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By Mark Rodriguez Back when the only thing we knew about Street Fighter's characters and story were limited to the games and the SNES instruction manuals, Malibu Comics tried to cash in on the success of the hit arcade game and make a comic. However the comic was so bad, Capcom told them to cut the cord on the third issue, and here we are. Oh, and also special thanks to the Sci-Fi Valley Con for letting me find this copy and in such good condition too. Sagat wants a rematch against Ryu, but the World Warrior has turned down his every challenge. This gets Sagat to the point where he must make Ryu fight him, and he does so by attacking Ken with extra help from Balrog. Ken's bloody clothes, gloves and his scalp have been sent to Ryu, who screams in horror at the fate of his friend. E.Honda VS Evil Aquaman??? This issue starts off with the narration telling us that while the Street Fighters might all be rivals, they all feel it when one of them goes down. We start in t...

By Mark Rodriguez Back in the day when Street Fighter 2 was still new and there wasn't much story beyond the game endings and SNES instruction manuals, Malibu comics decided to give a comic book based on the video game series a shot. Unfortunately it was so bad that Capcom pulled the plug on this after three issues. Last issue Sagat kept trying to have a rematch with Ryu to regain his Street Fighter title. Bison suggested he go after Ryu's friends to force Ryu to fight. Balrog challenges Ken to a fight, who is now some sort of movie star and not in the same shape as he used to be. Ken managed to defeat Balrog, but he's in bad shape, and now Sagat comes in to finish the job. 'Clawed by the Tiger' starts off with Sagat roasting Ken from behind with a Tiger Shot. Sagat tells Ken he's learned many secrets at a high cost as he continues to shoot his fireballs. Ken is surprised Sagat can throw fireballs now and says fireballs are his territory. Sagat ...

By Mark Rodriguez Before Udon started doing the Street Fighter comics… there was another company that tried their hand at the epic fighting game series. Malibu comics tried to adapt the classic Street Fighter 2 game back in the 90’s during the SNES VS Genesis era… and was cancelled after issue 3. Yep, the comic was so lame that Capcom itself told Malibu to pull the plug.  These were my older comics, buying the first two back when they were released in Chicago (back in the day when the local drugstore would sell comics), and being lucky enough to find the third one at the Sci Fi Valley Con. Keep in mind that back then, all we really knew story wise were the short ending pics for the characters. Other than knowing that Bison was big bad guy, there wasn't that many story details to tie a proper story together. This is why the animated movie went with Monitor Cyborgs and Bison brainwashing Ken, the SF 2 V anime having Bison brainwash Ryu and Chun Li, and the Raul Julia mo...