Time For A European Challenge?

Now I have, in past posts, outlined the history of super heroes in Germany and the UK.  In fact, the posting I did on Billy Whizz is one of the most popular this year.

I've issued a challenge to Tales From The Kryptonian's Subzero daring him to write a more complete history of GERMAN costumed heroes than I have. Poor fella does some great posts (see blog link) but I just felt like adding one more thing to his "to do" list!

I know that Hong Kong, Singapore and even PRC Manhua fans -from long email and forum chats- tend to know very little about costumed heroes from their countries prior to 1995!  I've done a few postings in the past and the one comic that intrigues me most is Captain V.  I wrote about this on the old Chinese-Korean Comics site:

The Amazing Adventures of CAPTAIN V!

While on the new sadly defunct singaporecomicsonline site,a member ["poopoo"] referred to a Singapore super hero comic of circa 1986 -this date may not be 100% kosher.
The comic was CAPTAIN V!

CAPTAIN V

CAPTAIN V was the "scientific experiment" of DR EVIL and at the time he was working for the Singapore Police Force. The good Captain was super fast [but not Flash standard fast?],very strong and bullet proof thanks to his costume.

As is allways the case,Dr Evil had an hidden agenda and went into hiding with his "experimental formulas" [so we assume CAPTAIN V was the human result of scientific enhancement].  Obviously,this could not be allowed and so Captain V was assigned the task of stopping his mentor.

CAPTAIN V #s 1 & 2 

Thanks to "poopoo" I have two cover scans of CAPTAIN V and a rough guide to the two stories.

ENTER THE CAT!

The Cat,alter ego unknown,was a poor man whose family and acquaintances looked down at him because of this.  His girlfriend's father also objected to him because he was poor;although facing many problems,his girlfriend loved him and financial difficulties meant nothing to her [aaaah,true love!]. While taking his girlfriend home there was an accident and she died instantly.

From this moment on the poor man began to act eccentrically;he stole money from rich people while disguised as The Cat and handed it out to the good,poor people.

Obviously,the law was not going to  allow this! One day The Cat was confronted by Captain V but the pursuit was temporarily stopped when the Singaporean 'Robin Hood' threw his "Cat-o-nine tails" [a bolas type weapon] and Captain V got caught up in this....

But,as far as I am aware,the Cat was never caught -it was an on-off chase type scenario.

CAPTAIN V VS  CAPTAIN V!!!

Well, Dr Evil was bound to cause problems sooner or later and he created a very major problem for the good Captain in #3!

Dr Evil created a Captain V clone -but one much stronger! Imagine the shock of Singaporean citizens when,without warning,the upholder of justice is seen robbing a goldsmith and jeweller -and then escaping at incredible speed.

The national hero has betrayed justice:Captain V is a wanted man!

Don't panic! One day,while committing a robbery the double Captain V is confronted by the real hero! A battle ensues and,I assume,the villain is defeated!

If anyone can provide more information, better scans or has copies for sale -get in touch!

 So, re-reading this I thought of a challenge.  CBO gets hits from all over Europe so how about any bloggers in Europe take up the challenge to write a post about the history of costumed heroes in their countrys comics?

If you accept this challenge let me know when you post and I'll put a link on CBO -fair enough?

Tha challenge has been made (though I expect zero takers!)