Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues – Johnny’s Story

Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues #1-4

by Denton J. Tipton (Writer), Kagan McLeod (Illustrator), Luis Antonio Delgado (Colorist)

Is Johnny really the good guy? See The Karate Kid in a whole new light in this retelling through the eyes of Johnny Lawrence, two-time All Valley Tournament Champion.

Summer, 1984. Senior year is about to start and Johnny and the rest of the Cobra Kai rule the school. But, when the new kid makes moves on the girl that broke Johnny's heart, he vows to settle the score and win back her love. Or so goes the story Sensei Lawrence tells his students nearly 35 years later.

Based on the hit YouTube Original series Cobra Kai, go back and find out Johnny's side of the story!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Sports, Graphic Novels Comics, Comix, Comic Book

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 9, 2020

Reviews

[Jayson · Rating 3 out of 5]

(B-) 71% | Satisfactory
Notes: A scroll-art feel, quite highlight reel, goes to-and-fro, all-right, although, all things you know if you've seen the show.

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Karate Kid retold from Johnny's perspective. It doesn't really add much at all to the story unfortunately. I'd give this a pass unfortunately.

[Bill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's a reasonably entertaining graphic novel that tells the story of The Karate Kid from the point of view of Johnny Lawrence. There are some nice new editions to the story, but too much of it is just a retelling of the original Karate Kid film. This seems more like a way to cash in on the success of the new Cobra Kai TV series than anything original. Probably better to spend your time watching this superb series instead.

[Shaun · Rating 3 out of 5]

Expected more to be honest, a lot of this is already seen in the films and TV show.

[Chrystopher’s Archive · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't think this particular segment of the story is served by a graphic novel format; it loses that really interesting unreliable narrator dynamic they achieved in the Netflix show. It also doesn't add any emotional depth to the Johnny character. The artwork is good though.

[Sofia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed it so much that I finished it in one sitting. It’s pretty spot on with how Cobra Kai showed it on Netflix. The art was spot in with the characters too especially Johnny. It was helpful that the flashbacks were clearly labeled. Some comics and books too when they do flashbacks the readers get lost sometimes but in this case there’s no danger of that. You really get into the plot because we not only have the words but the illustrations too so we get to see the emotions too versus just reading about them. Can’t wait to read the rest of the Cobra Kai graphic novels!!

[Robert · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm not sure what the audience for this is. It's just a written rehash of information from the show, so if you've seen it, you don't need to read it, and it doesn't bother establishing any of the characters not native to the movies or relating the plot re-up, so if you haven't seen it, it doesn't make much sense.

[spiderboox · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not really sure what people are complaining about. It was never meant to be a "new" story.
Personally, I've really enjoyed seeing one of my all-time favourite movies made into a graphic novel.

[Maria Karousi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked to read Johnny's perspective. Nevertheless, I wanted more information & details.

[artemis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A tradução em português brasileiro estava meio esquisitinha mas a arte é TÃO LINDA que compensou todo e qualquer defeito.

Johnny continua sendo o maioral e eu o amo para sempre.

[Lars · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, I was expecting this to have more backstory/lead up to the 1984 All Valley tournament, giving us stronger context for why Johnny is the way he is and his motivations. Unfortunately, it was more just recreating the scenes from the movie (and maybe the tv show? I'm not sure, I haven't seen all of it yet) without really adding much new to the narrative. That being said, it wasn't like there were no illuminating facts about Johnny, just very few. Unfortunately though it wasn't enough. Johnny's driving forces felt flat--which is probably a bigger comment on the movie itself lol--but still, I was hoping for some better, deeper character work here and didn't really get it.

Also, you can tell this was made more in a rush or possibly without a lot of oversight. There was at least one spelling mistake and timeline error. And though the art was really nice, the character designs for Ali and Daniel were... a little lacking. If you had shown me almost any one of the panels with zero context I probably wouldn't have been able to guess who they were supposed to be :/

Still, if you're a big Karate Kid and/or Cobra Kai fan (or maybe you just really like Billy Zabka 👀I know you're out there), and you don't mind basically buying the first movie condensed and repackaged as a graphic novel, and/or to add to your sick ass TKK/CK collection, then it's definitely worth it. If you're a more casual fan, I'd definitely recommend checking this out at a library or borrowing it from someone.

[Brenda · Rating 5 out of 5]

"-El miedo no existe en este dijo, ¿ O si?
-¡No sensei! "

Esta es la historia de Johnny Lawrence, un Johnny que ha decidido abrir su propio Dojo luego de rehabilitarse y apoyar a un joven que necesita apoyo... Miguel Díaz.

Ahora que ha conseguido alumnos y ha logrado hacer de ellos unos verdaderos cobras muy "a la antigua" enseñanza del sensei Kreese.

Así que veremos las mismas escenas de la película de Karate Kid contada desde la perspectiva de quién siempre se ha considerado el villano.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a big fan of both the Karate Kid movies and Cobra Kai, I really loved seeing Johnny’s P.O.V. of some moments in the original movie. I also loved seeing a few extra scenes that really piece Johnny’s life together.

[Claudine · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. I would have loved more of Johnny’s perspective; the parts that were not on screen. There was a little bit of that with showing his family life. It would have been cool to see him training.

[Jiullia Silva · Rating 5 out of 5]

All the narrated facts appeard in Cobra Kai. Is a good reminder of how Johnny Lawrence turned in the man we see mistaking constantly and the great "bully" of Daniel LaRusso.
Johnny is my favorite character in Karate Kid and it just increases reading and watching Cobra Kai.

[Kirsikka71 · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story as we know it. The art work was ok, apart from Daniel who looked a little wonky. Really enjoyed the ”fight” sounds. Bif, Fwp, Bish and Boonk.

[Austin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Added a little depth to Johnny's character, but a lot of the scenes are rehashed from the movie. The amount of new material could have fit in 1 issue.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was neat seeing this in a comic format, but there really wasn’t anything new.

[Lud Oliveira · Rating 2 out of 5]

Vi a série antes de ler a HQ e ainda bem que fiz isso, do contrário não teria animado pra assistir a série. Achei que a HQ não adiciona praticamente nada à narrativa do primeiro filme, só vale talvez pela nostalgia de rever partes das cenas ali retratadas. Acho que a série da Netflix conseguiu efetivamente humanizar o Johnny e fazer contrapontos interessantes de como dependendo das escolhas e das ferramentas que a pessoa tem, ela pode ser justa com algumas pessoas e injusta com outras, pode agir certo em algumas situações e errar em outras. E isso eu acho interessante, porque na vida real todos temos momentos de vilão e de mocinho, não somos 100% bons ou maus.

[José Luis Ayuso Ruiz · Rating 4 out of 5]

El guionista Denton Tipton muestra mediante una serie de flashbacks o escenas del pasado, la dramática situación vital que tuvo que atravesar el antagonista Johnny Lawrence, personaje huérfano de padre y de conductas violentas, tratando de enseñar al público el lado más humano y empático de un personaje que, hasta "Cobra Kai", ha sido considerado un villano sin posibilidad de redención.

[Eiden]

Cobra kai: una serie de karate donde uno de los entrenadores llamado jonny lores uno delos protagonistas dela serie donde el le muestra karate a un chico que no sabia defenderse y el chico durante unos cuantos meses de entrenamiento aprendio a defenderse logro ganar varios torneos para hasta que un dia no pudo pelear mas.

[SerenaBeReading · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this graphic novel retelling of The Karate Kid with scenes from Cobra Kai splashed in. Is Johnny the good guy? Hell no he isn't. But I do like him better than Daniel on the Cobra Kai show but he's still trash. Enjoyed the art work in this.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like it is a little flat. I feel like it needed more back story and more internal emotion.

[Chalupa Batman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Book is very juvenile in its art and storytelling. Doesn’t really add anything new.

[d burton]

Is it like the episodes

[Leo Labs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing art and coloring. Sadly, it doesn't add anything new to the already very well-known story. Even though, I enjoyed it a lot.

[Galli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not much in the way of new canon but very nice artwork

[Ranette · Rating 2 out of 5]

not a very interesting continuation of Karate Kid.

[Adam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bom mas nada surpreendente

[Kelly Garcia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5