Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword is a wuxia manhua series created by Hong Kong artist Ma Wing-shing.

[citation needed] It was a breakthrough in terms of using high levels of details, realistic style, clear-cut action scenes, and skillful use of color in combination with an engrossing plot.

[4] It is famous for having characters that are physically imperfect, such as missing an eye or limb for the sake of expressing the realism that real life people are not perfect.

Throughout his adventures in America, he meets new friends such as Guipu (Ghost Servant) and Jinlong (Gold Dragon), and learns new skills and becomes a powerful swordsman.

Following a fight against the Black Dragon Gang and the ninjas, Hero and his wife Chen Jieyu[note 2] decide to leave America with their newborn twins and return to China.

Several years later, a mysterious teenager visits the inn one day and he turns out to be Hero's son, Sword Hua[note 3], who has survived and grown up in China.

Hero also learns from a fortune teller that he is destined to lead a life of loneliness because he was born under an inauspicious star so misfortune will befall everyone close to him.

[citation needed] In 1988,[1] Jademan Comics started publishing Chinese Hero in English under the title The Blood Sword,[5] which was criticised for poor translation.

[9] Ekin Cheng starred in a 1999 Hong Kong film titled A Man Called Hero, directed by Andrew Lau.

It was titled The Blood Sword and starred Kenny Ho, Law Chung-wah, Veronica Yip, Yeung Chak-lam, Esther Kwan, and Eric Wan.