jiullia_ms's review
5.0
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.
Johnny is my favorite character in Karate Kid and it just increases reading and watching Cobra Kai.
serena704's review
4.0
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.
smurph03's review
5.0
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.
lars's review
2.0
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
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
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