Saudaranya memberinya wasiat sebuah peta harta warisan serta amanah untuk menyatukan kedua putra kembarnya. Tentang petualangan Sembilan Benua, pewaris terakhir dari kungfu Tapak Sakti (Tapak Budha) yang harus menerma kenyataan pahit setelah saudara angkatnya dibunuh. Dengan harga dua ribu rupiah per eksemplarnya (maklum komik bekas) saya dan saudara-saudari lain bisa berebut membacanya, untuk kemudian dibungkus dan dijual lagi di pasar kampung Gunungtiga seharga lima ribu sampai sepuluh ribu rupiah :) Dulu Ibu dan almarhum Bapak sering kulak dagangan buku-buku bekas di pasar kabupaten, dan salah satu dagangan yang selalu saya nantikan adalah komik Tapak Sakti ini. Serial komik yang membuat saya terobsesi dengan kungfu, hahaha. I stopped reading reading the series when it continued the story beyond the original Gu Long's version. Yes, it is only average for me, with average illustrations, especially the portrayal of the average-looking women, who are supposed to be beautiful. I guess compared with the depth of narration that can only be achieved by the written word, or compared with live-action images of the small screen, an average comic series like this one can't even hope to be on par with them.

They are all only a shimmer in my memory now, and this comic version has the dimmest glow of all.

I've read the Indonesian translation of the novel ( Pendekar Binal by Gan KL), I've seen two versions of its TV series (one with Tony Leung, the other Yeung Pan Pan), and I've read this comic version by Tony Wong. Tapak Sakti is a comic book adaptation of Gu Long's Jue Dai Shuang Jiao, a story about twins who were separated from birth and were forced to kill each other in the end, not knowing the identity of the other, with lots of riveting adventures in the middle.

Tapak sakti vol 01