Alone comic books issue 5

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Eye of the Maelstrom!"

Written by Fabien Vehlmann. Art and cover by Bruno Gazzotti.

It is time to find out the truth about the Vanishing. It's a sad day for the Campton kids: they've just discovered Dodzi's lifeless body at the bottom of a building, shot once in the chest. Convinced that whoever killed him must have come from the red zone - the no man's land marked out by the monkeys' cairns - Leila and Ivan decide to send an expedition there. But none of the children could possibly imagine what expects them inside the zone, no more than what will happen back at the camp.

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color.

Cover price $11.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yu Kinutani. Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The manga presents individual cases that Section 9 investigates, along with an ongoing, more serious investigation into the serial killer and hacker known only as "The Laughing Man." Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Masayuki Takano.

The "London Waltz" story arc comes to a stirring conclusion as Kuroe awakens at the foot of the stairs in Misaki's mansion, his wounds miraculously healed. But Kuroe discovers that Misaki is already in the grasp of the evil vampire Caledwich. With his own life on the line, and more importantly, Misaki's, Kuroe must face Caledwich in a battle from which only one of them will walk away.

Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $11.95.