Shadow Star TPB (2001-2005 Dark Horse) comic books 2001-2003
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Sep 2001 by Dark Horse.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects stories Super Manga Blast (2000-2006) #1-6. Story and art by Mohiro Kitoh. From a dying planet shall come the children of light...While on vacation on a small island, young Shiina Tamai dives under the water near an old shrine and discovers an unearthly starfish-like creature. She nearly drowns but is rescued by the silent, wide-eyed little animal, who Shiina befriends and names Hoshimaru. To Shiina's surprise and delight, the creature changes shape, lets Shiina stand on him, and the two fly off into the clouds. But what looks to be a young girl's ultimate fantasy soon takes a darker turn as Shiina and Hoshimaru become entangled in a struggle between rival extraterrestrial factions who battle in the skies upon huge alien beasts called Shadow Dragons, with the fate of Earth hanging in the balance. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.
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Issue #2-1ST
Published Apr 2002 by Dark Horse.$12.75
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Darkness Visible!" Collects stories Super Manga Blast (2000-2006) #7-12. Story and art by Mohiro Kitoh. FTeenagers Shiina and Akira have become fast friends, due in no small part to their bonds with two shape-shifting alien star-creatures. But their small friends are not the only visitors from beyond, nor are Shiina and Akira the only kids connected to them. Roaming the skies are powerful and dangerous Shadow Dragons, and one is linked with a schoolmate of the girls, a malevolent boy with murder in his heart -- and a deadly, flying dragon at his command to make it happen! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.
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Issue #3-1ST
Published Oct 2002 by Dark Horse.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Shadows of the Past!" Collects stories Super Manga Blast (2000-2006) #13-17. Story and art by Mohiro Kitoh. Shiina Tamai is an awkward, self-conscious teenager, struggling with school and self-esteem. But her daily travails become of secondary importance when she encounters and bonds with an extraterrestrial shape-shifting creature, one of a menagerie of spaceborn entities now on Earth, including terrifying Shadow Dragons, flying beasts of vast and lethal powers. And a new creature has emerged, an etheral flying "angel," but one whose wide, sparkling eyes and graceful wings mask even greater dangers -- which become painfully apparent to any who encounter her! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.
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Issue #4-1ST
Published Apr 2003 by Dark Horse.$8.00
$9.49
Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Nothing but the Truth!" Collects stories Super Manga Blast (2000-2006) #18-23. Story and art by Mohiro Kitoh. Shiina and Akira are awkward, self-conscious teenagers, struggling with school and self-esteem whose lives change forever when they encounter and bond with small, cuddly extraterrestrial creatures, two of a menagerie of spaceborn entities now on Earth, including terrifying Shadow Dragons, flying beasts of vast and lethal powers. But Shiina and Akira are not the only ones with such unearthly familiars, and an underground network exists of such Earthling/alien mates - but is their aim to protect the planet or destroy it? And will a trigger-happy Earth military care one way or the other? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.
