Comic books in 'Third Eye', graded by CBCS

Chapter One: "Rebirth"; Yuzo Takada script & art; Toren Smith & Toshi Yoshida translation; Wayne Truman letters; Cover price $2.25.

Chapter Two: "Sanjiyan"; Yuzo Takada script & art; Toren Smith & Toshi Yoshida translation; Wayne Truman letters; Cover price $2.25.

Chapter Three: "Rebirth"; Yuzo Takada script & art; Toren Smith & Toshi Yoshida translation; Wayne Truman letters; Cover price $2.25.

Chapter Four: "House of Demons Part 2"; Yuzo Takada script & art; Toren Smith & Toshi Yoshida translation; Wayne Truman letters; Cover price $2.25.

Chapter Five: "House of Demons Part 3"; Yuzo Takada script & art; Toren Smith & Toshi Yoshida translation; Wayne Truman letters; Cover price $2.25.

"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. One day Yakumo, a high-school student in Tokyo, met a girl named Pai. Pai was not human. She was Sanziyan-unkara, an immortal being with mysterious powers. Yakumo promised that he would find a way to make Pai human. Together, they set out to Hong Kong on a great adventure that was to begin a modern legend! Now, the adventures of Pai and Yakumo continue!Yakumo returns to Japan believing that he can resume his old life as a high-school student, an existence he had left behind -- ignoring Pai's warning that to do so will subject everyone he knows to the evils of hell itself. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. His apartment has been trashed; he's had a run-in with the police; his friends treat him like a monster from hell itself; and now, on top of it all, Yakumo finds himself attacked by a mysterious creature in a trench coat. How'd the life of an ordinary high-school student fall into such disrepair? Why not ask Pai, his new three-eyed, immortal friend! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Yakuma's ordinary life ended the day he met Pai, an immortal being with a desperate wish to become human. They've been through a lot together -- some bad, much good, all extraordinary -- and have tried to assimilate it into a normal life. Now Yakuma has come to accept that normalcy is a thing of his past, and so he and Pai prepare to leave Tokyo forever. But before they get out of town, they face the strangest occurrence yet; the appearance of the deadly mythical creature -- the dreaded Gesu! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Yakumo is an ordinary high-school student whose life has been turned upside-down by a three-eyed girl. She is Pai, an immortal with strange powers and a talent for drawing trouble into her path, such as the monstrous creature called the Gesu. Can Yakumo and his friend Natsuko survive the Gesu's attack? Only if Pai's immortal powers are up to the job. . . 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Yakumo died -- and his life will never be the same again. He's become a zombie, courtesy of his newly found friend Pai, herself an immortal being with strange powers and a talent for attracting trouble. His only course seems to be to leave Japan -- and his old life -- behind forever. But when the marauding monster called the Gesu attacks, he's got to stand his ground and defend Pai. To lose the fight is to sacrifice immortality and leave Pai helpless! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "House of Demons!" Collects 3 X 3 Eyes (1991 Innovation) #1-5. Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Pai is a strange, provincial woman who has come to Tokyo from the Tibetan highlands. Somewhere in Tokyo is a young man who can help her in her quest... to become human! When Pai finally finds Yakumo, they set off in search of the artifact that can transform her, but it will take all of her mystical powers to keep the reckless Yakumo alive, even if she has to steal his soul to protect him! Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Curse of the Gesu!" Collects 3 X 3 Eyes (1995 Dark Horse) #1-5. Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Yakumo was an ordinary high-school student in Tokyo when he met an immortal girl named Pai, whose quest for humanity led them on a great adventure that has become a modern legend! Now the adventures of Pai and Yakumo continue in this trade paperback, collecting issues #1-5 of Curse of the Gesu! Yakumo returns to Japan believing that he can resume his old life as a high-school student, ignoring Pai's warning that to do so will subject everyone he knows to the evils of hell itself! Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Flight of the Demon!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. The collected editions of the manga horror/action epic finally continue! From a hidden world in the Tibetan highlands comes Pai, a strange and beautiful girl with a difference: three eyes and three hundred birthdays behind her! Sent to Tokyo by a dying anthropologist, Pai must find his son, Yakumo, to help her in her quest... to become human! But when Pai merges Yakumo's soul with that of her immortal supernatural familiar to save his life, the urgency of their mission becomes even greater as Yakumo fights to reclaim his own humanity. Pai and Yakumo discover the existence of a statue that may help end their quest, but to obtain it they'll have to take on the dwellers in the dark, who need the statue to revive a dread demonic lord and bring about an inhuman kingdom of immortal evil! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Blood of the Sacred Demon!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Everything changes in this volume of 3x3 Eyes, one of Japan's most popular and longest-running series! The zombie teenager Yakumo has been searching for Pai, the girl he loves, for years. When he finds her, she's in big trouble! The amnesiac Pai has forgotten all about her inhuman heritage and mystical powers, and an evil group of supernatural Puppet People are on the hunt for her! Can Yakumo use his new special attack moves to rescue Pai and restore her memories? Or will she run from him -- and the truth -- as well? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. "Blood of the Sacred Demon!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Everything changes in this volume of 3x3 Eyes, one of Japan's most popular and longest-running series! The zombie teenager Yakumo has been searching for Pai, the girl he loves, for years. When he finds her, she's in big trouble! The amnesiac Pai has forgotten all about her inhuman heritage and mystical powers, and an evil group of supernatural Puppet People are on the hunt for her! Can Yakumo use his new special attack moves to rescue Pai and restore her memories? Or will she run from him -- and the truth -- as well? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Summoning of the Beast!" Story and art by Yuzo Takada. After living as a human with no recollection of her three-hundred plus years in a mystical Tibetan kingdom, Pai's supernatural powers have returned, but not her memories. These wondrous abilities are an exciting development for a seemingly typical Tokyo teenager...until she discovers that her Sanjiyan, the monstrous source of her power, is on the loose and can only be controlled within her by the Claw of Shiva, a sorcerous artifact that the memory-challenged Pai just happens to have bagged and tossed into the trash! But Yakumo, Pai's mortal-made-immortal boyfriend, is at her side, which for him may not be a good thing. He may be immortal but he's not indestructible, and eternal life isn't much comfort when you're being torn to pieces! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Descent of the Mystic City!" Collects stories from Super Manga Blast! issues #32-40. Story and art by Yuzo Takada. Pai doesn't look a day over sixteen; of course, she's 300 years old and the last of an ancient mystical race. Yakumo looks no different than your average Tokyo teen; however, he's been resurrected from the dead as Pai's immortal slave and defender. They're both on a quest to return Pai to her hidden homeland and ultimately to return Yakumo to his mortal form. They've been through hell and high water to find a lost Tibetan shrine that holds the keys to the Sacred Land of Kunlun. But with the mission accomplished, the return to Kunlun turns out not to be the heartfelt reunion Pai had hoped for, but could instead reveal her incredible journey to be only a ruse that could well release the evil Kaiyan Wang from imprisonment in the Sacred Land! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "House of Demons!" Collects 3 X 3 Eyes (1991 Innovation) #1-5. Story and art by Yuzo Takada. The first volume of one of Japan's longest running manga series is now back in print in an English-language edition, reformatted to match the current 3x3 Eyes titles. From a hidden land in the Tibetan Highlands comes Pai, a strange and beautiful woman come to Tokyo to find a young man named Yakumo who can help her in her quest...to become human! When Pai finally finds her man, the two set off in search of an artifact that can transform her, but it will take all her mystic powers to keep the reckless Yakumo alive - even if she has to steal his soul to protect him! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Curse of the Gesu!" Collects 3 X 3 Eyes (1995 Dark Horse) #1-5. Story and art by Yuzo Takada. The second volume of one of Japan's longest running manga series is now back in print in an English-language edition, reformatted to match the current 3x3 Eyes titles. Yakumo is an ordinary Tokyo high-school student who is helping a not-so-ordinary 300-year-old girl from Tibet named Pai on a quest to discover a way for Pai to become human, a quest that exposes Yakumo to the terrors best kept in nightmares . But when Yakumo returns to Japan thinking he can resume his old life, he discovers that the evils of hell have come with him! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Written by J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Mike Ploog. The all-new fantasy thriller continues! Whooshed straight out of Brooklyn, 14 year-old Kate finds herself in the magical land she's known only as fiction! Will she find help in the sky-city Inconceivable...or will an attack by an army of Rocket Heads bring a swift stop to Kate's quest? 32 pages. Cover price $2.95.

Abadazad: Book 1 - 1st printing. Written by J.M. DeMatteis. Art and cover by Mike Ploog. Abadazad marks Mike Ploog's first return to regular comics in years! Prepare for a wonderful all-ages story that features dozens of creatures and fantastical settings. Fans of old-school children's fantasy from authors such as L. Frank Baum (The Wizard of Oz), C.S. Lewis (The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe), and Roald Dahl (James and the Giant Peach) will get a kick out of these installments of Abadazad! Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., full color. Cover price $9.99.

Written by Ryan North. Art by Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb. Cover by Claudia Aguirre. Finn has made it to Magic Man at last! It's time for this adventure to end and for Finn to finally get his memory back. It might seem like an easy end, but it looks like there is still one more trick up Magic Man's sleeve. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

"Three Eyes Look Earthward" (script by Richard Hughes as "Kurato Osaki"; art by Ogden Whitney); "If I Had It To Do Over Again" (script by Curt Carpenter, art by Leo Morey); and "The Mind-Reading Machine." Whitney cover. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. Written by Alan Moore. Art by Arthur Adams, Richard Case, Colleen Doran, Neil Gaiman, Michael Gaydos, Dave Gibbons, Phil Hester, Dave Johnson, Bill Koeb, Terry Moore, James A. Owens, Richard Pace, Ande Parks, and Jordan Raskin. This is a haunting collection of songs by the man who scribed Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and League of Extraordinay Gentlemen. Some of the most talented artists in the industry create pictures to go along with Alan Moore's lyrics. Softcover, 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Anime & Manga Monthly - news, reviews, video games, music & more. An in-depth look at the works of Blue Seed, 3x3 Eyes and Cat Girl Nuku-Nuku's Yuzo Takada. Manga Features: two by Rumiko Takahashi - One-Pound Gospel, and published in English for the first time ever, Maison Ikkoku: The Lost Episode. Plus: Crying Freeman - now a major motion picture. Also inside: Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon and more. And: the Animerica Ultimate Anime Guide. 72 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $4.95.

Written by D.J. Kirkbride. Art and Cover by Vassilis Gogtzilas. THE BIGGEST BANG rages on as Cosmos is tries to dissuade the misguided Cosmic Church of the Half-God from worshipping him! There is definitely more going on than meets Janishire Sneck's giant eye. And who, or WHAT are The Penumbra...? Meanwhile, Wyan continues to explore the possibilities of her amazing new powers, becoming a hero in her own right! It doesn't get bigger than the BIGGEST, cosmic comics fans! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado. Trinity War: Prologue - (W) Geoff Johns. (A) Zander Cannon, Gene Ha, Andres Guinaldo, Joe Prado, Rob Hunter, Gary Frank. The PROLOGUE TO TRINITY WAR continues as a revelation about Pandora's Box could destroy Wonder Woman and Superman's relationship! Cover price $3.99.

Based on the hit Capcom video game! When a volley of earth-shattering nuclear missiles are set to be launched at Japan, it's up to a group of assassins known as the 'Killer 7' to stop the launch before Japan is reduced to an irradiated smear. The strike is linked to the Yakumo, a worldwide conspiracy responsible for a plague of zombie terrorists known as 'Heaven's Smiles.' The fate of millions of people hangs in the balance. Cover price $2.95.

(W) Paul Levitz. (A) Steve Lightle, Yildiray Cinar, Dan Green. (CA) Steve Lightle. Classic Legion artist Steve Lightle returns, along with recent Legion artist Yildiray Cinar! In a tale illustrated by Lightle, Invisible Kid must chase down a set of thieves who've gotten their hands on some of the most dangerous technology in the universe...tech that could result in a new dawn for an old adversary! And in 'Founder's Night,' Yildiray Cinar returns for a story of Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad, the three founding Legionnaires, reunited for a rare night off in 31st-century Istanbul! Cover price $2.99.

"I Fought the Sonar Creatures," "I Became a Human Space Ship" (art by Ruben Moreira), "We Were Ruled by the Emperor Beast," and a one-page text story, "I Became the Fiery Demon." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

By Jamie Delano & Jeremy Rock. Jamie Delano is back with this new science fiction masterpiece! The British writing maestro, who helped usher in Vertigo with his launch of Hellblazer, returns to comics with his radical new vision of the future. Gray Neighbor has now been fully sucked into being an agent of TRUST and with his infatuation, Agent Love, as his training officer, life might not be so bad. But a mission to deploy a CleanTeam causes his curious streak to rise up again and he goes searching for the truth in the bowels of the city, and the filthy secrets of MamaDream begin to reveal themselves. Crafting whole new chunks of language, and stunning concepts of a bizarre new world, Delano delivers a masterful new series that has to been seen to be believed! New artist Jeremy Rock provides stunningly detailed sequential pages that fully compliment this truly revolutionary book. Cover price $3.99.

Cover art by Ben Dunn. SHADES OF GREY, script and pencils by Ben Dunn, inks by Captain Amazing Paper; Quagmire residents try to deal with the aftermath of the Zardon invasion; Selina & Mimi Masters discover that Jeremy's life-soul is being drained by demonic energy. Back cover ad for a Sun Corporation of America contest offering a chance to appear in a DC comic. 36 pgs. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

1978 Black and white magazine-sized simi-pro comic. 48 pages. Stories cover fantasy and SF themes. Flip cover with other cover titled Damnation Bridge. Cover price $1.25.

Black and white magazine-sized simi-pro comic. 48 pages. Stories cover fantasy and SF themes. Cover price $1.50.

Written by Keith Giffen & J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Joe Abraham, Cynthia Martin, Eduardo Barreto, Mark Badger & Chase Conley. Cover by Matt Haley. Giffen and DeMatteis do the Justice League their way! A sister book to Hero Squared, Planetary Brigade stars a group of heroes fronted by Squared's Captain Valor and Grim Knight. Giffen and DeMatteis introduce: Mr. Brilliant ? earth has never met a smarter, or more smug, hero! Earth Goddess ? by day, she's a sweet, unassuming wallflower, but when the Earth needs her, she turns into a gargantuan guardian of the planet! Purring Pussycat ? sweet, sexy... what's she hiding? The Third Eye ? spiritual mystic! The Mauve Visitor ? strange visitor from another world, or cute little Smurf-like dude? Together, there're in a league all their own! God help us, it could only be from the fevered brains of the "Bwa-Ha-Ha Boys!" 24pgs, FCSRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

Written by Keith Giffen & J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Fabio Moon, Zid of IFS, Joe Abraham & Alfa of IFS. The Bwa-ha-hilarity continues! Featuring Giffen and DeMatteis doing a full-blown Justice League-styled superteam their way, with characters entirely of their own creation! The Brigade comes together to stop a globe-threatening villain, only to break into smaller sub-divided teams on sub-missions fighting smaller threats. Piecing together a larger puzzle, in this issue everything begins to come together and make sense, as the Planetary Brigade begins to answer this question: why won't Harry Cutter die? Bonus: a pin-up by the legendary Silver Age great, Sal Buscema! Cover by Matt Haley. 24pgs, FCSRP: $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Planetary Brigade (2006) #1-2 and Planetary Brigade: Origins (2006) #1-3. Written by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis. Art byJoe Abraham, Cynthia Martin, Eduardo Barretto, Mark Badger, Chase Conley, Fabio Moon, Zid, Alfa Julia Bax, and Mike Cavallaro. Cover by Matt Haley and Keith Giffen. The Planetary Brigade is a group of heroes fronted by Squared's Captain Valor and Grim Knight. Meet Mr. Brilliant - Earth has never met a smarter, or more smug, hero. Earth Goddess - by day, she's a sweet, unassuming wallflower, but when the Earth needs her, she turns into a gargantuan guardian of the plane. Purring Pussycat - sweet, sexy...what's she hiding? The Third Eye - spiritual mystic. The Mauve Visitor - strange visitor from another world, or cute little Smurf-like dude? Together, they're in a league all their own! Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Yu Yu Hakusho Cover price $4.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Vanishing Acts!" Story and art by Akihisa Ikeda. Gangstah When you're a houseguest and your friends start vanishing one by one... a. blame your hosts b. play hide and seek c. move to a motel Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: May or may NOT include poster insert. Cover price $9.99.

Painted cover by Gray Morrow. Stories and art by Mike Pellowski, Carlos Pino, Carl Potts, Doug Beekman, Vincente Alcazar and Ed Davis. Moon colonists become involuntary space explorers when the moon is blasted out of orbit; based on the classic sci-fi TV series. On the planet Psychon, the colonists encounter Mentor, the scientist who wants to use their living brains for his computer. Luckily, his shape-shifting daughter Maya resists Mentor's strange experiments, and joins forces with Moonbase Alpha, in an adaptation of the second-season episode that introduced Maya in the TV series. Maya earns the trust of the colonists when she defends Moonbase Alpha against the shape-shifting alien Nucleon. Behind the scenes of the filming of season 2 of the series, including photos of guest stars Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Nice painted cover by the legendary Gray Morrow introduces the Maya character to the comics, and serves as a dynamic coup de grace to the series. Plus text features on human-engineered satellites and space probes. A New Star in Our Galaxy; The Metamorph; Man Made Moons; The Primary Life Form; Scanning the Solar System. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

Captain Comet in "Captain Comet--Enemy of Earth" (script by Edgar Ray Merritt, art by Murphy Anderson), "The Strange Sideshow of Dr. Schill," "The 1000-Year-Old Man" (script by Gardner F. Fox), and The Adventures of Chris KL-99 in "The Rival Columbus of Space!" One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Pete the Flash Scores for Captain Tootsie" by Bill Schreiber. Gil Kane cover and art. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Dan Taylor. Art by Chris Fason. Cover by Jim Mahfood. It's "Ladies' Night" at The Hideout Bar & Grill, and First City's finest super heroines are taking the night off and stepping out. Join the ladies as they gossip, debate and commiserate over cocktails. But be prepared -- this ain't your typical girls club. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.00.

By Kosuke Fujishima, Mohiro Kitoh, Makoto Kobayashi, Yuzo Takada, and Hiroyuki Utatane and Yo Morimoto. Produced for Dark Horse Comics by Studio Proteus and Radio Comix. Fan-favorite 3x3 Eyes is cover-featured this time, with an incredible battle between our heroes and an evil demon! In the next "lost episode" of Oh My Goddess!, Keiichi's friend Otaki is in love... unfortunately, he's an idiot! Can Belldandy's goddess power help him? Plus, more sci-fi suspense in Seraphic Feather, starfish from space in Shadow Star, and feline fun in What's Michael? The best deal in manga - only from Dark Horse! BE ADVISED: CONTAINS MATURE THEMES. b&w, 128pg Cover price $4.95.

By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS and DARK HORSE COMICS. The latest episode of 3x3 Eyes finds a terrified Pai trapped in a dance hall filled with demon marionettes! Will this weirdness jolt her out of her amnesia? The fun in What's Michael? continues, as Michael again faces the horror of "The Guests Who Wouldn't Leave" and shows us his dancing skills in "The Ribbon." Enjoy a pulse-pounding segment of Shadow Star, with Shiina risking her life by confronting the murderer who's been terrorizing her friend Akira - but with his flying dragon's help, he has his own deadly plan for her! Plus, mysteries abound in Seraphic Feather, over the powerful Emblem Seeds and the awesome abilities of the beautiful M-Zak, the Scarlet Angel, armed U.N. investigator! And in another "lost" episode of fan- favorite Oh My Goddess!, a rival motorcycle club has challenged the Nekomi Tech Motorcycle Club to a race...but the prize is the goddess Belldandy! Will the Nekomi Tech boys score enough wins to keep Belldandy as their mascot, or will the overconfident "Snapping Turtle" Etsushi get to take her away to his club? Cover price $4.99.

By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. In the final "lost" Oh My Goddess! story, Keiichi wants to give Belldandy a token of love for their first anniversary, but leave it to Urd to lead Keiichi down the wrong path! What do you buy the goddess who has everything? In 3x3 Eyes, Pai has finally opened her third eye, but she still can't remember her past, and the Sanjiyan is causing trouble when she's not "looking"! In our latest Shadow Star episode, Japan's military leaders gather in their pentagon to discuss the mysterious and dangerous alien "shadow dragons." Assisting them is a strikingly beautiful and intelligent physicist who's also... Shiina's mom?! Seraphic Feather continues to mystify, as a corporate spy who knows the power of the Emblem Seed will stop at absolutely nothing to get to it, and in What's Michael?, those darn cats are nothing but trouble for an unfortunate bug and a pair of worrisome travelers. FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $4.99.

By MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. If you're not reading Super Manga Blast!, you're missing out on some of the best comics from Japan! 3x3 Eyes gets the cover spotlight this month, with an extra-length 36-page episode - Yakumo's found a clue to regaining Pai's memory and is ready to go to China towards unknown danger. But Pai wants to tag along, too! Can Yakumo let the girl he loves walk into peril beside him? Plus, more Club 9 (Haruo wonders where her friend Aki is getting all her money from rich TV stars - what kind of "working girl" is she?), Shadow Star (Shiina's mother investigates her ex-husband about the shadow dragons - and a familiar face reappears!), Seraphic Feather (Apep's hidden past is revealed at last!), and What's Michael? (Learn how much TV stars really love their cats!). SMB! is still one of the best deals in comics - check it out! FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

By MASAMUNE SHIROW, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and YO MORIMOTO. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. Ah, February. The month for lovers. A time to kiss your special one full on the lips, snuggle in the small of his or her neck, and say "I...I...I'm too distracted. I have to know what happens to Pai!" That's right! Who needs romance when you've got the hot, hot heat of manga in your brain? And speaking of heat, Pai and Yakumo are feeling it right now, locked in a battle of mythic proportions, and it, looks like they won't make it out of this one alive in this months feature, 3x3 Eyes. And if it's epic battles you want, it's hard to beat Seraphic Feather, which is reaching an apex of mind-blowing proportion currently. However, if you really want some romance, or at least courting, check out Club 9, because someone is giving "Hello" some pricey gifts in pursuit of her heart. And of course What's Michael? is full of love, and Appleseed Hypernote features eight pages of tech love. And finally, we have Shadow Star, which actually doesn't have love or action this month, but the mystery is ever thickening. But it's all about loving manga isn't it? Share the love with someone else today! - Newly translated material from Ghost In The Shell creator, Masamune Shirow!! - Still the best manga bang for your buck - 128 pages of story and art aor only $5.99! b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.