Religion: not determined yet
Name: Kapten Bandung
Alter Ego: Uden Alif Suharja
Classification:
hero
Publisher(s): Qomik Nasional
First Appearance: Kapten Bandung #1 (1994)
Creators: Dwi Santoso (as Anto Motulz)
Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes
Nation: Indonesia
Gender: male
The Boy Scout Uden tried to teach kindness to everyone but no one wanted to listen, until he donned a costume and became Bandung City's own hero.
From: Media, Culture and Politics in Indonesia, by Krishna Sen and David T. Hill (2000):
In 1992 EMK published a single series of the local comic-strip Panji Koming (likened by one commentator to the French comic Asterix, also popular in Indonesia), serialised in Kompas. In 1996 EMK launched a Panji Tengkorak series (baed on a traditional Javanese tale and title of a television series sceening that year). Independently of the major publishers, in the mid 1990s a group of Bandung art students launched a monthly 24-page black-and-white comic Kapten Bandung, as an Indonesian superher. None has achieved success comparable to the translated comics.
Kapten Bandung #1 (1994) (lead character)
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/k/kaptenbandung.htm
- http://www.kaptenbandung.com/