Comic books in 'Manga'

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Story & art: Sanpei Shirato. An inexperienced swordsman, Juzo nevertheless risks life and limb to protect innocent peasants from the greed and sadism of samurai! For Mature Readers. Deluxe B&W Format. Cover price $1.50.

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Story & art: Sanpei Shirato. Juzo begins the intense physical and psychological training needed to become an expert swordsman. But Juzo's fate is sealed as the monk recounts the Yagyu's part in his downfall! For Mature Readers. Deluxe B&W Format. Cover price $1.50.

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Story & art: Sanpei Shirato. Genpo is called out to investigate a peculiar series of murders involving master swordsmanship on the part of the assailant--an investigation that may uncover many of the secrets surrounding the mysterious monk! For Mature Readers. Deluxe B&W Format. Cover price $1.50.

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Story & art: Sanpei Shirato. Can two dire enemies put aside their quarrel to fight a common foe, or will treachery leave one helpless in the other's hands? Find out when a surprise ninja attack leaves Kamui fighting back to back with his greatest enemy, Utsuse! For Mature Readers. Deluxe B&W Format. Cover price $1.50.

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1st printing-volume 1. Reprinting the first six issues of the popular fantasy manga series. Collecting the entire first story arc, The First Chapter of the Apocalypse. Join the lovely Lemnear on her quest as she journeys far from her homeland in search of adventure and companionship. The evil god Varohl is intent on capturing her and stealing her latent powers but finds she is not as helpless as he thought. With the help of her new found allies, Lian, Mesh and Lunagu, Lemnear battles the trials and tribulations that await her. Original Story by Kinji Yoshimoto. Original Art by Satoshi Urushihara. Suggested for Mature Readers. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

1st printing-volume 2. New from CPM Manga! Reprinting issues 7 - 12 of the popular fantasy manga series, this graphic novel collects the entire second story arc. The evil god Varohl is intent on capturing Lemnear and stealing her latent powers but finds she is not as helpless as he thought. With the help of new allies, Lian, Mesh and Lunagu, Lemnear battles the enemies that await her. Original Story by Kinji Yoshimoto. Original Art by Satoshi Urushihara. Suggested for Mature Readers. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

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By KATSUHIRO OTOMO & TAKUMI NAGAYASU. Above a long-poisoned earth, the last bastion of human civilization is in exodus from orbital colonies during a terrorist attack. In the confusion, a young mother is separated from her family and flung into a bleak, uncertain future...but Sarah will not rest until she finds her children. Cover price $2.95.

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By KATSUHIRO OTOMO & TAKUMI NAGAYASU. Sarah and Tsutsu, the roving trader, have come to a war zone at the site of a buried city. For Tsutsu, there's no business like war profit business, but when Sarah befriends an orphaned farm girl, she quickly finds herself forced to choose between equally fascistic sides in a bloody war. Cover price $2.95.

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By KATSUHIRO OTOMO & TAKUMI NAGAYASU. Prisoners of war can expect no mercy. Neither, it seems, can their captors. When a young man is placed on firing squad duty, he discovers that the glamour of the uniform ends when a trigger must be pulled...and a life ended. Cover price $2.95.

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By KATSUHIRO OTOMO & TAKUMI NAGAYASU. Lucia's underground hideaway in the depths of the mines reveals a secret that will forever change her family. Diving into the lagoon to find the source of its crystal-clear water, Sarah returns with an ingot of gold. Lucia rushes to tell Toki, but instead of planning a new future for the two of them, the disgraced soldier can only think of buying his way back into the army that rejected him. Cover price $2.95.

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By KATSUHIRO OTOMO & TAKUMI NAGAYASU. Toki has received his dream promotion in the army. But it quickly becomes a nightmare as he discovers that dreams carry a weighty price, and you can never buy back what you already gave up. When the walls come crashing down in "Tunnel Town," will even Mother Sarah be able to save the family? Cover price $2.95.

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By KATSUHIRO OTOMO & TAKUMI NAGAYASU. Kill or be killed. That's a lesson young Toki just can't stomach, and his reluctance may cost him his life...and the life of Mother Sarah! Cover price $2.95.

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By KATSUHIRO OTOMO & TAKUMI NAGAYASU. Mother Sarah and her companions face execution at the hands of the Kommandant's firing squad! The only thing that can save them is the power of gold and the greed of her fellow men. If she reveals the location of the gold vault to the Kommandant, will he spare her life? Can Mother Sarah and her friends escape with their lives when chaos erupts among the gold-crazed troops of the mine garrison? And what slumbering terrors lurk unseen behind the armored door to the vault? Cover price $2.95.

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By KATSUHIRO OTOMO & TAKUMI NAGAYASU. The Kommandant and the treasure-crazed troops of the mine garrison reach the end of their quest for the hidden cache of gold. Everyone wants it, but only one will succeed. Will Mother Sarah find her missing children? Is this the end of the line for Toki? Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. Art and cover by Takumi Nagayasu. When chaos erupted on the colonial satellites, Sarah and her children were thrown to earth in separate directions. Now she wanders the planet in search of her son and daughter, through towns corrupt with greed and cities run by teen-agers. On this leg of her journey, she comes across a platoon of armored tanks -- and a brigade of religious young women who will stop at nothing to stop those tanks. In this city of angels, a band of girls stands their ground against the firepower of the Epoch, even when it means they may be killed themselves. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. Art and cover by Takumi Nagayasu. When Sarah is thrown into prison along with a young woman from the Church of Teresu, she gets an earful of religion. But when Sarah finds the girls selling their bodies to the troops for a few boxes of military rations, she resolves to have a word with their spiritual leader. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. Art and cover by Takumi Nagayasu. Sarah's heart is troubled. The more she finds out about the Church of Saint Teresu, the more she is angered by the brutal way it exploits the young women who belong to it. And there is one girl who will not leave her mind. Has she finally found her missing daughter? But unbeknownst to Sarah or the death-obsessed Saint Teresu, other forces are closing in. The commander of the garrison has decided the church is undermining the morale of his soldiers, and he's ready to take steps to put an end to it. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. Art and cover by Takumi Nagayasu. Some people are born under a lucky star. Among the battered and abused orphan girls serving Mother Teres, Satoko is one of the lucky ones. The tall, strong woman waiting outside the church doors is Sarah, her mother, rewarded at last after ten years of searching for her long-lost daughter. But the joy of reunion is brief. Ten years have scarred both mother and daughter, and before they can even begin to heal the wounds, the armored forces of Mother Earth open their final assault on the refugee-clogged town, and the Church of Mother Teres is in the way! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. Art and cover by Takumi Nagayasu. Shells are raining down on the church of Mother Teres, and one of the victims is Athena's baby daughter Meena. When Mother Teres tells the young woman to let her baby die rather than live on in a world of carnage and slaughter, Sarah takes charge. With Athena and Satoko at her side, they go in search of medicine. But the town has been hit even harder than the church. And one of the victims is Sarah's traveling companion Tsue! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. Art and cover by Takumi Nagayasu. Amid the wreckage caused by shelling, further chaos ensues as the unity under the Church of Teres begins to crumble. Mother Teres is called before the army officials. While she is under questioning, the soldiers continue to abuse the girls of the Church. It is up to Sarah to end this depravity and free the girls from their exploitation. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. Art and cover by Takumi Nagayasu. Satoko is pregnant by her young soldier lover, and now Mother Teresu wants her to abort the baby. But if war has been hard on Satoko and her friends, it's about to get worse. As an object lesson to other pacifists, the commander of the Epoch base has come up with an idea. He's going to put them all, including Sarah, in the front trenches of the final defenses of the city. And let them see first hand what war is all about. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. Art and cover by Takumi Nagayasu. Mother Teres succeeds in her suicide run. Tortured by the thought of all the things she has done to the girls under her charge, she choses death. But, the horror is not over -- the commander is ordering the girls to stand as a human shield in front of the army defenses! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. Art and cover by Takumi Nagayasu. War is hell, and the approaching tank brigade is not going to stop its advance for a group of young nuns praying to heaven for help. When the brigade tries to open a path through the minefields, and sets off a chain reaction that turns the entire battlefield into a blinding sea of detonations, can anyone, even Sarah's daughter, survive the conflagration? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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Written by Katsuhiro Otomo. Art and cover by Takumi Nagayasu. Mother Sarah has never stopped searching for her missing children. Her quest takes Sarah and her companion Tsue to a mining town controlled by a child dictator bent on using his youthful army to rid the world of everyone over 40 years of age! But Sarah uncovers the real power behind this planned geriatricide: a cruelly beautiful woman who is the apparent mistress of Boy's Town. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.