

I have wanted this commission since I started collecting these Karate Kid pieces. For those that don't know, Nemesis Kid is the villain responsible for Karate Kid's first and most famous death. I hate Nemesis Kid so much. His power is the ability to gain whatever power he needs to defeat his opponent. How cheap is that? So when Nemesis Kid fought Karate Kid back in Legion of Super-Heroes #4, he used his power to become a better fighter than Karate Kid. Which didn't really make sense, because Val's talents weren't super powers, but abilities he had trained to learn. But whatever. Anyway, the extremely nice Link Herrman agreed to pick this up for me from Steve Lightle at Free State Comicon this year. I would loved to have picked it up in person, but simply could not make it. Steve drew the infamous fight between Karate Kid and Nemesis Kid many years ago, so I definitely wanted him to be the one to draw how the fight SHOULD have went! Mr. Lightle did a fantastic job here, making Val Armorr look awesome and making nemesis Kid look incompetent. I love the flying teeth! Normally, I ask that neither opponent is shown as winning in these commissions, but there was no way I was asking that for this one. Nemesis Kid had to go down, and Steve was the only man who could show it properly. Huge thanks to Steve and Link for helping me get this one!





How would this fight go? Easy, Nemesis Kid would try to use his cheap powers on Karate Kid, and they would not work. Then Val would put him down with one kick. Fight over.





If you like this piece then please do go buy some books featuring Steve's work in either physical or digital format.