Chronowar (1996) comic books 1995-1997
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Issue #1
Published Aug 1996 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Story and art by Kazumasa Takayama. A decaying, old satellite is headed straight for Tokyo, and the city is three citizens shy of total evacuation. Hard-boiled detective Watanabe remains in the abandoned gotham, searching for a gaunt, desperate Machida, who is wanted for attempted murder; and Chiaki, a stubborn housewife who doesn't believe the burning rubble will hit Tokyo, also remains behind. But Chiaki is wrong. And when the satellite does hit, the three find the city is less abandoned than before. Someone was riding that satellite down from orbit, and that someone wasn't born on earth! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #2
Published Sep 1996 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Story and art by Kazumasa Takayama. Police detective Watanabe, murder suspect Kunihiko Machida, and young housewife Chiaki Yamamoto -- they were the only people left in downtown Tokyo when the derelict satellite made its flaming impact with the city center. The disaster should have ended their lives, but instead it was only the beginning of their suffering! Aboard the twisted wreckage was an alien passenger, one who could withstand the torturous pain of impact. One who was curious how much pain these humans could withstand. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #3
Published Oct 1996 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Story and art by Kazumasa Takayama. Murder suspect Kunihiko Machida is living inside a moment of frozen time, with an alien creature on his back and a crazed police detective at his throat. In the history books, they'll call this a close encounter of the fourth kind; for the time being, Machida calls it Chronowar. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #4
Published Nov 1996 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Story and art by Kazumasa Takayama. The living spaceship Ohzun is the last creation of a civilization destroyed by a supernova, a wandering starship entrusted with carrying on the legacy of its dead masters. But why Ohzun has come to earth, and why it has chosen these three humans to come before it, isn't entirely clear. Nor are those humans sure they want it to be . . . 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #5
Published Dec 1996 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Story and art by Kazumasa Takayama. Some people feel they're moving too fast through life. This is especially true for Machida, Chiaki, and Detective Watanabe -- thanks to the living spaceship Ozhun, they are moving one hundred thousand times faster than everyone else! They're part of a twisted, inhuman experiment, but they've got an even bigger problem -- the Detective has gone nuts and threatens to raise the stakes to the ultimate level! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #6
Published Jan 1997 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Story and art by Kazumasa Takayama. Everyone wishes they had the time to stop and smell the roses. Machida, Chiaki, and Detective Watanabe just wish they could stop, period. Thanks to the living spaceship, Ohzun, they're moving one hundred thousand times faster than anyone else, and they're part of a bizzare experiment to study humanity! When Detective Watanabe goes crazy and turns against his fellow captives, Machida agrees to a duel to see who will survive -- not knowing that the deck has been stacked against him. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #7
Published Feb 1997 by Dark Horse.$2.50
Story and art by Kazumasa Takayama. Good guys finish last. That's what former detective Watanabe is teaching Machida -- and he's teaching it the hard way. The lesson begins when Machida attempts to rescue Chiaki, who is suspended in the air above Tokyo Tower. It ends when Watanabe's trap is sprung -- a battery of machine guns set to blast both Machida and Chiaki to the other side of the Japanese city. It's not fair, but what they say about love and war still applies in Chronowar. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #8
Published Mar 1997 by Dark Horse.$2.50
Story and art by Kazumasa Takayama. How much can you risk for love? As Chiaki and Watanabe battle on top of Tokyo Tower, the heat from their hyper-accelerated muscles is tearing their fragile human bodies apart. Watanabe is betting on the alien Ohzun to give him an electronic afterlife. But is Chiaki's newly discovered love for Machida enough to sustain her in the face of mutilation and death? And can Machida, half-paralyzed by Watanabe's machine guns, do anything to help the woman he has worshipped from afar for so long? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #9
Published Apr 1997 by Dark Horse.$2.50
Story and art by Kazumasa Takayama. Ten months ago a satellite collided with Tokyo -- but Chiaki doesn't remember that. And she doesn't remember that the satellite was a living, alien creature, or that it stopped time and toyed with her and the other two citizens who remained in the city. But of all the things Chiaki doesn't remember, of all the amazing things she's experienced in the last three-hundred-and-some odd days, the one thing you'd think she'd be able to recall is . . . she's dead. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
