interests in Tiger. Her blonde brother teases her over her infatuation.

I have to wonder in what horrible way some villain will kill this poor girl and her family. The track record of the Oriental Heroes in protecting the innocent is not good.

Satisfied that Gold Dragon is the right one to invest his chi in, Old Supreme helps Gold settle his chi. Barbarian is somewhat resentful over being tossed to the side like that, but you can't please everyone.

Pleased with his new power (signed over by Chan Ou-Wan last issue), Incredible Chap thinks of the friends from Bangkok he can bring in to help run things.

Issue 799: Incredible Chap gives the big bosom lady a new necklace, but she is not interested in sex or romance.

Meanwhile, Chan Ou-Wan and his red-haired assistant have bribed their way into mainland China. The Communist official is not immune to a payoff, and the way into central China is open to the treacherous Chan.

Chan is suprised to meet an old master who is a claws expert, so Chan resorts to poison. This brings their duel to a halt. Fortunately, red-head recognizes his old friend. This brings them together in friendship, as Chan now has a guide in China.

Guy and Ancestor have returned to the Buddhist Temple. Ancestor reflects on the women he has loved in his life, Dolly from the Drunken Fist comic, and more recently, Maggie. Maybe he'll join the monks and forswear women? (chuckle)

He ruminates on the mystical kung fus (plural) that he has explored in several lifetimes. He thinks of the angels of holy kung fu, and the devils of evil kung fu that he consorted with. Which will he call on now?

Issue 800: This is the amazing cover that Jademan celebrated during their English run. English readers had no idea how far the Chinese edition was ahead of the 1991 English edition, now we do. The series is worlds apart at issue 800 than it was so long ago.

Tiger Wong happily teaches the blonde acolyte the kicks of his family kung fu. His sister watches from the shade, applauding their efforts. She points out that his legs are still terribly thin from malnourishment, which embarasses Tiger. For someone of his famous kicks, to have spindly legs must be the worst.

Meanwhile at Global Cult, it turns out bosom lady was only playing hard to get. She is very pleased at his summons, and joins him beneath the tree and later in bed.

He introduces her to three figures sitting in dark, hinting at their dark power. Of course, this is rather silly that he didn't call on their aid many issues ago. These guys could have kept everything from going to hell!

Chan returns to Global Cult with his new Chinese contact. By expanding the business contracts of Global Cult, Chan is actually doing some administrating for a change! This is a welcome surprise, I had begun to wonder if Chan or anyone else was interested in actually making a profit.

Chan takes his seat again as Global Cult Leader, as Incredible Chap explains the power improvements he has been making for his entourage. It's nice to see these two working together, although one assumes it cannot last.

Iron Monk (the last surviving son of Old Supreme?) is there as well, but Chap has stunning news that he is ready to take over it all. Chan is surprised (uncharacteristically) as Chap throws his favorite plastic explosive. What treachery is this?

Incredible Chap lures Chan Ou-Wan into the courtyard, to unleash his three new masters on the Global Cult leader. Has Chan's kung fu recovered to the point of surviving this challenge?

Chan easily transfers the power of the sneak attack into the ground, shattering solid concrete. He has learned a thing or two over the years.

Iron Monk tries to intervene, only to be critically injured by the new masters. Who are these people? The issue ends with Chan's points hit, apparently helpless before these newcomers.

The back cover of issue 800 is nice, with nostalgic scenes of Fiery Cloud Devil, Supreme, Little Dragon (Tiger Wong's brother), and some others perhaps pointing the way to the future.

Closing thoughts: Good to see the series seeming to find its footing as it reaches Issue 800. What new adventures are in store for our heroes through the 1990s?

[Hedron]

I recently tested my ability to upload out here in the desert, it runs about 14.4, incredibly slow. But I successfully reuploaded my Darkewood scans, see that thread:



If anyone has requests please PM me. Remember that I cannot reupload 10 gb worth of entire Jademan runs, just an issue or two. Are the December links still working?

[9dragons]

Thanks Hedron! The recent links still work. Now I'll praise you for the excellent scans while cursing you for losing sleep as I marathon through the addictive scans. :)

[taiko_sau]

Hi,

This is a manhua based on Jin Yong's The Legend of the Condor Heroes (射鵰英雄傳).
Since we don't have a manhua section, and this is probably as close to one as it gets.
I would like to share this english translated manhua that I came across. I grew up watching the TVB series of it, so this is very fond for me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

The story is set in the Song Dynasty and at the beginning of the Jurchen-ruled Jin Dynasty's invasion of northern China. The first part of the novel revolves around the friendship of two men, Yang Tiexin and Guo Xiaotian, who become heroes in their own right as they fight the Jin invaders. The bond between the duo is so strong that they pledge to each other that their unborn children will become either sworn siblings (if both are of the same sex) or a married couple (if they are of opposite sexes).

The story focuses on the trials and tribulations of their sons after Guo Xiaotian's death and Yang Tiexin's disappearance. Guo Xiaotian's son Guo Jing grows up in Mongolia under the care of Genghis Khan. Yang Tiexin's son Yang Kang, on the other hand, grows up in Jin as a Jurchen prince's son. Guo Jing is mentored by the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" in martial arts but he is a slow learner and only manages to master part of the skills he was taught. Yang Kang was taught by Qiu Chuji of the Quanzhen Sect and he learns the evil "Nine Yin White Bone Claw" from Mei Chaofeng secretly.

The boys' personalities differ largely from each other due to differences in their upbringing. Guo Jing is honest, loyal and righteous, but slow witted. Conversely, Yang Kang is clever, but scheming and treacherous. They eventually meet one another and their respective lovers, Huang Rong and Mu Nianci. The main story line follows Guo Jing and Huang Rong's adventures and their encounters with the Five Greats. Meanwhile, Yang Kang plots with the Jurchens to conquer his native land of Song. Yang Kang refuses to acknowledge his ethnicity and is strongly driven to acquire wealth, fame and glory. His treachery is slowly unveiled throughout the novel in the encounters he has with the protagonists, although he is ultimately outwitted by Huang Rong.

That's the gist of it, this is like epic high fantasy at its best.

Important: Please install Comical-Win32-0.8 or something similar, and open the files with it to read the comics. The program is included in the rar file.

Netload links:


Mediafire:


Cheers and enjoy.

[masw1]

Great artwork! Thanks Taiko_Sau.

[masw1]

Here is another version.




I read this version about 12 years ago after coming across them in Singapore by chance. I subsequently ordered them online. I have the whole set but they are impossible to scan due to their enormous volume and solid spine.

[mattfabb]

Does anybody know where I can find a bit of background to the Hong Kong Comic scene?

I know there is a book, but I cannot find it anywhere:

Hong Kong Comics by Wendy Siuyi Wong

How was the reception on HKC in your country?

PS: found some scanlated HKC!



Khoo Fuk Lung is the best!!

[kurt.rock]

just to add some info on mattfabb post,

Everybody who familiar with Iron Marshal shall quickly recognize that "The Lawless" is the remake of the series.