Comic books in 'Manga'

Volume 5 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Tohru Fujisawa. In the fifth volume of 14 Days in Shonan, Eikichi Onizuka the Great Teacher has a very unique assignment to take on. Normally he spends most of his time teaching teens life lessons. He uses the school of hard knocks technique to open people's hearts. However in this situation the GTO must make an effort to reunite a child with his mother. He must also teach the child that sometimes choosing family is not the right solution. Everyone would like to have a happy household. Being able to sit by the dinner table to discuss the day's highlights is an ideal that is not reality for millions across the globe. And in the case of the teens at the White Swan such realities are generally fictitious because of a variety of reasons. That does not excuse anyone involved from wishing for such a life, but changing the hearts of adults often means changing their lives at their core. Words or fisticuffs will not be enough. So Seiya, a young man, who appears to be on the way to a pleasant self-reliant life, turns to violence to try to get his mother and family life back. But what happens when your very own mother is willing to take a knife at you? Well this is Seiya's reality. And this is one lesson Onizuka will hate to have taught. Then the spotlight turns to Onizuka's employer, Great Vice-Principal Uchiyamada. He's also in Shonan and on the hunt for Onizuka. But out of his element and turf, this educator is now caught up in a wild ride through the Tokyo suburbs! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 6 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Tohru Fujisawa. In the sixth volume of 14 Days in Shonan, Onizuka has to step out of the White Swan orphanage to attempt to change the entire culture of the Shonan youth scene. The White Swan appears to be heading in the right direction, however there is an outside source that is influencing the home in a negative way. This is a group of youths that is intent on waging war against adults. They feel that the adult world is what is wrong with their lives and they refuse to play by their rules. Together these teens have created a group called the Oedipus Club. The Oedipus Club is an unusual gang that actively hunts down ignorant or weak-willed adults often blackmailing them or setting them up for insignificant assualt charges. Given that the "crimes" are alleged by youths the adult suspects are often treated as child abusers and occassionally sex offenders often damaging their lives forever. The GTO must take on this gang and break them up before they destroy the White Swan. It is a race for their survival...keep the club going or save the White Swan from being burned to the ground! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 7 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Tohru Fujisawa. In this seventh volume of GTO 14 Days in Shonan, Eikichi efforts have been fruitful and now he believes he can finally relax in his hometown. Unfortunately, now trouble seems to have hunted him down. Two of his old students have located him and they have settled in amongst his children's home hideout. Old flames have been rekindled and Onizuka's lack of maturity will inspire some of his biggest admirers to enact their vengeance on the Great Teacher! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 8 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Tohru Fujisawa. Learning comes alive when your teacher is part outlaw, and from the imagination of acclaimed manga author Tooru Fujisawa biker-turned-educator Eikichi Onizuka (aka GTO--Great Teacher Onizuka) has become one of the most exciting, engaging, and poignant protagonists in the world of graphic novels (and onscreen as well). The sequel to the groundbreaking manga Great Teacher Onizuka takes its title character back to his hometown, the rough, tough surfer's heaven of Shonan, which the teacher finds in desperate need of educational reform. Onizuka and the kids from the White Swan Youth Home participate in the local Flugtag event. Although his methods are unorthodox, the benefits to his students are undeniable, and over his holiday in Shonan, GTO is going to teach them some lessons they--and the reader--will never forget! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 9 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Tohru Fujisawa. When your teacher is a former biker who hasn't fully abandoned his outlaw ways, learning experiences and life experiences go hand in hand. The return of Eikichi Onizuka--Great Teacher Onizuka--to his surfside hometown continues in this second act of 14 Days in Shonan. One of the sequels to the groundbreaking manga Great Teacher Onizuka calls the title character back to find chaos and corruption, with the kids of the White Swan Youth Home at risk amid the conflict. Menaced by the town's mayor, Onizuka is going to have to teach this power-hungry man a lesson he'll never forget, taking back his town and protecting the kids of his community. And if he has to resort to some lawbreaking tricks to scare some sense into him, that's a course he is more than willing teach! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

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Written & illustrated by Masaomi Kanzaki. B&W, 32 pages, standard paper stock. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

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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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Volume 11 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Gundam: The Origin features the breathtaking line work of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the character designer for the original Mobile Suit Gundam TV series. Gundam: The Origin is Yasuhiko's own highly stylized retelling of the original Gundam story. Mistrust and a suspicion of treachery spreads through the halls of the White Base and begins control the crew. Amuro is leaving desertion of the White Base has his friends divided between those who feel that he has been pushed too far and those who feel that he is a traitior. After Amuro stumbles into a nearby town in need of food and water, Ranba Ral and his men show up. Will there be a showdown? Softcover, 120 pages, PC/PB&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

1st printing. By Yasuhiro Nightow. First a hit first-person-shooter video game in Japan, Gungrave moved overseas to become an American Playstation 2 favorite as well before finally making the move to become a popular anime in both countries. Dark Horse is proud to bring America the works of Yasuhiro Nightow, and the artbook Gungrave Archives offers a new piece of the manga master's growing portfolio of works. Softcover, 8 in. x 12 in., 256 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yu Aida. The Social Welfare Agency's cyborg program moves into the next phase with the introduction of Petrushka, the most capable assassin it has ever produced. Paired with her handler Alessandro, Petrushka will be called upon to foil a Padania bombing on her very first outing - if she doesn't get herself killed first. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 4-6 - 1st printing. Collects Gunslinger Girl GN Vol. 4-6.

Story and art by Yu Aida.

The Social Welfare Agency: a secret counter-terrorism unit for the Italian government that rescues troubled young girls and turns them into cybernetically-enhanced ruthless killers who do the government's dirty work. Yet the child assassins are not as heartless as they were programmed to be. Henrietta struggles with her conflicted feelings towards her handler Jose, while fellow agent Triela combats her own inner demons as she strives to remember the girl she once was.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 576 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $15.99.

Volume 4-6 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Gunslinger Girl GN Vol. 4-6.

Story and art by Yu Aida.

The Social Welfare Agency: a secret counter-terrorism unit for the Italian government that rescues troubled young girls and turns them into cybernetically-enhanced ruthless killers who do the government's dirty work. Yet the child assassins are not as heartless as they were programmed to be. Henrietta struggles with her conflicted feelings towards her handler Jose, while fellow agent Triela combats her own inner demons as she strives to remember the girl she once was.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 576 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $15.99.

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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.

By KENICHI SONODA. Rally Vincent is the first person to acknowledge that some people have very...close relationships with their guns, but her latest customer and his hyperthyroid revolver look like they're ready for marriage! Unfortunately, this guy is about to find out that in a crisis, a gun can be as fickle as any spouse! Don't miss "Revolver Freak"! Cover price $2.50.

By KENICHI SONODA. Bonnie is back! The meanest, toughest hitwoman in Chicago barely survived her last encounter with the Gunsmith Cats. But her brother Clyde has sprung her from the hospital, and she's not about to let a little double-amputation get in the way of revenge! The Gunsmith Cats know that there is no such thing as a bounty hunter without enemies, but are they prepared for the vengeance of Bonnie and Clyde? Cover price $2.50.

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.

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.

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.

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.

By KENICHI SONODA. Nothing ends an argument between friends like a good, old-fashioned fire-fight against thieves and bad guys! Can Rally and Minnie May, the Gunsmith Cats, remain friends after Minnie discovers what the fire-fight has done to her precious collection of plush toys? Cover price $2.95.

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 Vincent is in a funk! The Chicago PD has revoked her bounty hunter license, she's not allowed to even carry a gun, and her doctor says she should give up "cause girls shouldn't do such nasty work anyway"! When even her friends are unsympathetic, she decides to track down the source of her present problems: Bean Bandit -- the getaway driver extraordinaire who snatched Goldie the assassin out from under Rally's nose. But Bean doesn't have the reputation for being the best for nothing; Rally's got her work cut out for her if she's going to try to capture "Rolling Bean!" 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Bean Bandit has taken on Rally's challenge -- if she can stop his latest drug delivery, it will be the last time he dabbles in the drug trade at all. With the help of cat burglar Misty, Rally has no problem sneaking into Bean's secret hideout. But what would happen if Bean walked through the door? 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. No honor among thieves! When drug dealer Jones decides the best way to outrun Bean Bandit is with an assault gun bullet, the underworld race between Bean, Riff Raff, and Rally Vincent changes from a race to the finish to a death match. Only Rally and her sharpshooting stands between Bean and a bullet in his head. And things don't get better when her own passenger decides it's time to puke all over the windshield! 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. Dangerous liaisons! The mafia information source Bean has an appointment to see is waiting for him with three heavily armed goons. But that's nothing compared to the hotel where Minnie-May is waiting to meet Rally. Over there, room service shows up with silencers and laser-sight assassin pistols. There's something rotten in the Big Apple, and Rally Vincent's about to walk right into the middle of it! 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.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Rally Vincent and Minnie-May Hopkins are two regular American girls. Regular American girls who own a gun shop, and might have dabbled in prostituion, respectively. And who happen to be a crack shot and an explosives expert, respectively. These might be odd skills for American girls, but these two happen to be Chicago's top bounty hunters. Rally can shoot the trigger off a gun from a good distance, and May generally wreaks havoc with explosions and cuteness. And together, with some very useful friends and associates, they make up the Gunsmith Cats. "Burst" finds our ladies back at work, back in action, and . . . back in trouble. Now presented in the favored Japanese, right-to-left format, Gunsmith Cats: "Burst" aims to please. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Rally Vincent and Minnie-May Hopkins are two regular American girls. Regular American girls who own a gun shop, and might have dabbled in prostituion, respectively. And who happen to be a crack shot and an explosives expert, respectively. These might be odd skills for American girls, but these two happen to be Chicago's top bounty hunters. Rally can shoot the trigger off a gun from a good distance, and May generally wreaks havoc with explosions and cuteness. And together, with some very useful friends and associates, they make up the Gunsmith Cats. "Burst" finds our ladies back at work, back in action, and . . . back in trouble. Now presented in the favored Japanese, right-to-left format, Gunsmith Cats: "Burst" aims to please. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. By day, Rally and Minnie-May run a weapons shop in Chicago . . . but they have a side business as bounty hunters! Their main task is to hunt down runaway criminals, but they somehow always end up undertaking risky jobs and get themselves into major messes! Published in the popular right-to-left manga format, Kenichi Sonoda's familiar sexy style and rampant characters continue their frantic, fast-paced adventures and bullet riddled love lives! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. By day, Rally and Minnie-May run a weapons shop in Chicago . . . but they have a side business as bounty hunters! Their main task is to hunt down runaway criminals, but they somehow always end up undertaking risky jobs and get themselves into major messes! Published in the popular right-to-left manga format, Kenichi Sonoda's familiar sexy style and rampant characters continue their frantic, fast-paced adventures and bullet riddled love lives! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. The gang is all here, for a road rally on Route 66! Of course we've got Rally, Minnie-May, Bean Bandit, and the rest of the crew, but this volume features the return of driving damsel Riff-Raff! When you have this crew going head-to-head against a gaggle of other dangerous drivers, then you've got yet another tome of lunatic traffic. And what would a volume of Gunsmith Cats be without the requisite gunplay! This time we've even got the classic Russian rocket-propelled grenades! The excitement that comes from having Kenichi Sonoda back in the Gunsmith Cat-bird seat (a stretch, but humor us) is overwhelming us here at Dark Horse. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. Back from hiatus, the long-awaited return of Gunsmith Cats continues in this fourth exciting volume! The road race may be canceled, but the gunplay continues, with our girls Rally and Minnie-May in the middle as usual. The bounty hunters and the rest of the Gunsmith Cats gang are in for lots more action as Kenichi Sonoda keeps bringing the goods in the book where T&A stands for triggers and ammo! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. NOTE: "Gunsmith Cats is a superb series worthy of just about anyone's collection." - The A.V. Club Cover price $12.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kenichi Sonoda. This could be it, folks! Our favorite cutie-pie tough teen bounty hunter could be hanging up her guns after this tightly packed volume of Gunsmith Cats: Burst! And when we say tightly packed, we mean the return of all the characters who were missing in volume four, including Bean Bandit and Minnie-May! Storylines will converge and wrap up! Girls might actually make out! It's a crash-boom-bam race to the finish, and who knows how it will all wash out. Join us as we wrap up this fantastic last volume of Gunsmith Cats: Burst in frantic fashion. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

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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.