Comic books in 'Manga'

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Written by Mike Schwark. Art and cover by Ron Kaulfersch.

The forces of evil have returned to the Kingdom of Dikay! All hope is lost! There will be strife and clamorous discord! The people need a hero! Is there no one around who can vanquish the malevolent tyranny?!

Uhm... Anyone...Anyone?

Enter the legendary Van Von Hunter, the Hunter of Evil...Stuff! Together with his loyal, memory-challenged sidekick, he faces off against the deposed former ruler of Dikay, who has come back to reclaim his throne!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Rated T

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Written by Mike Schwark. Art and cover by Ron Kaulfersch.

The forces of evil have returned to the Kingdom of Dikay! All hope is lost! There will be strife and clamorous discord! The people need a hero! Is there no one around who can vanquish the malevolent tyranny?!

Uhm... Anyone...Anyone?

Enter the legendary Van Von Hunter, the Hunter of Evil...Stuff! Together with his loyal, memory-challenged sidekick, he faces off against the deposed former ruler of Dikay, who has come back to reclaim his throne!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Rated T

Cover price $9.99.

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Cover, story, and art by Kaori Asano. Melon and Non are lovely young school girls in modern-day Japan who pass through a magical time rift, ending up in feudal Japan. Black and white. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

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Cover, story, and art by Kaori Asano. Melon and Non are lovely young school girls in modern-day Japan who pass through a magical time rift, ending up in feudal Japan. Black and white. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

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Cover, story, and art by Kaori Asano. Melon and Non are lovely young school girls in modern-day Japan who pass through a magical time rift, ending up in feudal Japan. Black and white. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $7.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

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Cover, story, and art by Kaori Asano. Melon and Non are lovely young school girls in modern-day Japan who pass through a magical time rift, ending up in feudal Japan. Black and white. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $4.49

Cover, story, and art by Kaori Asano. Melon and Non are lovely young school girls in modern-day Japan who pass through a magical time rift, ending up in feudal Japan. Black and white. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart VF/NM 9.0 $9.00

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $8.49

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Cover, story, and art by Kaori Asano. Melon and Non are lovely young school girls in modern-day Japan who pass through a magical time rift, ending up in feudal Japan. Black and white. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Junji Ito. Representing the most remarkable short works of Junji Ito's career, featuring Ito's classic adaptation of Rampo Edogawa's horror story "The Human Chair" and his fan favorite tale "The Enigma of Amigara Fault", this deluxe presentation - including special color pages showcasing illustrations from his acclaimed long-form manga "No Longer Human", each chilling take invites readers to revel in a world of terror! Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $22.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $17.99

2nd and later printings. Story, art, and cover by Junji Ito. Representing the most remarkable short works of Junji Ito's career, featuring Ito's classic adaptation of Rampo Edogawa's horror story "The Human Chair" and his fan favorite tale "The Enigma of Amigara Fault", this deluxe presentation - including special color pages showcasing illustrations from his acclaimed long-form manga "No Longer Human", each chilling take invites readers to revel in a world of terror! Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $22.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. In the year 2003, a titanic collision between an immense ice asteroid and the planet Venus transforms Earth's closest neighbor into a habitable world. Eighty years later, two colonial powers, Ishtar and Aphrodia, glare at each other across a contested frontier. The militaristic Ishtar, hungry for Aphrodia's rich resources, has developed a supertank known as the Octopus to spearhead its assault force. Unable to face Ishtar's industrial might head on, Aphrodia counters with the Hound--a high-performance antitank battle cycle designed to outmaneuver the massive tanks and strike their weak points. The war won't wait and the fate of all Aphrodia is in the hands of Ken Falkirk, a suicidal motorcycle daredevil! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. In the early 21st century, two colonial powers-- Aphrodia and Ishtar --teeter on the brink of war over a disputed resource-rich frontier on the terraformed planet Venus. Teenage motorcycle daredevil Ken Seno is approached by the Aphrodian military with an offer to become a member of an elite battlecycle unit formed to combat the overwhelming power and numbers of the armored units of Ishtar. But before Ken can come to a decision, he finds himself confronted with a more immediate threat-- the screaming bikes of his own comrades, bent on grinding him into the pavement! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. On the terraformed planet Venus, time ticks toward all-out war between the colonial powers of Ishtar and Aphrodia. As motorcycle daredevil Ken Seno prepares to begin training for an elite Aphrodian antitank battlecycle unit, a series of devastating explosions rips through the bidden command complex. Simultaneously, Ishtar launches an airborne blitzkrieg that swiftly encircles the Aphrodian capital, Io, in a steel ring of nearly invincible supertanks. The war has only begun, and it may already be lost! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. As colonial warfare explodes across Venus, 19-year-old Ken Seno undergoes a crash training course to learn to handle the Hound, a one-ton antitank battlecycle intended to defend the peaceful colony of Aphrodia against the invading mechanized hordes of the territory-hungry Ishtar. An Ishtarian blitz has already left the Aphrodian capital in danger of imminent capture; and so the outgunned and undertrained Hound corps faces a deadly graduation test--the awesome firepower of an Ishtarian Octopus supertank battalion! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. The searing heat of high-tech weaponry scorches the desert sans of Venus as Aphrodian teenager Ken Seno pilots his two-ton Hound battlecycle against the terrifying Octopus supertanks of the invading army of Ishtar. But when Ken is wounded an his bike damaged, the hot-headed combat rookie disobeys orders and charges headlong into the teeth of Ishtar's lethal armored dreadnoughts. Live fast, die young, leave a beautiful corpse! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. The Hound battlebikes of Venusian colony Aphrodia have neutralized the initial armed incursion of rival colony Ishtar, and teenager Ken Seno has gone from amateur bike daredevil to Aphrodian war hero. The Aphrodian capital has been saved, but chaos reigns in the streets and in the halls of state. Under fire, the Aphrodian government resigns and is replaced by a weak provisional government. Into the power vacuum steps the enigmatic General Akhbar, leaders of a fanatical religious movement. Amidst the confusion and escalating street violence, Ishtar declares war and launches a full-scale invasion! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. The colonial skirmishes on Venus have exploded into all-out ground war. While Ishtar's war machine drives relentlessly into Aphrodian territory, the Aphrodian capital shudders under a rain of missiles and a wave of panic-fed factional violence. With the Aphrodian government now under control of the Mesada-- a fanatic political/spiritual movement--Ken Seno discovers that his newfound war hero status means little to Mesadan stormtroopers, who consider his backtalk as a one-way ticket to a jail cell...or an intensive care ward! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. While the invading armies of Ishtar continue their blitz through Aphrodian territory, Helen MacLuth makes an impassioned plea to Terran authorities for Earth intervention in the Venusian colonial war. When she is stonewalled, Helen discovers that Terra has decided to allow the war to continue, at the cost of thousands of innocent lives! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. As the colonial conflict on Venus grows in intensity, Aphrodian Hound battlecycles use the cover of a storm to stage an ambush against Ishtar's Second Army. But when a brilliant young captain of the Ishtar forces recognizes the Aphrodian strategy, Hound rider Ken Seno and company find themselves faced with a foe they cannont outmanuever - Ishtarian helicopter gunships! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Ken Seno and the Hound Battalion's ambush wreaks mass destruction on the invading Second Army of Ishtar, but at a heavy cost. With most of their battlecycles and support units damaged or destroyed, the Hounds are forced to withdraw, leaving the wounded but dangerous Ishtarian force to continue its advance into Aphrodian territory. It now appears that nothing can stand between the supertanks of Ishtar and the Aphrodian capital! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. The colonial war on Venus begins to turn in favor of the Ishtarian aggressors, who capture the abandoned capital of Aphrodia. As refugees flee from the city, a full Ishtarian armored division turns toward the refugee camp and oxygen plant defended by Ken Seno and the tattered remnants of the Hound Battalion. The Hounds must make a fateful choice: Do they face certain death in order to give the refugees time to escape, or do they live to fight another day and leave the helpless refugees to the not-so-tender mercies of the armies of Ishtar? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. As a full Ishtarian armored division rolls toward a helpless Aphrodian refugee camp, the battered and isolated Hound Battalion decides to battle overwhelming odds to give the refugees time to escape. The Hounds are at their lowest strength, but they do have one replacement: Miranda, Ken Seno's Battlebike Team Queen! If Miranda is as tough on the enemy as she is on Ken, then Ishtar is in big trouble! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. To protect an encampment of unarmed refugees, Ken Seno and the battered Hound brigade launch a suicide assault against a full Ishtarian armored division. Joining Ken and the Hounds is Miranda. Ken's Team Queen from his Battlebike days. Her skill and daring bring Miranda early success on the battlefield, but her recklessness soon draws her-and Ken-into fatal danger! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Amidst the wreckage of the Hound Battalion, Ken Seno lies critically wounded, only precious seconds separating him from the grinding treads of Ishtar's Octopus supertanks. The Hounds have saved a group of Ishtarian refugees, but at a terrible price. Now, it seems that nothing can stop Ishtar's inevitable conquest of Aphrodia. Nothing, except... 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. The first Venus War is over. Though Ishtar's campaign against Aphrodia was a success, Ishtar suffers from internal warfare as rival factions struggle for control of the postwar political landscape. With the regular military and the powerful Security Police claiming separate loyalties, Ishtar is a powder keg with a very short fuse. Could the flush of martial success abroad help strike the match of civil war at home? The Venus Wars II is a fascinating study of power politics and political intrigue combined with the all-out spectacular action that made The Venus Wars a must-read for manga fans as well more mainstream readers. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Though Ishtar has defeated Aphrodia in the colonial war on Venus, internal political struggles threaten to push Ishtar toward civil war. As two parties grapple for control of the hearts and minds of the populace, cadet Matthew Radom finds himself caught in the middle as shadowy, power-hungry figures set in motion a high-stakes game of subterfuge and assassination. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. The two leading political rivals on colonial Venus are dead -- one of a heart attack, the other by an assassin's bullet -- leaving a dangerous leadership vacuum. Cadet Matthew Radom accidentally uncovers information that leads him to believe that the two deaths are connected and that a monstrous conspiracy has been set in motion. His suspicions are confirmed when he finds his car being tailed -- by a homicidal speeding semi! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. After barely escaping a suspicious highway accident, Matthew happens across Lupica, a friend from his school days. His car totaled, his life a shambles, he accepts her offer of a ride and refuge. Is their meeting really a coincidence -- or is she, too, part of the web of conspiracy closing ever tighter around him? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Matthew and Lupica are hiding out at a disreputable "love hotel" when a knock at the door awakens them. Helen MacLuth of the Terran Space Force has been tailing them! She wants to make a deal with the two fugitives -- but a squad of Rado's assassins also has plans for them! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Helen MacLuth of the Terran Space Force barely escapes an ambush set up for Matthew at the love hotel, only to find a more subtle -- but no less dangerous -- challenge at the Terran Consulate! Matt's old flame Luisa has come for a visit, but may have more on her agenda than Helen suspects. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Luisa, Matthew's former flame, beats a hasty retreat after shooting Helen MacLuth at the Terran Consulate! Manipulated to kill by Rado, Luisa has acted in order to spare Matthew. Now she finds her own life in danger by the double-crossing Rado! While Matthew and Lupica race to the rescue, so do doctors, as they operate to save Helen's life! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Having been set up as an assassin, Luisa is driven to the warehouse district by Rado's men. It seems as if she's outlived her usefulness. Can Matthew and Lupica rescue her in time? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Matthew and friends steal a helicopter to take the fight directly to Rado! It's challenge enough for this ex-cadet to pilot an unfamiliar machine, but can he handle an aerial battle with pilots whose orders are -- shoot to kill? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Cover by Dave Johnson and Brian Stelfreeze. Matthew's helicopter has crashed and his attempt to avenge Luisa has failed. He and his friends seek refuge in a remote biological research station with its strange host, Dr. Coli. His mysterious past has led to his exile here to experiment on vats of seething bacteria. Now his isolated home is in peril, as Rado's troops come to finish them off once and for all! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Cover by Dave Johnson. Matthew and his friends resort to desperate measures as Rado's troops invade the biological research station where they're hiding out. Turning their meager resources into weaponry, they repel the troopers, then issue a challenge to Rado: face them in person -- if he dares! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Cover by Brian Stelfreeze. Matthew and his friends have holed up at a remote biological research station, and have threatened to release toxins into the atmosphere unless Rado meets with them. As the nation breathlessly watches, he arrives with the media in tow. The treacherous Rado has a trick up his sleeve, though, as he prepares to finally put an end to his nemesis, Matthew! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Cover by Brian Stelfreeze. The consular palace explodes in a burst of flame as Rado's hidden bomb goes off. Matthew is on his way to hide out from Rado's faction when he hears of the rebellion. Suddenly, his car is stopped at gunpoint by the dreaded Security Police! Things are looking grim for the last hope of freedom on Venus! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Cover by Dave Johnson. On his way to hide from Rado's coup, Matthew's car is stopped by the Elite guard, Matthew's old unit! The tables are turned as suddenly Matthew finds himself leading a counter-rebellion as the ultimate confrontation between him and Rado begins! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Cover by Brian Stelfreeze. It's panic in the streets as counter-revolutionary forces challenge Rado's coup! Matthew and Rado confront each other for the last time. Don't miss this thrilling final issue of The Venus Wars II! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. A hard-bitten Japanese P.I. and a scientist's daughter travel to Australia to unravel the mystery of a sentient biochip! A secret research project has gone awry, and both the biochip and Eiko Hirgure's father have disappeared. Together with detective Happo Mitsuri, they uncover an increasingly tangled trail. Who is the mysterious stranger who contacts Happo? What is the sinister organization following the proceedings? And what does a mermaid have to do with all this? B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. Hap and Eiko set out to Lake Torrens, Australia, to trace the latest sighting of the strange creature that has disappeared with Eiko's father. They aren't the only ones interested in this biotechnological organism, however. A mysterious organization is following all the proceedings -- and has its own plans for this new form of life! B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. Hap and Eiko are at Lake Torrens, Australia to trace the latest sighting of the strange creature, Egos, which has disappeared along with Eiko's father. When this organism grown from a living biochip suddenly appears, they try to establish communication with it. These proceedings are followed with interest by the mysterious Black Echo, whose agents are spying on Hap and Eiko! B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. Hap and Eiko have stumbled onto the deserted secret hideaway of Egos, the sentient biochip and its creator, Dr. Higure -- under Lake Torrens in Australia! While the mysterious Black Echo's agents close in on the pair, Hap and Eiko frantically try to decipher what is happening with Egos -- as its exponentially growing intelligence focuses on the outside world! B&W. Cover price $2.50.