El Hazard: The Magnificent World comic books issue 1

By Hidetomo Tsubura. The official manga adaptation of the fantasy anime El Hazard, where four Earthlings - heroic Makoto, his paranoid rival Jinnai, Jinnai's sister Nanami, and their gym teacher Mr. Fujisawa - are transported to a world of dreams and fantastic adventure! Based loosely on the OAV series, but with new events and characters, El Hazard is a charming and exciting manga in the spirit of No Need For Tenchi! In this issue: When Jinnai, the corrupt president of the high school student association, is exposed for his crimes, he pins the blame on our hero, laid-back Makoto Mizuhara! Just as Jinnai is confronting his "enemy", a sudden earthquake rocks the school, sending Makoto through the floor into a mysterious underground shrine, where a mysterious woman embraces him and takes him to the world of his destiny. b&w, 40pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Hidetomo Tsubura. Ifurita and Makoto square off against the male demon-god only to find their attacks having the same effect as mosquito bites! Meanwhile, the front lines of Roshtaria are under attack by the Shadow Tribe's other demon-god, and all Fujisawa and the Priestesses can do is watch in disgust. Can anything be done to stop the Shadow Tribe and end their control over the demon-gods? b&w, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

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By Hidetomo Tsubura. Jinnai has awakened the Demon Goddess Ifurita, and all of El-Hazard is in danger! Shayla-Shayla, the Priestess of Fire, is nearly killed in an attempt to stop her. Makoto places himself in front of the stricken priestess to plead for her life, triggering a strange psychic encounter between himself and Ifurita. b&w, 40pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects El Hazard: The Magnificent World Part 1 (2000) #1-5. Story and art by Hidetomo Tsubura. Good-natured high school student Makoto Mizuhara was liked by all - a fact that Jinnai, the arrogant and paranoid class president, could not abide. But that was before Makoto was whisked away by a strange woman into the even stranger world of El-Hazard - and Jinnai, Jinnai's sister Nanami, and their gym teacher Mr. Fujisawa have come along for the ride! Based on the anime from the studio that brought you No Need For Tenchi! While Makoto and co. befriend the Roshtarian Royal Family and the Three Priestesses of Muldoon, Jinnai allies with the seductive Diva, queen of the Bugrom hive-empire. The former Earthlings find themselves changed by their environment and develop strange powers. Soon the fate of the kingdom of Roshtaria, and all of El-Hazard, hangs in the balance as three factions vie for control of the strongest weapon in a magical world... the living weapon Ifurita. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.99.