The most Insanely Bad Street Fighter Comic Book ever made

So today we are gonna go over an infamous comic book from the 90s, the Malibu Comics Street Fighter Comic run. A planned 6 issue miniseries that was so bad and got such poor reception it got canceled halfway through. Badly drawn art, absolutely awful representations of the characters you have grown to love, this has all the makings of a classically bad comic and thats why its memory lives on, so lets talk about it!
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[@rooflemonger]

So here's a video that honestly I have wanted to make for years, talking about the infamously stupid Malibu Comics run of Street Fighter. It really just is that bad lol. Not much to say thats not covered in the video, but even as a kid I knew Malibu Comics were suspect at best and they've done other dumb stuff like having Goro with a giant laser rifle in their MK run as well. This is different than the usual kind of video I make and I am probably gonna pay for it in terms of the algorithm so any likes/shares on the video you can spare are greatly, greatly appreciated!

[@nemoisnobody]

I'm down for more stuff like this! Care to cover more stupid 90's stuff? Like the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat cartoons?

[@ektran4205]

brazil's street fighter comics

[@rooflemonger]

@@nemoisnobody Well unfortunately this video is my worst performing video in months, so I guess there really isn't an audience for it :(

[@nemoisnobody]

@@rooflemonger Goddammit. Some people have no taste....

[@N00BSYBORG]

Of all the batshit nonsense in this comic, it still confuses me the most how Ryu finds a nondescript scalp and immediately recognizes it as Ken's.

[@rainer9931]

Tbf I'm pretty sure if I found my best friends scalp I would probably recognize it

[@cylondorado4582]

I mean, just look at Ken's golden locks.

[@billyscenic5610]

Did it confuse you more than Vanilla SFV?

[@mikeg2491]

@@billyscenic5610it’s funny how people hate this but SF has gotten so kiddy and childish over the years in their depiction of the characters I appreciate this grittier take. They even had to bring Charlie, Gen, Adon, Birdie etc. back from the dead because apparently no one can die now in the new Disney-esque universe.

[@jonssogaming8255]

Guile’s bar freak out had me laughing my ass off ngl. In fact, the mischaracterisation of the whole cast had me laughing my ass off. How do you mess up so badly?! Also if the Ferret doesn’t make it into SF6 we riot.

[@mc_zittrer8793]

Well, Zeku had a ferret in V, so....

[@Juanhernandez-zx7kt]

For me, I laughed hard at Blanka brutally murdering his hecklers.

[@lenin17301560]

4:09 Instead of Violent Ken, we got Violently Murdered Ken.

[@prof.laytonfan764]

I don’t know why, but the idea that Ken dying caused the rest of the Street Fighter cast to go berserk and start beating the crap out of people is hilarious to me.

[@CrossoverGameReviews]

It feels surreal to have Ken be so beloved by the cast. I think at the time only Ryu knew Ken. Not even Chun-Li who would eventually be friends with him later on, but I'm sure the rest of the cast didn't get chummy with him afterwards. Though I could be wrong but I can't imagine Zangief really knowing him even to this day.

[@superserg4763]

Damn,, considering how in modern media has been basically assassinating beloved franchise, this legit feels like the prequel to everything going on. Also makes me appreciate the actual Street Fighter Lore we got now, lmao

[@rooflemonger]

There's almost certainly no Street Fighter 6 news coming until Capcom Cup next month so hopefully this can fill your Street Fighter fix for a while 👼

[@conned2rpi]

The combination of your editing skills and voice suits covering offbeat media like this very well.

[@isimioyekunlemarktaiwo3643]

Marisa video out

[@ajshiro3957]

Guile: Don't need to pay if there is no bar. Sonic boom!

[@GatorOfWar]

Bro the part with the car ambushing Ryu had me dying! 🤣

[@dwschiu]

I read these Street Fighter comics. They published this crap in Brazil. And it was so bad and we were left on a cliffhanger that some Brazilian cartoonists decided to create their own licensed Street Fighter comics and they turned out to be better than Malibu's.

[@NurseValentineSG]

eesh... poor chunners. The writer really must have not cared for her if they turned the strongest woman in the world to a, for a lack of a better term, bimbo. Also hooking her up with Ryu is like those writers that always hook up superman with wonder woman. "They're both strong, they need to be together". What a load.

[@ooffordays566]

Honestly, I never got the idea behind Ryu and Chun-Li hooking up in so many of the spin-offs. They barely interact in the games! She hangs out with Cammy, Guile, and Ken way more than she ever talks to Ryu, and Ryu mostly interacts with the other Shoto characters. They're friends-of-a-friend at best.

[@hjblacdes61]

The ship does not float what so ever lol

[@TheTDA]

Roof, your delivery had me ROLLING, Man. The reinforcement of Ken's death was just magic, haha

[@zeigman]

This story arc almost got continued in Brazil. From what I remember at the time, the publisher here decided to continue the story themselves after the Malibu comics got canceled. They actually continued it for like one or two issues but then realised the American storyline was bonkers and decided to reboot it with their own continuity. I actually used tho have those comics, they pretty much kept closer with the original SF2 storyline, but with the typical edgy/sassy attitude from the 90's.

[@cylondorado4582]

Yeah, these are a slap in the face to the sterling reputations of Col. William Guile and the Heroic Man-Beast Blanka.

[@natethebad]

I love all of the recent videos that you have been putting out about things that you want to talk about, and I am glad that the news feed has slowed down enough to give you a chance to create this stuff. Thanks for all your hard work, and I'm sending as many good vibes as I can muster your way as the KOF patch arrives!

[@akilcharles3473]

I remember in some forum online someone mentioned that Chun-li & Ryu get together in some old comic, who woulda guess it was this old Malibu comic where Ken straight up dies,Blanka murders people and Guile being an ass****. We come a long way lol.

[@ThePlasticBowl]

I like this rendition on the characters personality. Hopefully SF6 goes in this direction.

[@mikeg2491]

Nah it’s just Fornite Fighter now

[@thepuppetmaster9284]

I wonder if Malibu comics was drunk AF when they made that SF comic 😂. For anyone who wants to read good SF comics outside by Udon, I reccomend SF Gaiden vol 1 & 2 by Itou Mami, SF II by Masaomi Kanzaki, SF Alpha / Sakura Ganbaru / and III: Ryu’s Final by Masahiko Nakahira.

[@gillgillgillgillgill]

00:54 i audibly GASPED at bison's face...that is 100% "mom can we have m.bison? we have m.bison at home. the m.bison at home:"

[@marioulloa2593]

Ferret for Street fighter 6! Imma making him in create a character mode when the games comes out

[@ArbiterChrono]

The art looked pretty serviceable which is surprising! What a crazy direction to go tho story wise. XD

[@MrTomlette]

Lol I somehow had that comic. It randomly popped up here in Spain and never understood why was any of this happening.

[@darthrevan6]

Gief killing a bear he was wrestling with is such bullshit, I hate this so much.

[@jellojiggler1693]

I've read thousands of comics, and I have NEVER heard of "The Ferret."

[@Bobprotoss]

Malibu was on drugs when they did this.

[@darkblaze18]

I've only seen that one iconic panel from this comic, so to get a summary of the whole thing is a treat. Great work!

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

There were actually more comic made after this when the license was transferred to someone *else* in Brazil, and boy oh boy does it get worse (by worse I mean stupider).

[@Mene0]

HOLY FUCK that shot of Ryu holding Ken's SCALP. I never knew about these, thanks for the exposition roofle lol

[@A-1-Sawce]

Oh, God, is this the Brazilian stuff? Malibu? I have a TON of Street Fighter comics, modern and old. I pretty much obsessively collect anything SF but especially jank stuff like these comics. They're pure gold and I absolutely love them so, so much.

[@raphaelfp]

No, Malibu was made in the US but as they were getting too far from the lore it was cancelled and only then a few brazilian authors have obtained the licence and released several SF comics

[@fooslice]

Shoutout to the Street Fighter GI Joes. Guile, Ken, Bison, Sagat and Jackie-Chan dressed as Chun-Li are regulars within my Joes and Cobras.

[@rooflemonger]

The honda GI Joe was extra good cause he was a completely different mold than the rest, way bigger than a normal joe.

[@MarioUcomics]

Make me appreciate what Udon comics has done with the Street Fighter comics that have been the longest running licensed video game tie in comic

[@MisterTwit]

One more thing about this comic: in the final issue Malibu left a salty footnote about Capcom themselves putting an end to their relationship. In this footnote they doubled down on Capcom's anger (much like Guile doubled down on that bar) and talked about how they were going to show how Sagat lost his eye and it was going to be awesome and now you'll never get to see it so there. That little hissy fit was the absolute last SF-related message Malibu ever put in a comic. And even though it wasn't even remotely tantalizing to hear them tease it, these days I do have a morbid curiosity about what their version of that was going to be, because it's obvious their version of the canon was absolutely nowhere near correct (even taking into account how little of it existed at the time).

[@Skibidi_Fazbear]

some weird stuff i found out was that while this comic was cancelled in america, it was continued in brazil with new artists and writers.

[@kumaSOevl]

Still more character development than sfv storymode

[@juliagoodwin9510]

Oh my God, they killed Ken! You bastards! ...I'm not apologizing.

[@KenMasters.]

You better apologize! Or else Ryu finds from the next package is your ass! 😠

[@scottnotpilgrim]

Not the Street Fighter video I was expecting but I will definitely take it

[@rooflemonger]

Nothing new on the SF front til halfway through next month basically :(

[@KodmaniacX]

Comment to beat the algorithm. I actually had at least one issue of this series back in the day- or maybe it was that other SF comics series that went nowhere. In any case until Udon came along the SF comics just didn't work for anyone.

[@ogamitaicho77]

Omg I didn't know this comic at all. The Ken's scalp is so creepy ! 😂 It's clear that 99,99% of the fan arts nowadays have a better design. The characters are so ugly... 😅 Many thx 4 sharing this video @rooflemonger 😊 Was a lot of fun to watch ! 👍👍👍

[@SOK39]

I’d like to imagine that this is a different timeline

[@lazycouchman]

I can't believe more people didn't die in the old tournament if everyone was this crazy all along. Lmao.

[@kyleolson8977]

In case this isn't crazy enough for you, go to St1ka's channel where he goes over the comics made in Brazil to continue this series after it was cancelled.

[@ultrakingrollon35]

These Street Fighter Comics in the 90s are officially Bad, Bad, BAD!!!!

[@noboty4168]

Always enjoy learning about history. Please do more of this kind.

[@melvinshine9841]

The terrible art is just the icing on the cake. I'd expect a "plot" like this out of a 90s Mortal Kombat comic. Hell, MK would do the same shit, now.

[@elneco4654]

Funny enough, the 90s MK comics were by the same publisher.

[@mikeg2491]

At least the plot is followable, who can make sense of all these contradictory alpha titles, SF4/5 being set before SF3, etc, etc. it’s a clusterfuck.

[@CrackpotDesert]

I bought this issue from the drug store when I was a kid.

[@bluestthings]

Damn, they just straight up killed Ken to give the rest of the cast a reason to care. Wild.

[@miggypeso909]

Marvel technically owns the Ferret. If they ever do another M v C he can be included as an Easter egg. Imagine that.

[@FamousTattoosMA]

I have the first issue of this comic, it's so bad it's laughable! But it's Street Fighter, so I had to have it. haha.

[@pac-man-world-2]

Really surreal how this isn't the first time a form of early SF media has focused on Shadoloo using Ken to get to Ryu. I guess it was just a common plot point that made a lot of sense? (Or maybe the comic writers weren't very original, saw SF2's animated movie, and went "heyyyy....")

[@garou12]

if you think this was bad you should read the hong kong manhwa of sfii. they had ken go bad and rape chun li and ryu her bf had to destroy evil ken w his ice shoryuken

[@thepuppetmaster9284]

I own that one. There’re three Hongkong version iirc. First was the Isekai where a teenager played SF II arcade but suddenly he got teleported inside the game and used Ken body. He got hunted by Bison crew but got helped by Spidey and Kenshiro lmao. Second version a bit close to the game but everyone have super powers lol. The third version is the one that you describe.

[@garou12]

@@thepuppetmaster9284 ah i wasnt aware of all that. i just thought wtf nonsensical plot is this

[@elneco4654]

I guess I know where STREE OVERLORD comes from now.

[@thepuppetmaster9284]

@@garou12 Yeah the Hongkong manhua have crazy story plot that stray a lot from SF canonical lore. I'm not even sure if Capcom officially approved them or not. But at least the artworks looks nice haha.

[@droppedpackage1344]

Never knew street fighter had comics. This is crazy

[@Ultramatt17]

Man, I had a couple of those Malibu comics..

[@mc_zittrer8793]

Wow, the 90s was stranger than I remember. XD Also, since no one else has made the joke: Oh my god, they killed *Ken* ny! You BASTARDS!

[@billyscenic5610]

I remember being in middle school and some kids talking about how Ken got killed in a comic.

[@SpadeHand]

I still think "KENMYOLDESTFRIEND" to myself whenever I see a Ken get bodied

[@MegaGamerman16]

Killing one of the eight world warriors is a hella big deal. Capcom would rather stop making Street Fighter games than to ever get to that point lol

[@torrancebragg7486]

The art in this comic makes my eyes hurt.

[@rogerhogg8899]

I've been enjoying @rooflemonger 's vids for over a year now, but THIS is the one that made me subscribe and hit the bell. What does that say about me? 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for this!!

[@rafaelvascc]

Oh my god, I remember this comic! It was translated to Brazilian Portuguese and distributed in Brazil! But only the first 2 issues.

[@AzrielArcade]

So according to the end blurb of that 3rd issue, Ken WAS gonna survive! At least, that’s what I recall from the last time I looked into it. Although Ken did get friggin scalped! It’s weird, because Malibu I heard faired better with Mortal Kombat, and I did look over a few of those MK comics. They’re alright, but way better than their Street Fighter affair.

[@raphaelfp]

Hahahaha omg that brought back some memories. I've bought these comics back in the day! It was dreadful. I didn't remember the drawing was so lame but the edgy stuff (including the violence and the suggested relationships between the characters) shouted for attention even at that time. This Ferret guy wasn't (isn't?) known at all here in Brazil and no one could understand his appearance. At the end of the 3rd issue there was a letter from the editors saying the title was canceled and it was going to be rebooted with brazilian authors and artists conducing new plots, that was a much better series although it was cancelled before the final issue was released. Unfortunately one of the main authors revealed himself to be an extreme right wing asshole years later but it was fun while it lasted. Thanks for the fun video!

[@Gilbot9000]

I have no words. I am so happy I never found this and that nobody bought it for me when I was a kid. Like holy crap.

[@rafaplay1225]

How about making a video talking about the Brazilian Street Fighter comics that came out in the 90s?

[@Renoistic]

I remember reading this and feeling like this tone wasn't a good fit for SF. I did enjoy the edgy anime though...

[@bigredradish]

i'm gonna say this ranks only slightly lower than Stree Overlord gas station stiffie pills in terms of accurate depictions of the street fighter cast

[@rooflemonger]

stree overlord is something I would love to talk about, but I think youtube would demonetize me instantly for it lol

[@reversegoat3260]

If there is one thing 90's comics did well was capes. And Bison's cape is on point.

[@fnh123]

You should do a follow-up video on the Chinese comic version of Street Fighter.

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

You should check out the hilarious Korean Street Fighter TV show, all the characters are there but it's super low budget and out of character. You can find it on youtube starting with "Street Fighter II Korean Live Action Part 1/4"

[@KenMasters.]

Sup, Ken here. All I gotta say about this: They should've hired 90s Marvel make Street Fighter/Capcom comics, not Malibu's lower-budget comics from Brazil. Why? Because they would do as much justice as UDON if it were to happen, also Stan Lee and all his gang could create a long-running comic book franchise based on the Marvel vs. Capcom series, those games would actually have a plot.

[@Will-vj5bc]

I have the first 2 issues of this buried somewhere in my basement, I'm sure of it.

[@zazenbo]

I love my wife

[@klausrudolph0]

🎉

[@TheCJRhodes]

im wish she washere

[@TopJewShalom]

Thanks for this gem of a video

[@frenzy2101]

Yeah, yeah this video was awesome I hope you do more stuff like this

[@rooflemonger]

This wound up being my worst performing video in a year+, so I guess there is no interest in it :( People vote with their clicks sadly

[@frenzy2101]

@@rooflemonger sheesh man, that sucks, don't let that stop you though, everyonee gets unlucky from time to time, love your content overall, keep it up!

[@crazy_buffalo_balrog_02]

Nina for SFVI

[@Jonny_Uppercut]

It's like they were setting up a shitty Street Fighter Watchmen thing with everyone trying to find the street fighter killer as opposed to the mask killer

[@MKF30]

Malibu also did the MK comics which weren't bad they weren't Canon to the games(except for the tie in books) but were fun.

[@lordbison1771]

I bet somebody loves that special poster.

[@NegoClau]

Welcome to Brazil

[@phdbot4483]

Dang! What an ludicrous comic adaption I never knew about till now, and for a good reason too, lol! What the heck was with everyone? Oh well, at least E.Honda was cool! XD

[@Spoonsire]

0:21 Legend of Chun-Li isn't even worth being shown on screen. It really is that forgettable

[@jimmyvolakis5194]

4:08 They killed Kenny, you bastards!

[@XmortoxX1990]

4:06 TFW Ken fucking dies... Yeah 90 comics were wild

[@7woundsfist]

Yeah... I own these... I'm not proud of it, but I do. I'm sorry.

[@jordanthomas4379]

The street fighter classic comics are actually really really fantastic, the art is outstanding, udon studios did a great job with them

[@onthedre]

This is so bad it’s good, I wish it was completed

[@KainDizengarth]

I don't know what the fuck they were thinking while doing this... Well its easy to see why they cancelled the whole thing.

[@opiumlover91]

#PutTheFerretInSF6

[@rfs8194]

Ow the edge!

[@PoiPoi5189]

I owned these!

[@jignat]

I am mostly unfamiliar with Malibu Comics. I read 2-3 issues of Prime which seemed promising but couldn't hold my interest like Marvel. I have read the first few trades of Udons SF comics and I thought they were decent in terms of both art/story. This seems MUCH worse than Udons stuff. Thanks for posting this nonetheless. Your experimental videos have been pretty entertaining these last few weeks.

[@Infinite147]

Honestly, this is so bad its funny.

[@skybite]

And then it continued in Brazil

[@jimdino77]

😂 it’s so bad it’s kinda good

[@mrsolodolo967]

Such a wack dollar bin comic for 30 years , now it's spiking in prices due to a new movie announcement

[@SELJ75]

Whats next the legend of chun li?

[@BabyAdriver2565]

This comic is terribly disturbing interms of everything designs bad character plot bad especially characters killing the main characters and chun li has a relationship to ryu is meh

[@MrLobran]

Oh boy, you don´t want to know about the brazillian Street Fighter comics that took over the story left by Malibu. Oh, you really don´t...

[@crazylazytwisteshaka]

That was hilarious

[@hjblacdes61]

oh my god! they killed Ken! YOU BASTARDS!

[@palomaherrera15]

My cute Ken is die 😢😢

[@Jeffmetal42]

that was amazing!!! lololol