Bravos: Manila

by Paolo Chikiamco, Butch Mapa (Illustrator), Wilson Dela Fuente (Letters)

Enter a world where only the Philippines has superheroes, where Persons-With-Power serve their country as Bravos, to face both mundane threats and super-powered Contras. Kit Kamao is a young Bravo, thrust into the spotlight when Mega Manila is attacked while the Datus — the world’s most powerful super team — is away.

Will Kit’s first appearance on the world stage be his last? And just who is behind the latest Contra attack? Fine out in a superhero story set in a Philippines both new and familiar. The BRAVOS Universe begins here!

36 pages, Paperback

About the author

A lawyer by training and a writer by inclination, in 2009 Paolo resigned from one of the top law firms in the country to establish Eight Ray Sun Publishing Inc., driven to take advantage of the burgeoning ebook market to allow Filipino Speculative Fiction authors a chance, not only to reach an international audience, but to eventually make a living from writing.

Paolo’s articles have appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Online Chronicles, and Code RED Magazine. His stories have appeared in the Digest of Philippine Genre Stories, A Time for Dragons, and the Farthest Shore. He won third place in the 2009 Carlos Palanca Awards in the Short Story for Children (English) category. His greatest escapade was sneaking in to watch Total Recall when he was 12 years old. It was totally not worth it.

Reviews

[Kevin Cortes · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Bravos story is another interesting world presented to us by Chikiamco. After throwing our local mythological creatures up in space, he repaints our country as the sole country that is able to produce supers.

The Bravos universe is the next thing to be look out for in komikons.

More of my review at:
https://onemantra.blogspot.com/2016/0...