Comic books in 'Manga', graded by CGC

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. While Kagome is overpowered by the shark-faced Manten of the Thunder Brothers, his more human-looking sibling attacks InuYasha, preventing him from rescuing her! Published in English almost simultaneously with its release in Japan. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.25.

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. One Thunder Brother is down, but the other one is out for revenge! InuYasha's sword may be the match of the demon Hiden's trident...but InuYasha's sword is missing, and now the battle is trident vs. scabbard! Published in English almost simultaneously with its release in Japan. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.25.

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. Back in the present day, Kagome tries to stop a little girl from playing a dangerous prank - only to witness the girl, whom only Kagome can see, disappear in front of her eyes! Meanwhile, in the past, Kagome and Shippo encounter a strange creature. Published in English almost simultaneously with its release in Japan. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.25.

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. In modern-day Tokyo, Kagome wrestles with the poltergeist-like powers of Mayu, an evil little girl whose tricks are turning deadly. But is Mayu dead or alive? And what even more horrifying force is behind her supernatural abilities? 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.25.

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. Back in feudal Japan, Kagome and InuYasha encounter Nazuna, a girl running for her life from the horrifying half-human spiders that killed her father. Seeking safety in numbers, the group retreats to the house of a Buddhist monk who raised Nazuna after her father's death, only to be caught up in the strange transformations taking place within. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.25.

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. Trapped in a house by a spider's web of human flesh, Kagome must nurse a gravely injured InuYasha...who, through the worst imaginable timing, has turned into a human being! Kagome and Nazuna must fend off the nightmare without him...and it's a long time until dawn! 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.25.

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. As the living spider web engulfs the house, along with Kagome and Nazuna, InuYasha must figure out some way to defeat it before it devours them all! The only way to defeat the demon is to destroy its brain...but the monster is growing new heads as fast as InuYasha can attack them! 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.25.

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. Years ago, the shamaness Kikyo died to protect her village from the demon InuYasha...but death is only the beginning. Now, while Kagome and InuYasha are away, a scythe-wielding witch robs Kikyo's grave with a plan to bring Kikyo back to life as her slave! What will happen if Kagome and Kikyo - the previous incarnation of Kagome - coexist at the same time? 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.25.

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. Reborn from clay and ashes, Kikyo's body has returned to life. Now it only needs a soul - and to the hag who has resurrected Kikyo, Kagome's soul will do! What will happen when Kagome and her own previous incarnation coexist at the same time? 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.25.

By Rumiko Takahashi. The great cleric Kikyo, who pinned Inu-Yasha to a tree, has been resurrected - and now she wants to kill Inu-Yasha again! But to Kagome's surprise, Inu-Yasha doesn't fight back, and tries to persuade Kikyo to stop with tender words of... love!? b&w, 40pgs. Cover price $3.25.

By Rumiko Takahashi. An exorcist wandering feudal Japan picks up a scent of demon? Inu-Yasha! Will the seemingly well-intentioned hunter banish Kagome's friend, and why does he bear a shard of the Shikon Jewel? b&w, 40pgs. Cover price $3.25.

By Rumiko Takahashi. It's a showdown at high noon in a medieval Japanese village: Miroku, the travelling exorcist, versus Inu-Yasha, the half-demon. Inu-Yasha has the Tetsusaiga sword and the Blades of Blood?but none of these are a match for the secret weapon in the palm of Miroku's left hand. b&w, 40pgs. Cover price $3.25.

By Rumiko Takahashi. A beautiful woman with a mysterious past. A withdrawn artist, feverishly painting. Armies of monsters that sweep across Japan. Will Kagome, Inu-Yasha, and the exorcist Miroku find the link between the three? b&w, 40pgs. Cover price $3.25.

By Rumiko Takahashi. Miroku the exorcist, Kagome and Inu-Yasha must face the half-real monsters conjured from an evil artist's imagination! Even if they can stop three-headed snakes, demons, and hordes of bakemono, there are more horrors waiting to be drawn... unless Inu-Yasha can cut them off at the source. b&w, 40pgs. Cover price $3.25.

by Rumiko Takahashi Sesshômaru returns! With the help of a mysterious stranger, Inu-Yasha's evil half-brother is finally armed for a rematch...literally, with a new arm grafted onto the maimed stump where Inu-Yasha wounded him before! Will the dog-demon reclaim their father's sword and have his vengeance? Fantasy-adventure from Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku)! b&w, 40pg (4 of 7)" Cover price $3.25.

by Rumiko Takahashi With a human hand attached to the stump of his claw, Inu-Yasha's evil brother Sesshômaru can wield the Tetsusaiga fang, the magic weapon designed to serve humankind. Will he kill Inu-Yasha... or merely take an arm for an arm? b&w, 40pg (2 of 7)" Cover price $3.25.

by Rumiko Takahashi Kagome falls at Sesshômaru's hand! Is this goodbye for the pair of demon hunters, or merely the prelude to an even more ferocious match between Sesshômaru and Inu-Yasha? Which brother-which demon-is the strongest? b&w, 40pg (3 of 7)" Cover price $3.25.

by Rumiko Takahashi Time Traveller No More? Kagome finds herself unable to return to the past, unaware that Inu-Yasha himself has sealed the entrance to the magic well between the worlds. Meanwhile, a mummy-like figure, a bandaged burn victim treated by Kikyo, has news for Inu-Yasha and warrior monk Miroku. b&w, 40pg (4 of 7)" Cover price $3.25.

by Rumiko Takahashi Kagome, who can't find her way back to the Middle Ages, is confronted by a danger of a different sort: she gets asked out on a date! Meanwhile, a wolf-demon is on the trail of Inu-Yasha! b&w, 40pg (5 of 7) Cover price $3.25.

by Rumiko Takahashi Date with a Demon! Time traveler Kagome cuts short her date with a classmate to return to feudal Japan, where Inu-Yasha, Miroku, and Kaede need her help against a cursed wolf-demon. Meanwhile, in the woods, a mysterious figure in furs ? the same person who helped Sesshômaru fight Inu-Yasha ? watches the situation worsen. b&w, 40 pages (6 of 7) Cover price $3.25.

by Rumiko Takahashi Inu-Yasha challenges Naraku, the shapeshifting demon with a thousand faces who impersonated him and killed Kikyo. Miroku, the exorcist, has a few scores to settle as well ? the lives of his father and grandfather. But what kind of face waits beneath Naraku's mask? b&w, 40pg (7 of 7) Cover price $3.25.

by Rumiko Takahashi Kikyo has Inu-Yasha in her clutches and begins to drain the life out of him, while Kagome is attacked by phantom eels. Is there anything left in Kikyo of the woman Inu-Yasha loved? b&w, 40pg (3 of 11) Cover price $2.95.

by Rumiko Takahashi Following a gruesome trail of "fruit," Inu-Yasha, Miroku and Kagome come to a tree that grows human heads. And they don't have long before the owner of the tree, a monstrous ogre, returns to check on his crop. b&w, 40pg (4 of 11) Cover price $2.95.

by Rumiko Takahashi A giant demon with botanical inclinations has the now-human Inu-Yasha tied up in a tangle of thorns, while he toys with miniaturized human beings ? including Miroku and Kagome ? within a magical bonsai garden! b&w, 40pg (5 of 11) Cover price $2.95.

by Rumiko Takahashi The plant demon is dead. Inu-Yasha is crushed beneath its fallen corpse...is it too late for Kagome to tell him how she feels? Then, meet a brother-and-sister pair of monster hunters dressed in black, whose tremendous boomerang can slice any demon in two. b&w, 40pg (7 of 11) Cover price $2.95.

by Rumiko Takahashi The brother and sister team of Sango and Kohaku is split apart when a demon possesses Kohaku. Meanwhile, Inu-Yasha and Kagome have their own hands full when they arrive at a town destroyed by demons. b&w, 40pg (8 of 11) Cover price $2.95.

by Rumiko Takahashi Naraku manipulates the boomerang-wielding ninja girl Sango into picking Inu-Yasha for her prey. Meanwhile, Inu-Yasha, Miroku, and Kagome descend into the bone-filled cave (where, legend says, the Shikon Jewel was created) to find the calcified remains of its first possessors. b&w, 40pg (9 of 11) Cover price $2.95.

by Rumiko Takahashi It's a no-holds-barred battle between Inu-Yasha and the masked warrior Sango with her gigantic boomerang! Meanwhile, Nataku overpowers Miryoku and has him cornered like a rat. Can Inu-Yasha deal with Sango in time to save the monk? b&w, 40pg (10 of 11) Cover price $2.95.

by Rumiko Takahashi The bitter end to Inu-Yasha and Nataku's battle draws near! With Sango out of action, Inu-Yasha goes after Nataku and beheads the fiendish man-become-demon only to find the body a decoy and the real Nataku has escaped safely! In the aftermath, Sango and Inu-Yasha rehabilitate while Kagome uncovers the remains of an ancient demon-hunting woman deep in a cave. Can the secrets of the past help Kagome in the present? b&w, 40pg (11 of 11) Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. Sango has joined the group after her and Inu-Yasha recover from their battle wounds and the search for the Shikon Shards continues. While bedding down for the night though, Inu-Yasha discovers a spy lurking in the forest that turns out to be a boy in search of help. A local temple has taken his brother for mysterious reasons and the group moves to investigate. But have they bitten off more than they can chew? b&w, 40pg (1 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. Following the lead they received from a distressed boy in the woods, Inu-Yasha and the group runs head first into just about the most dangerous temple in all Japan. There they come face-to-face with the demon priest Suijin: the ringleader of all local demon activity and the head of a cult that kidnaps and sacrifices humans. With the Tetsusaiga out of commission, Inu-Yasha and Kagome must distract the immensely powerful demon while Miroku and Sango find a weakness. b&w, 32pg (4 of 4) Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. While searching the temple for a way to stop the demon Suijin, Miroku and Sango discover a woman only inches in height who claims to be the real Suijin! Is this pint-sized priestess friend or foe? Meanwhile, Inu-Yasha and the possibly false Suijin tangle underwater while Kagome and the village boy scramble to steal the demon's enchanted spear. b&w, 40pg (3 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. After vanquishing a demon posing as a beautiful woman, Miroku's thoughts turn to long-buried memories of his youth, when a terrible accident changed his life forever. Will returning to his home temple resolve his tangled past, or does death await the cursed monk? Then, Kagome and Inu-Yasha spot Nataku spying on them, but it turns out to be just another of his avatar golems. When will the real Nataku show his face? b&w, 40pg (4 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Rumiko Takahashi. Miroku's rest and relaxation time is cut short when an old monk friend tries to kill him while under in the influence of a demon! Inu-Yasha and the group are alerted to their friend's peril, and while Inu-Yasha dispatches wave after wave of demons, Kagome and Sango look for the demon pulling the strings. But when faced with so many demons plus the monk's holy magic, can Inu-Yasha and the Tetsusaiga stand up to the onslaught? 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. Moving quickly, Sango dispatches the demonic puppet master controlling Miroku's friend and finally the afflicted monk can begin the road to recovery for his injuries. Back on the road, the group comes to a town whose population has been utterly devastated... but by whom? With a swing of the Tetsusaiga and the crack of splintering wood the culprit is revealed - Sango's brother Kohaku! b&w, 40pg (6 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. Controlled by one of Naraku's Shikon Shards, Sango's brother Kohaku is sent on a mission to kill Inu-Yasha. But if Sango ever wants to see her brother alive again, there's one thing he wants from her - the Tetsusaiga! b&w, 40pg (7 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. Sango's deal with Naraku to trade the Tetsusaiga for Kohaku goes sour, and in the heat of combat, Sango unmasks the crafty demon! Has Sango inadvertently unleashed his full fury? b&w, 40pg (8 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. With a pull of the bow and the whiz of an arrow, Kagome vaporizes most of Naraku's demonic body to the awe of all witnesses! But with Naraku defeated for now, Sango must come to grips with the fact that her brother is now an agent of the very demon that slaughtered their entire village. b&w, 40pg (9 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. The demon has slaughtered the entire village, but strangely enough, Inu-Yasha and Kagome have been invited to the demon's homestead, and must hear how his mother's desperate financial situation has not improved. Are the villagers ready to learn the demon is not as frightening as he seems... and can they forgive? b&w, 40pg (10 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. Is there such a thing as a good demon? Jinenji, a demon cared for by an old woman, takes on another demon. Is one good, or are they both evil? Also, Kikyo is taken by a band of samurai to a castle where a lord with a hidden agenda has summoned her. And when flaming demon remains fall from the sky, it must be a job for Inu-Yasha! b&w, 40pg. Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. Inu-Yasha and Miroku descend down into a demon pit, and as each demon wins its battle, the winner gains the powers of the loser. So when one demon is triumphant, it will be the worst demon you've ever seen - well, certainly more than Inu-Yasha can handle! b&w, 40pg (12 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. Inu-Yasha struggles to protect Kikyo as she battles the horrible denizens of the demon-haunted caverns. Kagome endangers herself when she tries to help Kikyo. To make matters worse, in the fighting the demon Naraku is freed. b&w, 40pg (13 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. KAGOME TO THE RESCUE? While searching for Kikyo, who has been captured by Naraku, Inu-Yasha, and the others find themselves spirited away to different worlds of illusions. Inu-Yasha is sent to the time and place fifty years ago when he was killed by Kikyo. With the others helplessly entangled in Naraku's magic, can Kagome, alone and unaided, save the day? b&w, 40pg (14 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

By Rumiko Takahashi. While everyone else has disappeared into their different worlds of various illusions, Kagome is the only one left when she is confronted by Kikyo who takes her piece of the Jewel of the Four Souls. Then, it's a wake up call for Inu-Yasha who snaps out of his hallucinated state... whose aid will he come to? b&w, 40pg (15 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

by Rumiko Takahashi Totosai comes to Inu-Yasha for protection against Inu-Yasha's brother Seshomaru, who has a sword powerful enough to give life, instead of taking it away! What Seshomaru wants is the complete opposite ? one as powerful as Inu-Yasha's! Will these two battle it out to the end? Find out in the next story by manga great Rumiko Takahashi! b&w, 40pg (1 of 8) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

by Rumiko Takahashi The battle between demonic brothers continues as Inu-Yasha and Sesshomaru exchange blows, neither giving any ground to the other. Wielding the Tetsusaiga however should give Inu-Yasha the edge, but Sesshomaru seems to be able to see through every attack the half-demon can dish out. What is Sesshomaru's secret technique and can Inu-Yasha counter it? b&w, 40pg (2 of 8) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

by Rumiko Takahashi In midst of a battle with his brother Sessho-maru, Inu-Yasha is finally able to see through the "scar of the wind" and utilize the Tetsusaiga to its fullest potential. Will Sessho-maru recover from his wounds? Meanwhile, Koga acquires one of the fragments of the Jewel of the Four Souls. b&w, 40pg (3 of 8) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.