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by Fred Perry. For the first time ever, Gold Digger: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lost Cities is presented in magnificent full-color! Until now, this original four-issue mini-series was almost impossible to find. Now A.P. re-offers these timeless tales, adding a whole new dimension. Finally, experience classic GD as it was meant to be seen! 32pgs, FC (1 of 4) Cover price $2.99.

by Fred Perry Celebrating 15 years of Gold Digger! Think you've seen Gold Digger? Think again! For the first time ever, the classic Gold Digger: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lost Cities is presented digitally remastered in magnificent full-color! Until now, this original four- issue miniseries was almost impossible to find. Now AP re-offers these timeless tales, while adding a whole new dimension, including an all-new cover and an introduction by Fred Perry! 32pgs, FC (2 of 4)SRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

By Fred Perry. For the first time ever, the classic Gold Digger: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lost Cities is presented digitally remastered in magnificent full-color! Gina's found the city of El Dorado (and its prince has fallen in love with her sister) and helped tackle the evil wizard Gyphon of Atlantis. Now she's been transported to Shangri-La, where she finds vast knowledge and sweet romance! But can she handle the fury of a jealous empress with supreme martial arts skills? 32pgs, FC (3 of 4)SRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

By Fred Perry. Celebrating 15 years of Gold Digger! Think you've seen Gold Digger? Think again! For the first time ever, the classic Gold Digger: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lost Cities is presented digitally remastered in magnificent full-color! Gina has survived stone zombies in El Dorado, the evil wizard Gyphon and his rampaging monstrosity Armageddon in Atlantis, and the freezing cold and fierce Empress Lynn of Shangri-La. Now she must devise a plan to finish off Armageddon, but it requires an element that doesn't exist anywhere on Earth. 32pgs, FC (4 of 4)SRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

Story and Art by John Barrett. In this issue of Edge Guard, Onoli receives a vision from the Jasper about a nearing crisis. The Northern Guard does their best to prepare for the impending danger, hampered by Gar's prescribed bedrest to heal his injuries, and by newly-made werecat Cleo, who can't help but be underfoot! Meanwhile, the Kitsune Guard hold a ceremony to resurrect Mitsuko and bring her back from the Land of the Dead. Will they be successful, or will they resurrect some horrible undead monster from beyond the grave? Another thrilling issue packed with all the humor, action and romance you've come to expect from Gold Digger! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by John Barrett. In this issue of Edge Guard, Onoli, Tirga and Terio are on a quest to return Cleo's soul to her body. The newly made werecub was more than a handful before, but now with new tenants joyriding in her body, Cleo becomes a problem child of the worst kind! As Thropan dabbles in forbidden technology to reforge a faithful invention to put an end to all the soul pilfering, Sheila must face the mastermind behind it all, the Dark Guard spy within the Council, without allies to protect her, without her trusted Ice Fang at her side, and without fear! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by John Barrett. While Cleo's spirit pores through ancient texts of the Jasper, an unexpected guest tempts her to stay forever! And with the villainous Riassat in charge of Cleo's body, the wraith will use all her power to drive our heroes to destroy it. Finally, in a cold, hidden chamber of the Council, an overconfident spy lets slip a clue to the secret Gold Digger Unified Theory! Can Sheila bring this Dark Edge Guard to justice and expose his dark secrets to light? Find out in the thrilling conclusion to Gold Digger: Edge Guard by John Barrett! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story, art and cover by Fred Perry. Collects Gold Digger (1999 3rd Series) #1-8. The adventures of archaeologist Gina Diggers and her adopted were-cheetah sister, Britanny. In the lost underwater kingdom of Muthia, Gina and rival Erwin "Pee Wee" Talon compete in a bizarre game show, during which she discovers proof of the existence of djinni. But her dramatic announcement to the Explorer's Society banquet is interrupted by a competitor whos out to steal her thunder. Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1999 3rd Series) #9-15. Story and art by Fred perry. Gina and crew set out to find the home of the Djinn by traveling to Uhm di Turrok, the Halls of the Extremely Dead. There they must confront Fauntleroy, a dragon trapped in human form that seeks the power of the Djinn's Magic Sun! Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1999 3rd Series) #16-21. Story and art by Fred perry. Gina's mother Julia continues her quest to regain her honor and title of Arms-Master of her home world of Jade. But with Julia's arch-rival G'nolga being backed by the Earthly supervillains Tirant and Array and some ancient super-technology, even if Julia wins, the cost might be too high! Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1999 3rd Series) #23-30. Story and art by Fred perry. Britanny plays Ahab in her pursuit of the enormous tuna Scarface, which swallowed her wedding ring, but a super solar flare might cook her fish before it's caught! Elsewhere, the trio of were-rats assigned to assassinate Brit are caught with their hands in the bank account and must raid the Leprechauns' Castle of Shoes to make back the loss. Can Brianna's new security system and the Leprechaun superheroes known as the Vaultron Team thwart the theft? And if they do, will Brianna get back in time to deal with the Djinn Madrid and her scheme to replace Gina, access the Djinns' Magic Sun, and gain the power to grant her own wishes? Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1999 3rd Series) #31-36. Story and art by Fred perry. Madrid the Djinn reveals her Gina-disguise ruse to everyone just before escaping with Gina's toughest hurt-bot, Seven, who is still working for her. Gina's friends have to pursue her into the Djinn home-dimension of Yl'Dahjim before she gains the power of its Magic Sun - or before Gina tries to tackle Madrid all on her own! Cosmic concerns give way to more mundane ones as Brit's husband Stripe interviews for a job and her mother Julia has Brit' take Julia's martial arts students clothes-shopping. Julia just prays something's left of her credit line afterward. Then mercenary pilot team Night Flight break their leader Dark Bird and raw recruit Skippy out of jail, and Gina's friend and transporter, super-pilot Kevin "Ace" Koss, goes up to bring them down. But first he has to beat the mad skillz of Night Flight's new top gun, Skippy! Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1999 3rd Series) #37-42. Story and art by Fred perry. Gina and her boyfriend/partner Ryan Tabbot are off to a mysterious tomb in the jungles of the Congo, but the competition just might beat them-AND beat them to it. Back home, everyone's happy for Brit's new pregancy-except Tanya, the priestess who lost Prince Stryyp'Gia to Brit'. Now she's out to claim fatal revenge on Brit' and her unborn child! All this and a thrill-a-minute return trip to the lair of the dragon Dreadwing, Gina's first and worst foe! Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1999 3rd Series) #43-47. Story and art by Fred perry. Gina's latest pursuit is the history of Earth's dragons, and to do so, she returns to the lair of her earliest foe, Dreadwing. She and Brianna must fend off Fauntleroy, a dragon in human form, who also wants Dreadwing's secrets. Gina takes what she learns to the mighty and mysterious Monty, her fellow explorer, who offers her a chance to find more answers - if she's willing to dive into a volcano for them! Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1999 3rd Series) #48-51. Story and art by Fred perry. As Britanny's pregnancy progresses, she gets into the swing of child care by agreeing to babysit her Amaran friends' 50 daughters. Then their 50 sons show up and start a sibling war to rival the D-Day invasion! Meanwhile, Brit's friend Gar, the were-jaguar studying martial arts under her mother, has achieved adept status, but this means he has to undertake a dangerous final test. His girlfriend and fellow student Luan doesn't think he'll survive, and she'll hospitalize him to stop him if she has to! And uring a long-overdue room cleaning, Gina locates a knickknack that grants her access to an ancient Tibetan temple, one that contains two of her deadliest foes rolled into one! Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1999 3rd Series) #52-56. Story and art by Fred perry. Life for archaeologist/superscientist/adventurer Gina "Gold Digger" Diggers, her adopted were-cheetah sister Britanny, and their clone-fusion sister Brianna is rarely dull and almost always dangerous-and fun! Britanny gives birth to her darling daughter Tifanny, just in time for her grandfather, cursed to be the Lich King, to escape the Land of the Undead! While the Lich King makes his way back to Earth, Luan Geas, one of the martial arts students under Brit's mom, decides to enter an Ultimate Fighters Federation open match to improve herself for an upcoming mission. But even under the guidance of Ayane "Mistress" Anno, things take an unexpected turn! Meanwhile, the dragon Fauntleroy and his wives have detected a valuable artifact in the Miami Federal Detention Center, and it's up to voluntary inmate Crush and her ex-partner Avenger to keep the peace-or end up in pieces! Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1999 3rd Series) #57-61. Story and art by Fred perry. Thanks to another inadvisable scheme of Peebo scout Peebri, Charlotte the harpy is beside herself twice over when she summons two alternate-past versions of herself! And while Britanny's husband Stripe and his fellow Agency Zero members battle the dragon Fauntleroy and his wives at the Miami Federal Detention Center, Brit' and her infant daughter Tifanny are kidnapped to another dimension! Her paternal grandfather, cursed to be the Lich King, can't renew his aura as an undead being. Only the aura of a family member can restore his own, and little Tifanny's got just what he needs! Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1992 1st Series) #1-4 and Gold Digger (1993-1999 2nd Series) #1-19.

Story and art by Fred Perry.

First appearing in print in October of 1991, Fred Perry's phenomenal Gold Digger is rapidly approaching its 30th anniversary, but with so much of the earliest material long since sold out, even in collected form, new readers may feel a little wary of jumping on board. Well, we decided to fix that and start the party a little early while we're at it!

Collected for the first time in this one massive ,600+ page volume: The 1st appearance of Gold Digger from the pages of Mangazine, - The original 4-issue Gold Digger miniseries, The first 19 issues of the Gold Digger regular black-and-white series.

ALL IN FULL COLOR!

Softcover, 600 pages, full color.

Cover price $49.99.

Limited Signed Edition (with Dust Jacket)

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1992 1st Series) #1-4 and Gold Digger (1993-1999 2nd Series) #1-19.

Story and art by Fred Perry.

First appearing in print in October of 1991, Fred Perry's phenomenal Gold Digger is rapidly approaching its 30th anniversary, but with so much of the earliest material long since sold out, even in collected form, new readers may feel a little wary of jumping on board. Well, we decided to fix that and start the party a little early while we're at it!

Collected for the first time in this one massive ,600+ page volume: The 1st appearance of Gold Digger from the pages of Mangazine, - The original 4-issue Gold Digger miniseries, The first 19 issues of the Gold Digger regular black-and-white series.

ALL IN FULL COLOR!

LIMITED EDITION with a special dust jacket, each copy signed by Fred Perry himself!

Softcover, 600 pages, full color.

Cover price $49.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Gold Digger (1993-1999 2nd Series) #20-35 and Ninja High School (1986-2014 Antarctic/Eternity) #54-57. Story and art by Fred Perry. LEPRECHAUNS IN TANKS! TIME-TRAVELING GENIUS DOG! EPIC CROSSOVER! More of the early run of Fred Perry's Gold Digger is back, now even better! For the first time ever, we bring you all 8 issues of Fred's "Time Warp" crossover saga with Antartic Press's Ninja High School, in FULL COLOR! Collected in this volume: Issues 20-35 of the Gold Digger regular black-and-white series. Issues 54-57 of Ninja High School. ALL IN FULL COLOR FOR THE FIRST TIME! Softcover, 480 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story andart by Satoru Noda.

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi "Immortal" Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the post-war gold rush on the wild frontier of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck-and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa-to survive.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-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 $12.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings.

Story andart by Satoru Noda.

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi "Immortal" Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the post-war gold rush on the wild frontier of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck-and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa-to survive.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-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 $12.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi Sugimoto searches the wilderness of the Japanese frontier of Hokkaido for a hoard of hidden gold. With only a cryptic map and a native Ainu girl to help him, Saichi must also deal with every murderous cutthroat, bandit and rogue who knows about the treasure!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-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 $12.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Captured by renegade soldiers from the 7th Division, Sugimoto's life now rests in the hands of Asirpa and "Escape King" Shiraishi, who must work together to save him. Meanwhile, Sugimoto's list of enemies continues to grow. Hijikata, the former leader of the legendary Shinsengumi, intensifies his own search for the hidden Ainu gold, and another adversary teams up with an expert hunter-who knows the wilderness of Hokkaido at least as well as Asirpa-to track Sugimoto down!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Sugimoto and Asirpa's hunt for the tattooed treasure map has led them to a fishing village on the coast, where a deranged serial killer lies in wait. Lieutenant Tsurumi and his renegade soldiers are also hot on their trail, and if he catches up to them it's guaranteed that there will be hell to pay. Toshizo Hijikata also closes in, while an old friend shows up with a secret about Asirpa that no one wants to believe-but it just might take them closer to the gold than ever before...

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Asirpa and Sugimoto are faced with a shocking truth-Noppera-bo, the criminal mastermind behind the stolen gold hoard...is Asirpa's father! To confirm this they decide to go to the impregnable Abashiri prison to attempt to meet him. Along the way they find more clues to the location of the gold, and make a stop in a hellish hotel. Meanwhile, Toshizo Hijikata lays down his own brand of justice in a lawless town...

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

The enigmatic and beautiful Ainu soothsayer, Inkarmat, can see the paths to the past and the future-what fate has she seen for Sugimoto? Sugimoto and his friends continue their journey to the northernmost reaches of Hokkaido and the infamous Abashiri prison. Even if they can manage to meet with Noppera-bo, will he give them the answers they want? And what do rumors of an immortal bear have to do with the tattooed skin treasure map?

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

The pursuit of the hidden Ainu gold takes Toshizo Hijikata closer to the truth about Asirpa's father...or does it? Sugimoto and Asirpa arrive in the town of Yubari just as Hokkaido glides into spring, but little do they know that their nemesis Lieutenant Tsurumi is also there with his men. Tsurumi has hired the psychotic taxidermist Yasaku Edogai in a ploy to deceive the other treasure hunters. Then Ogata, the rogue sniper, adds even more fuel to the fire when he enters the game...

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

After their run-in with the mad taxidermist Edogai, Asirpa, Sugimoto and Shiraishi still have unfinished business in Yubari. But if their goal is to meet Noppera-bo face-to-face, they will need to hear Shiraishi's story about how he escaped from the hellish Abashiri prison the first time. Toshizo Hijikata would also like to have a little chat with them regarding Noppera-bo, and there is the matter of the 7th Division, whose members are closing in...

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Shiraishi is a master escape artist, but he's not very good at evading capture! After the 7th Division captures Shiraishi, Sugimoto and Hijikata join forces in an uneasy alliance to rescue him. With the help of Choan Kumagishi, one of the Abashiri convicts, they put a risky plan to free Shiraishi into action. Of course, Lieutenant Tsurumi isn't about to let these old foes get the better of him, setting the stage for another dangerous confrontation.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 11 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Sugimoto and his friends head for Kushiro in order to escape Lieutenant Tsurumi's pursuit. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Tsurumi himself leads members of the 7th Division to Otaru following rumors of the tattooed skins.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 12 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Sugimoto and company have gone after some twisted individuals in their search for the tattooed skins, but none as perverse as the deranged animal lover Dr. Anehata. Collecting Anehata's tattoo will provide one more piece of the map to the Ainu gold, but getting Asirpa together with her father, Noppera-bo, in Abashiri prison is the real key. And what other secrets does the fortune-teller Inkarmat have to reveal about the identity of Asirpa's father?

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Sugimoto and Asirpa reach Lake Kussharo near Abashiri prison at last! The time has come to put all their plans to break into the prison and meet Noppera-bo into action. Their nemesis, Lieutenant Tsurumi, as always, is one step ahead and has his own agents inside Abashiri. Tsurumi himself is on the way, with a contingent of troops and a gunboat to back him up! But if anyone can survive being surrounded by enemies and still keep Asirpa safe in this deadly conflict it's Immortal Sugimoto!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-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 $12.99.

Volume 14 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Sugimoto and Asirpa fi nally come face to face with Noppera-bo inside Abashiri prison, but as Asirpa looks into his eyes she realizes he is not her father!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 15 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

After the chaos at Abashiri prison, Asirpa, Shiraishi and Kiroanke head for Karafuto, unaware that Kiroranke has betrayed them for his own goals. The untamed island of Karafuto is even further north than Hokkaido, and home to both Japanese and Russian settlements. Asirpa is also now the only person who can decipher the map on the tattooed skins. Sugimoto, wounded and captured by the 7th Division after the battle, makes a deal with Tsurumi to go along. The search for the Ainu gold moves to a harsh new environment!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 16 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

With Asirpa unaware that Sugimoto is still alive, she heads north further into Karafuto with Kiroranke, Ogata and Shiraishi.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-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 $12.99.

Volume 17 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

While Sugimoto races north by dogsled, Asirpa crosses the border with Kiroranke into Russian territory. Kiroranke was once involved in the assassination of the Russian Czar Alexander II, and the Russians, tipped off by Tsurumi that Kiroranke was heading into their territory on Karafuto, have set an ambush at the border. The dark pasts of Asirpa's traveling companions are now coming to light, along with the secrets of her own father...

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 18 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Sugimoto closes the distance between himself and Asirpa as she continues her journey north into the wilderness of Karafuto in search of the dark secret of her father's past and the key to the hidden gold. Now, deep in Russian territory, Kiroranke has more to say about Wilk-Asirpa's father and his former conspirator in the plot to assassinate the Russian Czar. Back in Hokkaido, Lieutenant Tsurumi ponders the coded tattoos himself as Hijikata and his group track down another violent escaped convict near Lake Akan.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 19 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Asirpa's quest to find out about her father has led her to a Russian prison on the frozen coast of Karafuto in hopes of breaking out Sofia, a former revolutionary. Sofia was also the leader of the group that Kiroranke and Wilk belonged to and she may be able to shed more light on Asirpa's father. But the truth about Wilk might ultimately be more than she can bear. Sugimoto and his party draw closer to catching up with Asirpa-and when they do, old scores will be settled.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 20 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

If the hidden Ainu gold can ever be found, will it be worth the price paid for it in lives lost and ruined? Who really murdered the Ainu for their treasure? With Kiroranke dead, Ogata may have some answers, but after the confrontation on the ice of the Mamiya Strait he needs medical attention.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 21 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Sugimoto and Asirpa (and Shiraishi too) have been reunited and head south across Karafuto with the goal of returning to Hokkaido. But after so much time apart and all that has happened, Asirpa's feelings about the Ainu struggle have changed. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Tsurumi begins trying to decipher the code in the tattooed skins and sends a double agent into Hijikata's group. But Hijikata is no fool, however, and engages in a battle of wits with Tsurumi. Regardless of who comes out top, it is clear that only Asirpa holds the key to finding the Ainu gold.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 22 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda.

Asirpa's adventure in Karafuto changed her feelings about not only her father, but also the Ainu struggle for independence. Sugimoto has also come to realize something about his own feelings about Asirpa as well. If they're really going to be equal partners, they'll need to come to a new understanding. Once again on the run from Lieutenant Tsurumi, they head for Hokkaido. But the rogue officer isn't about to give up. The pursuit once again leads into forbidding, frozen territory...

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 23 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda. Translated by John Werry.

Sugimoto and Asirpa (and Shiraishi too) have been reunited and they head south across Karafuto with the goal of returning to Hokkaido. But after so much time apart and all that has happened, Asirpa's feelings about the Ainu struggle have changed. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Tsurumi begins trying to decipher the code in the tattooed skins and sends a double agent into Hijikata's group. Hijikata is no fool, however, and engages in a battle of wits with Tsurumi. Regardless of who comes out on top, it's clear that only Asirpa holds the key to finding the Ainu gold.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 202 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 24 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda. Translated by John Werry.

The search for the tattooed convicts leads Sugimoto, Asirpa and Shiraishi to the infamous Botaro the Pirate, a man with nearly superhuman swimming abilities. Tracking him down will test Sugimoto's claim of immortality! Meanwhile, a serial killer stalks the back alleys of Sapporo-but is he another escapee from Abashiri prison or someone else? The murders draw in Lieutenant Tsurumi and Hijikata, and a deadly confrontation is building-but this time, who is the hunter and who is the hunted?

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 25 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Satoru Noda. Translated by John Werry.

As all of the interested parties begin to converge in Sapporo, only three tattooed skins that form the code that will lead to the Ainu gold remain to be found. One of them may belong to a serial killer stalking the city's back alleys and Sugimoto means to get to him before anyone else. But with so many different groups now involved in the hunt, some forced alliances may be necessary. But one thing is certain-only Asirpa herself has the key to solving the code!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $12.99.