Super Manga Blast (2000) comic books

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By Kosuke Fujishima, Mohiro Kitoh, Makoto Kobayashi, Yuzo Takada, and Hiroyaki Utatane & Yo Morimoto. Produced for Dark Horse Comics by Studio Proteus and Radio Comix. More manga for your money! Dark Horse's new flagship manga title continues with its second super-thick issue! Cover- featured this issue is Seraphic Feather, the brand-new-to-the-US series. Also featured is another "lost episode" of Dark Horse's best-selling Oh My Goddess! (never before published in the US), plus more of 3x3 Eyes. This issue also features Shadow Star and another installment of the award-winning What's Michael? It's five stories in 128 pages - for the price of less than two regular manga comics! SMB! is a must-read for anyone who loves Japanese comics! Cover price $4.95.

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By Kosuke Fujishima, Mohiro Kitoh, Makoto Kobayashi, Yuzo Takada, and Hiroyuki Utatane & Yo Morimoto. Produced for Dark Horse Comics by Studio Proteus and Radio Comix More comics for your cash! This issue's stories are even more super-sized! Cover-featured this time is Shadow Star with a 46-page episode! Shiina is returning from the island where she discovered Hoshimaru, her Shadow Star, when her plane is attacked by a Shadow Dragon! Can Shiina and little Hoshi protect the plane and its passengers? Also featured are 30 pages of 3x3 Eyes, plus What's Michael? and TWO Oh My Goddess! stories! All for under the price of two comic books! [Note: Seraphic Feather will return next issue; for now, enjoy the beatutiful pinup illo by Hiroyuki Utatane.] BE ADVISED: CONTAINS MATURE THEMES. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $4.95.

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By Kosuke Fujishima, Mohiro Kitoh, Makoto Kobayashi, Yuzo Takada, and Hiroyuki Utatane and Yo Morimoto. Produced for Dark Horse Comics by Studio Proteus and Radio Comix. Fan-favorite 3x3 Eyes is cover-featured this time, with an incredible battle between our heroes and an evil demon! In the next "lost episode" of Oh My Goddess!, Keiichi's friend Otaki is in love... unfortunately, he's an idiot! Can Belldandy's goddess power help him? Plus, more sci-fi suspense in Seraphic Feather, starfish from space in Shadow Star, and feline fun in What's Michael? The best deal in manga - only from Dark Horse! BE ADVISED: CONTAINS MATURE THEMES. b&w, 128pg Cover price $4.95.

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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS and DARK HORSE COMICS. The latest episode of 3x3 Eyes finds a terrified Pai trapped in a dance hall filled with demon marionettes! Will this weirdness jolt her out of her amnesia? The fun in What's Michael? continues, as Michael again faces the horror of "The Guests Who Wouldn't Leave" and shows us his dancing skills in "The Ribbon." Enjoy a pulse-pounding segment of Shadow Star, with Shiina risking her life by confronting the murderer who's been terrorizing her friend Akira - but with his flying dragon's help, he has his own deadly plan for her! Plus, mysteries abound in Seraphic Feather, over the powerful Emblem Seeds and the awesome abilities of the beautiful M-Zak, the Scarlet Angel, armed U.N. investigator! And in another "lost" episode of fan- favorite Oh My Goddess!, a rival motorcycle club has challenged the Nekomi Tech Motorcycle Club to a race...but the prize is the goddess Belldandy! Will the Nekomi Tech boys score enough wins to keep Belldandy as their mascot, or will the overconfident "Snapping Turtle" Etsushi get to take her away to his club? Cover price $4.99.

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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. In the final "lost" Oh My Goddess! story, Keiichi wants to give Belldandy a token of love for their first anniversary, but leave it to Urd to lead Keiichi down the wrong path! What do you buy the goddess who has everything? In 3x3 Eyes, Pai has finally opened her third eye, but she still can't remember her past, and the Sanjiyan is causing trouble when she's not "looking"! In our latest Shadow Star episode, Japan's military leaders gather in their pentagon to discuss the mysterious and dangerous alien "shadow dragons." Assisting them is a strikingly beautiful and intelligent physicist who's also... Shiina's mom?! Seraphic Feather continues to mystify, as a corporate spy who knows the power of the Emblem Seed will stop at absolutely nothing to get to it, and in What's Michael?, those darn cats are nothing but trouble for an unfortunate bug and a pair of worrisome travelers. FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $4.99.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. America's favorite multi-manga mag marches on with a brand-new feature by award-winning What's Michael? creator Makoto Kobayashi, Club 9! She's cute. She's a barrel of fun. She's irrepressible. She's Haruo, and now she's leaving her little farm town, her boyfriend, and her loony family for college in the big city. Before she leaves, she makes a pledge that she'll remain true to her boyfriend, despite all the temptations a big city can throw at her. Plus, our other regular features continue: Seraphic Feather (Sunao and Kei versus a killer from the stars!), Shadow Star (Shiina comes face to face with the wicked Satomi!), What's Michael? (More adventures of poor, confused Bear the dog!), and 3x3 Eyes (Yakumo versus the Sanjiyan for control of Pai!). FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $4.99.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. Club 9 continues as Haruo lives the dream of every Japanese country girl: to go to the big city! And Haruo's new friends at college are everything you'd expect of big-city girls, especially the super-sexy Aki. But she's got bad news for the bouncy newcomer! This issue also contains four What's Michael? stories, in which our favorite feline hits the streets for excitement, and ends up with more than he bargained for. Plus: the origin of Catzilla! And, of course, SMB!'s other regular features continue: 3x3 Eyes (Pai fights for control of her demonic power!), Shadow Star (Shiina has to spend her birthday visiting her cold, cruel mother), and Seraphic Feather (Sunao watches as Number Four blows away Kei - awakening her awesome power!). FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $4.99.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS If you're not reading Super Manga Blast! you're missing out on some of the best comics from Japan! Shadow Star gets the spotlight this month, with 50 pages of kick-ass story! Shiina's father may start believing in angels, 'cause there's one flying outside his fighter plane - and it's got a rapid-fire Vulcan cannon...! In Club 9, Haruo discovers the ghost of a dead student in her dorm room - and it's got the hots for her! Maybe it's time to move in with her sexy friend Aki! Seraphic Feather continues as Kei apparently returns from the dead (again!) and secrets are uncovered about the mysterious explosion on the moon! Plus more 3x3 Eyes and What's Michael?! FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. If you're not reading Super Manga Blast!, you're missing out on some of the best comics from Japan! 3x3 Eyes gets the cover spotlight this month, with an extra-length 36-page episode - Yakumo's found a clue to regaining Pai's memory and is ready to go to China towards unknown danger. But Pai wants to tag along, too! Can Yakumo let the girl he loves walk into peril beside him? Plus, more Club 9 (Haruo wonders where her friend Aki is getting all her money from rich TV stars - what kind of "working girl" is she?), Shadow Star (Shiina's mother investigates her ex-husband about the shadow dragons - and a familiar face reappears!), Seraphic Feather (Apep's hidden past is revealed at last!), and What's Michael? (Learn how much TV stars really love their cats!). SMB! is still one of the best deals in comics - check it out! FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. Club 9: Country-girl Haruo finds her way through a maze of nightclubs to the door of Club 9, only to have to deal with the club's drama-queen owner, and the chance to meet her favorite cartoonist (and wait'll you see who it is)! Shadow Star: Shiina attends the funeral of her father's wingman, and her friend Akira is visited by a stranger asking about Shiina's shadow dragon! Seraphic Feather: The murderous Guardian has Sunao and Kei cornered, and even Sunao's psychic powers aren't enough to stop it. But when Kei's powers come to life the results are devastating! What's Michael?: The mysterious and hilarious antics of cats continue, as Michael the cat lives on the edge (literally)! 3x3 Eyes: Pai and Yakumo search China for clues to find Pai's homeland, and discover other people with similar goals. FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. Club 9 turns up the heat as Haruo sets her favorite cartoonist on fire! But that's not the only flame she's lit: after just one day, the country girl is lighting a lot of fires in the hearts of the patrons of Club 9! Things aren't exactly cooling off in Seraphic Feather either: the flirting between Apep and Fawn is hot, but the battle between the murderous guardian and the good guys is simply relentless! In Shadow Star, Shiina and the shy Akira have to team up to find that cruel shadow dragon-keeper Shiina encountered weeks ago... and they're getting warmer! In 3x3 Eyes, Pai and Yakumo continue their search in China and end up in serious hot water. And in What's Michael?, our curious cat is living a life of metropolitan leisure, which has little to do with our "heat" theme, but how far can we drag this concept anyway? FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. Dark Horse's premier manga-mag marches on! In Seraphic Feather, witness the outcome of our heroes' battle with the deadly android Sentinel! Haruo's ditching her dorm-room ghost for a new pad in Club 9, and making some other big changes, too! Shadow Star gets creepy, as Shiina and Akira track down a teenager to a room full of huge puppets - shaped like dragon children! Pai and Yakumo run into big trouble in China as they search for Pai's past - and run into more than they bargained for! And in What's Michael?, you won't believe your eyes as a dog and a cat... go on a date?! Don't miss any of the manga action, from America's best manga publisher! FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. Dark Horse continues to provide manga fans with the freshest and finest every month - and this month is no exception! Club 9 continues to charm, Haruo's date with the dashing and dangerous TV newscaster Tokugawa goes horribly awry! Over in 3x3 Eyes, Yakumo and Pai have a plan that will stem the forces of evil that grow ever closer around them. But overconfidence could be their downfall! Meanwhile, in What's Michael?, the inquisitive tabby Michael discovers that making peace with the new baby in the house will not only be difficult - it might be the death of him! The intrigue continues in Shadow Star, as the police maintain their stakeout on Akira, only to run into a very aggressive little dragon with ideas of his own. Rounding out the bunch is Seraphic Feather. While the UN assault team continues to roll through more of Apep's underground facility, Rix and Apep have another battle of electricity and disembodiment! FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. Haruo's survived her first encounter with the dark side of the glitzy life of the Ginza in Club 9, But she doesn't know she's flirting with destiny when she loans a dollar to a handsome but shabby stranger who can't afford to buy a snack from a surly street vendor. Trapped in a monastery in the holy land, Pai and Yakumo try to convince the monks that they're on the monks' side before an icky, magic-eating beast takes them to the cleaners in 3x3 Eyes. In What's Michael? Catzilla seems to have some nervous disorder, SHE ISN'T EATING!! Could it be love? Akira just can't get away from her new, scary life in Shadow Star. Determined to forget the dragons and leave the mystery to someone else, she may find that it's just no use. And lastly, everyone in Seraphic Feather is racing to Apep's secret research facility, either seeking discovery or conflict, but what they find will likely be more than they expect. Once again, Dark Horse brings eager manga readers 128 pages packed with adventure and funny stuff. It's tasty, it's tangy, it's Super Manga Blast! MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and TOSHIYA TAKEDA. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. The year of Shirow in Super Manga Blast! is just getting started, and as fall sets in, it's time to consider how to pass those winter days on the way. But why argue with yourself? Just pick up the new issue of SMB! to warm up your brisk evenings! If Shirow's Appleseed isn't hot enough for you, you're sure to sweat in your seat when you read Shadow Star, as the dragon kids expose weaknesses in their abilities, but is it a weakness in the dragons, or the kids? And over in 3x3 Eyes things aren't exactly cooling off, as Pai, Yakumo, and tough-punching Jake getting ever closer to the secret of the sacred land. Plus, cutey Pai takes a bath. Meow! As always, plenty of action from Seraphic Feather, as the battle rages in the research lab and it looks as if the whole place will collapse, but somehow Apep and Fawn find the time to have a little make-out session. Phew, things are getting ever so spicy in Super Manga Blast!, like the cinnamon in a pumpkin pie! Happy Halloween! MATURE READERS. - New material from Ghost In The Shell creator, Masamune Shirow!! - Manga is everywhere these days, but the best is in Super Manga Blast! 128 pages of action, drama, and fun! b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and TOSHIYA TAKEDA. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. Just in time for Thanksgiving, another full-course, plates-piled-high and cups-overflowing helping of everyone's favorite anthology, Super Manga Blast! First we start with a What's Michael? appetizer. The portion's small, but it's enough to get you ready for the feast! We follow that with a hearty bowl of Shadow Star, wherein Hoshimaru, surrounded by military helicopters, has a mid-air face off against a very cute, yet very deadly Dragon Princess. Next up, a heaping plate of 3x3 Eyes! Your eyes will go wide and your mouth will water when you see Yakumo and Pai venture deeper into the Sacred Land and deal with all of the nasties blocking their route. While that might be enough to satiate even the hungriest manga fan's appetite, don't fold your fork in your napkin just yet, 'cause there's a healthy helping of Shirow's Appleseed Hypernotes on the way. And what would a manga feast be without dessert? Be sure to save room for Club 9, 'cause you wouldn't want to miss out on such a sweet treat! MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. b&w, 128pgs. Featuring the best creators and a variety of action, adventure, drama, comedy, and cuteness, Super Manga Blast! is the perfect place for the uninitiated to see what manga is all about. Five regular manga titles and a special section of Masamune Shirow's Appleseed Hypernotes fill up this 128 page marvel! What's Michael? takes center stage this month with...oh golly, a big fight scene? Well, okay, there's some cuteness, too. But before you get used to that, Seraphic Feather will riddle you with sexy suspense and frenetic action. And to add to that, 3x3 Eyes continues with a battle in the holy land, Kunlun. Shadow Star furthers its journey through the youth psyche gone madly awry, and to settle things down a bit, Club 9 continues to charm your socks off. Cover price $5.99.

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MASAMUNE SHIROW, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. This month in 3x3 Eyes, Pai returns to Earth to thwart an inter-dimensional serial killer and a horde of locusts. Meanwhile, the sexy little Miss "Hello" and the girls of Club 9 are turning heads and breaking hearts. And there are plenty of broken hearts over in Shadow Star, when teen melodrama and bizarre science fiction collide, bringing you one of the most intriguing and addictive series in comics. There are more sci-fi thrills in Seraphic Feather, and double the screwball comedy in What's Michael?. Don't forget to check out Masamune Shirow's Hypernotes this issue for the inside dirt on some of Shirow's wildest and weirdest creations. Cover price $5.99.

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MASAMUNE SHIROW, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Super Manga Blast! is the manga reader's dream, and a perfect place for the uninitiated to see what manga is all about. Five regular manga titles and a special section of Masamune Shirow's Hypernotes fill up this 128-page marvel! Action and intrigue abound in this month's Seraphic Feather, as M-Zak tracks down a group of sinister kidnappers! Over in 3x3 Eyes, Pai has returned to Earth to thwart an inter-dimensional serial killer and a horde of locusts. There are more sci-fi thrills in Shadow Star, and plenty of feline antics in What's Michael? Meanwhile, the sexy little Miss "Hello" continues to get into awkward situations and screwball adventures! Cover price $5.99.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. FOR MATURE READERS. This issue's "Hypernotes" section continues Masamune Shirow's discussion of the weaponry used in his work, featuring detailed notes. In What's Michael?, Michael, frustrates a photographer and exposes the dangers of cat-snuggling. Kobayashi also illustrates the charming life of the cute-yet-clumsy Harou "Hello" Hattori, as a new, determined suitor sets his eyes on her in Club 9. In Seraphic Feather, while Kei's father plays a deadly chess match with the Dykstra Corporation, Sunao and M-Zak continue to use their mysterious abilities to protect Kei. In Shadow Star, Shiina and Akira are coping with the changes brought upon by their shadow dragon. 3x3 Eyes continues its demonic thrill-ride with Pai and Yakumo facing a flesh-eating locust infestation and a deadly new enemy! Cover price $5.99.

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MASAMUNE SHIROW (W/A), MOHIRO KITOH (W/A), MAKOTO KOBAYASHI (W/A), YUZO TAKADA (W/A), and HIROYUKI UTATANE (W) and YO MORIMOTO (A). Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. b&w, 128pgs. In this issue's episode of Shadow Star, Akira makes a startling, uncharacteristic move towards a schoolmate and Shiina continues to cope with family drama, government intrigue, and a growing, malicious group of dragon bearers bent on world choas! The tide turns to humor with Makoto Kobayashi's What's Michael? A cat food company thinks that Michael will cooperate with their "research," but they obviously don't know what kind of feline mastermind they're dealing with! Sensei Kobayashi also contributes another chapter of his Club 9 saga, where misfits, manners, and Harou-hungry men collide! In the action-filled world of Seraphic Feather, psionically-skilled Sunao has to break some bad news to a dear friend, and new players enter into the battlefield. If your diet's needing a demon-filled, romantic epic, feast your eyes on this latest installment of 3x3 Eyes. Cover price $5.99.

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MOHIRO KITOH (W/A), MAKOTO KOBAYASHI (W/A), KENICHI SONODA (W/A), and HIROYUKI UTATANE (A) with TOSHIYA TAKEDA (W). b&w, 128pgs. Sunao joins the fray in a Seraphic Feather space showdown! Will the shy psychic's mental abilities and shaky shooting skills be enough to help rescue Kei? The penulimate episode of Club 9 finds Haruo Hattori tying up loose ends in Tokyo and yearning for the life she left behind in rural Akita. Makoto Kobayashi's What's Michael? comic masterpiece explores themes of cat cohabitation, amusement parks, peanuts, and fame. A new, frenzied battle begins in Cannon God Exaxxion, as the Exaxxion home base is infiltrated for the first time by Riofaldian forces! In Shadow Star, Shiina is alone, unarmed, and hunted by Satomi's malicious Shadow Dragon! Cover price $5.99.

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MOHIRO KITOH (W/A), MAKOTO KOBAYASHI (W/A), KENICHI SONODA (W/A), and HIROYUKI UTATANE (A) with TOSHIYA TAKEDA (W). FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Apples and Ferraris! It's the LAST Club 9 episode! Makoto Kobayashi brings his romantic comedy to an end with a tearjerker finale, set in Haruo Hattori's hometown of rural Akita. Celebrating years of Club 9 craziness, this month will also feature a color "Hello" Hattori pin-up and several bonus images! Kobayashi continues to charm readers with the feline antics found in What's Michael?. Earth's defenders face another Riofaldian assault in Cannon God Exaxxion, and three episodes of the full-tilt Seraphic Feather space epic will have you feverish for more! In the Shadow Star teen fantasy- drama, Shiina's in grave danger, as the "Grudges" storyline comes to a brutal conclusion! Cover price $5.99.

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MOHIRO KITOH (W/A), MAKOTO KOBAYASHI (W/A), KENICHI SONODA (W/A), and HIROYUKI UTATANE (A) with TOSHIYA TAKEDA (W). Animals unbound! Makoto Kobayashi presents his first extended What's Michael? story line in a demented, Planet of the Apes-style send-up that pits three astronauts against a world of fickle, feline captors! As things get weirder in Shadow Star, a clandestine Japanese agency takes further steps to secure control over powerful, teenage Dragon Bearers. Androids attack in Cannon God Exaxxion! With the Exaxxion base defenses breached, Kenichi Sonoda's sci-fi heroes face a deadly Riofaldian assault. Seraphic Feather's meta-human heroes have their hands full, with enigmatic aliens, super-powered terrorists, and a lunar shuttle that's falling apart around them! - A great monthly mix of action, science fiction, romance, drama, fantasy, horror, and humor! FOR MATURE READERS. Cover price $5.99.