Customer Reviews

Street Fighter Volume 1

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If you grew up playing Street Fighter games and wanted to know more on the stories of the characters, then THIS IS A DEFINITE MUST PICK UP AND HAVE! Great illustrations with a great storyline to stay true to the characters of the game and brings them to life. Really thought out well and structured greatly. CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT VOLUME, VOLUME 5! :)

this books and the others are really good, I ordered this book with 4 more and all were delivered in less than a week!!

excelent work, excelent art, WOW

I LOVE STREET FIGHTER

The art in this series is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! It's well worth the price tag just to look at all the pretty pictures. But the storyline is excellent as well. If only these guys could be in charge of creating a Street Fighter movie since all the previous ones have been average to suck.

I don't know what these people here are smoking, but this graphic novel does contain the backstories to each character that appears in the story. From Guile, to Chung Lee, to Cammy, and even Charlie, they are all there and you don't miss out on anything, at least everything the comics had.

I recomend this book to anyone who likes comics, but especially to those people who are Streat Fighter fans.

This story reminds me a lot about the Street Fighter movie, but the twist Udon Comics takes on the story is terrific. Unlike the movie though, this comic incorporates EVERYONE in the Street Fighter universe (I think). And when combined with the art in the book which is absolutely phenomenal, you get a powerful combination which takes you back to the good old days when Street Fighter was king.

I wish I could have bought this book instead of all the comics, I would have saved myself $120.00. How can you say no when you'll save that much!

I'm a big Street Fighter fan. I have a black belt in Chun Li and Cammy and a brown belt in Vega so trust me when I say that Image & Udon have done a fantastic job with this new Street Fighter comic book series. Volume 1 covers the storyline from Street Fighter Alpha. I found the series faithful to the game not only in the plot but also in the art. The artists don't try to reinvent the wheel here. Comic Cammy looks just like Video Game Cammy.

However, based on what the other reviewers said it is dissappointing to learn that this TBP doesn't include the extra material found in the original comic books such as mini backstories that flesh out some of the characters. These backstories aren't really required to understand the story as most of these tidbits are reiterated in the main plot anyway such as Eliza almost leaving Ken because of his sport or Cammy being freed from Bison's mind warping by Rose. I do not agree with the naysayers about the quality of the main story itself. This is a great comic book for fans of the Street Fighter mythos and if you can't get the original comic books then pick this up.

Being a Street Fighter fan, I did not even know this book exist until now. I got a copy of this book and I am very pleased with how the story goes. It is definately something worth recommending to any readers who likes a tight, fast pace story. The art is absolutely beautiful, and the characters do all their signature moves like how they do it in the actual video game! For the low cover price, it is definately worth it!

In every street fighter comic they have released you get extras like the prequel where ryu fights sagat in this all you get is the story and that is just damn upsetting. udon if ur gonna publish these comics give us everything dont crop it. u never change the orignal. your better off looking for all the comics on ebay or something cause this book isnt what die hard fans want.

Udon releases the single Street Fighter comics with back-up stories, multiple covers, comic strips, photo sessions... Then, they release the trade collection (only one month after the comic arc is completed!), but without any of the extras (the back-up stories are directly related to the main plot, so you WILL be missing information by reading the trades)!

They basically release the trade as fast as possible, but with the smallest size, the minimum content they could, just to "get" the trade fans (with the small price - due to the cut corners). At ther same time, they release the monthly comic with the alternate covers and extras to force the readers to collect the singles too (you can't get the complete thing with only the trades). That's really sad.

Worst of all, the story suffers from multiple artists in every issue. In one page Chun-li looks like a cute girl, in the next she'll look like a man, then an old woman! Their artists can't even do 20 straight pages!

If you are a SF fan, you will enjoy the artwork and stories in this first volume. I enjoyed Volume 1 and 2 more than volume 3, and much more than Volume 4. This begins the battles and adventures of Ryu and his goal to develop as a fighter. It also follows all of the other characters from the SF II and SF Alpha era and merges them. SF Alpha is a precursor to the SF II. It is a quick read with excellent artwork and an interesting story, and although there are some small parts of the story that are boring for a few characters, most of the story and battles are worthwhile. Do a search to find sample pages of what the artwork looks like. The book is in digest size, which is smaller than the comic book sizes. There is also an Ultimate SF book available which collects the entire four volumes and shows them in larger-than-comic-book-size pages if you can find that version. I recommend this book to all fans of SF, and to any non-fans who know of SF but have never tried to learn the backstories.

Round One: FIGHT!

Though I still have fond memories of playing Street Fighter II for the Super Nintendo back in grade school, I'll admit that I don't quite remember the game having any plot to speak of. Well, I just finished the comic book, and, my opinion hasn't changed all that much.

As you might expect, the series tells the story of a Ryu, who--SUPRISE!--gets into street fights aplenty. The honorable brawler finds his beloved sensei slain in his own dojo and sets off to find the killer, running into all manner of classic characters along the way. (Including Guile, the bombastically American super-soldier, who was my personal favorite back in the day. SONIC BOOM!)

Don't get me wrong, the Udon Crew obviously loves the original games, and has created a fitting homage to them (complete with manga-styled visuals). The only problem is that you'd have to be the age I was when I first bought a SNES to enjoy the story.