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Kamakura el Tigre de Nagasaki
Ra-Ca-Na, S.A. · 1987–1988 · 11 issues
About the series
In the late 1980s, Mexican publisher Ra-Ca-Na, S.A. unleashed this 11-issue series blending samurai action with jungle adventure. It follows Kamakura, a Japanese ronin turned vigilante in colonial-era Nagasaki, whose path crosses with a mysterious tiger spirit. The series stands out for its vivid, kinetic artwork and its fusion of Eastern martial arts mythology with a distinctly Mexican comic-book sensibility. A cult oddity, Kamakura el Tigre de Nagasaki remains a fascinating artifact of the era's international pulp cross-pollination.