Auctions: comic books in 'Manga', graded by CGC

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Kachiru Ishizue. Adapted by Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane. Translated by JN Productions. Rescued from a horrendous carriage accident, Stella awakens at a gothic manor in the company of her saviors-a group of impossibly gorgeous young men. Their gentlemanly manners conceal a brutal, inhuman thirst. Can she unravel the mystery of their condition and escape before it's too late to tell danger from passion? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kachiru Ishizue. Adapted by Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane. Translated by JN Productions. Yearning between Stella and mansion resident Levi grows into a dangerous romance. Levi's kisses prevent Stella from crystallizing further, but the effort causes Levi to fall unconscious with a raging fever. To save him, Stella must journey into Levi's soul and confront the nun Luchia's grasp on his past. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kachiru Ishizue. Adapted by Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane. Translated by JN Productions. Gilbert reappears to warn Stella about sweet and friendly Yoel,but can she trust the man who attacked her? Stella also fends offFriedrich's advances while deepening her relationship with Levi.As the beautiful men Stella lives with reveal their secrets, she mustprotect herself from their dark impulses. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kachiru Ishizue. Adapted by Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane. Translated by JN Productions. Desperate for Stella's affection, Yoel stabs Levi, who reconsiders his desire to protect the other nonhumans. Stella searches through Rosémary's notes to find a way to awaken Yoel after the incident and uncovers clues about why Levi's been shedding tears of blood. Are any of Rosémary's "children" really capable of love? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Kachiru Ishizue. Adapted by Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane. Translated by JN Productions. Claude and Friedrich take desperate measures to vie for Stella's affection, when she only has eyes for Levi. This frantic battle for her heart leads to further bloodshed and the need for Stella to make a big decision. Can her love for Levi last in the face of unrelenting obstacles? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

1st Printing. Written by Jason S. Yadao. The Rough Guide to Manga is the Ultimate handbook for exploring the world of Japanese comics. Softcover, 7-in. x 7-in.; 280 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $18.99.

W/A Lea Hernandez. "Silky Warrior Tansie" (1 of 8)?Raven Tansania Ransom has everything a media sweetheart needs: she's an orphan, a talented pilot, she has an enemy, she's wanted by EnteCo to join their Rumble Girl franchise, and her coach is a hottie. She's sympathetic, gifted, hated, desired, and in love. Raven Tansania Ransom is so set...unless she hates being a pilot, her coach only likes her as a friend, and being a Rumble Girl stinks. She does. He does. It does. Can Raven survive the trajectory of celebrity when no Rumble Girl has? In episode one, Raven finds herself piloting for her life against rival Carmen Cameron, while the masters of EnteCo, the Suits, have pressured their #1 star, Crimson, into accepting a female rival--and the Suits have chosen Raven! RUMBLE GIRLS: Silky Warrior Tansie is-The X-Games meets The Real World--eight episodes of bloody sport, voyeurism, and schoolgirl crushes wrapped in the stunning manga-style art of Lea Hernandez; strytelling that has wowed comics critics and fans all over the world! Eisner and Thompson Award nominee Lea Hernandez' first comic series--only from Image! Tansie goodies online @ www.divalea.com b&w, 32pg Cover price $3.50.

Speed! Candy! Story, art and flipbook-style covers by Lea Hernandez. The manga-inspired saga of Raven, a mecha-suit fighter swept up into the double-dealing entertainment empire surrounding televised mecha fights. Raven realizes that the faceless suits at EnTeCo may not have her best interests at heart; her new rival, Crimson August, turns out to be the last person she expected. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

Sugar and Wax. Story, art and cover by Lea Hernandez. The manga-inspired saga of Raven, a mecha-suit fighter swept up into the double-dealing entertainment empire surrounding televised mecha fights. Raven learns that pretty much everyone she knows has a hidden identity or dark secret; things get even more complicated after her match with Crimson Winter. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

Sapphire Bullets. Story, art and cover by Lea Hernandez. The manga-inspired saga of Raven, a mecha-suit fighter swept up into the double-dealing entertainment empire surrounding televised mecha fights. EnTeCo begins circulating leaked photos of Raven's Tansie character in a clinch with rival Crimson Winter; Oishii convinces Raven she needs to leave the company and go out on her own. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

It's Not Romantic. Stories by Lea Hernandez and Warren Ellis. Art and cover by Lea Hernandez. The manga-inspired saga of Raven, a mecha-suit fighter swept up into the double-dealing entertainment empire surrounding televised mecha fights. Raven sets out to wrest control of her Tansie character back from EnTeCo...but has she waited too long to make her stand? Also featuring a Poppy backup story, written by superstar writer Warren Ellis. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

It's Not Romantic. Stories by Lea Hernandez and Warren Ellis. Art and cover by Lea Hernandez. The manga-inspired saga of Raven, a mecha-suit fighter swept up into the double-dealing entertainment empire surrounding televised mecha fights. Raven finds that stepping out on her own isnt as easy as it looks, especially for an ex-celebrity. Also featuring a Poppy backup story, written by superstar writer Warren Ellis. Final issue of the series; Ravens story was concluded in a webcomic and the Rumble Girls TPB (2003). 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

By Various. Rumble Pak is an anthology comic book series showcasing original manga created by artists from around the world. Rumble Pak engages readers in original and unique stories from sci-fi, action/adventure, fantasy and comedy. Contains four stories: "Bleed 1.0," "The Monkey Tale," "Mad Beanz" and "God Drug." 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Self-contained stories. Fire Tripper. Cover price $3.25.

1st printing. Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi. Collects "Fire Tripper", "Laughing Target", and "Maris the Chojo". Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 1 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Wataru Midori. Shouta Kikuzatos hopes of starting on his schools prestigious soccer team are derailed when a terrible incident costs him his leg. Now in his first year of high school (again), Kikuzato has resigned himself to never reaching his athletic dreams. But when Chidori, a passing prosthetist, notices Kikuzatos artificial limb- and speed-as he races through the train station, the specialist proposes a partnership: Chidori will build Kikuzato a brand-new leg designed solely for speed. All Kikuzato has to do is run! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 2 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Wataru Midori. The race in Shibuya has given Kikuzato a taste of what running and competing on a blade could be, but it will take more than a new leg for him to truly be a contender the next time he races. Kikuzato needs to learn how to run, and Usami is only too happy to give him some pointers after school at track and field club. Kikuzato thought his days of training with a team were behind him, but with the club members help, the path to becoming a runner opens before him—though not without a few hurdles along the way! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 3 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Wataru Midori. Kikuzato is sprinting toward his new goal of becoming a more powerful runner, but each stride takes him further from his soccer days—and the friends who once played alongside him. Kikuzatos wasnt the only life affected by his accident, and ever since that day, Takekawa has watched his best friend on and off the field steadily slip away. Can these former teammates repair the rift between them, even as world events throw all their high school hopes and dreams into disarray?! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 4 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Wataru Midori. When the worsening pandemic forces schools to close temporarily, Kikuzato and the other members of the track and field club must find creative ways to keep up their training. The anticipation of his new custom running prosthesis is more than enough to motivate Kikuzato, but his excitement is undercut by the presence of his father, now working from home. Will being in close quarters bring father and son together or drive them even further apart?! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 5 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Wataru Midori. As schools reopen and clubs reconvene after COVID-19 closures, Kikuzato is eager to try out his new leg. But even with the improved fit, his worry about falling like he did in his first public race plagues his training for the next. Running is as much a mental game as it is a physical one, and between his fear and his fight with Take, Kikuzato isnt seeing the improvement he hoped his new leg would bring. If he means to succeed, Kikuzato must answer one question for himself: Why am I running anyway? Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 6 - 2nd or later printings. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. In the 11th year of Meiji, on the day marked in the Western calendar as May 14th, time once again began to flow. Kenshin leaves for Kyoto. Awaiting him there is Shishio Makoto, the hitokiri who replaced the cold-eyed assassin Himura Battôsai. He once forswore further killing and took up the reversed-blade sakabatô. But does Kenshin go to Kyoto for a duel...or for a death-match? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Over 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who - felling men with his blood-stained blade - gained the name Hitokiri... manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Based on the hit anime series. With Misao's help, Kaoru finally manages to locate Kenshin in Kyoto ? at the home of Hiko Seijuro, his master in the school of Hiten Mitsurugi. Having convinced his master to complete his training, Kenshin assumes the role of pupil once more while, elsewhere in Kyoto, other forces come together. There is the arrival of Shinomori Aoshi, soon approached by the men of Shishio Makoto to join their cause; there is the arrival of Saito Hajime, who comes to free Sano from jail and also to join him in questioning "Ten Swords" member Cho. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. As Kenshin continues his re-education at the hand of his master in Hiten Mitsurugi, Hiko Seijuro, he looks back also to the first, early years of that training . ..including the moment in his life in which he changed his name to "Kenshin." Meanwhile, the remaining members of the Juppongatana or, "Ten Swords," arrive in Kyoto, while the first phase of Shishio Makoto's plan for Japan finally gets underway. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The Great Kyoto Fire behind them (and casualties relatively slight), Kenshin and the others consider their next move. The Oniwabanshu may indeed be allies this time but their leader, Shinomori Aoshi, is not. Is Kenshin truly the only one who can bring peace to the former Okashira or "head" of the Kyoto-based spy group? Elsewhere, madman Shishio Makoto has made his own plans for Kenshin and the others, plans involving a "man-to-man," death match-style battle to the finish. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. As the Juppongatana or "Ten Swords" move to attack those at Aoi-Ya (Kaoru, Yahiko, Misao, and the rest of the Kyoto-based spy clan), Kenshin-accompanied by Sanosuke and Sait?-squares off against one of his most powerful opponents yet: Shinomori Aoshi, former Okashira or "head" of the Oniwabansh?. Bound by promises to both return Misao's "Aoshi-sama" to her safely, and to face Shinomori himself in a climactic, decisive battle, the time is now to learn once and for all who has the will to live, who has the will to die... and who has the will to fight. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. At the madman Shishio Makoto's headquarters, the long-delayed duel between Kenshin and Shinomori Aoshi concludes while, at Aoi-Ya, those left behind wage their own desperate battle against Shishio's Juppongatana or "Ten Swords." The strength of one swordsman in particular seems monstrous, and defeatimminent... that is, until Kenshin's former Hiten Mitsurugi master, Hiko Seijuro, takes the field.Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Is there such a thing as divine will or guidance? Seta Sôjirô, stopping for a moment in mid-battle with Kenshin, may be beginning to think so. When Sôjirô made the fateful decision to ally with the monomaniacal Shishio Makoto, his family paid the ultimate price. But is the flesh of the weak truly the sustenance of the strong, as Shishio insists? Kenshin, whose Hiten Mitsurugi school places the protection of the helpless before all else, would surely disagree. In a world where might makes right only too often, what choice have "the wronged" but to wait for a savior? And when that savior comes too late...what then? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The madness of Shishio Makoto may know no bounds, but what of his body? An eleventh-hour revelation suggests a possible weakness, but will the news come in time to help a critically wounded Kenshin, whose own strength is reaching its limit? In this new era of Meiji, it's getting harder and harder to tell the innocents from the victims. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. He may be one of the "good guys" now (as Misao insists) but, even a month later, Kenshin still is haunted by Kyoto. How can he not be, when it was in Kyoto that, as the feared "Hitokiri Battôsai," he once made the streets flow red...? And yet, before he departs this place of so many memories, there are ghosts which must be put to rest. It's said that, when strong feelings are attached to a particular wound, so long as those feelings persist, the scar will remain. How did Kenshin get that cross-shaped scar on his face, and who was it that gave it to him? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. It began with a sin, committed by Kenshin, back during his bloody days as hitokiri. Although stopping most of the assassins who still come seeking revenge should be easy enough, what of the innocent-Sanosuke and Yahiko, everyone at Akabeko Inn, Kaoru. Can Kenshin escape the shades of his past, and find the will to fight for the real world-for the living-for reality? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Deep in the Japanese countryside, far from the gore-spattered streets of the capital, a man who never knew what happiness was begins a new life as husband to a woman who claims to have nowhere else to go. If a man cannot fight to protect the woman he loves, what will become of the nation? Can one woman alone be enough to hold back the madness? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 21 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. As a new age dawns, there are those who still cling to the ways of bloodshed, and see the days of peace and prosperity which Kenshin and others like him fought so hard to bring forth, as betrayal. In 10 days' time, the enemies of Kenshin will come for him, and all who stand beside him are in danger. Is the time of earthly justice truly at hand? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 22 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The ghosts of Kenshin's past come to wreak havoc on his future as the fight is literally brought to the doorstep of the Kamiya Dojo. Three great battles¯three great warriors! Myôjin Yahiko, takes on a fighter more than twice his age. Sagara Sanosuke, learns a new humility and becomes the stronger for it. And Himura Kenshin, begins to see a way to atone for the sins of the hitokiri. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. In order to discover more about the relationship that binds Kenshin and Enishi, Saitô Hajime makes a surprise appearance at the Kamiya Dojo - only to find the aftermath of Kenshin, Sanosuke and Yahiko's desperate life-or-death battles with Enishi's cabal of fighters. One member of the "Six Comrades" remains standing - Yatsume Mumyôi. Will the strength of Saitô's Gatotsu be enough to fell this freakish warrior-of-the-shadows?! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. Story and art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. To defeat an enemy in combat is one thing. To destroy an enemy's spirit by striking at what he holds dearest is another. While incapacitated by the gargantuan Kujiranami of the "Six Comrades," Enishi seizes upon the opportunity to cripple Kenshin's resolve and will to fight, for good. If Kaoru dies, will Kenshin's dream of a new Japan die with her? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.