Comic Books
The comic book medium also gave birth to several characters inspired by Bruce Lee, most notably, in Japanese comic books, or manga. In Tetsuo Hara and Buronson’s influential manga Hokuto no Ken, known to western audiences as Fist of the North Star, the main character, Kenshiro, was deliberately created by them drawing inspiration from Bruce Lee and Max Rockatansky, from the Mad Max film franchise. Although Kenshiro’s appearance initially resembled more that of Lee in the first chapters of the manga, blending it with Mel Gibson’s likeness, he became more similar to Gibson in physique in the rest of the work, but retaining all mannerisms inspired by Lee, such as his fighting style and battle cries. Additionally, in Hokuto no Ken’s prequel Souten no Ken, the main character is Kenshiro’s uncle, named Kenshiro Kasumi, who is also modeled after Lee’s physique and mannerisms in the same way as his nephew.
Similarly, in Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto manga, the characters Mighty Guy and Rock Lee were modeled by him after Bruce Lee.
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