Wong yuklong, known in english as tony wong, made his debut in comics when he was thirteen years old, publishing his work in magazine epoch comic weekly. Jademan comics 1990 1993 32 issues 32 issues, 32 covers jul 1990 to feb 1993. Jademan comics published the english translation of the oriental heroes along with 3 other series that were a hit in hong kong. Check out individual issues, and find out how to read them. Oriental heroes was basically the same action series wong had been running since the ultraviolent days. Oriental heroes survived 55 issues before being cancelled along with the rest of the jademan lineup, most likely do to low. Chinese literature chinese martial arts graphic novels wuxia comics.
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This comic served as the introduction of jademan comics to the u. Hellfire apocalypse 2002, with artist paul gulacy on art again. A comics, comic artist, comic covers, kung fu, comic strips, oriental, artsy. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Oriental heroes comic books from jademan atomic avenue. But i suspect most readers of this site have come across at least one comic that sports his art. Comic index comic index publishers comic index titles publishers beginning with j publisher. Make a comic book, kung fu, artist at work, hong kong, costume ideas, dibujo. Part 2 rough layout stage instructional article on producing comics. They present a story in the style of comics book but are usually longer and bounded in hardcover or softcover. In 1971, he started his own company, named yuklong picture book company. Jademan comics in comic book collections for sale ebay. Find great deals on ebay for jademan comics and jademan comics lot.
Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. Chinese hero, the force of buddhas palm, and blood sword. In many cases, it makes sense to start at the beginning. Oriental heroes was basically the same action series wong had been. Victory prizes, script by mike baron, art by tony wong. Jademan comics strikes again with oriental heroes the latest in its line of martial arts, action adventure comics. Jademan was a publisher of manhua chinese comics founded in 1971 by wong yuk long aka. Get the best deals on jademan comics in comic book collections when you shop the largest online. My favorites when i was in middle school back in the 80s. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Since its cancellation, the master of kung fu title would be briefly revived on a couple of occasions as the master of kung fu. Vintage dragon tiger gate, oriental heros, jademan, chinese. Dec 01, 2008 oriental heroes was huge all over asia and had spawned many other copycats and kung fumartial arts based comic books inspired by jademans other popular titles. We are dedicated to magic the gathering, board games, warhammer 40k.
This may seem like an outside the box choice, but i used to love these books back when they first came out in the late 80searly 90s. Unfortunately, a convoluted storyline coupled with careless art and lettering makes new reader acquisition a difficult proposition. Jademan kung fu special comic books for sale online. Admittedly i am a big fan of kung fu, and this stuff is just fantastic. These english versions of the popular hong kong comic books, were full of fantastical kungfu action and soap opera like drama.
Evening pick ups no charge atnear bayview village preferred. Select a title name to see a brief description of that title and to see what items we have in stock and available for purchase through our online istore. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Comics marvel 8 captain america vintage comic book lot. The kung fu titles, produced by tony wong, were translations of comics being produced by jademan in hong kong. Having grown up making mine marvel, jademan comics, from 1988 to around 1993, represented an opportunity to experience comic books from a different cultural and artistic perspective. Tony wongs oriental heroes showing an improvement of his art style as compared to drunken fist. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. The kung fu comics fans out there among you have surely heard of the mans works, and are no doubt annoyed with my calling him jademan so much. But because i am incapable of effective communication, except in cases where my words are appended to a comic book shopping list, ive had no answer until today.
Check out some of chinas most popular kung fu comics, by the master tony wong. These comics with fantastic art were imported from hong kong and translated into english with scripts by mike baron. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Mar 28, 2011 oriental heroes 4 jademan comic sirjohncool. Master of kung fu 1974 comic read master of kung fu 1974. He produced comics like little vagabond, the son of ultraman and solar lord. Oriental heroes 5 a, dec 1988 comic book by jademan comics.
These english versions of the popular hong kong comic books, were full of fantastical kungfu action and soap. Not every listed item will necessarily arrive at every comic book retailer. Force of buddhas palm, drunken fist, oriental heros, blood sword, and. Oriental heroes is a popular hong kongbased manhua created by wong yuklong, a writerartist responsible for also creating a number of other popular manhua titles. My life is choked with comics jademan comics comix experience old comic books. Top rated lists for oriental heroes 90 items independent. Tony wong comics tiger dragon, oriental, barbarian, manhwa, hong kong, comic. It established a new action genre of hong kong manhua and spawned many imitators. It was created in 1970, and it continues to be published today. Jademan comic collection 80 kungfu english comics i dont have time or space for them all, so they must go.
Weve been selling comics since 1961 our first sale. The book was the first hong kong manhua title based on action and fighting, often borrowing from the wuxia literary world. Here, finally, is a brief guide to potential touring points in this nation of comics. Read jademan kung fu special full comic online free and high quality. They were all quite differently themed martial arts comics. Bleeding black oneshot issue 1990, citation needed and the max miniseries master of kung fu. After escaping from crag castle prison, tiger fights jupiter and his monstrous hound, while gold dragon fights the remaining devil brothers, and white beau tries to rescue him. Browse the marvel comic series master of kung fu 2015. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Jademan had pretty much birthed the hong kong comic book industry and by the mid 80s it was in charge of approximately 90% of the market.
Graphic novels could be thought of as glorified, book length comics. Mar 20, 2011 hong kong comics tony wong comic tropes episode 98. Its where your interests connect you with your people. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. From 1988 to 1993, the monolithic hong kong comics publishing entity jademan holdings limited, which once claimed to control 80% of its domestic comics market, released 300 individual publications to north american comic book stores. Jademan comics strikes again with oriental heroesthe latest in its line of martial arts, actionadventure comics. Find great deals on ebay for jademan comics oriental heroes. Search comic price guide browse by publisher new comics newest cover scans story arcs genres creators characters beta grading guide recent value changes report missing issues. Jademan comics strikes again with oriental heroesthe latest in its line of. Jademan original hk version of oriental hero two books a comics.