Fear Itself - The Handsome Monkey King

[pizoxuat]

This is my first time posting, but I loved this issue so much I just had to.

about 3 pages after the cut.





That handsome devil is Sun Wukong, a crime lord who takes the name (and a lot of the personality) of the Monkey King of legend. This pretty much serves as his origin story.

It was difficult choosing what I want to post because I loved the whole issue, but I wanted to show why he makes a good Monkey King. In between these bits of backstory, there's pages of him kicking butt (against lady ninjas, one with a chainsaw) and constantly interrupting his own narration to talk about how much fun he's having.



Greedy and easily goaded into putting himelf in danger? Check!



Sense of humor? Check!



Heh. One of the Mighty's hammers smashes into China, letting Sun Wukong and a bunch of nasties escape the Eighth City. On his return to the normal world he decides he definitely does not want to end up back there again, and so a maybe hero is born.

I unabashedly love characters who have high self-esteem and who enjoy their powers and are always having fun, so there's no way that this wouldn't work for me. This really is just a really fun book from start to finish, and it left me really wanting to see more.



Suggested tags: Char: Sun Wukong/The Monkey King, Creator:Joshua Hale Fialkov, creator: Juan Doe

Comments

[icon_uk]

Insert obligatory "Monkey" clip

And one about his staff too

[kamino_neko]

That show had an awesome theme song.

Awful dub, though...

And there are so many jokes one could make about his staff...

[icon_uk]

The dub is AWESOME! It's so over the top it becomes a character in and of itself! :) Perhaps even the mighty Miriam Margolis finest hour!

And I think any joke you could make about the staff was already in the minds of the makers.

[blackruzsa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw4MS415dFs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNnfzjYxlk4

I keep thinking of these two when I see Sun Wukong. Either or both.

[fifthie]

Whoa uh

yes

...

yes

[01d55]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2t4MBhGAg8
Yes.

[nomadicwriter]

This looks really cool.

[kamino_neko]

I read the bit before the cut and thought 'jeez, I'd think the real Sun Wukong would smack him down for that'.

... Sure enough....

[thandrak]

Thank you, Magic Hand!

[biod]

Wow, this actually looks really good. Colour me surprised.
Is it bad I thought of this when I saw the image before the cut? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4dMQ7m9oQ0

[pizoxuat]

That's pretty appropriate, though. Sun Wukong was kicking the crap out of that guy before he offered presents.

[lultam]

This was really fun, I hope there's an ongoing after Fear Itself

[drmcninja]

Once again, the Iron Fist mythology proves to be one of the best handled and best written parts of the MU. Can't believe he got cancelled.

[grazzt]

I love the parallels with the actual Sun Wukong origin, complete with Sun Wukong standing in for Buddha.

[biod]

Oh hai, five pillairs of heaven.
That part always gets a laugh from me.

[thatnickguy]

MORE!

Wait, that doesn't quite capture my excitement.

MOAR!

There we go.

[joasakura]

I have to go get this. This looks like so much fun. XD

[lilacsigil]

This is terrific!

[arbre_rieur]

I believe it's against community rules to show panels from a recent issue before the cut. It counts as spoilers.

Other than that, bang-up first post.

[pizoxuat]

My bad, I've moved the cut to fix that.

[baihu]

I wonder if he'll gather a band of companions who would bear certain resemblance to original Wukong's companions :o

[icon_uk]

Is that Hel-LO KI-tty in your icon? I LIKE it! :)

And I certainly hope Sandy and Pigsy analogues show up! :)

[baihu]

Behold my dear Mjolnir!

Though I'm wondering what role a Tan Shazang monk would be. Possibly some sort of mentor figure in the future?

[blackruzsa]

Damnnnn so fun <3