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Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Written by Ao Jyumonji. Art and cover by Eiri Shirai.

Haruhiro awakens to darkness and amnesia, among a group of strangers who can only remember their own names...and nothing else. When they make it into the light, they discover Grimgar, a fantasy world like something out of an RPG game. Without apparent skills or knowledge of their surroundings, Haruhiro and his newfound friends band together to form an adventuring party. Only by cooperating, using their wits, and learning new skills can they hope to survive in this dangerous land of monsters and magic.

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Volume 17 - 1st printing.

Written by Ao Jyumonji. Art and cover by Eiri Shirai. Translated by Sean McCann.

With the Frontier Army newly independent and an alliance with the goblin king achieved, Haruhiro and his team are sent on a vital infiltration mission to disrupt the enemy from within and take Mount Grief. But despite working alongside members of Shinohara's Orion, Team Renji, and the Tokkis, their goals prove to be further out of reach than they ever imagined. Forget the mission-can the team even survive?

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Volume 19 - 1st printing. "To Embrace this World is Pain!" Written by Ao Jyumonji. Art and cover by Eiri Shirai. Translated by Sean McCann. Haruhiro awakens to darkness and amnesia, among a group of strangers who can only remember their own names. When they make it into the light, they discover Grimgar-a fantasy world that's like something out of an RPG game. Without apparent skills or knowledge of their surroundings, Haruhiro and his newfound friends band together to form an adventuring party. Only by cooperating, using their wits, and learning new skills can they hope to survive in this dangerous land of monsters and magic. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 300 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $13.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Daigo Murasaki. Art and cover by Kayahara. Translated by Kiki Piatkowska. Rinne has been sentenced to death. That's where the dragon princess' story should have ended. Instead, she's blown out of the sky en route to her execution and winds up in front of Ryuunosuke. The young boy has no time to be shocked by this wild development because the dragon girl needs him to lend her a hand-in marriage! For the sake of the world, Ryuunosuke has to marry Rinne and smother her with love because if he fails to keep her in check, the entire human race will probably go extinct...! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $15.00.

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Part II: "Drug" written and illustrated by Masomi Kanzaki. B&W, 32 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

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By KENICHI SONODA. Meet Rally and Mini-May, two of the most fun-loving, well-armed, bounty-hunting women in Chicago! Whether they're chasing bail jumpers or fending off the Mob, you can bet on a healthy supply of guns, bombs, car chases and more guns! Rally is assigned to track down a bail-jumping informant whose testimony could severely damage the Mob. Unfortunately, the Mob is onto him, and the meanest, toughest bad-girl hitwoman in the Windy City is all too willing to "ventilate" our heroines to get to the stool pigeon! Cover price $2.95.

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By KENICHI SONODA. Rally Vincent just received word that a dangerous fugitive is hiding in a warehouse down by the docks. For the Gunsmith Cats, this seems like a standard bounty hunt, but Rally smells something rotten, and those bloodthirsty siblings, Bonnie and Clyde, can't be too far off. Rally and Minnie-May are prepared for the worst, but Bonnie and Clyde are prepared for the Gunsmith Cats! Cover price $2.95.

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By KENICHI SONODA. After swindling the mob, most hitmen would be on the next flight out. But the sadistic Bonnie has a date with the Gunsmith Cats, and payback on her mind! Revenge is sweet, but it costs an arm and a leg...or in Bonnie's case, two legs and a thumb! Bonnie catches the Gunsmith Cats with the help of her brother, Clyde, but try to hold these cats too long, and chances are you're gonna get scratched...permanently! Cover price $2.95.

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By KENICHI SONODA. When a hostage situation gets out of hand, Rally Vincent goes for the handgun of her dreams, a high-performance Czech CZ75! It's one of the only weapons accurate enough to pick off a bad guy from behind a human shield. And she finds it, all right, but unfortunately for her, she finds it aimed at her head! Can Rally outrun the ultimate gun, with only her wits and a street punk's Saturday Night Special to defend herself against a hostage-killer? Cover price $2.95.

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By KENICHI SONODA. The renegade mystery bomber Ken Taki re-emerges after four years of silence, but the only thing he's looking to blow up this time around is his relationship with the syndicate, who would rather see him leave in a body bag than walk out the door. Can the Gunsmith Cats help get him out in one piece, or is it too late to snuff the fuse on this explosive situation? Cover price $2.95.

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By KENICHI SONODA. A car bomb is going to kill a whole lot of innocent people, unless bomb freak Minnie-May and her lover, the renegade mystery bomber Ken Taki, can defuse it before time runs out! This fast-paced tale of underworld double-crosses, drug runners, demolition freaks, and heavy ordnance is sure to delight manga fans as well as any reader who appreciates action-oriented comics. Cover price $2.95.

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By KENICHI SONODA. Crime runs rampant in Chicago and Misty's just one example of that - she's a 15-year-old street kid up on drug trafficking charges. But her life of crime didn't come from her life on the streets, she claims. It came from her court-appointed attorney. GUNSMITH CATS concludes with a controversial confrontation between a kid and the Chicago judicial system. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Rally's frantic hunt for an antidote to the poison in her veins has led her straight to Goldie. Rally's so drugged out, she can't fight off the Italian hit woman and drug dealer. And, to make matters worse, she soon discovers that Goldie's hideout is home to a bevy of young women she has kidnapped, drugged, and brainwashed to use as her personal slaves and assassins! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Trapped in Goldie's hideout, Rally does her best to resist the hypnotic power of Goldie's Kerasine injections. In the meantime, Minnie-May searches for answers from an old medicine woman in Chinatown and Misty discovers Goldie's true intentions: to have Rally, in her hypnotized state, kill her old friend and Chicago detective, Roy Coleman! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Save Roy by killing him! Those are the orders a brainwashed Rally Vincent got from Goldie. But the Italian hit woman isn't the only person who can make hypnotic suggestions. For Rally, the cold, firm touch of her CZ75's trigger is the key to wake her from her trance, and just in time. Now Roy's safe and sound, but Rally's a fugitive. The cops are on her tail for attacking a fellow police officer, and she's got a very important date in a graveyard! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Can't Goldie be stopped? High on cocaine, and protected in bullet-proof clothing, the Mafia hit woman takes all of Becky's revolver rounds and all but Rally's last shot, and she keeps on coming! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Rally Vincent wishes it was all a bad dream. When she regains consciousness in a hospital bed, she discovers that not only has Goldie escaped, but Rally is under arrest for trying to kill Roy, and Misty is still Goldie's captive. To top it off, Goldie is going to pull the dirtiest trick of all: offering a court witness to clear Rally's name and put her in debt to the Mafia hit woman for getting her off! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Rally has finally locked herself onto the elusive Bean Bandit's tail, but she wishes she hadn't. She's trapped in the back seat of his car as he heads out to pick up a drug shipment! While Minnie-May and Misty ransack Bean's apartment for clues about where Chicago's master getaway driver and delivery man has taken their friend, Rally is about to witness a different sort of deal go down than she expected! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. The race is on! It's Rally's, well Rally's "borrowed" supercar against star drivers Bean Bandit and Riff Raff. The road is bad enough when you're trying to pass trucks and pedestrians at 150 miles an hour in the middle of the night. But add in snow, sharp curves, and a deadly assault rifle -- and the word "deathmatch" takes on a whole new meaning! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Friends or foes? Rally may have saved Bean's life in his showdown with the double-crossing drug dealer Jones. But as far as Chicago's #1 underworld driver is concerned, beating Rally's efforts to get him out of drug running is almost as important as getting his load of drugs to New York on time. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. It's the perfect trap. Until a hapless Mafia assassin finds herself up against Rally Vincent! It's a perfect plan. Until Bean shows up at Jones's rendezvous instead of his hired bodyguard! The best-laid plans of mice and men will often go astray, especially when they run into Rally Vincent and Bean Bandit. Now can the two of them stop the biggest setup of all--the hardcore drug deal for 100 kilograms of potent Kerasene?! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. When Bean crashes the drug deal between Jones and the New York Mafia, he has to prove that the ex-boxer Jones has brought along isn't the real Road Buster. And Rally, armed with just four bullets, has to decide whether or not to step in and help him. Sometimes the only answer comes from the barrel of a gun, or from a pair of trained fists! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Rally's pal Misty just got out of jail, but she may have traded her steel-and-concrete cage for a pair of concrete shoes! Misty's got tapes incriminating a mafia boss, and that don has got a towering assassin named Goldie. It's up to Rally to keep her pal alive, and you know that's going to involve a bunch of shoot-outs and car chases! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Misty got away, and Goldie isn't happy. The deadly mafia hitwoman always gets her girl, and now she's laying an elaborate trap to catch Misty when she goes to pick up the incriminating mafia tapes at a downtown bank. But Rally and Minnie-May don't intend to be caught. They're getting out the disguise kits to make sure Goldie doesn't even know Misty's there. The question is, who's going to decoy whom? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Goldie, the Italian hit woman, has no patience for incompetents. But she's starting to have a grudging respect for Rally Vincent, the young bounty hunter who has foiled all her plans. When Goldie drugs Misty Brown to extract information about the tapes from her, Rally has to choose between turning over their hard-won evidence to the criminals, or seeing her young friend turned into a drug junkie. Rally heads for Goldie's designated drop-off point with Minnie. But they have an ace in the hole. Minnie has figured out the real secret of Misty's Mafia tapes, and why it could bring Goldie's mob bosses down. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Rally and May followed orders. But when it comes to prisoner swaps, Goldie doesn't always play by the rules. The vicious Italian hit woman has brought Misty along to trade for the incriminating Mafia tapes. But she's also brought a squad of gunmen to make sure that no one, not Misty or May or above all, Rally, get out of the warehouse alive! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Minnie May's devotion to that mad bomber, Ken Taki, is threatened by temptation when Becky introduces May to a rich executive who's looking for a trophy wife. Her doubts are only strengthened when he says he's going to be late for a date and then May gets a flat tire. Her search for a spare could bring a sign from fate or a date with death! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Goldie's campaign to "have" Rally Vincent begins with what Rally thinks is a normal job -- bringing in a drug addict for a bounty. What Rally is about to discover is that her quarry is no ordinary junkie; he works for Goldie, and his drug of choice is no ordinary narcotic -- it's "Kerasine," the latest, most powerful narcotic-hallucinogen to ever hit the streets. And Rally's about to get an "Injection"! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Goldie has used her deadly street drug Kerasine to brainwash a junkie into thinking Rally is a deadly alien invader that must be stopped at any cost. And now he's injected Rally with a hypodermic he claims is a fatal poison. Only Goldie has the antidote, and though Misty tries to stop her, Rally is running scared. Can she get to Goldie in time? And can she face the Mafia hit woman, or even drive safely, when her drug-dazed mind is full of frightening hallucinations? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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y Kenichi Sonoda; lettered by Susie Lee & PC Orz It's a pretty normal job for Chicago's hottest bounty hunter, Rally Vincent and her sidekick Minnie-May: stake out the house of television magician Mr. Smart, who jumped bail after a traffic accident. Maybe if Rally hadn't been having all these dreams about her missing father whom she loved and whom her mother had hated, she'd be feeling fine. But when it turns out that Smart's wife has set him up with the help of her conniving lawyer-lover, things start getting messy. BE ADVISED: CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS. On sale November 17 b&w, 32pg (1 of 10)" Cover price $2.95.

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by Kenichi Sonoda; lettering by Susie Lee & PC Orz Rally is used to thinking of herself as a good guy. After all, as a bounty hunter, she brings in people who've jumped bail to escape the law. But try explaining that to Tom, Flora, and Agnes, three friends of Mr. Smart's daughter Jeena who are sure Rally is after an innocent man. It looks like the story of Mr. Smart's divorce and jumping bail is not as clear as it all seemed?and that Jeena's mother may have set up her magician husband for a fall. On sale December 15 BE ADVISED: CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS. b&w, 32pg (2 of 10)" Cover price $2.95.

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by Kenichi Sonoda; lettered by Susie Lee and PC Orz When Rally winds up in charge of Mr. Smart's daughter, a blackmail hostage with an explosive necklace locked around her neck, an already complicated case turns downright insane. Can Ken disarm the necklace before it's too late? Can Rally find out why one of the world's most famous magicians is cooperating with a bunch of underworld hoods? What's a bounty hunter to do? On sale January 19 BE ADVISED: CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS. b&w, 32pg (3 of 10)" Cover price $2.95.

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by Kenichi Sonoda; lettered by Susie Lee & PC Orz Rally has finally persuaded Jeena's friends that she's one of the good guys. But now it's a race against time to stop the bad guys from pulling off a heist that could leave Mister Smart on the run for his life, and possibly cost Jeena her own! On Sale February 16 BE ADVISED: CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS. b&w, 32pg (4 of 10)" Cover price $2.95.

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How good a hypnotist is Mr. Smart? Good enough to get Brose the mafia driver to betray his own godfather! Right on cue, the young mafia driver starts unloading the drugs, while the 50-caliber bullets of Sharko's Desert Eagle keep the godfather and his bodyguards in check. But what neither set of gangsters knows is that Rally Vincent has been tailing them, waiting for her chance. While Ken races against time to dismantle Jeena's explosive collar, Rally and Misty race against a different kind of enemy: Cobra versus Hummer in the middle of the night! On sale March 15 Cover price $2.95.

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by Kenichi Sonoda; produced for Dark Horse Comics by Studio Proteus The bad guy has a grenade launcher. Rally has a handgun ? and broken ribs. How can she possibly turn the tables? By remembering the advice of the best teacher she ever had ? her long-lost father. She's only got one chance before the pain from her ribs destroys her aim, and she has to make it count! On sale June 21 BE ADVISED: CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS. b&w, 32pg (8 of 10) Cover price $2.95.

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by Kenichi Sonoda; produced for Dark Horse Comics by Studio Proteus It's a family affair! When little Flora comes to after her abduction, she finds she's back in Jeena's house, and Jeena's mom has an explosive collar around her neck, just like her daughter! Jeena's mom asks Flora not to run away, in case the man who kidnapped her kills them all. But he's downstairs at that very moment, and if someone doesn't stop him, he's going to make a clean getaway ? with the stolen Mafia money! BE ADVISED: THIS SERIES CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE. On sale July 19 b&w, 32pg (9 of 10) Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. The final year of the regular Gunsmith Cats series begins with a bang, with a specially low-priced 48-page issue! The Cats' informant Becky gets word that a new Italian Mafia syndicate is moving into Chicago in full force, pushing a new drug called Kerasine Two. These new thugs are taking out police sharpshooters and tearing through competing Mafia groups like they were made of wet paper. But Rally knows who's behind it all: her arch-enemy Goldie, back to make good on her promise to make Rally her personal slave! It all pays off in Mister. V, where old friends and enemies return, and secrets are revealed -- including the truth behind the disappearance of Rally's father! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. The mysterious Mister V is revealed in this issue! Rally and friends plan to break into Goldie's mansion in an effort to stop the Mafia queen from flooding Chicago with the deadliest drugs ever. Getting over the fence is child's play; smuggling Minnie-May in to liberate Goldie's brainwashed harem isn't that much harder. But will they be able to get past Goldie's very special bodyguard, the enigmatic Mister V? This issue ends with a cliffhanger that will leave Gunsmith Cats fans begging for more! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

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by KENICHI SONODA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS Mister V has come face to face with Rally ? can she escape with her life? Her only chance: an ensuing turf battle between Goldie's men and the Chicago mob! Knowing her skill with a gun is no match for Mister V's master marksmanship, how can Rally hope to bring down Goldie and get Mister V on her side? Find out more in this exciting chapter of the ultimate Gunsmith Cats story! Each issue of Gunsmith Cats: Mr. V features two chapters in this intense tale, with more action and intrigue per issue than ever before! SUGGESTED FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 40pg (3 of 11) Cover price $3.50.

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by KENICHI SONODA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS The ultimate Gunsmith Cats series continues! Rally is still reeling from the shocking discovery about her missing father, but the only way to end her nightmare is to confront it. Ultra-hitwoman Goldie's men prepare for an all-out gun battle, and Rally and her comrades are gathering for the final showdown. Even fan-favorite Bean Bandit's getting in on this action ? this time, Goldie's gone too far! FOR MATURE READERS Cover price $3.50.

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by KENICHI SONODA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS Can it get any worse that this? Rally has been captured by her own father, Goldie's brainwashed slave, and now she's on her knees before her arch-enemy. If she tries anything funny, her enslaved father has been ordered to kill himself! Is there anything Rally's partners Minnie-May and Misty can do to rescue their friend? And is there any way that Rally can reach her father through the thick haze of Goldie's mind-warping drug?! Don't you dare miss this issue! MATURE READERS b&w, 40pg (6 of 11) Cover price $3.50.

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by KENICHI SONODA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS Never underestimate Goldie! Rally may have helped her enslaved father against the Mafia boss and drug runner, but Goldie still has an ace up her sleeve: a deeply implanted hypnotic suggestion that stops him from shooting her should he escape! And when Rally has to go up against the powerful, drug-crazed Goldie without a gun, it's no contest! She's down for the count and a prisoner in Goldie's getaway car, and it looks like there's no one left to help her now ? how will she get out of this one? FOR MATURE READERS b&w, 40pg (7 of 11) Cover price $3.50.

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GUNSMITH CATS: MISTER V #10 (OF 11) by KENICHI SONODA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS Rally's walked right into a trap, a gauntlet of bombs that would do her partner Minnie- May proud ? which means only Bean Bandit can pull their pal Misty out of the clutches of the counterfeit gang and get his hands on Jim Max. But that's easier said than done ? because while our heroes and the gang members have been shooting it out, Max has hit the high road in a stolen van! Next month prepare yourself for the final, roller-coaster- ride chapter of the ultimate Gunsmith Cats story! FOR MATURE READERS On sale July 18 b&w, 40pg (10 of 11) Cover price $3.50.

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GUNSMITH CATS: MISTER V #11 (OF 11) by KENICHI SONODA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS It takes more than an out-of-control 18-wheeler to stop Bean Bandit and Rally from getting their man! But now that they've got the counterfeiter Jim Macks, what next? Macks is Bean's client, but he's Rally's bounty target! And they've still got their friend Misty's kidnappers on their tail! It's the endless runaround of a bounty hunter's life, and as Rally's 23rd birthday approaches, Chicago's fastest draw is looking for a reward that isn't counterfeit! It's the final regular episode of Kenichi Sonoda's long-running hit, Gunsmith Cats! ? This may be the end of Gunsmith Cats for now, but fan-favorite Kenichi Sonoda continues to produce GSC tales while focusing on his current ongoing Japanese hit, Exaxxion, coming soon from Dark Horse! Watch for details in future issues of Previews! FOR MATURE READERS On sale August 15 b&w, 40pg (11 of 11)...$ Cover price $3.50.