"Divine Condor Hero" - Jin Yong's attempt to create a wuxia version of a superhero?

Wuxia heroes such as Kiu Fung or Chor Lau Heung tend to follow somewhat different genre conventions than Western comic book superheroes such as Superman or Spider-Man. At first, Yeung Gor fit the mold of wuxia hero, but towards the end of ROCH, did the character begin to take on the aspects of a Western superhero?

Consider this:

1). Secret double identity: Check. "Divine Condor Hero" was Yeung Gor's alter-ego. He even wore a mask that concealed his identity (a la Batman, Spider-Man, and a whole host of superheroes).

2). Animal motif: Batman, Spider-Man...Condorman?

3). Sidekick: Batman has Robin; Yeung Gor had the Divine Condor

4). Special weapon: utility belt, flying surfboard, indestructible shield, mystic hammer, webshooters....Heavy Iron Sword?

5). Special superpower: Green Lantern power rings, Silver Surfer's Power Cosmic...the Sad Palms?

6). Secret cave headquarters: OK, Yeung Gor only visited the cave twice as far as we know, but still...

7). Outlaw status? Check.

I wouldn't be surprised if Jin Yong were reading a few superhero comics at around the time he penned the final chapters of ROCH.

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Originally Posted by Ken Cheng

4). Special weapon: utility belt, flying surfboard, indestructible shield, mystic hammer, webshooters....Heavy Iron Sword?

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Ken? It's just a weapon... Although I gotta admit it's not an ordinary one.

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5). Special superpower: Green Lantern power rings, Silver Surfer's Power Cosmic...the Sad Palms?

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Sad palms may be good, but it is definitely not that powerful as the way you are putting it.

Nice observation anyway..:)

i dunno if JY stole that crap from western comics, i know 1 thing for sure though, the new china addaption stole the f***** look from final fantasy to the core. OMG that YG look like Cloud from FF7, and the sword he was holding is like a replica. not saying it's bad, it's just funny when i 1st saw it. anime stuff are catching on like wild fire and they're really making money off it :)

but no, i don't think the relationship between JY's hero and western hero is as close as u describe. sometimes similar ideas are develop at the same time in different parts of the world, i think this is one of them.

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Originally Posted by warlock110

i dunno if JY stole that crap from western comics, i know 1 thing for sure though, the new china addaption stole the f***** look from final fantasy to the core. OMG that YG look like Cloud from FF7, and the sword he was holding is like a replica. not saying it's bad, it's just funny when i 1st saw it. anime stuff are catching on like wild fire and they're really making money off it :)

but no, i don't think the relationship between JY's hero and western hero is as close as u describe. sometimes similar ideas are develop at the same time in different parts of the world, i think this is one of them.

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Really? No wonder that sword YG was holding look so comic:mad:

No wonder the new ROCH looks so comical.

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Originally Posted by Candide

No wonder the new ROCH looks so comical.

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I thought ALL adaptations look comic. With the exception of maybe Linked Cities, something many people here have a liking for it yet I have yet to watch..

EDIT: Fine. Edited.:)

EDIT2: You must be nuts to find the ROCH 06 version comical.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=comical

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com‧i‧cal  /ˈkɒmɪkəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kom-i-kuhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. producing laughter; amusing; funny: a comical fellow.
2. Obsolete. pertaining to or of the nature of comedy.

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Originally Posted by warlock110

i dunno if JY stole that crap from western comics, i know 1 thing for sure though, the new china addaption stole the f***** look from final fantasy to the core. OMG that YG look like Cloud from FF7, and the sword he was holding is like a replica. not saying it's bad, it's just funny when i 1st saw it. anime stuff are catching on like wild fire and they're really making money off it :)

but no, i don't think the relationship between JY's hero and western hero is as close as u describe. sometimes similar ideas are develop at the same time in different parts of the world, i think this is one of them.

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China is RACIST! It's supposed to be BLACK, but nooooo, they can't have black invincibility can they? And it is supposed to be slightly shorter than a normal sword and not much wider... Look at that FF7 Ragnarok replica. Sickening.

*Sarcasm for some of them BTW...