Hi. I’m a complete Street Fighters Comics newb, but I’ve been a fan of the game series for years.
Anyway, here goes. Tonight at Blockbuster I was looking at the strategy guides. Behind all of them I saw a smaller, thin book covered in plastic. I pulled it out and saw that it was a Street Fighters comic book. On the top it says “Blockbuster Exclusive Special Edition”, so this tempted me to buy it. And the fact that it was the only one on the shelf made me realize I would probably regret not making the purchase, so I did.
After I read the back I realized this was a collection of of the first six issues of the Street Fighter comic book series. And I was wondering, what are the differences between owning this versus owning the first six issues separately? Also, should I purchase all of the issues separately once I get into the series?
not sure on the differences, i always perfer to get stuf in vols wat ever it maybe, but if you cant wait to know wats going on i suggest you get the issues, the comic has been well done and single issues are worth more than vols later on.
so take ur pick and enjoy.
The single issues have the backup stories done by guest artists. Dunno if they’re going to collect them or not.
The trade you picked up is simply the version Blockbuster was selling. It has a different cover than the one you’d find at any place else, that’s pretty much it. Second trade is due out in a couple months.
I’m a bigger fan of owning both a trade and the single issues. Mostly because one has content the other might not, and I like being there as something unfolds rather than reading it all at once.
I strongly recommend getting the single issues, though, for the backup stories (which are part of the actual story), and choice of covers.
You can find pretty much all of this stuff online. I always suggest www.ruppsworld.com because I live near the actual store and know they do a good job.
Like Apathy-Inc, I too like to collect both the trade paperbacks and the single issues. I like reading the single issues not only because they include the backstories, but also because they are much larger in size than the smaller TPBs. I also noticed in the TPB (at least the Blockbuster version) that there were several small changes from the regular normal sized issues (not necessarily a bad thing). Off the top of my head the only example I can think of is in Issue #1 when Ryu is going to visit Ken and he looks at the photograph Ken sent him. In the regular issues, there was writing on the photograph (like “My new house,” “my girl,” etc.); in the TPB there is not. I will reply with others when they come to mind. Either way, get both. They are nice to have; especially the Blockbuster TPB because it features a new exclusive to Blockbuster limited cover (which I was under the impression were supposed to be destroyed by now? - If anyone can please clarify). If you can only choose one, go single issues.
My Blockbuster still has some copies too. I dunno why, they told me they were sold out, but whatever.
I forgot to mention, I also like the regular issues because they stay open on their own, it’s good for referencing character/panel layout/techniques etc etc.
And with TPBs, it’s a lot more efficient space-wise. You can fit TPBs on your shelf and what not.
More pros and cons, really. It’s the “age old debate”.
Unfortunately the closest comic shop to me is about an hour’s drive to the train station, then a two hour train trip away, and that costs a lot to get there, so I haven’t been able to collect the comics, although my friend does and I read them. I bought the first Trade Paperback, I love them this way, in a nice little book that I can read over and over again, but I think I’ll end up getting each issue online some time, they all have varient covers so I’ll try and get the ones with Cammy on them for each month.
Thou I always encourage people to go to comic stores, for those who has a hard time finding one, you can order the books online at www.herofix.com or www.ruppsworld.com
both of them should have all the back issues available.
I live on a farm in Australia. I’m going to save up a bit and buy ALL the issues from ruppsworld.com, and get the ones with Cammy on the cover, which is at least one cover per issue anyway
You get all the first six’s story line in a row for easy reading.
You get the hard to find Street Fighter #0 story in there also.
You can read it as much as you want and who really cares if it gets damaged.
Potentially get hard to find back stories (Cammy V. DeeJay, Sagat’s Scar, and Summer Special Chunli V. Birde)
Individual issues:
You get the option of preserving them for later resale when they become rare and valuable.
You get the back up stories (like how Guile and Charlie first met, how ChunLi lost her dad, etc.)
You get the thrill of every month looking forward to the next part of the story.
You can talk about the story on these forums as soon as the issue comes out. (your up to date)
I would suggest you get both to have all of the story.
I don’t have either of the TPBs but do they also contain the Street Fighter mini (previously Cheap Shots) as well? I was under the impression they didn’t, in which case it should be noted as well.
EDIT: adding to the list in the post above. The TPB is smaller in size to the comics and doesn’t have a collection of cover art.
forgot about the cheap shots … no i believe you get nothing but the stories … and yes you miss out on all the different covers. I don’t think the TPB has the little bit of info on the characters from #0 either. They have like 3 people per page and give a brief description of who they are. Like in a game manual.
ok this is bad as i was thinking of getting the volumes, but now i see they dont have the back up stories, why is that?
i can understand the cheap shots beging left out, but not the back ups.
Do udon plan to release some kind of special edition that includes the back up stories? id be quite mad if i bought the volumes and then that happened so id rather know now.
Well i’ll still most likely end up getting the volumes as the singles would be to much hassle to get hold of for me.
