STREET FIGHTER (Malibu Comics Pub)

#1 (8/1993; FIRST PRINTING;

** FIRST appearance of STREET FIGHTER in Comics, based on the Classic Martial Arts VIDEO GAME Franchise Series;

** FIRST appearance of Ken, Ryu, Chun Li, Sagat, Balrog, and M. Bison cover and story;

** STREET FIGHTER in BATTLE SCARS, 24 page story;

** Now You Realize The Powers I Possess!, 2 page text article  by Tom Mason

Information on transforming a video game into a comic book;

** The Original characters in the Video Games included; Akuma, Balrog, Blanka, Cammy, Chun-Li, Dan, Dee Jay, Dhalsim, Dudley, E. Honda, Elena, F.A.N.G., Fei Long, Gouken, GuileIbuki, Juri, Karin, Ken, Laura, M. Bison, Makoto, Nash, Oro, R. Mika, Rose, Rufus, Ryu, Sagat, Sakura, Seth, T. Hawk, Urien, Vega, Yun and Yang, Zangief;

Len Strazewski story;

Don Hillsman and Jeff Whiting art;

Don Hillsman cover;

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STREET FIGHTER 6 (2023) is currently being developed for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, and is set for release in 2023. The game will be powered by the RE Engine and include multiple new features, including in-game commentary and a single-player adventure mode with customizable player avatars.

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** STREET FIGHTER, is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by six other main series games, various spin-offs and crossovers, and numerous appearances in other media. Its best-selling 1991 release Street Fighter II established many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre.

** STREET FIGHTER is one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time and is one of Capcom's flagship series with total sales of 49 million units worldwide as of September 2022. It is the highest-grossing fighting game media franchise of all time at US$12.2 billion, including 500,000 arcade unit sales.

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** STREET FIGHTER; Live-Action;

** Street Fighter a New Live-Action TV series will be based on World Warrior tournament;

** On April 3, 2023, Legendary Entertainment announced that they acquired the film and TV rights to the Street Fighter franchise.

** An American-produced live-action film, Street Fighter, was released in 1994, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile, opposite Raúl Juliá as General M. Bison and Kylie Minogue as Cammy. It inspired an arcade game and console game, both titled Street Fighter: The Movie. It inspired an American-produced animated TV series Street Fighter from 1995 to 1997, with two seasons of 13 episodes each.

** The live action film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li was released in 2009 starring Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li. It is considered to be one of the worst films ever made.

** Actor and filmmaker Joey Ansah co-directed Owen Trevor's 2010 live-action short film Street Fighter: Legacy, starring John Foo as Ryu and Christian Howard as Ken who co-wrote it with Ansah who also appear as Akuma. That year, Capcom confirmed more Street Fighter films in development.

** After Legacy, Ansah and Howard created the TV series, Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist, which was released on Machinima's YouTube channel in 2014, the two reprised their roles and Mike Moh replaced Foo as Ryu. A second season, Street Fighter: World Warrior, was announced for a 2017 release date, but was later canceled.

** The web miniseries, Street Fighter: Resurrection, aired on Machinima in 2016 with Moh and Howard as Ryu and Ken.

** A scene in the 2018 film Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween shows Slappy the Dummy using magic to bring actions figures of the Street Fighter characters Ryu and Ken to life.

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** STREET FIGHTER Release timeline; 1987; Street Fighter; /  1991; Street Fighter II and Street Fighter II: Champion Edition; / 1992; Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting; /  1993; Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers; / 1994; Super Street Fighter II Turbo; / 1995; Street Fighter Alpha and Street Fighter: The Movie; / 1996; Street Fighter Alpha 2, and X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Street Fighter EX; / 1997; Street Fighter III: New Generation and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter and Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact; / 1998; Street Fighter EX2 and Street Fighter Alpha 3; / 1999; Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike; / 2000; Street Fighter EX3; /  2003; Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition; / 2008; Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix; / 2010; Super Street Fighter IV; / 2011; Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition; /  2012; Street Fighter X Tekken and Street Fighter X Mega Man; / 2016; Street Fighter V; / 2017; Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers; / 2023; Street Fighter Duel and Street Fighter 6;

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Notes from Wikipedia;

** CGC; NEAR MINT/MINT, 9.8, with WHITE Pages = $164.00;