The elusive Rival Schools comic has finally surfaced! For those who don’t know, Udon Entertainment is a publisher of comic books, manga, and art books. They might be best known for their Street Fighter comic series, but they also dabble in other Capcom franchises as well, such as Final Fight, Darkstalkers, Mega Man…and Rival Schools. Most of their comics are collected into convenient paperbacks or hardcovers, but their Rival Schools series did not get this treatment.

There are four issues of this Rival Schools comic series. Issues #1 and #2 were released in the typical comic book format. Issues #3 and #4 however…they were only released online. Udon posted them on their website, viewable for free. Unfortunately, that was in the mid-2000s, and the link has long been defunct.

So I’ve been searching the internet for years, hoping to find those final two issues somewhere. I thought that surely some website would have them, right? No such luck. Try as I might, I could not find anything. I eventually posted on r/streetfighter and r/rivalschools, asking if anyone might know where I can find the issues. Again, no luck…

…until recently! A very generous individual, u/Judicas187, reached out and provided me with all four issues! Thanks a ton Judicas! Issues #3 and #4 are finally home! Now it’s time to get them out into the world. So please, spread this link and re-post these comics anywhere they may be appreciated!

For your convenient reading and viewing pleasure, I have posted all four issues here on Reddit. Since there’s a cap of 20 images per post, I had to split each issue up into two or three parts.

Here’s to hoping that these comics will eventually be colorized and released physically in an oversized hardcover format to match the rest of Udon’s comics set in the world of Street Fighter. With Akira appearing in Street Fighter V, Project Justice’s presence in Capcom Fighting Collection 2, and Udon having already released the art book Rival Schools: Official Complete Works, the series has been getting some more love lately. So a re-release of these comics is not entirely out of the realm of possibility! Fingers crossed!

Rival Schools comic series by Udon Entertainment (Issue #3, Part 2)