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Created by writer Markey and artist Louie Magbanua, Tsuperman and his magic jeepney Super J first appeared in Pilipino Funny Komiks #378 (September 13, 1985), published by Islas Filipinas Publishing Co., Inc.
Tsuperman was a unique series in that it took up only 2 pages rather than the 4 to 5-page format common to most of the action-adventure strips that ran in Funny Komiks. Most of the stories were done-in-one, with the occassional multi-part story arc.
From the debut issue, here's the brief origin of how a simple act of kindness turned Atong the jeepney driver into an instant superhero.
THE 2000s # 117: DANILO BARRIOS, CAMILLE PRATTS, ARMANDO GOYENA, RUSTOM
PADILLA AND ALBERT MARTINEZ, WITH CARLO MUNOZ, VIC DIAZ IN "YAMASHITA, THE
TIGER'S TREASURE" (2001)
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*To save his kidnapped grandfather, a war veteran, a young man returns to
Manila to look for the hidden Yamashita treasure. Conflict arises as two
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