It’s the turn of Capoeira fighter Elena to get the Street Fighter Masters treatment. In this issue, Elena invites her friends Ibuki and Makoto to visit her village in Africa, only to find that her parents have made a deal with a shady construction company to build an enormous arena in the area. When she suspects foul play, she’s drawn into the fighting tournament, at the new arena, and a situation where she and her friends must stop the exploitation of her people.

It’s the usual fast-paced, light-hearted fun that we’ve come to expect from the long-running Street Fighter comics from UDON. They really know how to strike the right, campy tone for their stories, delivered with gorgeous artwork and superb fight sequences every time.

Street Fighter Masters: Elena #1 is no different, and it’s a nicely complete, standalone read that doesn’t outstay its welcome.

That is, it’s mostly standalone. The last few Street Fighter Masters one-shots seem to be setting up a bigger conflict for our heroic World Warriors to fight against, and the last page or so sets the scene even further. Are we going to be seeing this develop elsewhere? My money’s on the Street Fighter Prime series, which is due to start at some point this year.

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