The Hairpin Murders: Part 1 of 2 - Story and art by Stan Sakai.
It's a whodunit feudal style as Usagi is caught up in a mystery when he befriends a police inspector investigating the murders of prominent merchants. The clues lead into their past and to a broken trust. Can Usagi and the detective discover the idenity of the next victim before it's too late? Will justice prevail?
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Grasscutter: Part 10 of 10 - Story and art by Stan Sakai.
The conclusion of "Grasscutter," the longest Usagi story to date, reveals the final fate of the sacred sword. It's Usagi vs. Jei, but even if our hero wins, what will it cost him? And can Jei ever truly be defeated? Also, Jei's niece, Keiko, is still lost in the forest -- but a strange and unexpected new benefactor is waiting for her. Elsewhere, something is killing the priests in Sanshobo's temple.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Grasscutter: Part 9 of 10 - Story and art by Stan Sakai.
The second to last chapter of the epic Grasscutter story line! Usagi and Gen finally catch up to Jei, the demonic warrior. But can they defeat someone who now has both the powers of heaven and hell? Meanwhile, Tomoe and Noriyuki have trouble on both sides, as they are pursued by the assassins and end up in the hands of the general who once sought to overthrow the Geishu lord's father. Also, Priest Sanshobo investigates strange lights in the forest.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Grasscutter: Part 8 of 10 - Story and art by Stan Sakai.
Usagi and Gen continue their pursuit of Kitanamono who, unbeknownst to them, has already had a run in with Jei. Who now has possession of the sword of the gods? Tomoe and Noriyuki are cornered by the assassins and are forced to rely upon an old enemy to save them. Even under Priest Sanshobo's care, Inazuma continues to sink closer to death.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Grasscutter: Part 7 of 10 - Story and art by Stan Sakai.
Kitanamono, the feral agent of the Conspiracy of Eight, has stolen the sacred sword. Usagi, however, is right on his heels, and behind them both is the bounty hunter, Gen. Lord Noriyuki and Tomoe are also on the run from the Conspiracy's assassins and the Geishu traitor, but they seek refuge with a seemingly harmless farmer who turns out to be an old enemy of the Geishu Clan. Jei, the demonic swordsman, abandons Keiko and is mysteriously drawn into the deep forests, down half-hidden trails towards some unknown goal.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
The owl, in Japanese folklore, is a sign of evil and an omen of death. In "The Lord of Owls," Usagi crosses paths with a mysterious samurai with a lightning sword . . . and who can foresee one's death. In a second story, Kagemaru plots to usurp Chizu as the leader of the Neko Ninja Clan by revealing her traitorous actions to Lord Hebi. Hebi is later attacked in an assassination attempt, but Kagemaru comes to his rescue -- or does he?
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
How is it that Usagi's lord was killed, leaving him a ronin? How did he receive the scar on his forehead? These questions and more are answered in this very special issue of Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo, featuring three unique stories, including one inked by Sergio Aragones! Usagi's most popular villain -- Jei, the demon-possessed spearman -- continues his hunt for the rabbit ronin in the second story, and, in the third story, readers learn of what happens to a defeated general as he patiently waits for his chance to lead another rebellion . . . and what he does when his opportunity comes.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Story and art by Stan Sakai.
The close of sixteenth century Japan is regarded as the Age of Civil Wars, as feudal lords fought amongst themselves for land and power. When one leader finally rose above the others and was proclaimed Shogun, a peace came upon Japan and the samurai warriors found themselves suddenly unemployed. Many of these Ronin turned to banditry to survive, others found work with minor lords. And a small number traveled the musha shugyo -- the warrior pilgrimage -- to hone their spiritual and martial skills. But whether they took the honest road or the crooked path, the Ronin all found one common link -- they were generally less than welcome. Such is the tale of Usagi Yojimbo.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Written by MIKE BARON. Art by STEVEN BUTLER, MATT HALEY & VAL MAYERIK. Cover by BUTLER.
All hail Badger, the multi-faceted hero with multiple personality disorder! He pops out his head for the first time in years in this secret, never-before-revealed origin story, featuring the return of Ham the Weather Wizard, Badger's medieval Welsh druid buddy. The pair are trapped in a modern-day American mental hospital...or are they? It looks as though the inmates are making their bid to run the asylum! With one thinking he's more men than man and the other going through a Middle Ages life crisis, this comic's sure to stand out from the rest of your collection!
Cover price $2.50.
#1-3 (#1 has a price tag on the cover)
Written by Jeffrey Lang. Art by Steve Lieber. Cover by Matt Wagner.
This all-new miniseries answers the horrifying question: What if a Grendel became a vampire? In the "Old West" of the future, vampires attack a Grendel clan and a pregnant Grendel is bitten -- causing the "red-eyed" curse to be passed onto the unborn son!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Written by Joshua Williamson. Art by Chris Mooneyham. Cover by E.M. Gist.
As the Predator sets out on his greatest hunt, Galgo must decide if atoning for his past sins is worth the ultimate sacrifice!
28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.
Written by John Wagner. Art by Enrique Alcatena. Cover by Igor Kordey.
When a rogue Predator and Judge Dredd faceoff, bet on a no-holds-barred showdown. But how much of Mega-City One will get demolished in the process? For once, Dredd may not mind a little help: a Psi-Judge named Schaefer, whose ancestors fought Predators in the 20th century. But now that she's tasted the blood of the vicious alien creature, there's no guarantee that Dredd's going to walk away from this one victorious.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.
Written by RANDY STRADLEY. Art by MARK G. HEIKE & RICARDO VILLAGRAN. Cover by RICHARD CORBEN.
War is all about lines, the kind you draw between your enemies and your allies. But those lines become blurred in this concluding issue! Machiko Noguchi has abandoned her Predator allies and joined the human survivors on Bunda. But perhaps she'll reconsider her position when the humans find themselves caught between the ultimate in rocks and hard places! It's the final battle of this all-out war, with the Aliens on one side and Predators on the other, and the outmanned humans hang their only hopes on a fearsome and uncontrollable suit of MAX berserker armor! Cover price $2.50.
by Mark Schultz, Mel Rubi, and TBA; cover by Dwayne Turner
It's Ellen Ripley and Annalee Call against the ultimate nightmare killing machine: a Terminator-Alien hybrid! How can such a horrible thing exist? The answer may lurk in the memory of the destroyed Terminator named Trollenberg, or in the guiding voice of a savior who lived centuries ago ? John Connor! And the Predators? They continue a mysterious agenda that happens to include hijacking Ripley. All this, and a plot to resurrect Skynet! Fasten your gravity drive safety harness ? it's going to be a bumpy ride!
FC, 32pg (2 of 4) Cover price $2.95.
by Mark Schultz, Mel Rubi, and TBA; cover by Dwayne Turner
It's Ellen Ripley and Annalee Call against the ultimate nightmare killing machine: a Terminator-Alien hybrid! How can such a horrible thing exist? The answer may lurk in the memory of the destroyed Terminator named Trollenberg, or in the guiding voice of a savior who lived centuries ago ? John Connor! And the Predators? They continue a mysterious agenda that happens to include hijacking Ripley. All this, and a plot to resurrect Skynet! Fasten your gravity drive safety harness ? it's going to be a bumpy ride!
FC, 32pg (2 of 4) Cover price $2.95.
Story and art by Frank Miller.
It began as an ordinary Saturday night for Marv. He started out at Kadies, watching Nancy's show and having a few drinks, but everything after that is a blur. What is he doing in the projects with a fresh shoulder wound and in the midst of an automobile accident? Before this appears in the upcoming Booze, Broads, & Bullets collection, catch the reprinting of Frank Miller's Sin City Wizard 1/2, featuring brand new front and back covers spotlighting the incomparable Nancy Callahan! Now, if Marv could just remember where he got those gloves. . .
24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.
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"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada.
One day Yakumo, a high-school student in Tokyo, met a girl named Pai. Pai was not human. She was Sanziyan-unkara, an immortal being with mysterious powers. Yakumo promised that he would find a way to make Pai human. Together, they set out to Hong Kong on a great adventure that was to begin a modern legend! Now, the adventures of Pai and Yakumo continue!Yakumo returns to Japan believing that he can resume his old life as a high-school student, an existence he had left behind -- ignoring Pai's warning that to do so will subject everyone he knows to the evils of hell itself.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Cybercrime special-ops unit Section 9 has been mobilized to protect a key witness in a trial involving defective micro machines. And the witness definitely needs protection-from remote-controlled corpses packing serious hardware! And if the identity of these dead assassins' pilots isn't enough of a mystery for Section 9, how about the unexpected appearance of long-missing special agent Motoko Kusanagi!
Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America the 'lost' Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to his tour-de-force, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface. This deluxe-format issue concludes 'Fat Cat,' the first of four Ghost in the Shell tales.
Cover price $2.99.
MASAMUNE SHIROW
Cyber-agent Motoko Aramaki remains hot on the trail of the shadowy terrorists making life hell for Poseidon Industrial. Motoko deploys a cyborg surrogate, Chroma, for on-the- ground operations to pick up needed information, but while waiting for an e-brain private eye to pony up the data, Chroma is jacked into a no-holds-barred virtual combat game? at least she hopes it's virtual! The synapse-frying followup to the manga/anime heavyweight champion, Ghost in the Shell, Masamune Shirow's Man-Machine Interface crushes to powder any previous notions of what is or is not a comic book with its dizzying storyline and cutting-edge, digitally enhanced visuals, unlike anything comics have ever offered. Special deluxe format with no interior advertising!
FOR MATURE READERS Cover price $3.50.
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Written by John Arcudi. Art by Doug Mahnke and Keith Williams.
He's big, he doesn't speak, and up until today there hasn't been any way to stop him. But now The Mask's mountainous arch-enemy has finally been brought in by the cops -- and even a reprobate like Walter is entitled to his day in court! Will Walter get sent up the river? Or will he send a flood of violence through the court system? Will he ever speak? And why didn't the mask work on him? None of these questions and more will be answered in the wildest series yet from Dark Horse.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
created, written, & illustrated by STAN SAKAI
The exciting conclusion to the three-part "Crows" story! With their backs against the wall, Usagi's former sensei Katsuichi and the deadly swordsman Koji must temporarily put aside their arranged duel and come up with a plan that will save a peaceful farming village from the gang of bandits terrorizing it. Meanwhile, Usagi and young Jotaro discover that the bloodthirsty brigands are planning to raid at dawn, and they don't intend to leave anyone or anything standing in their wake. Can the defenders be ready in time? Inspiration comes from the most unlikely of sources ? the flocks of crows attacking the farmers' fields!
b&w, 24 pg .Cover price $2.99.
created, written, & illustrated by STAN SAKAI
The "Crows" saga continues! On their way to the arranged duel between Katsuichi and the deadly kenshi Koji, Usagi and Koji stumble across a village besieged by bandits. As they come to the aid the downtrodden farmers and peasants, Koji and Usagi find another surprise waiting for them: Katsuichi's already there, fighting against the attacking ronin with everything he's got. But the bandits just keep coming, and it looks as though there may be more than even the combined might of the three swordsmen can handle. When strength cannot prevail, deceit will have to do!
b&w, 24 pg . .Cover price $2.99.
created, written, & illustrated by STAN SAKAI
The time has come for Usagi's former sensei, Katsuichi, to take part in a duel with the dangerous swordsman Koji. As he and his small band of travelers make their way to meet Koji at the Kitanoji Temple, they soon come across a tiny village being terrorized by a gang of renegade ronin. Now Katsuichi must choose ? ignore the villagers' plight and maintain his course, or stay and fight, risking to forfeit the duel altogether. Either path puts his honor on the line!
b&w, 24 pg . Cover price $2.99.
by STAN SAKAI
Nothing comes easy for rabbit ronin Usagi, not even being a spectator at the planned duel between his former teacher Katsuichi and his former rival Nakamura Koji. Before the duel even begins, Usagi becomes embroiled in a dispute between Koji and a local fencing school that demands the samurai challenge its master. Along the way, Usagi discovers a devastating secret ? a weakness in Koji's style. It's a secret that could save his teacher's life, but at the cost of his own honor. (Dark Horse Maverick title)
b&w, 24pg . . . $2.99
