My first hero ever

You have to admit, that’s some neat cosplay shit.

This dude, known as Space Sheriff Gavan but called X-Or in France. No kidding, it’s one of my oldest memory. Sitting in the dark in the afternoon, watching his adventures. I was like four or five years old and it was obviously amazing.

Badass

So yeah, 1982 Space Sheriff totally copied the light saber from 1977 Star Wars  BUT the thing is, the first time I saw a light saber was through this dude half robot half alien and full human cop. And seriously, it was powerful too. Robot eyes lightening on and light saber -sorry, “laser blade”- appearing when the dude is angry? It was a HOLYSHIT moment that I still remember, with my eyes wide open, my little ass deep in the couch and my legs not touching the ground.

But wait, there’s more!

Now that’s a pose. 

The robot alien sheriff had this crazy sidecar that is not a sidecar but whatevs, awesome. He would go super fast and jump out of it to do some Kung-Fu in the face of bad guys. But the thing that was killing me was that:

 
BYE

The hero had a spaceship that would transform into a MOTHERFUCKING MECHA DRAGON. Good god even today I think it’s cool. Imagine: when your first taste of fiction as a kid is that, a dude standing on top of a dragon robot with his red eyes and his light saber, it’s kind of over. Being cooler than that or surprising me with a story would be hard (I guess a large amount of mangas will change my mind later on).

Space sheriff is coming from another planet. He gets some help from sidekicks but he mostly operates alone. Justice, technology, design, funky music -show produced in the 70s- were part of Space Sheriff’s aesthetic and I realized that these themes followed me my entire life. And counting.

And maybe that’s why I hate Daft They Kinda Stole Everything Punk sometimes.