By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA.
Golf is a national obsession in Japan and, like any obsession, it's breeding its own unique brand of crime - the counterfeiting of country-club memberships! But for every problem there is a solution, in this case a nine-iron-wielding cop who shaves his legs as well as his face! He's Officer Aoi: part-time policeman, part-time golf instructor, full-time transvestite!
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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA.
Officer Nakajima is the loyal beau of lovely policewoman Miyuki - but is SHE good enough for HIM? That's the question Nakajima's father wants answered, and to do it the old man puts Miyuki and her partner Natsumi under surveillance! But Cupid's arrows are unpredictable things, and the outcome is sure to surprise everyone.
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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA.
On the upper floors of Tokyo's highest high-rises, the residents feel a certain amount of safety from the predators that prey on the "peasants." And so, seemingly without concern, they hang their laundry on their lines and throw caution to the wind. What they didn't bargain on was a bandit so obsessed he'd make the top floors his target - a prowler with a penchant for silk, silk, SILK PANTIES! It's up to Miyuki and Natsumi to put an end to the panty plunderer and lock him away for good, before all of Tokyo's upper crust are forced to go bottomless!
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Story and art by Kosuke Fujishima.
They're babes with badges and a souped-up set of wheels! Miyuki and Natsumi are two stunningly beautiful policewomen who are, at heart, a couple of girls who just wanna have fun! When they're not getting themselves into wacky situations, they're busy enforcing the law. They're part Cagney and Lacey, part Thelma and Louise, and part Barbie and Skipper!
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA.
It's babes and badges! Miyuki and Natsumi are two stunningly beautiful policewomen who are, at heart, a couple of girls who just wanna have fun! When they're not getting themselves into wacky situations, they're busy enforcing the law. They're part Cagney and Lacey, part Thelma and Louise, and part Barbie and Skipper!
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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA.
In the darkest alleyways of deepest gotham, one image strikes fear into the hearts of criminals - the image of a fastball coming for your face! The big city has a new protector, Strikeman, and he's pitching in to keep the streets safe! But his vigilante gig has run afoul of the law, and policewomen Natsumi and Miyuki have been assigned to take him out!
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#0,1, 2, 4-19, 27-29, 31-33 Near complete set
By JOHJI MANABE.
Showcased for the first time in the U.S. is the book-length short story "The Key of Graciale," starring the alien princess Kahm in an adventure predating her exploits in the now-concluded Outlanders series. Kahm's mission is to retrieve a special magical key from the clutches of an ancient evil wizard. She soon discovers that the key is no mere sorcerer's bauble, but a key to unlock a gate into the dimension of the Dead, a gate that can bring catastrophic consequences to the land of the living - and to Kahm! Includes a poster of Kahm and a special friend. No ads.
Cover price $2.75.
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Challenge 1: No Brainer: Revelation - Story and Art by Yukito Kishiro.
Beginning the final chapter in the epic saga of North America's newer, tougher manga sweetheart! The countdown begins to her final confrontation with the man who took her surrogate father from her; who abused his son Kaos (thus creating the infamous leader of Barjack); and who has no pity on the living or the better off dead!
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Journey 1: Beyond the Yellow Door: Judgement Day - Story and Art by Yukito Kishiro. Alita has committed a capital offense: using a hand gun. She did it to save the Scrapyard from annihilation, but the Factory is unforgiving...and Alita is sentenced to death! The season of revenge comes to America's newer, tougher manga sweetheart!
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.
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Struggle 1: Running Wild - Story, Art and Cover by Yukito Kishiro.
Lying on a field, Alita regains consciousness to find a boy beside her. They climb up to the roof of the old factory and together watch the utopian city in the sky. Just as Alita realizes that she was struck unconscious by a beastly monster, the monster again attacks Alita and the boy! Unexpectedly, Alita is torn between an instinct to destroy the monster and a desire to hide her bounty hunter identity from the boy. A tale of beauty and beastliness!
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.
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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.
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Cover art by E. T. Bryan. "Unfortunate Encounters," script by E. T. Bryan (creator & co-writer) and Elizabeth Bryan, art by E. T. Bryan
Stormfairy gets dropped into a toxic waste dump by an Imp and is changed into a Gremlin; Six months later humans attack the toxic waste dump because they think the Gremlin activity spotted there is the result of terrorist activity. Gremlin Trouble illustration by E. T. Bryan. Gremlin Trouble back cover illustration by E. T. Bryan.
36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA.
Keiichi Morisato has his hands full with two lovely goddesses hanging around the house. But trouble always comes in threes, and sure enough, goddesses are no exception! The goddess Skuld is having some trouble debugging the mighty astral computer that maintains reality, and in the process, Keiichi is suddenly dragged through an array of alternate universes, and his house is full of "bugs"! Only a game of cosmic Twister can save the universe, and if they fail...Keiichi may never see the goddesses again!
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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.
Chapter Six: Removed! - Story and Art by Yoshiki Takaya.
Commander Gyro has gone renegade, and the Council of Zoalords plans to put him in his place! Plus, Mizuki learns a terrible secret, and Gyro gets his mutated paws on the ultimate weapon!
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Story and Art by Yoshiki Takaya.
When Sho and Mizuki find refuge from their pursuers in a secluded cave, Aptom appears and tells Sho the awful truth about the death of his father!
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.
Story and Art by Yoshiki Takaya.
After all they've been through, you can understand why Sho/Guyver goes off with Mizuki, the "girl of his dreams," to reassure her everything will work out. But while he's gone, Commander Gyro takes the opportunity to personally attack the rest of Sho's friends! Will he return in time to help Murakami -- the prototype for Gyro's Zoalord body - defend them all? And will Sho finally be able to transform into the Guyver again?
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.
Story and Art by Yoshiki Takaya.
To prevent Valkus and the other Zoalords from catching on to his secret agenda, Commander Gyro sets out to personally destroy his prototype (reporter Murakami) and the Guyvers! It's the original bio-boostin' power hero in the manga that made him famous!
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.
Story and Art by Yoshiki Takaya.
Sho still can't transform into the Guyver! But a brief respite gives Murakami an opportunity to tell our intrepid group of friends the bizarre story and sinister purpose behind the origin of life on Earth! It's the original bio-boostin' hero in his own hit manga series!
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.
