JADEMAN COMICS HONG KONG [I]

I think that it must have been around 1988 that I was at a Westminster [London] Comic Mart.  I was looking around at tables trying to spot anything interesting when I saw a rather thick,glossy covered comic the style of which stood out from amongst the Marvel and DCs.

"Tony Wong Presents" was what it said and looking at the company logo was amazed.  This was a Hong Kong comic -a Hong Kong Kung fu comic!

The company was JADEMAN and how they suddenly appeared on the scene I have no idea. There seemed to be no fore-warning. There must have been quite some planning,however;the cover prices were:-

USA -$1.95

CAN -.50

AUSTRALIA  -.30

UK -$1.30 or £1.30]

The comics seemed to just suddenly start and end,presumably being from much longer HK comics?  What you got tended to be 60 pages of all out fighting in full colour!

The titles ranged from THE BLOOD SWORD,ORIENTAL HEROES,DRUNKEN FIST  TO BUDDHA'S PALM. I got hooked,though many of the comics have,shall we say,'vanished' over the interceding years.

Many comic fans I knew could not work out why I was buying Marvel,DC,First and these Hong Kong comics. 

It was the action.  The number of panels crammed onto each page. The graphic depiction of speed and action.  Once you've started reading Jademan Comics you really get into it. 

Why can't someone read American comics and Chinese comics? The only reason has to be lack of love in discovering something different!

Terry