Comic books in 'Cat'

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Written by Melanie Gillman. Art by Katy Farina. Cover by Missy Pena. When Peridot and Lapis turn their corn field into a 'haunted' corn maze, the Gems uncover scares and secrets while trying to solve it! 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Tales of the supernatural from the early days of the Comics Code, with art by the Iger Shop. Newlyweds Richard and Sylvia meet a strange man on the beach, who predicts the dates of their deaths. Ghosts seek advice on proper haunting technique from advice columnist Emily Ghost, in a cartoony humor tale. Zero, the Ghost Detective, risks his life at sea to learn the truth about a ghostly sea captain. Strange Dateline; Strange Spirits; Tropical Madness; How to Be a Gracious Ghost!; His Long, Strange Journey!; Zero, the Ghost Detective. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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In Otherland, Mary Arevalo spins the tale of the storm that brought her to the lost land while she and Tanakura travel cross country. In Spellbinder, Tommy and Cornelius stake out Zilker Park looking for a killer. Their bad luck holds as they find one. Both 12-page tales are written by Bill Willingham, lettered by Thom Zahler and inked by Sam de la Rosa. Otherland is penciled by Bobby Diaz, Spellbinder is penciled by Kelsey Shannon (who also provides the cover). b&w, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Cover art by Steve Ditko. Edited by Pat Masulli. "The Dancing Cat," art by Steve Ditko; Fred Miller buys an Egyptian music box that he fears is bringing him bad luck. "Getaway Plunge," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Sal Trapani. "The Cave Dwellers," art by Paul Reinman. "Strange Voyage," inks by Chris Rule; When Captain Perry Jonas is knocked out, his grandfather comes to his aid, regardless of the fact he has been dead for decades. "Lunar Lingo" text story. "The Mirror of Doom," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Vince Alascia; New owners find a mirror that exposes a crime in their new attic. "Jewel of Sincerity," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Vince Alascia; A man buys a pin that forces him to speak the truth...at least he believes it does. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Story, Art and Cover by Terry Moore. A former Parker Girl is writing an expose that will destroy Katchoo and Francine's life. Katchoo is determined to stop the writer but to do that, she'll have to find her. Fortunately, Tambi knows the best bounty hunter in the world, Ivy Raven (from Echo)! Things are heating up, folks and we're just getting started! 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

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(W) Georgia Ball & Various (A) Tanya Roberts, Amy Mebberson The adventure of Strawberry Shortcake and all her berry best friends continues this issue when Katie and Sadie Bug hear about a local legend famous for his honesty, they think telling the painful truth will earn them celebrity status. When feelings get hurt, Strawberry Shortcake must stop the devious duo before berry best friends turn into bitter enemies. Cover price $3.99.

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Story, art and wraparound cover by Lillian (L.G.X.) Mousli. An anthropomorphic slice-of-life drama, the first work in English from German cartoonist Lillian Mousli. Finally free, Penny tries to put her life back together; Paul has become a successful boxer who still wonders about Penny. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

by Jim Rugg & Brian Maruca The title says it all; it's Hero Time for Street Angel. Pinned down, back against the wall, flying lead everywhere, the situation looks grim, but the gunmen are gonna learn, when you play with fire, you get burned. Introducing the original Wilkesborough badass, a blast from the past, the Afrodisiac. 24pgs, B&W SRP: $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Jim Zub and Ken Siu-Chong. Art by Omar Dogan and Eric Vedder. Cover by Rob Porter. Delta Blue charges in for a full-throttle assault on the deadly master of poisons, F.A.N.G! Who will be saved, and who will succumb to the iron will of Shadaloo? Find out in the final issue of Street Fighter Legends: Cammy! Plus, in a special Darkstalkers bonus story, Hsien-Ko battles the ghost of a long dead World Warrior… 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

By Kim Deitch. More of that sweet, sweet chaos from the pen of one of Underground Comics' most revered cartoonists, Kim Deitch! Kim Deitch's search for the hidden hand behind an enigmatic comic strip known as Alias the Cat leads him on a wild ride through weird New Jersey and ultimately into the shock corridors of Bellevue Hospital! In this final, 52-page installment of Deitch's Eisner-winning series, we're treated to a lurid look at the legendary New Jersey town, Midgetville! Add to this a startling story of Waldo the Cat in love, in a subplot dealing with issues of modern terrorism, and you have a page turner that will leave you gasping. 52 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

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(W) Mike Raicht, Brian Smith (A/CA) Charles Paul Wilson Scattered across The Dark, the boy's loyal toys, once so eager to save him, have lost their way. Not only are they each battling the Boogeyman's minions, but their own doubts as well. As the toys fall farther into despair, the Boogeyman continues to tip the scales in his favor. The Dark One does not play fair, and he has recovered an item that may very well make him unbeatable. Could all hope be lost? Cover price $3.99.

Cover art by Sheldon Mayer. "The New Baby," script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Sugar and Spike meet a baby younger than themselves, and explain some facts of life to him. Stevie humor half-page by S. B. Stevens. Winter Sports Champions of the World public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira; highlights of the 1956 Winter Olympics. "The Trip," script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Everyone goes to Grandma Wilson's for Christmas, but the kids are more interested in playing the piano than playing with their new toys. How to Make Sugar & Spike Dancing Dolls activity page by Sheldon Mayer. Pint-Size Pin-Ups paper doll page by Sheldon Mayer. "Winter Sunday," script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Spike's dad believes that he can keep Spike occupied and out of his hair. "Cats? Meowch!" one page story by Sheldon Mayer. "Baby vs. Machine," script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Spike's mom gets a new electric mixer, which the kids don't understand. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Sheldon Mayer. Stories starring Sugar & Spike: Sugar and Spike Turn into a Pair of Halloween Cats!, Half-Pint Skater, Uncle Charley Returns!, and Spike the Music Maker!. Scripts and art by Sheldon Mayer. Are You a Litter-Bug? public service announcement, script and art by Henry Boltinoff. Pint-Size Pin-Ups paper dolls by Mayer. Write Your Own Comic Page! by Mayer. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams and Al Fago. Funny-animal hijinks from Star Publications. Super Cat receives a message for help, but someone is interfering with his radio signal. Dopsy Durvy uses his gift to enter fairy tales and gets a little too close to the Big Bad Wolf. Canaries Bill and Koo are playing pirates when they encounter the real thing. Super Cat; Dopsy Durvy; The Mad Artist!; Diggy The Derrick; Bill and Koo; Sniffy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Fago, Milt Hammer, Charles W. Winter and Mickey Klar Marks. Adventures of funny animals with alliterative names, although curiously, no actual Super Cat stories. Neddy and Betsy Bear try to rescue their friends, who have been turned to gingerbread by a witch. Dopsy Durvy learns the Cow That Jumped Over the Moon has been captured in transit by the Man on the Moon. Diggy the Derrick, a living construction shovel, gets a day off and goes on a ferry ride. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this comic is the detailed explanation of the Comics Code seal that appears on the first page, as the CCA had just been established a short time before. Neddy Bear; Dopsy Durvy: The Cow That Jumped Over the Moon; Sniffy; Diggy the Derrick; Broken Beak; Spunky; Tick, Tack and Toe. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Fago, Milt Hammer, and Charles W. Winter. Adventures of funny animals with alliterative names, although curiously, no actual Super Cat stories. Neddy Bear seeks the thief plaguing Fableville and encounters a mischievous blue elf. Dopsy Durvy tries to help King Midas undo the wish that turns everything to gold. Diggy the Derrick, a living construction shovel, is enraged when a businessman buys the vacant lot where the kids have their playground. Also featuring vintage ads for "Automatic [pellet] Firing Tripod Machine Gun" and "Complete Demolition Kit." Neddy Bear; Dopsy Durvy: The Golden Touch; Bill and Koo: The Meandering Mouse; Diggy the Derrick; Myrtle and Jocko. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Fago, Milt Hammer, E. J. Reeves and Mickey Marks. Adventures of funny animals with alliterative names; the only issue to actually feature Super Cat. Super Cat battles an invasion force of Martian mice. Dopsy Durvy tries to help the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe. Myrtle and Jocko play football. Super Cat: The Invasion of Mice from Mars; Dopsy Durvy: A Tight Squeeze!; Barnaby Beaver; Sniffy; Myrtle and Jocko: This Is No Game!; Tick, Tack and Toe: Money I$ Funny. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

All stories but "Super Cat: Off to the Moon or Bust" reprinted from sources noted. Interior reprinted in Famous Funnies (1964 Super Reprint) #15. In order of appearance: "Super Cat: Off to the Moon or Bust!"; "Magic for Myrtle" art by Al Fago from Frisky Fables Vol. 2 (1946) #9; "Targetoons" by Milt Hammer from Target Comics Vol. 09 (1948) #4; "Diggy the Derrick" art by Chuck Winter from Frisky Fables Vol. 3 (1947) #8; "Targetoons" by Milt Hammer from Target Comics Vol. 09 (1948) #6; and "Cows and Cats and Crackerjacks" from Frisky Fables Vol. 4 (1948) #3. "Jasper gets Spring Fever" text story from Frisky Fables Vol. 3 (1947) #3. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Bill Ward, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, George Marko, Gus Jud, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Loy Byrnes, E. Lambert, Basil Reynolds and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Tracking a perfume thief, Dick Tracy meets millionaire playboy Johnny Mintworth, a spoiled rich kid with connections to underworld figures, such as the deadly Danny Supeena. Reprints of Sunday Gasoline Alley strips, where cartoonist Frank King really let his artistic talent fly. Plus an Atlantis adventure strip with early art by Bill Ward. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Terry and the Pirates, Smokey Stover and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Spooky; Gasoline Alley; The Lost Colony of Atlantis; Winnie Winkle; Dudley; The Gumps; Punchie; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; For Better or Worse, Etc.; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Skit, Skat and the Captain; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Holman. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Loy Byrnes, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Normandie Drake and a recuperating Pat finally catch sight of each other, but her new husband doesn't like it one bit. Skeezix finds himself torn between Nina, Trixie and Jessica, and his friend Tops isn't helping - he's giving Skeezix and Gootch the same advice about the same women! Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. And a Dick Tracy text story. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Spooky; Gasoline Alley; Tim Todd the Boy Detective; Capt'n Roger the Rodent; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Manuk the Arctic Crusoe; Dick Tracy Thriller; Zipper; Wyoming Willie; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Holman. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Ole Thorsen, Loy Byrnes, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. As winter sets in on the northern Chinese town, Pat, Terry and Connie are taken in by the locals, who are none too pleased that Sandhurst has cut off their winter food supply. Skeezix still finds himself torn between Nina, Trixie and Jessica, and now each of them wants a present. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Spooky; Gasoline Alley; Tim Todd the Boy Detective; Capt'n Roger the Rodent; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Manuk the Arctic Crusoe; Dick Tracy; Zipper; Wyoming Willie; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Holman. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Ole Thorsen, Loy Byrnes, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. When Sandhurst's house of cards collapses and people are calling for his head, Pat has to get Normandie and Sandhurst out of town, by force if necessary. Skeezix tries to pawn Trixie and Jessica off on his friends so he can be with Nina. Little Joe gets caught between the sheepherders and the cowmen. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Spooky; Gasoline Alley; Tim Todd the Boy Detective; Capt'n Roger the Rodent; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Manuk the Arctic Crusoe; Zipper; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Holman. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Basil Reynolds, Ole Thorsen, Loy Byrnes, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. After Sandhurst is captured by the rebellious townspeople, Pat and Terry debate whether they want to rescue the man who started this whole mess. When Tops sets Skeezix and himself up with some strange women, Skeezix starts to realize what kind of friend Tops really is. Bonita's kiss-and-claw approach distracts Smilin' Jack while he's trying to navigate the plane through the Andes. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Foo-lish Folks; Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Spooky; Gasoline Alley; Tim Todd the Boy Detective; Percy Go Bang; Skit, Skat and the Captain; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Manuk the Arctic Crusoe; Zipper; Do You Know?; Beating the Black Flag; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Holman. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Loy Byrnes, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. As Pat, Terry, Sandhurst and Connie recover from their icy ordeal, Normandie is torn between Pat and Sandhurst, her husband. When Christmas rolls around, Skeezix gets presents for Nina, Jessica and Trixie. Abandoned by the crew of their ship, the Crusoe family is stranded on a deserted island just like their namesake. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Foo-lish Folks; Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Gasoline Alley; The Crusoes; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Bobby & Chip; Zipper; When the Blizzard Roared; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Holman. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Ed Moore, Erwin Hess, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Pat asks Normandie to leave Sandhurst, but it's too late. Arabian-Nights adventure with the famed Thief of Bagdad. Aboard an enemy submarine, Jack Wander, war correspondent is accused of being a spy. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morrow; The Crusoes; A Strain on the Family Tie; There's One in Every Family; The Thief of Bagdad; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Bobby & Chip; Zipper; Jack Wander, War Correspondent; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Phil Mendez. We Want Action! starring The Three Mousketeers. Untitled Three Mousketeers story starring Patsy and Herman Hop-Toad. Why Minus Can't Miss starring The Three Mousketeers. Working on the Railroad starring The Three Mousketeers, script and pencils by Sheldon Mayer. Untitled Doodles Duck story, script and pencils by Sheldon Mayer. The Adventure of the Disappearing Cave! starring The Three Mousketeers, script and pencils by Sheldon Mayer. Patsy and the Pup starring The Three Mouseketeers, script and pencils by Sheldon Mayer. Meet Cousin Rodney Rat! starring The Three Mousketeers, script and pencils by Sheldon Mayer. Untitled Bo Bunny story by Mayer. Make Mine Monotony! starring The Three Mousketeers. Untitled Dizzy Dog story by Mayer. 68 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Written by Sholly Fisch Art by Scott Shaw! & Terry Beatty Cover by J. Bone When the alien Kanjar Ro invades Earth, he freezes all humans so that they won't mess with him - including the Super Friends! What he doesn't know is that he's about to face resistance from their super best friends - the Super Pets! 32 pg, FC. Cover price $2.50.

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By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS and RADIO COMIX. What's Michael? is cover-featured this month, with not one, but three short stories! Watch as Michael helps a thief, frightens a Mafia criminal, and annoys the heck out of some television viewers! And in 3x3 Eyes, Pai and Yakumo battle a mammoth demon and try to recover the legendary "Figure of Man" statue. In Shadow Star, secrets are uncovered and mysteries unfold as Shiina and a friend learn about each other's alien starfish! Plus, evil is revealed on the moon in Seraphic Feather, and Megumi encounters the Earth Spirit (Third Class) in another "lost" episode of Oh My Goddess! BE ADVISED: CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $4.95.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. Club 9 continues as Haruo lives the dream of every Japanese country girl: to go to the big city! And Haruo's new friends at college are everything you'd expect of big-city girls, especially the super-sexy Aki. But she's got bad news for the bouncy newcomer! This issue also contains four What's Michael? stories, in which our favorite feline hits the streets for excitement, and ends up with more than he bargained for. Plus: the origin of Catzilla! And, of course, SMB!'s other regular features continue: 3x3 Eyes (Pai fights for control of her demonic power!), Shadow Star (Shiina has to spend her birthday visiting her cold, cruel mother), and Seraphic Feather (Sunao watches as Number Four blows away Kei - awakening her awesome power!). FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $4.99.

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By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. The good times (and the weird times) keep rolling in Dark Horse's premier manga magazine. For starters, ever seen a cat perform a synchronized swimming routine? Well, read What's Michael? and you'll have your first such opportunity. Plus, observe the return of the fugitive veterinarian, Richard Kimbly! In Shadow Star the mystery of the cruel push-dagger boy gets some needed attention, and in Seraphic Feather Kei, Sunao, and M-Zak have finally escaped the restaurant and go separate ways as the story of Apep gets clearer. Meanwhile, our cute country bumpkin continues to woo the gentlemen of Club 9, but lets hope she doesn't get in over her head! Also, in 3x3 Eyes, Yakumo's about to fall into a horrible "monster trap," but not if Pai can save him. All she's got to do is learn how to fly a plane!? It's five flavors of your favorite manga, and it's all in Super Manga Blast! FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. b&w, 128pgs. Featuring the best creators and a variety of action, adventure, drama, comedy, and cuteness, Super Manga Blast! is the perfect place for the uninitiated to see what manga is all about. Five regular manga titles and a special section of Masamune Shirow's Appleseed Hypernotes fill up this 128 page marvel! What's Michael? takes center stage this month with...oh golly, a big fight scene? Well, okay, there's some cuteness, too. But before you get used to that, Seraphic Feather will riddle you with sexy suspense and frenetic action. And to add to that, 3x3 Eyes continues with a battle in the holy land, Kunlun. Shadow Star furthers its journey through the youth psyche gone madly awry, and to settle things down a bit, Club 9 continues to charm your socks off. Cover price $5.99.

MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, KENICHI SONODA, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. What's Michael has been nominated for the 2004 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication! This issue's starts off with two episodes of Makoto Kobayashi's playful, cat-centric strip, What's Michael?, featuring conniving, domestic felines at their troublesome best. Kobayashi's slice-of-life Club 9 drama chucks its usual romantic comedy aside, as the frightening, two-part "Nightmare on Aki's Street" story line concludes. The heroics of Hoichi "Gun" Kano are chronicled in Cannon God Exaxxion, with the Exaxxion robot temporarily out of commission Hoichi dones his powerful, armored suit! Ambushed on a space transport leaving the moon, the Seraphic Feather team faces combat of the mysterious, meta-powered kind. The horrific conclusion to Shadow Star's "My Eyes Are the Eyes of a Victim..." story arc finds Shiina confronting the supernatural cause of her classmates' violent deaths, and what happens on the last few pages will DEFINITELY bring about big changes for our lead characters! Cover price $5.99.

MOHIRO KITOH (W/A), MAKOTO KOBAYASHI (W/A), KENICHI SONODA (W/A), AND HIROYUKI UTATANE (W/A) WITH YO MORIMOTO (W/A). b&w, 128pgs. Two hilarious What's Michael? episodes start this issue off, as we find out why kittens and stereo speakers are a bad mix! Shadow Star continues to develop several creepy, adolescent side-characters, and Shiina tries to adjust to life at the high-pressure Banda Academy. The giant robot rumble in Cannon God Exaxxion concludes, as the tenacious Hoichi faces bloodthirsty alien invaders in a fiery showdown! The slice-of-life romance in Club 9 finds the naïve Haruo feeling confused and tested by an insistent suitor. Our Seraphic Feather meta-heroes battle treacherous super-soldiers aboard a doomed space shuttle, but a betrayal among the terrorists may give them the chance they need to escape! FOR MATURE READERS. Cover price $5.99.

MOHIRO KITOH (W/A), MAKOTO KOBAYASHI (W/A), KENICHI SONODA (W/A), and HIROYUKI UTATANE (A) with TOSHIYA TAKEDA (W). b&w, 128pgs. Makoto Kobayashi delivers two tales of domestic frustration and feline cohabitation in the world of What's Michael? Kobayashi's romantic comedy, Club 9, nears its end, as Haruo "Hello" Hattori puts on an outrageous performance for a very rich friend. A strange, dangerous game continues in Shadow Star, with Shiina Tamai now the focus of a destructive Shadow Dragon's fury! When Seraphic Feather's meta-human heroes clash with super-powered terrorists, swords swing, bullets fly, and powerful, alien forces begin to stir! Recovering from his last super-robot battle, Hoichi Kano rests at the Cannon God Exaxxion home base, while the Riofaldian invaders and a certain mad scientist plan their next moves. Cover price $5.99.

MOHIRO KITOH (W/A), MAKOTO KOBAYASHI (W/A), KENICHI SONODA (W/A), and HIROYUKI UTATANE (A) with TOSHIYA TAKEDA (W). Animals unbound! Makoto Kobayashi presents his first extended What's Michael? story line in a demented, Planet of the Apes-style send-up that pits three astronauts against a world of fickle, feline captors! As things get weirder in Shadow Star, a clandestine Japanese agency takes further steps to secure control over powerful, teenage Dragon Bearers. Androids attack in Cannon God Exaxxion! With the Exaxxion base defenses breached, Kenichi Sonoda's sci-fi heroes face a deadly Riofaldian assault. Seraphic Feather's meta-human heroes have their hands full, with enigmatic aliens, super-powered terrorists, and a lunar shuttle that's falling apart around them! - A great monthly mix of action, science fiction, romance, drama, fantasy, horror, and humor! FOR MATURE READERS. Cover price $5.99.

The insanity of Makoto Kobayashi's first extended What's Michael? story arc continues, as stranded astronauts face spitting, scratching horrors on the 'Planet of the Cats!' Whether you're performing as a circus freak or imprisoned in a gross 'breeding cell,' life's surely not easy for a human surrounded by thousands of angry, bipedal felines. The Cannon God Exaxxion team finally sits down for dinner! (Then something really disturbing happens.) Shadow Star and Seraphic Feather, now featured in the original right-to-left, Japanese format, both enter new eras. The Seraphic Feather crew is almost ready to return to Earth, and Shiina's father becomes a Shadow Star detective, edging closer to the secrets of the mysterious Shadow Dragons! Also, SMB!'s entertaining and educational columns, 'Sugoi Japan!' and 'A Fan's View,' continue to inspire fans of Japanese culture! FOR MATURE READERS. Cover price $5.99.

"The Magic Mirror" and "Brain vs. Brawn." Butch and Buttercup back-up story, "It Flies Through the Air!" Cover price $0.10.