Streetfighter

In the mid-1980s, Ocean Comics brought the world of martial arts and international intrigue to the page with Streetfighter (1986–1987), a four-issue series written by Ron Fortier and illustrated by Gary Kato. This short-lived but punchy comic followed a lone vigilante known only as the Streetfighter, a master of hand-to-hand combat who battled organized crime and corruption on the gritty streets of a nameless city. While it predates the famous video game of the same name, Fortier and Kato’s collaboration delivered a lean, hard-hitting action series that captured the era’s love for no-nonsense street-level heroes. A cult curiosity for fans of 1980s independent comics, Streetfighter stands as a brief but energetic footnote in Ocean’s lineup.