Name: Louie the Rune Soldier Vol. 3
Publisher: ADV Manga
Price: $9.99
Story: Ryou Mizuno
Art: Jun Sasameyuki
Comments: In the reality of magic, many magicians come to mind from Harry Potter to Merlin the Magician to Harry Houdini. You will love the magic that is depicted in this excellent Manga story. Louie is trying to master his sorcery work and he takes it very seriously. Louie's teacher is a monk and his monk sensei teaches Louie how to control the weather. We're talking about some serious magic. Louie goes through a series of pitfalls. Louie works with his own team of soldier warriors and when a nearby town is in danger, Louie and his soldiers assist the town with their newfound magic abilities. Louie may be good in magic, but he is horrible when it comes to talking with women. Louie clams up when a beautiful woman is present. Will he be able to overcome his shyness? It's anyone's guess. Plenty of drama and excitement in this story!
Name: Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 2
Publisher: Shonen Jump
Price: $7.95
Story & Art: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Comments: Being the MOE, Multiverse Observer and Explorer, let me step out of the Louie the Rune Soldier reality and head over into two more realities, that being Rurouni Kenshin and later Remote. Right now, let's talk about Rurouni Kenshin. When the Chief of the Police Sword Corps asks for favors, then you know that things are bad. There is a crazy eyed killer on the loose named Hitokirui Udo Jin-e. The killer is working a list of the Chief's friends. These friends of the Chief work at the Meji government and they can become the next victims of Jin-e. It is up to Kenshin to go up against the hypnotic paralyzing effects of the Jin-e and save the potential victims that are on Jin-e's list. Before I move on, I found an interesting comic book called "Chaos League" by Cyanide Studio. Very cool characters and they can be found at: www.chaosleaguegame.com, now to Remote.
Name: Remote Vol. 2
Publisher: Tokyopop
Price: $9.99
Story: Seimaru Amagi
Art: Tetsuya Koshiba
Comments: As I enter the final reality through my MOE Stargate, I come across a series of serial clown murders. We're not talking about John Wayne Gacy aka the Killer Clown, this is even worse, if you can imagine that. The serial killer clown has a target, a school of delinquents. There is a bomb threat and all of the students leave the school, making them possible targets of the serial clown killer. The serial clown killer would love to kill all of the students and before our hero can quit the police force, he must take on an undercover assignment at this school. The artwork is intense and works well with this very dramatic story!
Name: Jonas - Tales of an Ironstar #1
Publisher: CodeDeco, Inc.
Price: $3.95
Color, 23 pages
Contact Information: mail@ironstarcomics.com
Written and Illustrated by: Brian Colin
Comments: Jonas lives a sad life. A life filled with bitterness and sorrow. I had to pity Jonas as he reminisced over his once happy family life with his wife and son. His biggest blessing was his son Jeffrey and for some reason the minister known as Jonas had the worst tragedy fall upon his home and family. As Jonas being a faithful man of god and trying to spread the word of god, made the biggest mistake of his life and that was playing with a snake. I hear about back woods church going people who revel in dances with real poisonous snakes. Jonas played with one snake too many and gets bitten. As the poison coursed through his veins, he starts to hallucinate. He sees the snake sprouting hairy legs. He sees the snake wrapped around his son's neck. Jonas wonders if god has abandoned him as he snuffs out the life from his son, thinking that the snake was around his son's neck and in reality it was Jona's hand that was doing the choking. Choking that was so intense that his son passes on. This was supposed to be the day that his son went from a boy to a man and instead loses his life, because of his own father. Jonas now wanders the land and is destined to kill off all the Seraks. Now I wander if what Jonas saw was imaginary or was it for real? Will he truly become a monster hunter tracking down the slimy beasts that supposedly took his son's life? Or will he come to the stark realization that it was actually he that took his son's life? There is much to fathom here. The artwork is quite different and unusual, but gives the story a surreal feel to it and works well with the story. Jonas - Tales of an Ironstar is a haunting story that leaves the reader desiring more and more!
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