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Shuriken comic books issue 1

  • Issue #1
    Blade of Shuriken (1987) 1

    The Blade of Shuriken. Story by Reggie Byers. Art and cover by Reggie Byers and Robert Durham. Eternity takes over the publishing of Reggie Byers pioneering English-language manga comic featuring Martial-arts expert Kyoko Shidara. This series is modeled after shonen, or action-oriented boy's manga, while the original Shuriken series was based on shojo (girls) manga. Having abandoned her corrupt former employers, Kyoko Shidara, aka Shuriken, goes into business for herself as a bodyguard. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

  • Issue #1
    Shuriken (1991 2nd Series) 1

    In this debut issue, Morgan Enterprises has developed the perfect weapon in biological warfare...Slate, a genetically neutral being who absorbs the DNA of unknowing donors and becomes them. Its maiden journey as Shuriken leaves Kyoko in a lot of trouble and at the top of Slate's hit list. Written by S.A. Bennett, with art by Wes Abbott. Shuriken created by Reggie Byers and Neil Vokes. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #1
    Shuriken Cold Steel (1989) 1

    Welcome to Dangertemps, Part 1. Story by S.A. Bennett. Art and cover by Christopher Taylor and Derrick Richardson. Shuriken, a former assassin turned freelance adventurer, was an early entry in both the Amerimanga and warrior woman trends that would explode over the next few decades. Unemployed and broke, Kyoko Shidara, aka Shuriken, takes a job with Danger Temps, basically a temp service for bodyguards. It sounds like a good idea at the time.... 16 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

  • Issue #1
    Shuriken Team-Up (1988) 1

    Its a Small World After All! Story by Brian Marshall. Art by Reggie Byers and Delfin Barral. Cover by Jimmy Palmiotti. Kyoko Shidara, aka Shuriken, is hired to protect a computer programmer with a revolutionary new program, Project Bedlam. When the thief called Balance intervenes and the result threatens the world, Libra and the Japanese supergroup Kokutai join forces with Shuriken to put things right. Featuring a cover by future superstar artist Jimmy Palmiotti. Followed by Shuriken Cold Steel (1989) #1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Shuriken TPB (1987 Blackthorn) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 – 1st printing. Story by Reggie Byers and Neil D. Vokes. Art by Reggie Byers, Robert Durham, Chris Kalnick, Michio Okamura and Rus Sever, plus pin-ups by Craig Brasfield and Joshua Quagmire. Wraparound cover by Reggie Byers. Collects Shuriken (1985 1st Series) #1-4. Blackthorne Publishing presents Shuriken, an early entry in both the Amerimanga and warrior woman trends that would explode over the next few decades. Martial-arts expert Kyoko Shidara, aka Shuriken, tries to protect her friend Joan after she witnesses a Yakuza murder. But it turns out the assassin, Eagle Claw, has a close connection to Shuriken herself. The Enemy; Scratched!; Yakuza; Owari. 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

  • Issue #1-REP
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Six-Guns and Shurikens SC (1990 Dell Digest) 1-REP

    2nd and later printings.

    Written by Dave Morris. Art by Phil Jacobs.

    An illustrated All Ages book. When Muchaelangelo finds a genie in an old copper lamp, the fearsome four are whisked back in time to the Wild West - for a showdown with three gunslingers.

    Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 72 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

    Cover price $2.95.