X/1999 TPB (1996-2005 Viz Digest) 1st Edition comic books 2002

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Prelude!" Story and art by Clamp. X/1999, an occult science fiction fantasy, is a stunning work of shôjo (girls' comics) from the collective of CLAMP _ a combine of four female shôjo artists who have taken all of Asia by storm! After a mysterious six-year absence, Kamui, a young man with mysterious psionic powers, returns to Tokyo. Now his childhood girlfriend Kotori and psychic Princess Hitono are having prophetic dreams about Kamui's role in the end of the world! What do these strange visions mean? Why does Kamui warn Kotori and her brother Fuma to stay away from him? And who are these psionically powered beings who keep picking fights with Kamui? In Volume 2, Kamui _ returning to Tokyo years after the death of his own mother _ is a changed man. He's moody and distant to his old friends, yet determined to protect them from the dark forces that swirl around him. For he is the nexus of a great cataclysm to come, and the inheritor of a strange destiny that could decide the fate of an entire world! Haunted by his tragic past, Kamui struggles to understand his role in the future...a terrible fate inexorably linked to his unique powers. Now, as seers and psychics across Japan turn their eyes to Tokyo and the drama beginning to unfold there, the lines between light and dark are being drawn. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Overture!" Story and art by Clamp. X/1999, an occult science fiction fantasy, is a stunning work of shôjo (girls' comics) from the collective of CLAMP - a combine of four female shôjo artists who have taken all of Asia by storm! After a mysterious six-year absence, Kamui, a young man with mysterious psionic powers, returns to Tokyo. Now his childhood girlfriend Kotori and psychic Princess Hitono are having prophetic dreams about Kamui's role in the end of the world! What do these strange visions mean? Why does Kamui warn Kotori and her brother Fuma to stay away from him? And who are these psionically powered beings who keep picking fights with Kamui? In Volume 2, Kamui - returning to Tokyo years after the death of his own mother - is a changed man. He's moody and distant to his old friends, yet determined to protect them from the dark forces that swirl around him. For he is the nexus of a great cataclysm to come, and the inheritor of a strange destiny that could decide the fate of an entire world! Haunted by his tragic past, Kamui struggles to understand his role in the future...a terrible fate inexorably linked to his unique powers. Now, as seers and psychics across Japan turn their eyes to Tokyo and the drama beginning to unfold there, the lines between light and dark are being drawn. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. "Sonata!" Story and art by Clamp. A tale of dark poetry and prophecy foretelling the end of the world and the fate of the lone young man who holds Earth's destiny in his hands - Kamui, heir of incredible psychic powers. Alone in the world, with no purpose except to protect his two dearest friends, Kamui finds himself sought by two opposing sets of occult forces. Kamui knows little about his strange destiny... only that it brings pain and sorrow to anyone close to him. His best friends are the first to feel the tragedy - their father, priest of Togakushi Shrine, is killed while guarding a sacred mystical sword. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Rhapsody!" Story and art by Clamp. Kamui's friends and family have been pulled into the deadly orbit of his destiny before - his mother, who died to set him on his path; his aunt, who has also chosen death to provide Kamui with the weapon he will need in the struggle to come; and Kotori, gentle sweet Kotori, who has the power of the dreamseers to see the future, but from the future she sees, there is no escape. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Crescendo!" Story and art by Clamp. Past destinies become the present, three young men from the CLAMP academy arrive, and a masterful young psychic clashes with his mortal enemy, and finally, the moment of Kamui's destiny arrives, and his decision will be painful in ways that he never would have imagined. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "Requiem!" Story and art by Clamp. Kamui finally makes his decision that he wants to protect his friends more than the Earth itself. But having made that choice, another choice is made in opposition to his, and the results are beyond tragic. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.