Drifting Classroom GN (2006-2008 Viz Digest) comic books 2004-2006

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kazuo Umezu. In the aftermath of a strange earthquake, an entire elementary school vanishes, leaving nothing but a hole in the ground. While parents mourn and authorities investigate, the students and teachers find themselves somewhere far away... somewhere cold and dark... a lifeless, nightmarish wasteland in which their school stands like a lone fortress. As panic turns to terror, as the rules start to fall apart, a sixth-grade boy named Sho and his friends must fight to survive in an alien world... Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Mature Readers Cover price $9.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kazuo Umezu. Madness takes hold as the teachers and students realize they are stranded in a lifeless world. Sekiya, the cafeteria worker, takes control of the school's food supplies, enforcing his authority with a gun. As the adults start to kill one another, sixth-grader Sho makes a startling discovery - the truth of where they are and what has happened to them. Soon, Sho and his classmate Nishi venture into the wasteland beyond the school gates, and are forced to choose between a slow death from hunger, or a quick death at a killer's hands. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Mature Readers Cover price $9.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kazuo Umezu. As sixth-grader Sho fights for his life in the buried city, his cries for help travel across time and reach the ears of his mother in the distant past. Back at the school, as their resources dwindle, the students revert to savagery and despair. Suddenly, a dying student staggers in from the wasteland, bearing signs that life may exist somewhere in their new world. Together with the last surviving adult, the children march into the desert. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Mature Readers Cover price $9.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kazuo Umezu. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Mature Readers Cover price $9.99.