King Tiger: Son of the Dragon

Dark Horse Heroes

by Randy Stradley, Doug Wheatley (Illustrator)

Blood, death, and fire--the darkest magic. A monstrous secret from King Tiger's past has tracked the warrior mystic to his sanctuary in the Nevada desert. With the lives of his friends and tens of thousands of innocents at stake, can Tiger's skills and sorcery triumph against an unthinkable supernatural obscenity linked to his own destiny? If the Tiger falls, the Dragon with rise!

A supernatural action/thriller of epic proportion, King Tiger: Blood of the Tiger features the writing of acclaimed Aliens vs. Predator scribe Randy Stradley and the eye-popping art of Star Wars: Dark Times artist Doug Wheatley.
This volume includes King Tiger material from Blackout #1-4 and King Tiger #1-4.

Genres: Comics

120 pages, Paperback

First published March 29, 2016

About the author

"Nearly thirty years of writing and editing comics, and this is what I have to show for it."
—Randy Stradley, pointing to this biography.

More to come, folks!

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Does it get better than magic and martial arts? Randy Stradley has reworked his demon hunting character for Dark Horse Heroes 2.0. You can think of this as a less goofy Big Trouble in Little China. It's a shame they haven't done anything else with the character in the intervening years. Doug Wheatley's art is great as well.

[Rick · Rating 5 out of 5]

See, I have this weak spot. There is a certain type of comic book character that I just can't seem to pass up. I blame it on Paul Gulacy & Doug Moench's run on Master of Kung Fu. But I suppose it's also because of John Byrne & Chris Claremont's run on Iron Fist. In either case Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu & Iron Fist are two of my all time favorite comic book characters. Then there's Steve Ditko's Doctor Strange. Now wait, what's the connection you ask? I have no idea, but it all crystallized for me after watching Big Trouble in Little China (Carpenter, 1986) - magic & martial arts - the perfect combination. And then along comes King Tiger. Yep, I'm hooked. And best of all Randy Stradley, Doug Wheatley & company have knocked this little gem out of the ballpark. I won't be happy until there's a King Tiger movie. If I win lottery, I'll finance it myself if I have too. Beautiful balance of action & comedy. Gorgeous use of color to enhance the already exquisite art. More! More! More! I feel like a 12 year old kid again and seeing my first Bruce Lee double feature. Only: King Tiger is even better.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

Not a bad series. King Tiger was always an interesting character when he was first introduced, but I wanted to learn more about him and see him doing things other than fighting demons in the desert. Well, this series does reveal more of his origin, but at the same time he ends up fighting demons in the desert. Not a bad series, but seemed too similar to what we've seen before. The character does have potential though, and really more should be done with King Tiger.

[Cale · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fairly middle-of-the-road super hero story about a martial arts expert with demonic heritage. There's some fascinating images, decent world building, and intense action, but ultimately it doesn't have anything super memorable behind it. The art is nice, though, especially the larger landscape images and some of the more supernatural aspects. It does lean a bit into some questionable interpretations of spirituality, but that's a minor ding. Decent but unmemorable.