Battle Angel Alita Last Order Omnibus TPB (2013 Kodansha) comic books 2012-2014

Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Yukito Kishiro. What does it mean to be human? The lovely, deadly cyborg Alita returns in 664 pages of cyberpunk action! Alita wakes up alone in the sky city of Tiphares, her brain and body reconstructed by the mad scientist Desty Nova. There's no time to wonder why Alita's greatest enemy would resurrect her, though - the royal city has been thrown into chaos by Nova's revelation that the Tiphareans have had their brains replaced by bio-chips! Everyone needs answers - and Alita will fight to get them! Includes two original stories by Yukito Kishiro never before published in English! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 664 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. By Yukito Kishiro. Nanotechnology made humanity immortal, and the resulting population explosion pushed the Solar System's resources to the breaking point. As a result, new births are banned and even the planets' disparate governments cooperate to annihilate any children already born. With the tournament looming, Alita and her comrades find themselves caught between a spacefaring refuge for young innocents and a bloodthirsty mob intent on killing the children for sport! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 664 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yukito Kishiro. After years in the Scrapyard beneath the sky city of Tiphares, Alita ascends the orbital elevator into space, where she encounters twisted aliens, Martian warriors, an evil genius with four brains, a transdimensional warrior monk and more bizarre friends and foes in her fight to save her comrade Lou from the worst fate imaginable in this age of nanotech-powered immortality: permanent death. This omnibus includes three volumes of Battle Angel Alita: Last Order in an updated translation, plus 60 pages of short stories never before published in the United States. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 600 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yukito Kishiro. With the help of Porta Nova, Alita's finally made it to the Incubator, and is moments away from retrieving Lou's brain, when Super Nova, a new, sinister incarnation of the professor created by Mbadi, steps in and holds all 20,000 brains in the Incubator hostage! Can Alita find a way out? Will Melchizadek be destroyed? And just how many Novas are there? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 600 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yukito Kishiro. After nearly being canceled, the Z.O.T.T. resumes and now inches towards its conclusion with the Space Angels going head-to-head against new, formidable opponents that push their combative skills to the limit. With Alita jumping back into the fray, the independence of Tiphares and the scrapyard are depending on her victory, and with her new, seemingly unstoppable abilities, triumph seems to be nearly at hand for the Space Angels. However, behind the scenes, Mbadi and other nefarious entities are plotting to turn things around on Alita and her friends as the Z.O.T.T. continues into its final round. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 600 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $19.99.