Zuma (comics)

Following this publication success, spin-offs and a 1990s reboot about the character were published and it was further expanded in other media including film and television.

[1][2][3] After two years, in 1976, Fernandez wrote a new series for the character entitled Anak ni Zuma that was serialized in Aliwan Komiks published by Graphics Arts Service Inc. (GASI) with illustration by Ben Maniclang.

[4] A science fiction comics entitled Zuma-Maria was another spin-off that divulges on the future descendant of Zuma.

[4] The most noticeable physical characteristic of Zuma is the two-headed snake that protrude from his shoulders[7] resting like a lei and he uses them to defeat his enemies as they have a powerful bite that has an ability to decapitate.

[2][9] According to Zuma's story in the comics and other media, he is the son of the Aztec serpent god Kukulkan, making him a demigod.

[10][8] He had been in hibernation for a long time until his tomb in an Aztec pyramid was unearthed by an archaeological expedition team that awakened him.

[2] After his revival, he goes to the modern world in a killing rage, slaughtering particularly virgin women, whose hearts are ripped out and consumed that give Zuma his strength and vigor.

[23] The television series is broadcast in ABS-CBN and the story focuses more on the hardship of Galema as she lives her cursed life that was passed down from her father, Zuma.