tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post3764917870056304532..comments2024-03-29T00:21:38.377+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Your favourite comic book martial artist.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-54045093318749915192016-11-30T20:53:05.379+00:002016-11-30T20:53:05.379+00:00Oooh yes. I remember that one. I wonder if that st...Oooh yes. I remember that one. I wonder if that story was the one that first introduced me to the word, "Ninja?"Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-83590502578659010092016-11-30T19:11:35.969+00:002016-11-30T19:11:35.969+00:00To my eternal shame, I have located images from &q...To my eternal shame, I have located images from "Death is a ninja" only to discover that it wasn't a Shang-Chi story at all as I suggested above. It was in the pages of Marvel Premiere - Iron Fist.<br /><br />Dagnabbit. All those teenage martial arts attempts have clearly scrambled the memory circuits.<br /><br />http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/ninjamasterkhan.htm<br /><br />Brendannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-5003529526072690572016-11-28T14:11:55.850+00:002016-11-28T14:11:55.850+00:00If only they'd remake the old Kung Fu TV show ...If only they'd remake the old <i>Kung Fu</i> TV show with John Cooper Clarke as Kwai Chang Caine.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-73840993355035949162016-11-28T11:26:59.419+00:002016-11-28T11:26:59.419+00:00"Not only that but he did it while wearing hi..."Not only that but he did it while wearing his pyjamas and he'd always make sure to give us a good chunk of home-grown philosophy while he was doing it."<br /><br />"I pleaded for mercy as I writhed on the ground,<br />He kicked me in the balls and said something profound." - John Cooper Clarke.Joe S. Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-19391423244274062522016-11-27T21:46:48.789+00:002016-11-27T21:46:48.789+00:00PS Wasn't that damn duck Howard Master of Quac...PS Wasn't that damn duck Howard Master of Quack Fu?<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-43204588716922097422016-11-27T21:35:39.745+00:002016-11-27T21:35:39.745+00:00No love for Sonny Sumo either, it seems. The most ...No love for Sonny Sumo either, it seems. The most incredible man on Earth according to Jack Kirby, so clearly he must have been.<br /> <br />I'd go for the Daughters of the Dragon as my faves - even if they were largely limited to guest appearances - but if dangermash can look to the 60s, don't see why I can't go forward a decade and rave about Elektra. Particularly as seen in the Miller/Sienkiewicz series.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-2637802816422985232016-11-27T21:31:19.899+00:002016-11-27T21:31:19.899+00:00My vote goes to Judo Master, if only for originali...My vote goes to Judo Master, if only for originality. The later (1970's) characters (Iron Fist, Shang Chi, Yang, and DC's Richard Dragon) all seemed like obvious attempts to exploit the mid-1970's martial arts movie boom. <br /><br />Charlton also published Hong Kong Phooey in the 1970's. It was a "funny animal" comic, and a tie-in with a TV cartoon series. Which, of course, was a spoof of the kung fu fad.<br /><br />In the 1980's, there were the Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters and the Pre-Teen Dirty Gene Kung Fu Kangaroos. Obvious parodies of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Which, in turn, began as a parody of Frank Miller's run on Daredevil. Which introduced another martial arts heroine/villainess, Elektra. <br /><br />Do Honey West and Emma Peel count? In the sixties, Gold key published comics based on those TV shows. <br /><br />TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-71131099170608941892016-11-27T21:10:16.168+00:002016-11-27T21:10:16.168+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-40746755767031488572016-11-27T20:53:30.966+00:002016-11-27T20:53:30.966+00:00No love for Judo Master. That's OK DC have no ...No love for Judo Master. That's OK DC have no love for him either.<br /><br />Don't underestimate Karate Kid. Held is own against Superboy. Fought Batman to a standstill until outside interference help Batman win. Single handed beat the Fatal 5. Survived the awful 70s outfit...Aggynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-79035875693115314552016-11-27T20:48:57.203+00:002016-11-27T20:48:57.203+00:00Shang Chi and Iron Fist (you'll not be surpris...Shang Chi and Iron Fist (you'll not be surprised to find out) fall into the category of hipster strips for me. They belong with SHIELD, Caprtain Britain and that damn duck.<br /><br />Me, I'm looking at the 1960s and the best martial artist I can see is Steve Ditko drawing The Enfocers in ASM #10, #14, #19. Big Al Sjordsma over at spiderfan.org will be so proud of me for flying the flag for three if the greatest ever ASM comics.<br /><br />And, talking of Ditko, didn't Doctor Strange beat Dormammu in a hand to hand fight through martial arts at the end of that huge 12+ month long multiparter back in his early days? dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-39329765326888401812016-11-27T20:17:54.307+00:002016-11-27T20:17:54.307+00:00Like yourself Steve, to me it ultimately boiled do...Like yourself Steve, to me it ultimately boiled down to Shang-Chi and Iron Fist. <br /><br />However, despite the magnificent Bond-esque glories of Shang-Chi's Paul Gulacy era, I have to ultimately plump for Iron Fist. This is not on the much more logical grounds of his comparative martial arts savvy, but on the second-person narration which accompanied the strip and which, to me as a kid, seemed a marvelous and unheard of thing.<br /><br />I also remember the thrilling Shang-Chi yarn "Death is a Ninja" from the pages of The Avengers. This seems to have lingered in the mind much longer than expected. So perhaps that black-clad spook should be on the list too.Brendannoreply@blogger.com