X-Venture
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| Original Name | X-Venture |
| Translation Name | X探险特工队 (Chinese) |
| Region | Malaysia |
| Original run | August 2010-present |
| Written by | Various writers |
| Published by | Gempak Starz |
| State | Ongoing |
X-Venture (Chinese: X探险特工队), also called X-Venture Xplorers, is a Malaysian educational action-adventure comics franchise published by Gempak Starz under their Learn More! imprint. The series started in 2010.
Contents
Overview
The series focuses on Team X-Venture, an organization of explorers and scientists that investigates the mysteries surrounding Earth. Each series features a team of youngsters belonging to this organization, who travel around the world (and even through time) to explore these mysteries.
Entries in the series
- X-Venture: Lost Legends
- The first series, published in August 2010. It focuses on Rain, Sean and Stone, as they uncover the mysteries of mythical creatures such as werewolves, vampires and mermaids.
- X-Venture: Dinosaur Kingdom
- Rain, Sean and Stone travel back in time to the age of dinosaurs, but their time machine breaks down.
- X-Venture: Dinosaur Kingdom 2
- X-Venture: Xtreme Xploration
- Rain, Sean and Stone shed light on modern problems such as drugs, or human trafficking.
- X-Venture: Primal Power
- The series focuses entirely on Jake and his team.
- X-Venture: Primal Power 2
- X-Venture: The Golden Age of Adventures
- X-Venture: Unexplained Files
- This series follows Ash and his companion Katie as they investigate paranormal happenings.
- X-Venture: Ultimate Showdown
- X-Venture: Exobot Academy
- Rain, Sean, Stone, Jake and Louis are chosen to pilot powerful machines called "Exobots".
- X-Venture: Chronicles of the Dragon Trail
- X-Venture: Terran Defenders
- Rain, Sean, and Stone are now members of an intergalactic defense force, and together they protect people in danger, and also explore the secrets of outer space.
- X-Venture: Uncharted Wilds
- A prequel to Primal Power.
Characters
Original series (Lost Legends to Xtreme Xploration)
- Rain: A 13-year-old boy, the leader of the team. He is fearless.
- Sean: The team's genius. He is 13 years old.
- Stone: 15 years old, the largest member of the team.
- STARZ/Lil S: The artificial intelligence assisting Team X-Venture, who accompanies Rain in the form of a small robot.
- Dr. Da Vinci: A scientist, he is the master and mentor of the team.
- Emily: A 13-year-old girl.
Primal Power series
- Jake
- Sheri/Sherry
- Tazen: A boy from the wild. He is nicknamed "Taz".
- Louis
- Bean
- Kwame
- Dr. Darwin
- Leon Charles
- Jason Diggs
The Golden Age of Adventures series
- Alex: A boy who dreams of becoming the world's "number one adventurer".
- Lulu: A girl who had been cursed and turned into a cat, she can change from cat to human at will.
- Jones
- Jackal
- Marie Wright
Unexplained Files series
- Ash
- Katie
- Kuro
- Madam White
Ultimate Showdown series
- Ray
Others
- Sky: Rain's father. He appears in the Terran Defenders series.
- Zeph: Rain's younger brother.
Publication
The first book in the series,Lolongan Serigala Jadian (Howl of the Werewolf), was published in August 2010 in Malaysia.
In 2018, the series was published in the USA by Papercutz with the titles Dinosaur Explorers (Dinosaur Kingdom) and X-Venture Xplorers: Kingdom of Animals (Primal Power).[1]
Some of the books in the series were published in Japanese as part of Kadokawa's Manga Gakushu Series (角川まんが学習シリーズ).[2][3][4][5]
In May 2022, Spanish independent comics publisher Ooso Comics announced it had acquired the license for the series, with plans of publishing it in three languages: Spanish, Catalan, and Basque.[6]
Spin-offs
The comic Selamat Pagi Cikgu! (Good Morning Teacher) tells the story of Rain, Sean, Stone and Emily in their elementary school years. It was published in 2014.[7]
References
- ↑ Papercutz: X-Venture Xplorers
- ↑ Kadokawa: 恐竜キングダム | 角川まんが学習シリーズ
- ↑ Kadokawa: どっちが強い！？| 角川まんが学習シリーズ
- ↑ Kadokawa: どっちが強い！？X | 角川まんが学習シリーズ
- ↑ Kadokawa: ナゾトキ・ハンター | 角川まんが学習シリーズ
- ↑ Express Edición licenciasOoso, ComicBCN MangaEs, May 9, 2022.
- ↑ (archived) Gempakstarz Graphic Novel: Now I Know Series - Good Morning Teacher! Volume 1
