Samurai Jack is the hero of the famous Cartoon Network cartoon. Well, he was not very lucky, because after a few seasons his story did not come to an end. Fortunately, after a few years, fans who grown up got what they wanted from Adult Swim - the finale of Jack's adventures. In the meantime, video games and comics have also appeared. Well, what are they?
A comic clash between good and evil
When it comes to games, there is nothing to choose from. I am dealing with a total of two titles, one of which was released in 2020 and is a kind of story expanding the relationship between Jack and his daughter Aku.
In February 2013, IDW Publishing announced a partnership with Cartoon Network to produce comic books based on its series. Thanks to this, the stories on paper with the samurai made their debut. The Samurai Jack comic was a monthly American title featuring the journeys of Samurai Jack, the protagonist of the eponymous series on Cartoon Network. The comic series refers to the fourth season of the series, and is also the most canonical.
The whole was 24 and one special edition. On May 8, 2019, IDW Publishing released the first series of Samurai Jack: Lost Worlds comics , showing how society prospered under the benevolent Samurai Jack.
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Part one
Generally, the story published in comics can be divided into two parts. The action of the first part, entitled Tales of the Wandering Warrior, takes place after the end of season four. Jack travels through the desert to find a hermit living in a cave who may enable him to return to his time. The Hermit reveals that Aku has learned a mastery of time travel thanks to an ancient relic known as the Lina of the Aeons. The demon studied it and absorbed all its power, then destroyed it so that no one could know it, although if it were to be repaired, there would be a chance to save the lost knowledge. As it turns out, one of its parts is owned by Aku. Of course, despite obtaining a valuable artifact, the Samurai faces his nemesis, and then has to choose whether to go back into the past or save himself from Aku’s killing blow.
The samurai chooses the latter option. After losing the chance to get Rope, Jack rejoins his fellow Scot to help him face a series of supernatural threats, such as the curse of leprechauns and a villain who can manipulate gravity.
Later, Jack makes another attempt to return to his time, but as a result he loses his sword. When Aku learns of Jack’s sword loss, he stops at nothing to try and finish Jack by whatever means necessary, but the fearless warrior decides to hide and wait out the hard time.
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Part two
W 2017 roku, miesiące po zakończeniu piątego sezonu, wydawnictwo IDW wydało nową miniserię z 5 wydaniami o nazwie Quantum Jack, która przedstawia Samuraja Jacka skaczącego z jednego wymiaru do drugiego, szukającego drogi powrotu do swojej pierwotnej formy. Jest to swoisty tie-in całej tej trans-medialnej opowieści. Pierwszy numer przedstawia Jacka jako przywódcę bezwzględnego gangu motocyklowego, drugi jako zamaskowanego luchadora. Trzeci numer przenosi czytelników w sam środek walki z mechami i potworami niczym Kaijū. W przedostatnim odcinku komiksowej serii Jack staje się pracownikiem korporacji. Seria Quantum Jack nie jest wyjątkowa, jednak stanowiła dobry dodatek dla tych, którzy nie mogli pogodzić się z końcem animowanej serii o przygodach Jacka.
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Czy warto zaznajomić się z tą serią?
Komiksy z Jackiem stanowią pewną część, którą każdy fan powinien znać. Jeśli jednak nie jesteś fanem, możesz spokojnie odpuścić sobie tę serię i poprzestać na moim streszczeniu. Warto jednak dodać, że konwencja komiksowa sprostała animacyjnie, bowiem mieszanie rożnych stylów narracji również dobrze sprawdza się na statecznych stronach. Wydaje się, że przygody samuraja pojawiły się o 10 lat za wcześnie i nikt ich w pełni nie docenił, jak ma to miejsca w ostatnich latach. Drogi miłośniku komiksów, jeśli jednak lubisz przeczytać coś fajnego, to wiedz, że prezentowana przez mnie komiksowa seria nie stroni przed ciężkimi tematami i stanowi świetną historię, którą można zrozumieć bez zaznajomienia się z kreskówką.
It is worth bearing in mind that a few notebooks in collective volumes were published a few years ago by the Studio JG publishing house.