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General Category => Comic Related Discussion => Topic started by: glammazon on October 13, 2011, 04:44:07 PM
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As promised, here is Part Two of the Italian (not Spanish as I had originally thought) comic, The Blonde Panther. As before, the goal is for the comic to be properly translated to English once it is put up at this site. I am again using her other name, Simba.
SIMBA THE AMAZON II
Translation (c) 2011 by Anthony Durrant
PAGE ONE:
Frame One
Text: The screaming horde falls on the Aldea with bloodthirsty fure ...
Soldier: Die, accursed Malayan!
Frame Two:
Text: The Napkanese succeed in crushing the Malay resistance. Puhao is captured and taken to meet Captain Hayakawa.
Frame Three:
Hayakawa: Did you really think you had the power to resist us?
Frame Four:
Puhao: You kill the helpless creatures, and your soldiers pillage our homes. How could we stay quiet?
Frame Five:
Hayakawa: Gather all his people and then exterminate them for disobeying orders.
Puhao: You monster!
Frame Six:
Hayakawa: Give all these men 400 bushels of grain, 200 winches, and 20 young women.
Frame Seven:
Puhao: Have mercy on us!
Haykawa: I have no mercy for you Malayan swine!
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Frame Eight:
Hayakawa: Sergeant Tamura, follow my orders!
Tamura: Yes, sir!
Frame Nine:
Text: Meanwhile, Simba is leading the elephants as they charge the Napkanese camp.
Simba: Tao, order the elephants to attack those jackals!
Frame Ten:
Soldier One: Those beasts are charging us!
Soldier Two: To arms! To arms!
Frame Eleven:
Soldier One: They're guided by the white savage!
Soldier Two: Shoot to kill!
PAGE TWO:
Frame One:
Simba: It will be a simple task to shoot those soldiers!
Frame Two:
Text: Simba's arrows make short work of the soldiers.
Frame Three:
Text: The elephants charge!
Frame Four:
Soldier: By Sakiamuni! Our bullets aren't stopping them!
Frame Five:
Soldier: FIRE!
Frame Six:
Text: The sound of the mortars panics and scatters the elephants.
Frame Seven:
Simba: Forward! Destroy Todo!
Frame Eight:
Text: The living avalanche panics the camp's defenders.
(The next two frames have no text)
Frame Eleven:
Simba: Where is that accursed Hayakawa?
PAGE THREE:
Frame One:
Simba: Tao, look for Napkanese near here!
Tao: Uuuuuh!
Frame Two:
Simba: Bravo! We have a traitor from the Napkanese ranks!
Frame Three:
Simba: Where's your leader?
Soldier: I say nothing!
Frame Four:
Simba: Talk, or I'll cut off your earlobes!
Frame Five:
Text: The Napkanese tells Simba of the expedition led by Captain Hayakawa against all of Malaya.
Simba: These savages have invaded the native villages!
Frame Six:
Text: The Napkanese uses the distraction to disarm Simba.
Frame Seven:
Soldier: You'll die now, accursed woman!
Frame Eight:
Simba: Tao finished him off before he could kill me.
(The next frame has no dialogue or text)
Frame Ten:
Simba: Bravo! Well done, Tao!
Frame Eleven:
Simba: Bring the elephants and have them regroup here.
Frame Twelve:
Simba: How quickly can we get to Puhao?
Frame Thirteen:
Simba: Full speed! I hope we're not too late!
PAGE FOUR:
Frame One:
Text: In the Malay village, the captain interrogates the village chieftain.
Hayakawa: Where is the white girl who lives in the jungle?
Puhao: I say nothing!
Frame Two:
Hayakawa: I ordered you to confess!
Frame Three:
Text: Puhao is tortured by Tagura.
Frame Four:
Hayakawa: Now are you ready to talk?
Puhao: I say nothing, sir!
Frame Five:
Hayakawa: Damn! We'll do it the hard way!
Frame Six:
All Text: Hayakawa has the twenty girls brought to his camp. The cruel order forces Puhao to reveal the location of Simba's home and Loto . . .
Frame Seven:
Hayakawa: Simba the Amazon is a stunning beauty and a very brave girl! She must be found at all costs!
Frame Eight:
Puhao: I hope you will forgive my treason.
Frame Nine:
Hayakawa: Sergeat, we're leaving Aldea.
Tamura: Yes, Captain!
Frame Ten:
Text: Carrying their booty, the evil soldiers now march out of Aldea.
Soldier One: We'll eat till we burst!
Soldier Two: Yes, and we'll ravish all the girls!
Frame Eleven:
Text: Among the prisoners from Puhao are a bevy of beauties . . .
Frame Twelve:
Hayakawa: We march, my valiant soldiers! Long live Napkan!
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PAGE FIVE:
Frame One:
Simba: Look for anything suspicious. Tao, we must be successful!
Frame Two:
Text: The orangutan goes off through the trees . . .
Frame Three:
Text: and discovers the marching Napkanese soldiers.
Frame Four:
Soldier: Anyone who stops gets whipped!
Frame Five:
Text: Tao points the way for Simba to meet her enemy.
Frame Six:
Simba: The villagers were in Hayakawa's power in minutes! Prepare to attack!
Frame Seven:
Simba: We'll attack when the Napkanese come close enough to be seen. Inform the elephants.
Frame Eight:
Hayakawa: We've covered a lot of ground, and I've worked up a terrible appetite!
Frame Nine:
Hayakawa: We'll ravish those girls after supper.
Frame Ten:
Tamura: Captain, look there . . .
Hayakawa: Salamagundi! It's that cursed girl - with an elephant herd!
Frame Eleven:
Text: Simba quickly advances the angry elephant herd . . .
PAGE SIX:
Frame One:
Tamura: If you let us fire our mortars, we'll be able to scare the herd away!
Hayakawa: No, Sergeant! I've got another idea!
Frame Two:
Text: Hayakawa orders the native prisoners to form a line on the ground over which Simba must pass . . .
Tamura: Quickly, get in line!
Frame Three:
Tamura: One after the other - FAST!
Frame Four:
Tamura: And now the rear guard's rifles!
Frame Five:
Simba: What goes on here?
Frame Six:
Simba: The scoundrels have placed these women in front of us! We must bring them safely out of harm's way.
Text: Simba instructs Tao . . .
Frame Seven:
Text: and he hurries to the other elephants.
Frame Eight:
Tamura: The avalanche hasn't stopped . . . the girls will be trapped!
Hayakawa: Open fire on my mark . . .
Frame Nine:
Text: To Captain Hayakawa's surprise, the elephants each grabe one of the unfortunate Malayans and then head quickly for the veldt, where they put them down.
Frame Ten:
Hayakawa: Those elephants have kidnapped our new slaves! Fire at their legs!
Frame Eleven:
Text: Despite the gunfire, the elephants make it back to the clearing.
Frame Twelve:
Girl: Thank you, Simba - you've saved our lives.
PAGE SEVEN:
Frame One:
Text: Simba is trying to stop the pillaging. She enters the camp as Hayakawa's prisoner.
Simba: I want to kill those monsters!
Frame Two:
Simba: Pronto, Tao! Return to the elephants and tell them to attack!
Frame Three:
Text: Reunited with the valiant Simba, the elephants advance toward their adversaries.
Frame Four:
Tamura: The white girl is a demon . . . the machine gunners have run out of ammunition and can't stop this rampage.
Hayakawa: I may have the answer - the mines!
Frame Five:
Text: Hayakawa orders his men to bury landmines along the trail to stop the attack.
Tamura: When the beasts walk across our toys, they'll be mincemeat!
Frame Six:
Simba: Is this another diabolical Napkanese trick?
Frame Seven:
Simba: Any who escape will feel my wrath!
Frame Eight:
Text: Simba's arrows easily find their mark . . .
Frame Nine:
Text: The elephants run across the minefield.
Frame Ten:
Text: Simba loses control of the elephants' rampage.
Frame Eleven:
Simba: The ground is exploding - destroying everything it touches!
Frame Twelve:
Text: The elephant carrying Simba steps onto a mine and is killed in a terrible explosion.
PAGE EIGHT:
Frame One:
Simba: I must grab something to stop this flight!
Frame Two:
Text: Simba saves herself by grabbing a eucalyptus tree's branch.
Frame Three:
Simba: Half of the enemy is encamped here. This looks so strange to me . . .
Frame Four:
Hayakawa: Find Simba! Alive or dead, that girl must not escape my wrath!
Frame Five:
Text: Tao follows.
Tamura: Finally! Chop down this charming thicket.
Frame Six:
Text: The Napkanese head off after the girl.
Frame Seven:
Text: Tao intervenes by jumping on Simba' pursuers from a tree.
Frame Eight:
Soldier: I'll stop you, you beast!
Soldier Two: HELP!
Frame Nine:
Soldier Two: Die! Die!
(The soldiers machine-gun Tao)
Frame Ten:
Simba: TAO!
Frame Eleven:
Simba: I'll leave him here.
Frame Twelve:
Simba: Poor Tao! He's half dead.
Frame Thirteen:
Tamura: Simba's finally in our clutches. To me, my soldiers.
(I'll stop here for now, at a little over halfway in this installment, where Tao has been shot by the Napkanese - Japanese, actually - soldiers. To me, it appears that Tao is dead, as I mentioned in Part One, but in Part Three, he rises to his feet again. Weird!)
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PAGE NINE:
Frame One:
Simba: You are the one who hurt him!
Frame Two:
Simba: MONSTER!
(Frame Three has no dialogue or text)
Frame Four:
Hayakawa: I will never surrender! You'll pay for your crimes, cursed Simba!
Frame Five:
Hayakawa: Tie her to a stake! Don't hang her yet, let's wait a while!
Frame Six:
Hayakawa: You are in my power, and we'll tame you little by little . . .
Frame Seven:
Hayakawa: Until you bow down to me.
Simba: You monster!
Frame Eight:
Text: The Malayan girls hidden in the jungle hear of Simba's capture and plot to free here and their chief.
Girl: Listen!
Frame Nine:
Text: They bravely leave their hiding place.
Frame Ten:
Text: Armed with bamboo knives, the girls soon kill the sentries.
Frame Eleven
Soldier: The road is free! Forward!
PAGE TEN:
Frame One:
Text: The young Malayan girls fight Hayakawa's soldiers furiously.
(Frame Two has no text or dialog)
Frame Three:
Tamura: Return the slaves to our master!
Frame Four:
Text: The rescue mission is stopped during the fight. The girls surrender their weapons and are taken prisoner.
Hayakawa: Tie them to stakes . . . but spare their lives. I've a little surprise for them!
Frame Five:
Text: An idea comes to Hayakawa's evil brain.
Hayakawa: I'll give my officers a show worthy of their courage!
Frame Six:
Text: When the sun rises the next day:
Hayakawa: Carry all the slaves to the edge of the bog.
Frame Seven:
Hayakawa: These girls intended to free you. They'll be crocodile food . . . then you and Puhao will die!
Frame Eight:
Text: Simba and Puhao are forced to watch the terrible preparations
Frame Nine:
Soldier: Prepare to be food, girls!
Frame Ten:
Text: The condemned girls are hung over the water, suspended on bent palm trees hung over the edge of the riverbank.
Frame Eleven:
Hayakawa: These girls can't escape the crocodiles. This will be a very interesting show.
Frame Twelve:
Simba: Tyrant!
PAGE ELEVEN:
Frame One:
Text: Meanwhile, a safari led by Fred Taylor, a young and wealthy explorer, advances to the heart of the jungle in search of treasure.
Frame Two:
Fred: Forward, Matthew! We'll be on the trail for one hour and then stop for lunch!
Text: Matthew, a giant Phillipino who once saved Fred's life, joins him in his treasure hunt.
Frame Three:
Matthew: Wonderful idea, Master. There's nothing interesting here.
Frame Four:
Fred: Look, Matthew! There, in that clearing . . .
Matthew: Dozens of elephant skeletons! Looks like they've been in a fierce battle.
Frame Five:
Fred: There was a big herd here, and their tusks are still intact.
Frame Six:
Fred: Here are landmine holes and automatic rifle cartridges. This mystery gets deeper by the minute!
Frame Seven:
Text: They here a scream from the direction of the bog.
Fred: Matthew, what was that sound?
Matthew: It's a woman screaming!
Frame Eight:
Fred: The other party must be somewhere close by. I hope we can get there in time!
Frame Nine:
Text: On the riverbank, a horrible sight meets Fred's and his companion's eyes.
Fred: Who are these men? Why are they here?
Matthew: They're Napkanese soldiers, and they're hurting those Malayan girls!
Frame Ten:
Text: The caimans are already at the human bait near the water's edge, making desperate efforts to pull the girls into the water.
Frame Eleven:
Matthew: There is a white woman there, together with the leader of those scoundrels.
Frame Twelve:
Matthew: May I shoot those vile beasts, Master?
Fred: No, the Napkanese are armed and would hear the shot . . . we'll have to draw them away . . .
PAGE TWELVE:
Frame One:
Text: Fred comes up with a plan to save the girls . . .
Fred: Matthew, you go to the other bank of this river and distract the Napkanese with a rifle shot. Then, I'll swing across and rescue the white girl!
Matthew: Yes, Master!
Frame Two:
Matthew: I'll shoot at these crocodiles . . . and scare them off!
(Frame Three has no text or dialog)
Frame Four:
Text: The gunshots alarm the Napkanese.
Hayakawa: Damn it all to Hell! Will my boys see their freedom disappear?
Frame Five:
Soldier: The trees on the other side are shifting . . . toward us!
Frame Six:
Text: Fred swings across on a vine . . .
Frame Seven:
Text: and drops down in front of Simba.
Simba: Where are you from?
Fred: Be quiet while I save you!
Frame Eight:
Text: Fred lifts the girl, causing confusion among the Napkanese, and disappears into the jungle's depths.
Frame Nine:
Fred: Don't be afraid!
Simba: Under norman circumstances, I never am afraid! Free the other prisoners.
Frame Ten:
Fred: You're free, but now?
Simba: Now I have to repay your kindness.
Frame Eleven:
Text: Captain Hayakawa again grills his captive.
Hayakawa: Flaming Fujiama! Simba's disappeared. Help me catch her, you fool, or I'll tear out your throat!
Puhao: Sir, I tell you I know nothing . . . the gods will protect her!
Frame Twelve:
Hayakawa: I wish I knew where the golden one was!
PAGE THIRTEEN:
Frame One:
Matthew: I don't mind waiting for the brave white man who's challenged the Napkanese!
Frame Two:
Text: Hayakawa and his men leave the area, taking Puhao with them as a prisoner.
Hayakawa: The gods have deserted you, old fool, and we're taking you back to camp!
Frame Three:
Simba: The Napkanese have gone back to their camp to resupply.
Frame Four:
Fred: I'm a good marksman. I'll shoot them down with my rifle!
Frame Five:
Simba: I have a way of fighting those crocodiles. Hand me my knife.
Frame Six:
Fred: What do you intend to do?
Simba: You'll see.
Frame Seven:
Text: To Fred's surprise, Simba dives into the river.
Fred: What's this? She's mad!
Frame Eight:
Simba: I will now demonstrate my method.
Frame Nine:
Text: Simba swims toward the crocodiles, and the savage beasts charge her.
(Frame Ten has no text or dialog)
Frame Eleven:
Fred: These crocodiles are a diversion! I'll save her!
PAGE FOURTEEN:
Frame One:
Text: Simba has been freed from Hayakawa's clutches by Fred Taylor, a young American explorer travelling through the Borneo jungle on a treasure hunt. Simba and Fred try to save the Malayan girls captured by the Napkanese and their cruel captain from being eaten alive by crocodiles.
Frame Two:
Fred: I'm in the water, but I don't know where to begin!
Frame Three:
Text: Despite the dangers lurking in the water, and one crocodile, Simba surfaces in Fred's presence and surprises him.
Simba: Pah, those crocodiles are dead!
Fred: I don't understand how you did it on your own You've whetted my appetite.
Frame Four:
Text: An angry saurian reaches the riverbank.
Simba: These crocodiles don't give up their prey easily. It will be necessary for me to kill it!
Frame Five:
Text: But then a huge monster emerges from the lake and throws the valiant girl.
Simba: Zambo! A hippopotamus!
Frame Six:
Text: Landing on the riverbank, Simba lies unconscious with her feet dangling in the water . . .
Frame Seven:
Text: The great beast charges toward her at full speed.
Frame Eight:
Fred: Damn! I'll have to save her!
Frame Nine:
Text: Fred bravely grabs his rifle and runs toward the hippopotamus.
Frame Ten:
Fred: This should keep your mouth open!
Frame Eleven:
Simba: You came just in time!
Fred: Careful! That beast threw you for a loop!
TO BE CONTINUED
(Thus ends Simba Part Two. In the original Hispanic version, Fred is a big game hunter, but I couldn't bring myself to use the references to hunting in the story because it is an activity I detest, so I made him a treasure hunter instead. The "Napkanese" are actually Japanese troops, but I changed that in this translation because I wanted to be politically correct, having learned of what happened when the Tintin book TINTIN IN THE CONGO was released in English for the first time last year.)