The Comics comic books issue 4

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Written by Tres Dean. Art by Sebastian Piriz. Cover by Josh Hixson. Kit's getting pretty good at this whole mecha-piloting thing. Unfortunately, she's getting worse at everything else. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Staz Johnson. Story by Keith Champagne. Art by Andy Smith. Things get seriously out of hand as WWE superstars start turning into WWE super-monsters! With the entire arena in chaos will anyone be able to save the day from the evil Reverend Josiah? One old-school WWE film-star, ex-champion, and general bad-ass thinks he has what it takes to save the day! Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Anne Toole and Anthony Del Col. Art by PJ Kaiowa. Cover by Valeria Favoccia. Direct tie-in to the brand-new videogame, Assassin's Creed Origins! Witness the very beginning of the Assassin's Creed! 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Chu F. Hing. Stories and art by Chu F. Hing, Bill Allison, Art Moore, Harold DeLay and Henry Kiefer. Sometimes listed as Blazing Comics Vol. 2 #1. Costumed adventurers face Axis forces in this WWII-era series featuring the Green Turtle. The Green Turtle and Burma Boy must fly to Chunking, China for a mission against the Axis forces, in a story that features an appearance by real-life Chinese general Chiang Kai-Chek. Native American air ace Red Hawk risks a suicide mission to destroy a Japanese naval base in the South Pacific. The Black Buccaneer faces an ancient Incan sacrificial rite to rescue his brother Ronnie. Green Turtle: Mission to Chunking; Tommy Paige; Black Buccaneer; So I'm 4F; Super Drooper & Drip; Red Hawk: Cargo of Death; Jun-Gal; Mr. Ree: The Corpse That Came Back. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Story, Art and Cover by IRRA. Ever since returning to his hometown, a world of trouble has surrounded Moor's every move as he's rekindled old friendships. This issue only brings more death and more problems for him at every turn. And now the police are starting to take notice. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Story, Art and Cover by IRRA. Ever since returning to his hometown, a world of trouble has surrounded Moor's every move as he's rekindled old friendships. This issue only brings more death and more problems for him at every turn. And now the police are starting to take notice. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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(W/A/CA) Jay P. Fosgitt Bodie becomes a profit to doom in a dirty diaper, but storm clouds are on the horizon, and the doom to come may be Bodie's! Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Joshua Starnes. Art and Cover by Raymond Estrada. Claire's attempt to rescue Leo has resulted in the both of them becoming Methuselah's prisoner. Their only chance is for Leo to follow the old man into the Box itself and discover where it came from and decide who lives, who dies, and who gets The Box! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.95.

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Written by Sam Romesburg and Ben Roberts. Art by Gioele Filippo. The harvest is coming! Daniel, Cyrus, and the mother race to save the children of Terra. Will their warnings be heeded or will they be labeled as traitors? Witness the blood soaked climax to this extra-terrestrial epic. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

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Comics: The Golden Age (1984), edited by Ron Goulart, is a nice guide to all things from the Golden Age of comic books. Includes articles on the Invaders (Captain America, Namor the Savage Sub-Mariner, and the HUman Torch) and other WW II heroes. 50 pages, cardstock cover, 8.25-in. x 10.75-in. Cover price $3.95.

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Written by Sheldon Allen. Art by Karl Mostert. A rare moment of weakness leads Annie to seek salvation for a damaged youth. Meanwhile, Detective Jones finally confirms the location of the murderous mind hijacker, setting up a dangerous confrontation with the unexpected source of the telepathic mayhem. Trust us, you won't see the ending to this volume coming. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

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Issue #4 - Oct. 1978. The fanzine for novice writers and artists. Edited by Michael Lail. Cover by Craig Miller. Back cover by Greg Huneryager. Next chapter of "Crag" by Michael Vance, Will Frank and Duane Hanson. "The Origin of the Grim Reaper" text story by Tim Janson. Interview with C.J. Cherryh conducted by Michael Vance. Michael Vance on H.G. Wells' The Time Machine. "Holy Cows" column by Tommy Roe. Art by Vesta Robertson, Stan Timmons and Steve Acers. "Genesis Gallery" by Craig Miller. Editorial, poetry, ads and letters round out the issue. Tabloid newspaper format. Folded, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in. Unfolded, 11 1/2-in. x 16-in. 16 total pages, black and white. Cover price $0.60.

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The worst case scenario has happened! Fort Worth is overrun by zombies! Now only the bounty hunters and their newfound Commanche allies stand between the undead and the rest of the country.""(W) Scott Chitwood (A/CA) Alfonso Ruiz Cover price $3.50.

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The fourth issue of the Flashback reprint series presents Special Comics # 1 originally published in 1941 by MLJ Magazines. With issue #2, this series became titled Hangman Comics, so this is actually Hangman # 1. Three Hangman stories. Two Boy Buddies back-up stories (art on both by Paul Reinman). Origins of the Hangman (retold) and the Boy Buddies. Death of the Comet. Shield and Wizard cross-over. 68-pages, full color cardstock covers, 7-3/4-in. x 10-3/8-in. black-and-white interior on white paper stock, saddle-stitched binding. Cover price $3.00.

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Have you finally done it? Self-Published your own comic book? Well, it doesn't stop there! The final issue of Devil's Due President Josh Blaylock's 'how to' series concludes with 'Hit the Pavement,' explaining what is necessary to keep the momentum going for promoting your comic or manga series. Cover price $4.95.

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Written by Art Baltazar and Franco. Art and Cover by Art Baltazar. Herman finally gets the mask back, but what happens when he unleashes his deepest inner awesomeness? A whole lot of crazy, that's what! But do the kids like him better as the Mask, or as regular Daddy Herman? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Written by Shotaro Ishinomori and Toshiki Inoue. Art and cover by Hitotsu Yokoshima. Translated by Jonathan Clements and Motoko Tamauro. The all-new explosive fourth volume of Kamen Rider Kuuga! Based on the classic tokusatsu show of the same name, kindhearted Yusuke Godai returns to stave off the Unidentified Lifeform as the insectile superhero Kamen Rider kuuga! A new wave of Unidentified Lifeform killings is sweeping across Tokyo and only one hero can stop it: Kamen Rider Kuuga! Godai and Ichijo team up to stop a monstrous creature from murdering high school students but Kuuga is struggling with his arcane powers! Meanwhile, the spirit stones awakens the ancient power of Agito, allowing it to escape into the world! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.99.

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Written by Casey Van Heel (A/CA) Walter Flanagan In the 5th dimension, Kurt's insecurities and failures have taken the shape of The Material Unmaker. As The Knights are losing their battle against the Agents of the Primordial Dark, Vanta Black's power grows. Kurt undergoes a severe transformation as Roz fights to shield him from peril. Will it work? Will Kurt join forces with the Knights to save reality? Will The Agents of Primordial Dark be defeated? Will The Spiral Architect survive? And if so, at what cost? 36 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Massimo Rosi. Art by Alex Nieto. Max and Stella's escape moves ever closer to its dramatic climax. As they fight their way through this desperate and fierce world will there be peace or only more horror? Find out in this final chapter, where all paths find their end. Cover price $5.99.

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Written by Michael David McCarthy. Art and Cover by Alonso Molina Gonzales. Winston takes matters into his own hands when the improbable findings from his audit investigation fall on deaf ears. Worse still, Winston suspects Lester Benny's miracles are mutating into tragic twists of fate, placing everyone in Lester's church in grave danger! Winston's pursuit for answers sends him spiraling into the Infinite Incomplete, the realm containing the unfinished parts of the universe and other cosmic works-in-progress. But what exactly waits on the other side? 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

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(W) Tony Trov, Johnny Zito (A) The Rahzzah Class warfare and a massive fire on the roof tops of 1950's New York continues and exiled Russian princess, Moon Girl, is helpless against the chaos! Her only hope is Doctor Benjamin Pierce - but his skin-crawling life story will reveal a disturbing secret history of the golden age of America! Cover price $3.50.

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Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Adachitoka. Translated by Alethea Nibley and Athena Nibley. Though a powerful warrior goddess, Bishamonten suffers from taking on so many shinki. Among Bishamon's many shinki, a terrible plan is formed by one of her most trusted aides. This shinki has dangerous ideas and gets involved with the mysterious Stray. Kazuma has a sense that something is wrong, but can he figure out what exactly is going on? Meanwhile, Hiyori desperately wants Yato to fix her, but he is presented with a solution that is hard to accept. Will Yato fix Hiyori, even if it means he'd have to cut all ties with her?! Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.99.

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No # on cover: Summer 1987 issue Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Sean Mason. Art and Cover by Silvano Beltramo. Kangs with makeshift weapons. Rezzies with knitting needles. Soldiers with guns. Lots of guns. Viv-2 is desperate to save her friends and family. But with Favalan's forces hunting for her and the Pex/Kroagnon hybrid devising his own schemes, is paradise lost? As this resourceful young Kang tries to convince her friends to fight for their future, is this the beginning of a brave new era for Paradise Towers… or the end? Prepare for Kang Warfare! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Sean Mason. Art by Silvano Beltramo. Cover by Martin Geraghty. Kangs with makeshift weapons. Rezzies with knitting needles. Soldiers with guns. Lots of guns. Viv-2 is desperate to save her friends and family. But with Favalan's forces hunting for her and the Pex/Kroagnon hybrid devising his own schemes, is paradise lost? As this resourceful young Kang tries to convince her friends to fight for their future, is this the beginning of a brave new era for Paradise Towers… or the end? Prepare for Kang Warfare! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Sean Mason. Art by Silvano Beltramo. Cover by Robert Hack. Kangs with makeshift weapons. Rezzies with knitting needles. Soldiers with guns. Lots of guns. Viv-2 is desperate to save her friends and family. But with Favalan's forces hunting for her and the Pex/Kroagnon hybrid devising his own schemes, is paradise lost? As this resourceful young Kang tries to convince her friends to fight for their future, is this the beginning of a brave new era for Paradise Towers… or the end? Prepare for Kang Warfare! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

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Story by Andy Owens. Cover and Art by Patrick Blaine. Max finally has the Slasher trapped. But be careful what you wish for, when facing off against a superpowered evil genius. Blackfire has tracked down Liz. Will she be able to survive? 24 pages. Full Color. Cover price $3.99.

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This is the original story contents for Red Circle Comics. NOTE: Leftover covers from #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers. Known books are Woman Outlaws, Dorothy Lamour, Crime Does Not Pay, Sabu, Diary Loves, Love Confessions, & Young Love Vol. 3 # 3. Cover price $0.10.

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Story by James Haick III. Art by Branko Jovanovic. With the Ringling College settlement on the verge of collapsing, Jake and his friends attempt to lay low amongst the potential chaos until the military reinforcements arrive to help them on their long journey ahead. With the New American hot on their trail, will they even be able to wait long enough for that to happen? 32 pages. Full Color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Andrew Osbourne. Art & Cover by Hernan Gonzalez. Colson is seeing too much blood as all the players around him drop like flies. To figure out who's behind the deadly games, to win an unwinnable hand; to live to see another day... Colson has to cheat. 24 pages, full black & white. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

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Stories and art by Will Elder and Terry Woik. A funny-animal comic presenting multi-chapter adventures and featuring work by pioneering cartoonists such as Will Elder. Pioneering female publisher Rae Herman published under various names; this issue was published by Orbit-Wanted Publishing Company. The debut of Rufus De Bree, featuring early art by legendary MAD artist Will Elder - in fact, likely his first published story. Modern-day garbagemen Rufus and Mac become a combination of Don Quixote and Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee, when an explosion transports them to the mystical medieval land of Kingdom Kum. Mertie Mouse decides to train and promote duck Wordless Waddles as a prizefighter. Wordless gets a job as a roller coaster repairman, which is even trickier than it sounds. Mertie Mouse and Wordless Waddles: Prizefighter; Upan Atom's Encounter; Upan Atom Reveals A Crime!; A Toytown Tale; Wiggles The Wonderworm: The Great DDT Mystery; Susan; Rufus De Bree; Mertie Mouse and Wordless Waddles: Repairmen. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Ultimate Spider-Man (2011 3rd Series) #16.1 and #19-22.

Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by David Marquez and Sara Pichelli. Cover by Sara Pichelli.

Miles Morales has the powers, costume and web-shooters. But to really learn what it is to be Spider-Man, Miles needs an arch-nemesis...and he may have found one in a terrifying new Venom.

The sinister symbiote believes he has discovered who now wears the webbed mask - but Venom has mistakenly tracked down Miles' father! His dad's life in the balance, the fledgling web-slinger faces his greatest challenge yet: to overcome this horrific foe as his fragile secret comes ever closer to being exposed. With aid from Peter Parker's former girlfriends, Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, Miles confronts the dark side of the Parker legacy. And as his life is turned upside down once again, he learns that - for Spider-Man - with great power there also comes great tragedy.

Softcover, 112 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

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Written by James E Roche. Art by Salo Farias. Shea and Sean are finally within a laser's blast away from one another, and they don't even know it. Trapped behind enemy lines in the bot settlement, Timentes, Shea's inability to trust her temporary ally, Burr, might just leave her in need of rescuing. Meanwhile, armed and ready after escaping his captors, Sean needs to do whatever he can to get off Timentes in one piece. However, once he locks on to Shea in need of his help, his concern for himself goes out the window. In a last-ditch effort to act quickly and save them both, he may just take himself out of the frying pan into the fire. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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With 3-D glasses. Treasure Island. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4".

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Stories, art and cover by Milton Caniff. ACG Comics reprints stories from Milton Caniffs classic Terry and the Pirates adventure comic strip of the 1930s, focusing on Terry and Pats greatest enemy, the infamous Dragon Lady. The strips are presented in a sideways horizontal format to preserve the original strip layout. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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The Great American Murder Bar. Cover and art for some stories by Sam Kieth. Cover price $1.95.

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Final issue. Cover pencils by Matt Baker. Stories by S.M. Iger, George Thatcher, Cracky, Taylor Tibett, Fred Foster and unknown. Art by Matt Baker, Robert Webb, Cracky and unknown. In this issue: Lucky Wings foils a plot to use the energy of an atomic bomb to rob the US Treasury in "The Atomic Blondshell" with story by S.M. Iger; Inspector Dayton figures out that the murder of Tom Hunter was accomplished through the use of a gimmicked clock in an untitled story written by George Thatcher; Hoibert nearly wins a race, attempting to impress a glamorous lady horse in an untitled Hoibert and Happy story written and pencilled by Cracky; Prop Powers destroys a Japanese aircraft carrier disguised as an island in an untitled story; 2-page text story "The Stalking Atom"; Congo King rescues a government agent seeking synthetic diamonds in an untitled story written by Taylor Tibett; Kid Kane stops a murderous strongman from sabotaging an acrobat's act in an untitled story by Fred Foster and Matt Baker; and Lucky Wings prevents a tribal uprising in support of the Japanese and foils a Japanese plan for rocket bombs in "Japs and Jets" by S.M. Iger and Robert Webb. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Story by Steve Peters. Art by Steve Peters, Jeff Peters, and David Nowell. Cover by Steve Peters. An anthology exploring the overlapping boundaries of reality and dreams, winner of a Xeric Grant for self-publishing. In the aftermath of the events in issue #3, the Everwinds characters hire Melvin G. Moose, Private Eye. Final issue of the series; followed by the short-lived 1999 series. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Justin Gray. Art and Cover by Barry McClain. In the wake of his mentor's death at the hands of a coven of witches, Billy is left alone to complete his quest and defeat the forces of evil plaguing the Wild West. His continuing saga leads him to a small mining town overrun with vampires looking for something buried deep beneath the desert. What evil lurks in the mines, and does Billy have the strength to battle a town possessed? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Dana Dutch, Chuck Miller and Warren King. An anthology series from St. John that alternated early romance comics with funny-animal characters from Paul Terry's Terrytoons. Everyone thinks Sally's crazy when she dumps her steady boyfriend Clark in favor or Frank, a sailor. Marian tries to attract the attention of the guys, in a story with art by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. In another Baker story, Doris goes out with tough-guy Lenny, but Lenny is more gentle than he seems. I Set a Trap for a Wolf; Big City Glamour Led Me Astray; I Should Have Played Hard-to-Get; Was I His Second Choice?; Everyone Said I Was Wild. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Shun Umezawa. Translated by Cat Anderson. If you take any more from me, you'll pay an extremely high cost! Half-human, half-chimpanzee Charlie is at the center of a maelstrom: the ALA want to turn him into a terrorist figurehead, the FBI want to bring him in, and the people of Shrews want nothing to do with him... Amid the chaos, Charlie has lost his family. But who took them from him? The answer could change the world! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

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Canadian edition with $.75 cover price - Comic book version of the TV show featuring the Fraggles, Gorgs, Doozers and other wonderful creatures living in the small fantastic place known as Fraggle Rock. Cotterpin, a Doozer isn't interested in doing what other Doozers do and becoming a part of the work crew. So she spends her time following and watching Fraggles and wishing she could be like them in "The Doozer Who Wanted to be a Fraggle" and "Something Else." Script by Stan Kay and art by Marie Severin. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kent. A gigantic monster returns to the town it ravaged years earlier in this poignant kaiju manga from the creator of the hit series Colorless. In the spirit of the classic Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One, GAEA-TIMA combines thunderous action and character drama with the social conscience and thematic complexity of the genre's post-war roots. After GAEA-TIMAs victory against a subterranean kaiju, the defense forces respond to an unknown invader flying over the Sea of Japan. When the enemy soaring in the air turns out to be another kaiju, Miyako rushes into action, determined to thwart another disaster. She and FUNEs researchers arrive to find the flightless GAEA-TIMA struggling against a powerful winged creature controlled by an enigmatic self-proclaimed kaiju charmer. The gripping tale of GAEA-TIMAs origins will be revealed… Softcover, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/4-in., 160 pages, B&W. Rated T (13+) Cover price $13.99.

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Issue #4. Anthology comic grouped around themes. This issue's theme is Into the Abyss. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., B&W. Cover price $3.50.

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Komikai Micro Comics Original Series. Saddle Stitched, 1 1/4-in. x 1 3/4.; 24 Pages, Full Color.

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Written by Massimo Rosi. Art by Alex Nieto. The journey continues, in the present and in the past. In the present Max gives his all to find little Stella and save her from the clutches of the fanatic Ford. While in the past, we see how the two have tried in every way to find hope and bring a faint light to a cold, frozen world devoured by darkness. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Ran Kuze. Translated by Nicole Frasik. Mona Kawai may have made a huge mistake. Ticked off by Medaka's latest rejection, she let her sugary façade slip enough for her secret inner sass to peek through and jab the stubborn holdout with a few sharp words. Now she's got to scramble to make sure she doesn't undo all the progress she's made sweetening Medaka up before her chief competitor takes him for a wild ride he'll not soon forget. As if that weren't enough, an old friend with a penchant for putting Mona in a tight spot comes to town and threatens to shake up the Queen Bee's picture-perfect persona-and force her to confront some feelings she may not be ready to face. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 144 pages, B&W. Older Teen (16+) Cover price $12.95.