Double Dragon was the first game I really knew back to front, the first I beat, though kid me never got past the elbow smash trick: an overpowered move made unbeatable by alternating sides to keep a pounded enemy down. This 40-year-old arcade classic has a wealth of spinoffs, remakes, reboots and genre media, and a funny thing about it is how everything ditches the grim 70s vibes (inspired by Enter the Dragon and The Warriors ) in favor of the brighter aesthetics of the 80s and the 90s . It turns out one I missed represents the high point of this genre! Here's merritt k on a rare Marvel Comics miniseries. The comic steps even further away from the Double Dragon games by turning Billy and Jimmy Lee into statue-powered superheroes that look like they were rejected by the Wild C.A.T.S. for not putting enough effort into their costumes. Sorry, let me take that again. They look like the Ken and Ryu of a Spanish Street Fighter clone from 1995 called Handsome Gigolo Combat II: Battle for Wealthy Dowager .…