Image comics published a comic book named Tekken Forever in the December of 2001 based on one of the most popular fighting video game, Tekken. The comic series was short lived and was cancelled after just one issue.
In 1994, Namco launched one of the most successful action games of all time, Tekken. The game series has been extensively acclaimed by critics for elevating the standard of fighting video games and their gameplay. Running for almost three decades the sequence has over 20 titles and a great number of characters. It has multiplied its universe through films and comics over the years. In 2001, the comic Tekken Forever was released revolving around the activities between Tekken 3 and Tekken 4
The comic opens in Ogre’s temple and Kazuya Mishima stands surrounded by unconscious fighters from the Tekken world lying around him. Jin Mishima, son of Kazuya Mishima is kneeling keeping the body of Unknown reflecting that he is aware of her. Bruce Irvin and Ganryu are also present and Bruce is irritated as Kazuya defeated all the opponents alone. Jin is furious as he worries about his loved ones due to what came about with Unknown. He fights Bruce and Ganryu and after defeating both, he turns towards his father with his eyes filled with fury.
Meanwhile, Lei Wulong battles in opposition to Kazuya’s army, and after being commissioned by the Interpol to arrest Kazuya, he enters the temple with a gun in his arms and comes face to face with the ex-cop, Bryan Fury.
The story soon returns to Jin dealing with his father and as their battle gets intense, Paul Phoenix pounds the villain to the floor. Jin unexpectedly gets a vision of a demon and the comic ends with Kazuya making an attempt to reclaim his son's devil gene compromising every person around him.
The comic, making an attempt to carry its characters to life was short-lived and was canceled after the first edition. It lacked story building as well as storytelling. Reviewing the comic, netizens also pointed out that as much as they cherished their favorite game series being made into comics, the narrative of the same was complex. Switching between characters and occasions wasn’t as smooth as the readers would have preferred it to be. The comic should have targeted a single character and constructed up his storyline following his trip to the king of iron fist tournament.
Compared to its storytelling, Tekken forever’s bright and vivid artwork acquired the praise it deserved. The characters in the comic are represented well and have their signature moves proven with stunning details. The outfits additionally show the age of the characters reflecting the timeline between Tekken 3 and 4. However, the greatest benefit of the comic would be its on-point dialogues as seen through Bruce singing the chorus of “bodies”.
The comic takes its readers back to the arcade era of the late 90s. Although it lacks in a few elements it will turn out to be an exciting read due to its arcade action and unintentional laughs.
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