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Volume 22 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

The time has come.

The Friend reveals all about his conspiracy and declares that he shall destroy the world within seven days. Kanna plans a music festival to evacuate people to the Expo venue, which is the only place the dictator holds sacred and the only place safe from destruction. While the 20th Century Boys race toward the final battle, Kenji is coming back to Tokyo!

Softcover, 6-in. x 7-in., 256 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 1-2.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

A deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa's award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and a group of friends trying to save the world from destruction!

Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world.

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 416 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 3-4.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

Kenji races home and picks up the newspaper: sure enough, the mystery microbe has hit London. He thinks back over everything that has happened and what he and his childhood friends dug up, and is forced to face the unbelievable truth-someone really is putting into motion the story Kenji made up as a child, and people are dying because of it!

It turns out that the Friend's plan to destroy the world was dreamed up long ago by a group of boys playing "good guys against bad guys." And now, the only one who can stop this diabolical plot from succeeding is the one who came up with it-Kenji!

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 416 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 5-6.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

The giant robot has been built, awaiting its great awakening, but the Friend's identity has yet to be revealed. Time passes day by day, counting down to December 31, 2000...the day that Earth is destined to see its end. The only ones who can save the world are the nine friends who wrote The Book of Prophecy in their childhood days. Will humanity enter the new world, the new century, safe and sound?

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 416 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 7-8.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

In the middle of the Tokyo Bay, a man known as Shogun has escaped from Umihotaru Prison, a place feared by criminals and convicts as an inescapable iron fort, in order to save the world. He heads off to Tokyo, the city where the girl known as "The Last Hope" lives. But the streets of Tokyo are in turmoil after a murder in Chinatown triggers a chain reaction of terror. The time has come for the false peace created by the Friend to be exposed. What is the truth behind the historic disaster on the last day of 20th century?

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 9-10.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

In 2014, Tokyo is under the complete control of the mysterious ruler known as the Friend. Kanna has chosen to step forward and confront the Friend in order to carry out the last wishes of her uncle Kenji, who has been missing since Bloody New Year's Eve. As Kanna gathers a group of outcasts and misfits to face the Friend, her high school classmate Koizumi faces true horror in the brainwashing camp known as Friend Land. It is there that she sees something that no one was ever meant to see: the true identity of the Friend. Who will survive in this world where it is nearly impossible to distinguish friend from foe?

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 11-12.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

"My father is the Friend?" Kanna asks as she confronts the grim truth. With a heart full of despair, it will take everything for Kanna to continue the fight against the Friends. Meanwhile, Koizumi and Sadakiyo manage to escape the pursuit of the Dream Navigators, but not for long. Can Kanna, caught in an emotional struggle between her fate and the future of the Earth, step forward and head to the rescue of Koizumi? As our heroes continue their fight against the Friends, longtime secrets are revealed and more of Kenji's friends reunite. The war against the Friends has reached yet another crescendo...

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 13-14.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

Kanna, burdened by the fact that her mother Kiriko developed the bacteriological weapons used by the Friends on Bloody New Year's Eve, ruminates over the ominous messages that she left behind. When the weapons come back to haunt humanity, Kanna isn't the only one searching for traces of Kiriko. Otcho gets closer to finding out Kiriko's current whereabouts after a search leads him to her former colleague, Dr. Yamane.

With New Year's Eve 2014 on the horizon, the events prophesized by the Friend are ready to come to pass-events that will dramatically change the history of the world once again. Will 2015 be the last year of mankind?

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 456 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 15-16.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

While an unknown virus spreads and cripples the world with fear, the 2015 World Expo prepares to start, serving as a beacon of hope in a dark world.

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 456 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 17-18.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

The Friend has become the President of the World and rules with absolute power behind the giant wall of the city of Tokyo. Most of the world believes that the Friend is their savior, but below the surface, a resistance group led by "The Queen of Ice" begins to make its move. The only one capable of ending this nightmare, she plans to rise in arms.

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 19-20.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

A man with a guitar arrives at a barrier town outside of Tokyo. Anyone who attempts to travel through the town without a pass is arrested and murdered. As the days go by, the body count grows and grows... Who can change this horrible situation and break through the barrier town? And who awaits at their final destination?

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

The war is over. The Friend is dead. Finally free from the threat of extinction, peace has come to the people of Tokyo once again. But the mystery surrounding the Friend still remains. Nobody knows who the Friend was or where they came from, and the only clue is hidden deep in the Kenji's memories.

The time has come to open Pandora's box and see what lies inside.

Softcover, 6-in. x 7-in., 408 pages, B&W. Rated T

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

Cover price $19.99.

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Chapter One: "Rebirth"; Yuzo Takada script & art; Toren Smith & Toshi Yoshida translation; Wayne Truman letters; Cover price $2.25.

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Chapter Two: "Sanjiyan"; Yuzo Takada script & art; Toren Smith & Toshi Yoshida translation; Wayne Truman letters; Cover price $2.25.

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Chapter Three: "Rebirth"; Yuzo Takada script & art; Toren Smith & Toshi Yoshida translation; Wayne Truman letters; Cover price $2.25.

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Chapter Four: "House of Demons Part 2"; Yuzo Takada script & art; Toren Smith & Toshi Yoshida translation; Wayne Truman letters; Cover price $2.25.

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Chapter Five: "House of Demons Part 3"; Yuzo Takada script & art; Toren Smith & Toshi Yoshida translation; Wayne Truman letters; Cover price $2.25.

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"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. One day Yakumo, a high-school student in Tokyo, met a girl named Pai. Pai was not human. She was Sanziyan-unkara, an immortal being with mysterious powers. Yakumo promised that he would find a way to make Pai human. Together, they set out to Hong Kong on a great adventure that was to begin a modern legend! Now, the adventures of Pai and Yakumo continue!Yakumo returns to Japan believing that he can resume his old life as a high-school student, an existence he had left behind -- ignoring Pai's warning that to do so will subject everyone he knows to the evils of hell itself. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. His apartment has been trashed; he's had a run-in with the police; his friends treat him like a monster from hell itself; and now, on top of it all, Yakumo finds himself attacked by a mysterious creature in a trench coat. How'd the life of an ordinary high-school student fall into such disrepair? Why not ask Pai, his new three-eyed, immortal friend! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Yakuma's ordinary life ended the day he met Pai, an immortal being with a desperate wish to become human. They've been through a lot together -- some bad, much good, all extraordinary -- and have tried to assimilate it into a normal life. Now Yakuma has come to accept that normalcy is a thing of his past, and so he and Pai prepare to leave Tokyo forever. But before they get out of town, they face the strangest occurrence yet; the appearance of the deadly mythical creature -- the dreaded Gesu! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Yakumo is an ordinary high-school student whose life has been turned upside-down by a three-eyed girl. She is Pai, an immortal with strange powers and a talent for drawing trouble into her path, such as the monstrous creature called the Gesu. Can Yakumo and his friend Natsuko survive the Gesu's attack? Only if Pai's immortal powers are up to the job. . . 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Yakumo died -- and his life will never be the same again. He's become a zombie, courtesy of his newly found friend Pai, herself an immortal being with strange powers and a talent for attracting trouble. His only course seems to be to leave Japan -- and his old life -- behind forever. But when the marauding monster called the Gesu attacks, he's got to stand his ground and defend Pai. To lose the fight is to sacrifice immortality and leave Pai helpless! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "House of Demons!" Collects 3 X 3 Eyes (1991 Innovation) #1-5. Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Pai is a strange, provincial woman who has come to Tokyo from the Tibetan highlands. Somewhere in Tokyo is a young man who can help her in her quest... to become human! When Pai finally finds Yakumo, they set off in search of the artifact that can transform her, but it will take all of her mystical powers to keep the reckless Yakumo alive, even if she has to steal his soul to protect him! Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Curse of the Gesu!" Collects 3 X 3 Eyes (1995 Dark Horse) #1-5. Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Yakumo was an ordinary high-school student in Tokyo when he met an immortal girl named Pai, whose quest for humanity led them on a great adventure that has become a modern legend! Now the adventures of Pai and Yakumo continue in this trade paperback, collecting issues #1-5 of Curse of the Gesu! Yakumo returns to Japan believing that he can resume his old life as a high-school student, ignoring Pai's warning that to do so will subject everyone he knows to the evils of hell itself! Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Flight of the Demon!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. The collected editions of the manga horror/action epic finally continue! From a hidden world in the Tibetan highlands comes Pai, a strange and beautiful girl with a difference: three eyes and three hundred birthdays behind her! Sent to Tokyo by a dying anthropologist, Pai must find his son, Yakumo, to help her in her quest... to become human! But when Pai merges Yakumo's soul with that of her immortal supernatural familiar to save his life, the urgency of their mission becomes even greater as Yakumo fights to reclaim his own humanity. Pai and Yakumo discover the existence of a statue that may help end their quest, but to obtain it they'll have to take on the dwellers in the dark, who need the statue to revive a dread demonic lord and bring about an inhuman kingdom of immortal evil! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Blood of the Sacred Demon!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Everything changes in this volume of 3x3 Eyes, one of Japan's most popular and longest-running series! The zombie teenager Yakumo has been searching for Pai, the girl he loves, for years. When he finds her, she's in big trouble! The amnesiac Pai has forgotten all about her inhuman heritage and mystical powers, and an evil group of supernatural Puppet People are on the hunt for her! Can Yakumo use his new special attack moves to rescue Pai and restore her memories? Or will she run from him -- and the truth -- as well? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. "Blood of the Sacred Demon!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Everything changes in this volume of 3x3 Eyes, one of Japan's most popular and longest-running series! The zombie teenager Yakumo has been searching for Pai, the girl he loves, for years. When he finds her, she's in big trouble! The amnesiac Pai has forgotten all about her inhuman heritage and mystical powers, and an evil group of supernatural Puppet People are on the hunt for her! Can Yakumo use his new special attack moves to rescue Pai and restore her memories? Or will she run from him -- and the truth -- as well? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Summoning of the Beast!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. After living as a human with no recollection of her three-hundred plus years in a mystical Tibetan kingdom, Pai's supernatural powers have returned, but not her memories. These wondrous abilities are an exciting development for a seemingly typical Tokyo teenager...until she discovers that her Sanjiyan, the monstrous source of her power, is on the loose and can only be controlled within her by the Claw of Shiva, a sorcerous artifact that the memory-challenged Pai just happens to have bagged and tossed into the trash! But Yakumo, Pai's mortal-made-immortal boyfriend, is at her side, which for him may not be a good thing. He may be immortal but he's not indestructible, and eternal life isn't much comfort when you're being torn to pieces! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Key to the Sacred Land!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Pai, the beautiful 300-year-old amnesiac mystic, and her companion-cum-immortal slave, Tokyo student Yakumo Fujii, search China for ancient relics to provide clues to the location of Pai's hidden Tibetan homeland, where Pai's memories can be restored. But the two are not the only ones in search of these objects. Both the dashing relic-hunter Jake McDonald and the nefarious Choukai, are trying to get their mitts on a certain mystic incense burner. And when Choukai traps Pai within a sorcerous binding circle, Yakumo is torn by the fateful decision of whether or not to pay the artifact as ransom to free Pai and by doing so, dooming Pai's memories and his own chance of returning to his mortal existence. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 6 - 2nd and later printings. "Key to the Sacred Land!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Pai, the beautiful 300-year-old amnesiac mystic, and her companion-cum-immortal slave, Tokyo student Yakumo Fujii, search China for ancient relics to provide clues to the location of Pai's hidden Tibetan homeland, where Pai's memories can be restored. But the two are not the only ones in search of these objects. Both the dashing relic-hunter Jake McDonald and the nefarious Choukai, are trying to get their mitts on a certain mystic incense burner. And when Choukai traps Pai within a sorcerous binding circle, Yakumo is torn by the fateful decision of whether or not to pay the artifact as ransom to free Pai and by doing so, dooming Pai's memories and his own chance of returning to his mortal existence. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "The Shadow of the Kunlun!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Pai, the beautiful 300-year-old amnesiac mystic, and her companion-cum-immortal slave, Tokyo student Yakumo Fujii, may have found the clues they seek to help them discover the secrets of the Sacred Land. Joined by the dashing relic-hunter, Jake MacDonald, Yakumo and Pai discover an ancient temple that may hold the key to returning Pai and Yakumo to their human forms. However their journey of exploration becomes a fight for survival as the pair are once again pitted against the evil forces of Kaiyan Wang. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Descent of the Mystic City!" Collects stories from Super Manga Blast! issues #32-40. Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Pai doesn't look a day over sixteen; of course, she's 300 years old and the last of an ancient mystical race. Yakumo looks no different than your average Tokyo teen; however, he's been resurrected from the dead as Pai's immortal slave and defender. They're both on a quest to return Pai to her hidden homeland and ultimately to return Yakumo to his mortal form. They've been through hell and high water to find a lost Tibetan shrine that holds the keys to the Sacred Land of Kunlun. But with the mission accomplished, the return to Kunlun turns out not to be the heartfelt reunion Pai had hoped for, but could instead reveal her incredible journey to be only a ruse that could well release the evil Kaiyan Wang from imprisonment in the Sacred Land! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "House of Demons!" Collects 3 X 3 Eyes (1991 Innovation) #1-5. Story and art by Yuzo Takada. The first volume of one of Japan's longest running manga series is now back in print in an English-language edition, reformatted to match the current 3x3 Eyes titles. From a hidden land in the Tibetan Highlands comes Pai, a strange and beautiful woman come to Tokyo to find a young man named Yakumo who can help her in her quest...to become human! When Pai finally finds her man, the two set off in search of an artifact that can transform her, but it will take all her mystic powers to keep the reckless Yakumo alive - even if she has to steal his soul to protect him! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Curse of the Gesu!" Collects 3 X 3 Eyes (1995 Dark Horse) #1-5. Story and art by Yuzo Takada. The second volume of one of Japan's longest running manga series is now back in print in an English-language edition, reformatted to match the current 3x3 Eyes titles. Yakumo is an ordinary Tokyo high-school student who is helping a not-so-ordinary 300-year-old girl from Tibet named Pai on a quest to discover a way for Pai to become human, a quest that exposes Yakumo to the terrors best kept in nightmares . But when Yakumo returns to Japan thinking he can resume his old life, he discovers that the evils of hell have come with him! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Tamiki Wakaki. Translated by Kristjan Rohde. A sweet "fake engagement" romance about quiet coworkers by the creator of The World God Only Knows! The J.T.C. travel agency is looking for someone to manage its brand-new branch in Irkutsk. But for employees Oohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika, they'd rather just stay home in Tokyo! Thankfully, they've discovered a way out-their manager has narrowed down the recruits to bachelors, so what if they just... got married? The problem is they barely know each other at all! Can they convince their office they're engaged just long enough for the transfer to finish up? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Teen (13+) Cover price $13.99.

1st printing. Story and art by J. P. Kalonji. J. P. Kalonji wields a clean, street-informed style to deliver a tale that glistens with blood and drama, yet is ultimately uplifting. Nearly four hundred pages long, this graphic novel employs full-page panels to tell the story of an Edo-era swordsman's quest for survival and enlightenment. When Ningen leaves his dojo at the request of his master -- to travel the world and grow as a swordsman -- he embarks on a journey that becomes a metaphor for the cycle of life and every human's possibility for spiritual growth. Collaborating with such international clients as Wyclef Jean, Amnesty International, Thrasher, and Burton snowboards, illustrator J. P. Kalonji has begun to enchant the world with his energetic art style. Now he's ready to make a splash with his English-language graphic-novel debut! This engaging, nearly 400-page tale draws comparisons to both Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal and Jeff Smith's Bone. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 392 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art byNobuaki Tadano. Modern-day Japan is the stage for a new form of hard science-fiction, as author Nobuaki Tadano revisits one of the genre's Grand Masters, Hal Clement, in his debut series 7 Billion Needles. Loosely based on Clement's golden age title Needle, Tadano's gripping homage follows the life of a teenage girl whose melancholy days are dramatically changed when her body becomes host to an alien life form caught up in an intergalactic manhunt. Always sporting her headphones to try to close out the people and the world around her, Hikaru is a somewhat reclusive teenaged girl. Within her body resides another lifeform known as Ciel, a hunter in search of an intergalactic murderer intent on wiping out humanity. In 7 Billion Needles, two lives share one heart as they race to protect each other and the memories they cherish. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. 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 byNobuaki Tadano. Modern-day Japan is the stage for a new form of hard science-fiction, as author Nobuaki Tadano revisits one of the genre's Grand Masters, Hal Clement, in his debut series 7 Billion Needles. Loosely based on Clement's golden age title Needle, Tadano's gripping homage follows the life of a teenage girl whose melancholy days are dramatically changed when her body becomes host to an alien life form caught up in an intergalactic manhunt. Always sporting her headphones to try to close out the people and the world around her, Hikaru is a somewhat reclusive teenaged girl. Within her body resides another lifeform known as Ciel, a hunter in search of an intergalactic murderer intent on wiping out humanity. In 7 Billion Needles, two lives share one heart as they race to protect each other and the memories they cherish. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. 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 byNobuaki Tadano. Loosely inspired by Hal Clement's novel Needle, 7 Billion Needles follows the life of a teenage girl whose life is dramatically changed when her body is possessed by an alien life form caught up in an intergalactic manhunt. As strange as "normal" might seem to her now, "happy days" are much more welcomed than the surreal days Hikaru experienced with Celistial. Having wasted Maelstrom in battle, she has been freed from the voices and is moving on with her life. But not only is Maelstrom still around and possibly more determined than ever to defeat Celestial, but Celestial has been in her blood all along! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art byNobuaki Tadano. A modern homage to a golden age sci-fi novel, 7 Billion Needles mixes drama, action, mystery, and intergalactic intrigue, with a strong-willed but aloof main character, a teenage girl with a habit of always wearing headphones. After surviving her showdown with the intergalactic terrorist Maelstrom, Hikaru attempts to return to society with the peace of mind that mankind is now safe. But her very reality may be torn asunder as she no longer has one alien lifeform living in her bloodstream - now there are two! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art byNobuaki Tadano. Created as an homage to Hal Clement's science-fiction classic Needle, 7 Billion Needles re-invents the sci-fi manga genre by mixing whodunit mystery with a very youthful cast of teenage girls. Hikaru is a strong-willed and self-reliant teenage girl, who does not shy away from danger or responsibility. In this final volume, she must build up her courage to save mankind from annihilation at the hands of a highly-evolved alien race. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Mitsu Izumi.

Awyn tries to be the perfect gardener-and perfect man-to win over his human mistress. But when he unwittingly awakens an ambitious demon, he must spend his days slicing away the rotten roots of beautiful gardens worldwide with his giant sword. And now seven angels are hunting him and his demon mistress down!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 228 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

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Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Mitsu Izumi.

Awyn and Vyrde are engaged in a savage battle with angel Uri when a mysterious young-yet powerful-boy appears on the scene. What is the child's relationship to Vyrde? Do demons even have relations? Then, because the other angels aren't conveniently showing up for Vyrde to slay, she follows their trail to a neighboring nation embroiled in regicide. Is tenderhearted Awyn willing to fight back against a cute young princess who happens to be wielding an angel-powered weapon capable of annihilating both him and Vyrde?!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $9.99.