BRUCE LEE "One Inch Punch" Part 1

From 1997, here's a never-reprinted tale set in a world where Bruce Lee lived...

...to the "present day"!

To Be Continued...

TOMORROW!

Writer Mike Baron, penciler Val Mayerik, and inker James Sherman had produced a Kato of the Green Hornet mini-series for NOW Comics several years earlier featuring the character (based on Bruce Lee) in a solo adventure set in the present.

I suspect this was initially-intended to be the next Kato mini-series, but when NOW folded, it lost its' home.
In 1997, Malibu Comics was doing several martial-arts video game tie-ins including Street Fighter and licensed the Bruce Lee trademark from Lee's estate to give the new line of comics extra cachet among martial arts fans.

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Bruce Lee

His Greatest Hits

Criterion Collection

(Digitally-Remastered, Subtitled and Dubbed, with lots of special features as only Criterion can do them!)

BRUCE LEE STORY "Chapter V: Beyond Hong Kong!"

Though Bruce's dream film project, The Silent Flute, fell by the wayside...

...Bruce, himself, was seriously in-demand as an actor/martial artist as the Kung Fu craze swept through pop culture!

Written by Martin Sands, penciled by Joe Staton (and Ron Wilson on this chapter), and inked by Tony DeZuniga and the Tribe studio.

Cover by Ken Barr.

Monday:

We Continue the Martial Arts Mayhem with the never-reprinted...

Bruce Lee #1

(1994)

Malibu Comics!

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Bruce Lee: the Man Only I Knew

by his wife Linda Lee

BRUCE LEE STORY "Chapter IV: The Flute That Failed!"

With his bankability in the international movie market now proven...

...Bruce wanted to do more than just perform others' scripts!

Sadly, the movie wasn't produced in his lifetime.

But Bruce's death provided the impetus to actually produce and release the film!

Ironically, the ads promoted David Carridine, who ended up as the star of the TV series Kung Fu as the star of the film.

However, Carridine took the primary supporting role Lee had written for himself, playing various martial artists instructing the film's wandering protaganist, Cord (Jeff Cord) in numerous fighting styles and associated philosophies.

There's an excellent article about the movie (released as Circle of Iron) HERE!
Bruce Lee's Story Concludes Tomorrow in...
Beyond Hong Kong!

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Circle of Iron

(aka Silent Flute)

BRUCE LEE STORY "Chapter III: Hong Kong Connection!"

 After the cancellation of The Green Hornet, Bruce Lee pitched a new TV series to studios...

...when it was rejected, and other movie/TV roles were few and far between in Hollywood, he decided to relocate to Hong Kong!

To Be Continued, Tomorrow, in...
"The Flute That Failed!"

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His Greatest Hits

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BRUCE LEE STORY "Chapter II: Slow Boat to Hollywood!"

When Last We Left Young Bruce...

Tomorrow:

Hong Kong Connection!

Our fellow RetroBlog, Secret Sanctum of Captain Video, did a multi-part post about the various radio/movie/TV versions of Kato for a "Sidekicks" blogathon presented by the Classic TV Blog Association.
You'll find the Bruce Lee posts HERE and HERE.

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Bruce Lee: the Man Only I Knew

by his wife Linda Lee

BRUCE LEE STORY "Chapter I: The Dragon and the Golden Gate!"

We Have Already Seen...

On July 20th, 1973, writer/actor/martial artist Bruce Lee died under still-unexplained circumstances.

Now, we look back on his life and legacy...

Tomorrow:

Slow Boat to Hollywood!

Written by Martin Sands, penciled by Joe Staton, and inked by Tony DeZuniga & the Tribe (sounds like a rock band, doesn't it?), this book-length graphic novel was done for Marvel's Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #28 (1976), three years after the death of Bruce Lee.

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Bruce Lee: the Man Only I Knew
by his wife Linda Lee

50 Years Ago Today...

...the Greatest Martial Arts Legend of All Passed from this World to the Next!

Next week, we'll be presenting his life story in graphic form from 1976.

Here's the Prologue...

And here's some background info about this particular tale...

Be Here Monday as We Present...

The Bruce Lee Story