The Devilman character is like a hybrid of Hulk and Wolverine, a violent badass taking on other violent badasses. American comics from the 70s don't have people peeing themselves, breasts, naked hermaphroditic angels, tons of gore, or people using their eyebrows as weapons. I showed my wife a child's severed head in a puddle of blood and said "It's drawn cutesy so it's okay, right?" Actually, one of the more interesting parts of my manga education is noticing the cultural differences. Nagai's art gives the carnage a little more impact when it happens.
The stories are a little simplistic at times but I wouldn't say the comics from the Big Two were much more complex in the early 1970s.
Go Nagai's art is ahead of the curve for the time period. I really like the character design on Devilman and the other demons. Akira has gory battles with all sorts of demons, some even in different points in earth's history. My dive into manga history continues with Devilman, tales of a teenage boy fused with a devil, battling demons that threaten mankind. 1 collects stories from Go Nagai's Devilman run in the 1970s in a sweet looking hardcover from Seven Seas Entertainment. Devilman!ĭevilman: The Classic Collection Vol. Akira has gory battles with all sorts of demons, some even in different p Fudo Akira was a sensitive boy, mocked by his classmates, until he merged with a devil. Devilman! Devilman: The Classic Collection Vol. Fudo Akira was a sensitive boy, mocked by his classmates, until he merged with a devil.
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