Musashi #9 GN (2005-2010 A CMX Digest) comic books 2007-2009

Volume 10 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Takahashi Miyuki.

The Red Fortress mission continues and Musashi #9 steps up the action to rescue young Michiru from her ruthless kidnappers. Will she place the girl's own brother in mortal danger in order to save her? Later, a new assignment begins as a group of foreign terrorists take an ambassador hostage in a Japanese department store.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Rated T

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Takahashi Miyuki.

Agent Nine has just discovered that the love of her life, Shingo, is dead. To deal with the pain, Musashi buries herself so deeply in her work that Agent 19 fears she's no longer fit to be working for Ultimate Blue. Can the Omega kids help, or will their involvement merely attract the attention of the terrorists who are still looking for them?

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Rated T

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 12 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Takahashi Miyuki.

The Omegas are now affiliated with Ultimate Blue. Their first assignment: protect the daughter of the president of a southeast Asian country. But she has plans of her own for the Omegas - and she somehow knows more about Ultimate Blue than almost anyone else alive. Tensions mount as jealousies between Shingo and the Omegas flare up, spurred on by pointed questions from the president's daughter.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Rated T

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 13 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Takahashi Miyuki.

When Agent Nine discovers that the love of her life is being tortured, there's hell to pay. Ultimate Blue's agents are always forces of nature - but when one of them gets angry, even the gods tremble. Later, the Omegas get involved in a plot to abduct their biology teacher, who is the first scientist to successfully clone a human - technology U.B. is very interested in.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Rated T

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 14 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Takahashi Miyuki.

Ultimate Blue Agent 19 opens up to Shingo and tells him of Musashi #9's early days. Shingo discovers some of the reasons Nine is so cold and aloof, including the genesis of the falling out between Nine and Agent 21. That secret goes back to their first days together fighting the Russian mafia and learning what it truly takes to be an Ultimate Blue agent.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Rated T

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 15 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Takahashi Miyuki.

Shingo learns more about the early days of Musashi #9. Ultimate Blue Agent 21 was stunned to discover the legendary Nine was a girl - a girl who admitted she doesn't understand people very well. #21 recounts how he helped her learn how to relate to people emotionally, a job made exponentially more difficult when the Russian mafia tries to wipe them out.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Rated T

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 16 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Takahashi Miyuki.

In Blue Memories, #19 continues to recall an early mission with #9: to dispose of dangerous chemical weapons stolen by the Russian mafia after the fall of Communism - enough to kill the entire population of a major city. Can even Ultimate Blue overcome the Russian mob armed with deadly chemical weapons?

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Rated T

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $9.95.