Legend of Mother Sarah City of the Angels (1996) comic books 1997-1999

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.