Shadow Star TPB (2001-2005 Dark Horse) comic books 2003
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Published Apr 2003 by Dark Horse.$9.49
Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Nothing but the Truth!" Collects stories Super Manga Blast (2000-2006) #18-23. Story and art by Mohiro Kitoh. Shiina and Akira are awkward, self-conscious teenagers, struggling with school and self-esteem whose lives change forever when they encounter and bond with small, cuddly extraterrestrial creatures, two of a menagerie of spaceborn entities now on Earth, including terrifying Shadow Dragons, flying beasts of vast and lethal powers. But Shiina and Akira are not the only ones with such unearthly familiars, and an underground network exists of such Earthling/alien mates - but is their aim to protect the planet or destroy it? And will a trigger-happy Earth military care one way or the other? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.