www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIX #4 April 2009  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with T)

TITAN PUBLISHING

TANK GIRL VOLUME 3 REMASTERED EDITION GN
(W) Alan Martin (A) Jamie Hewlett
Tank Girl's back and she's madder than ever! Join our bullet-spraying, bloke-spaying heroine as she yet again wreaks havoc on an unsuspecting world, with a titanic battle against evil bounty hunters, a fascinating odyssey through the culinary world, the astonishing, all-true story of popular beat combo The Smiths, the lovely Jet Girl, the unlovely Booga, and more dead nasties than you can shake some sick at! Tank Girl is "remastered" here in chronological order as originally featured in the 1980's cult British music/comic magazine Deadline. Fans can also savor some rarely seen art by cult Brit artist Jamie Hewlett, the visual genius and co-creator of virtual rock band Gorillaz, the opera Monkey: Journey to the West, and the artist chosen to work on the BBC's 2008 Olympic programming. (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
RES. from Previews Vol. XVIII #10 (OCT084368)
SC, 7x10, 96pgs, PC SRP: $14.95

MODESTY BLAISE VOLUME 16: THE SCARLET MAIDEN TP
(W) Peter O'Donnell (A) Neville Colvin
Adventurer, spy, smuggler, racketeer and all-round bad girl, Modesty Blaise is as stylish as she is smart, as lethal and beautiful as a Japanese fighting sword! This volume features three classic hard-to-find stories: "The Scarlet Maiden," "The Moonman," and "A Few Flowers for the Colonel." This volume features new story introductions by creator Peter O'Donnell, and an article with ultra rare strips that have not been seen in over twenty years.
SC, 104pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95

TOKYOPOP

FRUITS BASKET VOLUME 23
Creator: Natsuki Takaya
Rating: T (Teen Age 13+)
The final volume! Curses have broken and the eternal banquet has finally come to a close. But there are still some loose ends to be wrapped up before the last page of Fruits Basket arrives! How will each of the members of the Zodiac deal with their newfound freedom? Can forgiveness come in the wake of Akito’s past actions, and a new surprising revelation?
SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (23 of 23) $10.99

PET SHOP OF HORRORS VOLUME 5
Creator: Matsuri Akino
Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Moderate Sexuality, Partial Nudity, Moderate Violence, Moderate Gore
FINAL VOLUME
SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (5 of 5) $10.99

GAME X RUSH VOLUME 1
Creator: Mizuho Kusanagi
Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Sexual Innuendo, Mild Violence, Moderate Gore, Slapstick Humor, Tobacco Reference/Use
Japan’s greatest bodyguard and greatest assassin caught in a deadly game...Memori is the pretty-boy mascot for his brother’s bodyguard agency, solving cases and saving the damsels in distress. And when he runs into the skilled and witty Yuuki, he thinks he’s found the perfect partner...until he learns that Yuuki is a trained assassin who seems to know his every secret.
SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W (1 of 2) $10.99

NG LIFE VOLUME 2
Creator: Mizuho Kusanagi
Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Mild Fanservice, Mild Gore, Mild Sexuality, Mild Violence, Tobacco Reference/Use
Saeki wrestles between his budding feelings for Mii and his past life love for Yuuma, all the while attempting to escape the clutches of a rather disgruntled past lifer, Yuuma’s present day cousin/past life elder sister.
SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (2 of 6) $10.99

GAKUEN ALICE VOLUME 8
Creator: Tachibana Higuchi
Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Mild Language, Mild Sexuality, Aggression
Mikan and her friends have infiltrated Z’s secret hideout, but their dangerous journey is far from over. A face-off between Mikan and the Alice-stealing woman who has connections to Mikan’s past is just the start of the tense battle to save Hotaru, Prez and maybe even the lives of Mikan and her team!
SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (8 of 16) $10.99

STARCRAFT: FRONTLINE VOLUME 3
Author: Grace Randolph, Joshua Elder, Paul Benjamin & Dave Shramek, Ren Zatopek
Art By: Hector Sevilla, Noel Rodriguez, Ramanda Kamarga, Seung-Hui Kye
Rating: T (Teen Age 13+)
The brutal! The menacing! The twisted! Confront the vast, renowned world of StarCraft inside this collection of mind-blowing adventures.
SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (3 of 4) $10.99

FATE/STAY NIGHT VOLUME 4
Author: TYPE-MOON
Art By: Dat Nishiwaki
Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Mild Gore, Mild Violence
When Emiya reaches the park in which he was saved by his father from the fire when he was young, Emiya and Saber are attacked by dragon fang soldiers, and Caster launches a sudden flash that envelops Saber. Saber and Emiya struggle to defeat Caster, a new Servant, and her army of endless dragon fang soldiers. But at the last blow, Saber realizes that Caster was just a mere puppet projection that the true Caster was controlling!
SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (4 of 7) $10.99

GUARDIAN HEARTS VOLUME 2
Creator: Sae Amatsu
Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Alcohol Use, Mild Sexuality, Aggression, Moderate Fanservice, Non-Sexual Full Body Nudity
A two-volume bindup. Secret organization BURN’s objective is to take over the world, and they incessantly attack Hina and Kazuya. While this is going on, Hina discovers that Kazuya has some kind of special power and that Kazuya’s mom is a super-strong fighter with a mysterious past.
SC, 5x7, 384pgs, B&W (2 of 8) $14.99

KIMIKISS VOLUME 1
Creator: Taro Shinonome
Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Mild Sexuality, Moderate Fanservice, Non-Sexual Nondescript Nudity
Kouichi and Mao are childhood best friends. But as they enter high school, they discover that their social trajectories are destined to be quite different. Mao is a stud, who has no problems attracting the ladies, while Kouichi...well...he could use a little help. And thus begins Mao’s quest to make sure that even though Kouichi entered high school not having kissed a girl, he sure as hell won’t graduate that way!
• Based on a popular dating sim game for the PS2 (Japan only), in which the player’s goal as a high school boy must be to get a girl in his class to give him a kiss!
• The game inspired a popular franchise in Japan that includes three manga series, light novels, and an anime
SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W (1 of 3) $10.99

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

WELCOME TO FOREST ISLAND HC
(W/A) Bwana Spoons
Welcome To Forest Island is the flagship monograph by Bwana Spoons, a painter, designer, screenprinter and zine rocker whose work has been featured on a dizzying array of shoes, skateboards, apparel, baby strollers, and gallery walls worldwide All 128 full-color pages — including paintings, maps, sketches, short comics, and more — are dedicated to Forest Island: the wild, hyperchromatic paradise Spoons has constructed with his art. Rendered in swaths of psychedelic fluorescents in a flurry of wild yet delicate brushwork, this book's explosive pages establish Spoons as an artist whose furious imagination is matched only by the intimacy of his handskills. Cloth-covered and case-bound with metallic stamping and custom embossing, this full-color compendium heralds not only the birth of a wild and wooly nation, but also the arrival of a major new force in the art world. (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
HC, 6.5x9, 128pgs, FC SRP: $30.00

TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING

AGE OF TV HEROES HC
(W) Jason Hofius, George Khoury
Age of TV Heroes examines the history of the live-action television adventures of everyone’s favorite comic book heroes! This volume features the in-depth stories of the actors and behind-the-scene players that made the classic super-hero television programs we all grew up with. From The Adventures of Superman and Batman to The Tick and Smallville, it’s colorfully presented in vivid detail, lavishly designed with a bevy of color photographs. Included are new and exclusive interviews and commentary from Adam West (Batman), Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman), William Katt (The Greatest American Hero), Jack Larson (The Adventures of Superman), and many more. (C: 0-1-2)
RES. from Previews Vol. XVIII #9 (SEP084302)
HC, 192pgs, FC SRP: $39.95

ALL-STAR COMPANION VOLUME 4 TP
(E) Roy Thomas
The epic series of All-Star Companions goes out with a bang, with colossal coverage of the Golden Age All-Star Comics and the sensational secrets of the Junior Justice Society! An index of the complete solo adventures of all 18 original JSAers in their own features, from 1940 to 1951! The JSA's earliest imitators (Seven Soldiers of Victory, All Winners Squad, Marvel Family, and International Crime Patrol)! Infinity, Inc. on Earth-Two and after! And the 1980s Secret Origins series! With rare art by Alex Ross, Todd Mcfarlane, Jerry Ordway, Joe Kubert, Alex Toth, Gil Kane, Murphy Anderson, Gene Colan, Mike Machlan, Howard Chaykin, and others. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 240pgs, B&W SRP: $27.95

CAPTAIN ACTION: THE ORIGINAL SUPER-HERO ACTION FIGURE HC
(W) Michael Eury
Captain Action, the original super-hero action figure, was introduced in 1966 in the wake of the Batman television craze, and later received his own DC comic book with art by Wally Wood and Gil Kane. Able to assume the identities of 13 famous super-heroes, his initial career was short-lived, but continuing interest in the hero has led to two different returns to toy-store shelves. This second edition of the critically acclaimed volume chronicles the history of this quick-changing champion, including photos of virtually every Captain Action product ever released, spotlights on his allies and his archenemy, an examination of his comic-book appearances, and “Action facts” that even the most-diehard Captain Action fan won’t know! This edition includes behind-the-scenes material covering Captain Action’s triumphant 2008 return to comics shelves from Moonstone Books, and spotlights on the new wave of Captain Action collectibles. (C: 0-1-2)
HC, 176pgs, FC SRP: $39.95