GUNDALA SON OF THUNDER FROM INDONESIA

Original name: Sancaka
Occupation: researcher, lecturer.
Strength / ability: lightning strike with varying degrees of power, running as fast as wind, lightning strokes.
Friends: Hammer, Aquanus, Maza, Tira, Merpati, Boga, Bats, Jin Kartubi, Sembrani, Prince Mlaar.
The enemies: Ghazul, Pengkor, Ki Wilawuk, Athon.
Creators: Harya Suraminata alias Hasmi
First published: Publisher Kentjana the Great (1969)


Gundala a comic fictional character from the creative hand Hasmi. This story first appeared in comics Gundala Son of Lightning in 1969. Comic genre is Fantasy. Obvious influence on American superhero comics character design and type of strength, although the plot style Indonesia.
Location of the story is often portrayed in the city of Yogyakarta, although the film is recounted in 1982 in Jakarta.
Gundala including comic characters are quite popular in Indonesia in addition to The Blind Cave of the Ghost, Skull Flag, and Hammer.


Origins Gundala
A researcher named Sancaka genius found serum anti lightning. Drowning in his ambitions as a scientist, he forgot Minarti birthday, her boyfriend, which resulted in their breakup.
Sancaka a broken heart raced with confusion in the pouring rain. Suddenly a lightning struck her. In a coma he was pulled by a force from another planet and was adopted by the title of King of Lightning Emperor Kronz, well endowed super abilities that can emit lightning from his hands (Gundala Son of Lightning - The Origin of Gundala). Typhoons king of the kingdom Bayu gave her the strength to run like the wind (Count On Planet Covox).
Since then, at certain times, he appeared as a crime buster hero with a tight black dress shoes and a red loincloth. His face was covered with a mask, just looking eyes and mouth, on the facade are embellishments such as bird wings. He is a friend of the weak and the enemy of the thief.


Archenemy
The main enemy is Ghazul Gundala. Even so Gundala not facing the main enemy in the first series, because the new dai Ghazul met in the third series "Ghost Temple Documents." This is where hostilities continue in petualngan Gundala selanjtnya. Just like Superman with Lex Luthor, the eternal enemy. Such as Flash Gordon with Caesar Sun


Trinkets Gundala life
> Gundala False <
Pengkor create false Gundala Gundala libelous. Fellow whiz turned crime buster hunt (Breathing in Mud-1973). Gundala Pengkor finally able to prove the crime and beat back the false Gundala (Wash Names, 1974).


> Film Gundala <
In the period of the 1970s until the late 1980s, Gundala quite popular, even been filmed in 1982. Directed by Lili Sudjio, Teddy Purba role as Gundala and WD Mochtar (late) as Ghazul.


> Works by other comics <
While starting in 1998, until early 2006, many emerging comics Gundala also created by the fans (Fan Made) with various titles such as:
Gundala The Reborn, Adurahman Saleh (1999),
Son of Lightning, Riri Goddess (2001),
Sancaka, Ilyas Ahmad (2005),
Gundala, Asrulloh (2005)




Acts Together
In 1996, Hammer, Gundala, Aquanus and Maza appeared in a comic series Patriot.


Chronology of the Son of Rain
From 1969 to 1988, the comic Gundala has managed to record 25 titles that have been described in detail in the chronology of the Son of Thunder. Gundala Son of Lightning (1969) up to Almost, 1988 (in Java Post Kamik Strip for 32 days, 1 page / day)
From 2005 to 2007, has done remaster and re-printing of 4 titles beginning of this adventure Gundala namely Gundala Origin, 2005 (1 volume, 64 cases), Calculations on the Planet Covox, 1969, Document Ghost Temple, 1969, Operation Cave Demon, 1969, by issuing the Earth sky.