Comic books in 'Martial Arts'

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Pat Lee cover variant. Adrian Tsang, Pat Lee, Arnakin & Warui Namakemono, Ramil Sunga, & Shane Law Three years ago, on the eve of what was supposed to be an new era for the people of Shidima, Aldaran betrayed his friends to the emperor, crushing a rebellion that had taken over three years to create. With the mysterious resurrection of the rebellion in Shidima, Aldaran sets out to find his former comrades. The survivors of the old rebellion however, are less than happy to see him, facing Aldaran with threats from every direction as Hakara and Mitsuro proceed on a search of their own for the enemies of the empire. Note: This Issue ships with 3 covers in equal ratio by Arnakin, Warui Namakemono, and Pat Lee. Cover price $2.95.

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(W) Adrian Tsang (P) Warui Namakemono (I) Ramil Sunga As a sinister plot begins to unfold beneath the thin guise of the Shidiman Rebellion, Aldaran faces an inner struggle between trying to save the woman he loves, and allowing her the freedom to live her life. After forging a makeshift alliance with the Emperor, Aldaran sets off with his companions to track down the elusive rebels. FC 32pp Cover price $2.95.

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by Tsang, Kang, Sander, & Dreamwave Colors As part of an intricate plan to assassinate the emperor at the mid-autumn festival, Aldaran and his newfound companions attempt to enlist the aid of Shidima's vast underground mercenary network. Unfortunately for them, the wily, battle-hardened veterans of Shidima's underworld can't be convinced to take up arms against the empire with words alone. Desperate for help, and running out of time, our heroes throw themselves into a battle to buy their allies loyalty with the only commodity they can get: The blood of their enemies! FC, 32pg $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

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by Tsang, Kang, Sander, & Dreamwave Colors The Imperial city is ablaze as Aldaran and his makeshift mercenary army descend on the capital in an all out battle to unseat emperor Gurakai from the throne of Shidima. As Aldaran's intricate plan begins to unravel, he finds himself in the one position that he fears will result in total defeat: an extreme unrestricted physical battle against the emperor himself! FC, 32pg $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

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by Tsang, Kang, Sander, & Poon Amidst an entire city in flames, Aldaran and his companions are forced to face the emperor of Shidima in a fatal battle that Aldaran doesn't even want to fight. All he cares about his saving Kameko from being executed for treason, but to do so, he will have no other choice than to pit his fighting skills up against the most dangerous man on the continent. FC, 32pg $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

Includes 11 MASSIVE Naruto full color posters! Cover price $6.99.

Includes 11 MASSIVE Naruto full color posters!

Cover by Reggie Byers. "The Enemy," script by Reggie Byers and Neil D. Vokes (plot), art by Reggie Byers; Shuriken (Kyoko) and Lynx are assassins for Morgan Enterprises, headed by Mr. Morgan; Joan Harlowe, Kyoko's friend, witnessed an assassination by Eagle-Claw and is place under police protection, officer Doug Jordan. Mr. Morgan sends Shuriken to investigate; Subsequently, Shuriken, Joan, and officer Jordan are attacked by Eagle-Claw. Untitled story, script by Stuart Hopen, art by Russ Martin; Teen-ager sells soul to fellow high school student and gains super powers. Shuriken Sketches by Reggie Byers. 36 pgs., B&W. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

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Cover by Reggie Byers. "Scratched!", script by Reggie Byers and Neil D. Vokes (plot), pencils by Reggie Byers, inks by Chris Kalnick; Shuriken saves Joan Harlowe and Officer Doug Jordan; She learns of her relationship to Eagle Claw and his connection to the Yakuza. Shuriken Sketches by Reggie Byers. 36 pgs., B&W. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

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Cover pencils by Reggie Byers, inks by Michio Okamura. "Yakuza," script by Reggie Byers and Steve Williams (asst. plot), pencils by Reggie Byers, inks by Michio Okamura, Rus Sever, and Robert Durham; Shuriken travels to Tokyo and learns more about the Yakuza. "Fast Pinball," script and art by J David Johnson; Tilt returns to mech brawling after an extended absence and defeats an arrogant competitor. 36 pgs., B&W. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.

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Owari. Story by Reggie Byers. Art by Reggie Byers, Robert Durham and Michio Okamura. Cover by Reggie Byers and Michio Okamura. Martial-arts expert Kyoko Shidara is Shuriken, an early entry in both the Amerimanga and warrior woman trends that would explode over the next few decades. In the conclusion to the first storyline, Shuriken learns the horrifying truth about her connection to the Yakuza assassin Eagle Claw. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

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Stories by Reggie Byers and Andrew C. Murphy. Art by Reggie Byers and Andrew C. Murphy. Cover by Reggie Byers and Andrew C. Murphy. Martial-arts expert Kyoko Shidara is Shuriken, an early entry in both the Amerimanga and warrior woman trends that would explode over the next few decades. Shuriken finds danger during a visit to a carnival. In the backup story, a man realizes he is the son of the Goddess Koltos. Fellow indie comic stars Cerebus, Usagi Yojimbo and Pokey the horse appear on the cover as carnival prizes. Maximum Trouble; Firebringer. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

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Stories by Reggie Byers and Michio Okamura. Art by Reggie Byers, Bill Anderson and Michio Okamura. Cover by Michio Okamura. Martial-arts expert Kyoko Shidara is Shuriken, an early entry in both the Amerimanga and warrior woman trends that would explode over the next few decades. Shuriken is caught in the web of the mysterious menace known as Megumo, the She-Spider. Also featuring a Miss Cue backup story. Megumo, The She-Spider: Part One; Fowl Play. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

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Megumo, the She-Spider: Part Two. Story, art and cover by Michio Okamura. Martial-arts expert Kyoko Shidara is Shuriken, an early entry in both the Amerimanga and warrior woman trends that would explode over the next few decades. In an issue-length story, Shuriken faces the final battle with Megumo, the She-Spider. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

Stories by Reggie Byers, Mickey Arnett and Robert Durham. Art by Reggie Byers, Randy Harris, David Sims, Chris Etheredge, Michael Ling and M. M. Ritter. Cover by David Sims. Shuriken was an early entry in both the Amerimanga and warrior woman trends that would explode over the next few decades. Shuriken faces a deadly pair of sister assassins - and in this case, they're both the evil twin. Prologue…: Double Trouble; Innocence.  Final issue of the series; followed by Blade of Shuriken (1987) #1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

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In this debut issue, Morgan Enterprises has developed the perfect weapon in biological warfare...Slate, a genetically neutral being who absorbs the DNA of unknowing donors and becomes them. Its maiden journey as Shuriken leaves Kyoko in a lot of trouble and at the top of Slate's hit list. Written by S.A. Bennett, with art by Wes Abbott. Shuriken created by Reggie Byers and Neil Vokes. Cover price $2.50.

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The action-packed saga of Shuriken continues in "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead." Written by S.A. Bennett, with art by Wes Abbott. Shuriken created by Reggie Byers and Neil Vokes. Cover price $2.50.

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Slate's back, but this time has taken on the identity of Megumo the She-Spider. Fearing for his life, Morgan begs Shuriken to come and defend him from this new and even deadlier Megumo...he's hoping to kill two birds with one stone. Written by S.A. Bennett, with art by Wes Abbott. Cover price $2.50.

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Morgan's at it again with a new bodyguard...Serrate. She's the perfect killing machine: a dangerous blend of absolute strength and a complete indifference towards murder. When Shuriken infiltrates Morgan's headquarters to dig up the necessary dirt to put him behind bars, she could become Serrate's first victim. Written by S.A. Bennett, with art by Wes Abbott. Cover price $2.50.

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Recruited to the Army's Biological Weapons Task Force: Operation Dragonslayer, Shuriken is assigned to hunt down escaped prototype bionauts on a destructive binge in "Somebody Super Like You." Written by S.A. Bennett, with art by Wes Abbott. Cover price $2.50.

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Welcome to Dangertemps, Part 1. Story by S.A. Bennett. Art and cover by Christopher Taylor and Derrick Richardson. Shuriken, a former assassin turned freelance adventurer, was an early entry in both the Amerimanga and warrior woman trends that would explode over the next few decades. Unemployed and broke, Kyoko Shidara, aka Shuriken, takes a job with Danger Temps, basically a temp service for bodyguards. It sounds like a good idea at the time.... 16 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

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Its a Small World After All! Story by Brian Marshall. Art by Reggie Byers and Delfin Barral. Cover by Jimmy Palmiotti. Kyoko Shidara, aka Shuriken, is hired to protect a computer programmer with a revolutionary new program, Project Bedlam. When the thief called Balance intervenes and the result threatens the world, Libra and the Japanese supergroup Kokutai join forces with Shuriken to put things right. Featuring a cover by future superstar artist Jimmy Palmiotti. Followed by Shuriken Cold Steel (1989) #1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

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Volume 1 – 1st printing. Story by Reggie Byers and Neil D. Vokes. Art by Reggie Byers, Robert Durham, Chris Kalnick, Michio Okamura and Rus Sever, plus pin-ups by Craig Brasfield and Joshua Quagmire. Wraparound cover by Reggie Byers. Collects Shuriken (1985 1st Series) #1-4. Blackthorne Publishing presents Shuriken, an early entry in both the Amerimanga and warrior woman trends that would explode over the next few decades. Martial-arts expert Kyoko Shidara, aka Shuriken, tries to protect her friend Joan after she witnesses a Yakuza murder. But it turns out the assassin, Eagle Claw, has a close connection to Shuriken herself. The Enemy; Scratched!; Yakuza; Owari. 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

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1st printing.

Created by Adara Sanchez. Written by Ricardo Sanchez. Art and cover by Arianna Florean. Foreword by Adara Sanchez and Ricardo Sanchez.

Eleven-year-old Rena suffers from social anxiety disorder, leaving her feeling like an outsider. But when, on a dare, she enrolls in a fake-sounding "school for Ninjas," she quickly learns that it's no joke and that she's destined for Ninja greatness - if she can conquer her fears in time to save her family from danger! Created and written by the father/daughter team of Ricardo and Adara Sanchez!

Hardcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

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1st printing. Written by Christian Beranek. Art by Chris Burke. Softcover, 110 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.

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By George T. Singley & Thien Do, & Brett Weldele. First amazing all-out Martial Arts issue! Kung Fu Master Qin embarks on a deadly journey to save the monks' sacred doctrine from the broken sects of the criminal Vaijian Confederacy. Jaina ? a female monk from the confederacy ? has other plans for Qin and his enlightened sect... mainly slaughter! Can Qin stop Jaing and her deadly monks before they steal the Tripitaka scriptures and destroy all that is? Qin's only savior may be in a far off land where the Bushido reigns 36pgs, FCSRP: $3.50 Cover price $3.50.

Direct Market Exclusive Nude cover by John Cleary. Written by John Cleary, Joseph Zyskowski, and Tim Cleary. Art by John Cleary. A tale of death, rebirth and elemental evil set in thirteenth-century Japan. A warrior slain by elemental demons is resurrected by Seishin, the spirit of life. She makes him her agent in the war to free Japan from the demons, and thus he becomes…the Sinja. 6.75" x 10.25", 32 pages, FC. Mature Readers. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 1 - 1st prinitng. "The Beginning!" Written by Justin Hillgrove. Art by Brent Hillgrove. All Sinja ever wanted was to become a Sinjitsu Master - the most powerful and terrifyingly evil assassins in the land. But when he discovers that his Sensei is dead, his hopes and dreams are cast into the wind. With the help of a powerful Oni spirit, a celestrial monkey, and a lot of good intentions, he must find a way to gain entrance to the Underworld, hunt down his Sensei's spirit, and force him to reveal the secrets of Sinjitsu. Only then will he necome a true Sinjitsu Master. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

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by Sean J. Jordan and Harold Edge. The teenaged Six-Gun Samurai is on his way east to find his father, his last known living relative. But as he travels across the untamed prairie, he finds that dangerous men with dark motives are in pursuit, prepared to kill him to take his swords for reasons they dare not explain. 32pgs, FC (Note Price)SRP: $0.75 Cover price $0.75.

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by Miller, Jordan, & Edge In the last days of the Wild West, the teenaged Six-Gun Samurai is on his way east to find his father, his last known living relative. But as he travels across the untamed prairie, he finds himself tangled up with dangerous men and dark motives that force him to use his skills as a trick shooter and a swordsman should he wish to survive. 32pgs, FCSRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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by Mike S. Miller, Sean J. Jordan, & Harold Edge. In the last days of the Wild West, the teenaged Six-gun Samurai is on his way east to find his father, his last known living relative. But as he travels across the untamed prairie, he finds himself tangled up with dangerous men and dark motives, forcing him to use his skills as a trick shooter and a swordsman to the utmost should he wish to survive. The Six-gun Samurai and his mentor Tetsuya travel across Texas on their way to find the boy's father in St. Louis. But on the way, they run into a hotheaded girl named Annabelle Rose who is hunting for a gang of Japanese thieves who murdered her parents and left her for dead. Unfortunately, the girl wants vengeance now, and as far as she's concerned, the fewer samurai there are around, the better. Cover price $2.99.

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By Mike S. Miller, Sean J. Jordan, & Harold Edge. The teenaged Sixgun Samurai and his Japanese mentor have traveled far in their quest to track down the boy's father, his last known living relative. But now they are trapped in a ghost town in Texas, surrounded by a gand of thieving murderers who are led by the old samurai's ancient enemy, Shimazu Matsumura. Can the two men both escape with their lives intact, or will one of them give his life to save the other? 32pgs, FCSRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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by Mike S. Miller, Sean J. Jordan, & Harold Edge. Trapped! The teenaged Sixgun Samurai and his ally Annabelle Rose are forced to fight their way out of a city full of Japanese exiles who have turned to a life of thievery and murder under the leadership of the cruel criminal Matsumura. But they can't go too far ? for every moment they waste fighting, Sam's mentor Tetsuya is being tortured and maimed, and it won't be long before he's dead. Can Sam and Rose fight back in time to save him? 32pgs, FCSRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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By Mike S. Miller & Harold Edge. The saga of the Sixgun Samurai comes to a close as the teenager fights to avenge the death of his mentor at the hands of his master's age-old arch-enemy, the evil samurai exile Matsumura. But as the boy is faced with the chance to extract vengeance or offer mercy, he faces a tough decision that will forever shape the way he lives his life, and how the father he has never known will view him. 24pgs, FC. Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Robert Atkins. Cover by Andrea DiVito. SNAKE EYES returns to Japan to re-join the Arashikage clan and team up with STORM SHADOW. Their target: the new COBRA COMMANDER! Will the most dangerous JOE turn his back on his loyalties and his friends just to bring down the new COBRA leader? Softcover, 124 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Chi Wan Shum.

SVC Chaos draws on characters from the world's three most popular fighting game series - Street Fighter, King of Fighters, and SNK vs. Capcom!

There exists a limbo realm where the cost of admission is death! Here, a new battlefield is populated by the most powerful and fearsome martial artists the world has ever known.

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Chi Wan Shum.

SVC Chaos draws on characters from the world's three most popular fighting game series - Street Fighter, King of Fighters, and SNK vs. Capcom!

There exists a limbo realm where the cost of admission is death! Here, a new battlefield is populated by the most powerful and fearsome martial artists the world has ever known.

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Chi Wan Shum.

The Parallel World Tournament is in full swing as even more famous and familiar names cross the River Styx and enter the Parallel World. But Bison's dark partnership with Hell's Guardian - The Dark Arremer may sway things in his favor, spelling doom for Ryu, Terry Bogard and the rest.

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Chi Wan Shum.

The Parallel World Tournament is in full swing as even more famous and familiar names cross the River Styx and enter the Parallel World. But Bison's dark partnership with Hell's Guardian - The Dark Arremer may sway things in his favor, spelling doom for Ryu, Terry Bogard and the rest.

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Chi Wan Shum.

The Dark Arremer grand scheme could spell doom for the rest. But Bison bows to no one, be they man or demon. With all the fighters present in the Parallel world, the man-dance of sweat and fist-a-flurry is well underway.

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Chi Wan Shum.

The Dark Arremer grand scheme could spell doom for the rest. But Bison bows to no one, be they man or demon. With all the fighters present in the Parallel world, the man-dance of sweat and fist-a-flurry is well underway.

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Chi Wan Shum.

Successfully conning Ken into accepting a series of genetic enhancements ala M. Bison may tip the scales in Dark Arremer's favor! Genjuro and Demitiri also gain an incredibly powerful teammate, while Kusanagi faces the combined girth of Hugo and Earthquake.

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Chi Wan Shum.

Akuma has been defeated by Athena and must now work for Cosmos. Ryu, having been elevated by Akuma, must now fight his martial arts brother, the newly enhanced Ken. And an all new Chun Li explodes on the scene!

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.95.