Kahm and Tetsuya have vanquished Kahm's father, the Santovasku Emperor, but the victory is short-lived. The Emperor's death unleashes the awesome powers of the Imperial Planet in a cataclysmic eruption that threatens to trap the two lovers in the ...

TAGS: johji manabe, toren smith, dana lewis, cataclysmic eruption, kahm, horse comics

Misty got away, and Goldie isn't happy. The deadly mafia hitwoman always gets her girl, and now she's laying an elaborate trap to catch Misty when she goes to pick up the incriminating mafia tapes at a downtown bank. But Rally and Minnie-May don't...

TAGS: dark horse comics, kenichi sonoda, deadly mafia, toren smith, dana lewis, susie lee

Rally and May followed orders. But when it comes to prisoner swaps, Goldie doesn't always play by the rules. The vicious Italian hit woman has brought Misty along to trade for the incriminating Mafia tapes. But she's also brought a squad of gunmen...

TAGS: dark horse comics, toren smith, dana lewis, susie lee, gunsmith cats, sonoda

Goldie's campaign to "have" Rally Vincent begins with what Rally thinks is a normal job -- bringing in a drug addict for a bounty. What Rally is about to discover is that her quarry is no ordinary junkie; he works for Goldie, and his dru...

TAGS: dark horse comics, kenichi sonoda, toren smith, dana lewis, rally vincent, susie lee

Rally has finally locked herself onto the elusive Bean Bandit's tail, but she wishes she hadn't. She's trapped in the back seat of his car as he heads out to pick up a drug shipment! While Minnie-May and Misty ransack Bean's apartment for clues ab...

TAGS: dark horse comics, bean bandit, kenichi sonoda, toren smith, dana lewis, getaway driver

No honor among thieves! When drug dealer Jones decides the best way to outrun Bean Bandit is with an assault gun bullet, the underworld race between Bean, Riff Raff, and Rally Vincent changes from a race to the finish to a death match. Only Rally ...

TAGS: dark horse comics, kenichi sonoda, riff raff, bean bandit, toren smith, dana lewis

Friends or foes? Rally may have saved Bean's life in his showdown with the double-crossing drug dealer Jones. But as far as Chicago's #1 underworld driver is concerned, beating Rally's efforts to get him out of drug running is almost as important ...

TAGS: dark horse comics, kenichi sonoda, bean bandit, toren smith, dana lewis, susie lee

Dangerous liaisons! The mafia information source Bean has an appointment to see is waiting for him with three heavily armed goons. But that's nothing compared to the hotel where Minnie-May is waiting to meet Rally. Over there, room service shows u...

TAGS: dark horse comics, bean bandit, toren smith, dana lewis, dangerous liaisons, susie lee

The leading publication covering anime, manga and Japanese pop culture also comes with a monthly bonus DVD, packed with episodes and trailers from the latest anime releases! Newtype USA is the English-language edition of Japan's number one anime p...

TAGS: japanese pop culture, newtype usa, english language edition, colorful features, manga comics, japanese magazine

The moonlit forest battle between Manji and Giichi concludes. A bit too confident in his mystical healing powers, Manji has survived several sloppy sword fights and recovered from severe injuries ... but never from a beheading! Giichi's fighting s...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, toren smith, dana lewis, samurai showdown, moonlit forest, immortal warrior

The vicious grudge match between Giichi and Magatsu concludes! Two fan favorites exchange blows on a rickety bridge above a deadly chasm ... and someone's headed for oblivion! Don't miss this heavyweight bout, as the Mugai-ryü crew's top head...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, grudge match, toren smith, dana lewis, rickety bridge, immortal blood

The concluding chapter to the "Trickster" story arc! The winner of last issue's brutal dogfight between Giichi and Magatsu is revealed! Also, Manji fights for his life after being blinded by a tenacious new foe. Facing an enemy armed wit...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, grudge matches, toren smith, dana lewis, immortal blood, story arc

The return of Shira! With "Forsaken," another one-shot episode, manga master Hiroaki Samura gives us a peek at what his most despicable character has been up to since the "Autumn Frost" storyline. Get ready to be seriously dist...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, major turning point, episode manga, autumn frost, horse comics, mature readers

Anotsu Kagehisa and Asano Rin have followed separate paths in search of revenge. Now they find themselves travelling the same path together. Each of them will come to learn that they have been walking in circles. And because of another's quest for...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, toren smith, dana lewis, walking in circles, horse comics, separate paths

Rin Asano has traveled a long and difficult path on a quest for revenge. Now that she finds herself allied with Anotsu Kagehisa, the one responsible for the murders of her parents, her path is about to become decidedly more treacherous. Assassins ...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, toren smith, dana lewis, horse comics, mature readers, backlist

Hiroaki Samura's Last Blood story line comes to its conclusion! With revenge-lust hanging thick in the air, our main event is the deadly showdown between the starving and weakened Anotsu and his crazed, quick Shingyötö- ryü opponent...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, grudge match, kill bill vol 1, uneasy alliances, toren smith, dana lewis

Magatsu, licking his wounds after last issue's bloody showdown, plays samurai detective after he journeys to the site of an Ittö- ryu massacre. In a weird turnaround, it's a batch of new Ittö- ryu warriors who are massacred! Crossbow exp...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, toren smith, dana lewis, horse comics, battle ready, mature readers

Trying to recover from a Mugai -ryü ambush, Anotsu assembles a colorful group, his finest surviving Itto -ryü warriors, to re-affirm loyalties and focus their anger. Once again, revenge-lust hangs heavy in the air, as Anotsu sets his fol...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, toren smith, dana lewis, swordfighting skills, colorful group, horse comics

It's time for Manji's dimwitted-yet-likeable cellmate, Dewanosuke, to shine . . . or die ! Searching for the key to immortality, the twisted doctor Burando finally feels that his experiments are leading towards success. However, the Shogun's banga...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, voice of youth advocates, headstrong attitude, habaki, horse comics, loving detail

Roaring down the final stretch, Man-Machine Interface reaches its explosive climax as master storytelling visionary Masamune Shirow continues to tear down the walls between actual and virtual, flesh and circuit, soul and science. Shirow has crafte...

TAGS: man machine interface, dark horse comics, ghost in the shell 2 man machine interface, shirow masamune, frederik l schodt, virtual flesh

It's almost funny, how Döa, the Ittö-ryü sparkplug, so brashly hurls herself into trouble. She's in some serious danger now, though, and Edo's angry police force has her and her friends cornered and outnumbered. With dexterous D&oum...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, stan shaw, manga title, horse comics, gorgeous color, eagle award

A new story arc begins! Separated from Isaku and Manji, Döa and Rin begin to lean on each other for support, with neither of them knowing that they're actually on opposing sides of a complex, generations-long conflict. As Edo's most esteemed ...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, edo castle, manga title, story arc, horse comics, isaku

In this "Life in Death" one-shot issue, we catch up with Giichi and Hyakurin, the two former Mugai-ryü warriors who have been somewhat on the sidelines as Rin hunts for the missing Manji. Hyakurin is still recovering from the brutal...

TAGS: hiroaki samura, brutal events, story arc, horse comics, death books, bloody work

Cyborg cyber-agent Motoko Aramaki has dispatched a humanoid surrogate -- call her "Clarice" -- to investigate an apparent terrorist attack on a herd of genetically engineered pigs designed for human organ cloning. And no sooner does the ...

TAGS: man machine interface, dark horse comics, shirow masamune, ghost in the shell 2 man machine interface, pig slaughter, organ cloning