20th Century Boys TPB (2018- Viz) Perfect Edition comic books 1980 or later

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 1-2.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

A deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa's award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and a group of friends trying to save the world from destruction!

Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world.

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 416 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 3-4.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

Kenji races home and picks up the newspaper: sure enough, the mystery microbe has hit London. He thinks back over everything that has happened and what he and his childhood friends dug up, and is forced to face the unbelievable truth-someone really is putting into motion the story Kenji made up as a child, and people are dying because of it!

It turns out that the Friend's plan to destroy the world was dreamed up long ago by a group of boys playing "good guys against bad guys." And now, the only one who can stop this diabolical plot from succeeding is the one who came up with it-Kenji!

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 416 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 5-6.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

The giant robot has been built, awaiting its great awakening, but the Friend's identity has yet to be revealed. Time passes day by day, counting down to December 31, 2000...the day that Earth is destined to see its end. The only ones who can save the world are the nine friends who wrote The Book of Prophecy in their childhood days. Will humanity enter the new world, the new century, safe and sound?

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 416 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 7-8.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

In the middle of the Tokyo Bay, a man known as Shogun has escaped from Umihotaru Prison, a place feared by criminals and convicts as an inescapable iron fort, in order to save the world. He heads off to Tokyo, the city where the girl known as "The Last Hope" lives. But the streets of Tokyo are in turmoil after a murder in Chinatown triggers a chain reaction of terror. The time has come for the false peace created by the Friend to be exposed. What is the truth behind the historic disaster on the last day of 20th century?

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 9-10.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

In 2014, Tokyo is under the complete control of the mysterious ruler known as the Friend. Kanna has chosen to step forward and confront the Friend in order to carry out the last wishes of her uncle Kenji, who has been missing since Bloody New Year's Eve. As Kanna gathers a group of outcasts and misfits to face the Friend, her high school classmate Koizumi faces true horror in the brainwashing camp known as Friend Land. It is there that she sees something that no one was ever meant to see: the true identity of the Friend. Who will survive in this world where it is nearly impossible to distinguish friend from foe?

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 11-12.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

"My father is the Friend?" Kanna asks as she confronts the grim truth. With a heart full of despair, it will take everything for Kanna to continue the fight against the Friends. Meanwhile, Koizumi and Sadakiyo manage to escape the pursuit of the Dream Navigators, but not for long. Can Kanna, caught in an emotional struggle between her fate and the future of the Earth, step forward and head to the rescue of Koizumi? As our heroes continue their fight against the Friends, longtime secrets are revealed and more of Kenji's friends reunite. The war against the Friends has reached yet another crescendo...

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 13-14.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

Kanna, burdened by the fact that her mother Kiriko developed the bacteriological weapons used by the Friends on Bloody New Year's Eve, ruminates over the ominous messages that she left behind. When the weapons come back to haunt humanity, Kanna isn't the only one searching for traces of Kiriko. Otcho gets closer to finding out Kiriko's current whereabouts after a search leads him to her former colleague, Dr. Yamane.

With New Year's Eve 2014 on the horizon, the events prophesized by the Friend are ready to come to pass-events that will dramatically change the history of the world once again. Will 2015 be the last year of mankind?

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 456 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 15-16.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

While an unknown virus spreads and cripples the world with fear, the 2015 World Expo prepares to start, serving as a beacon of hope in a dark world.

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 456 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 17-18.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

The Friend has become the President of the World and rules with absolute power behind the giant wall of the city of Tokyo. Most of the world believes that the Friend is their savior, but below the surface, a resistance group led by "The Queen of Ice" begins to make its move. The only one capable of ending this nightmare, she plans to rise in arms.

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Collects 20th Century Boys GN (2009-2012 Viz) By Naoki Urasawa Vol. 19-20.

Story and art by Naoki Urasawa.

A man with a guitar arrives at a barrier town outside of Tokyo. Anyone who attempts to travel through the town without a pass is arrested and murdered. As the days go by, the body count grows and grows... Who can change this horrible situation and break through the barrier town? And who awaits at their final destination?

Softcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. Rated T+

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

Cover price $19.99.