I leapt for joy when I saw the cover of Gunsmith Cats Burst 3; well I think I may have gasped, because I was on a plane and couldn’t really express myself. Bean Bandit is the man and every time he graces the pages of GSC I know I am in for a treat. It was really sad to see Rally shop for a new car. I loved that Shelby 500 GT as much as she did. Of course she can’t have a normal test drive in a vintage Cobra without someone trying to gun her down. Bean Bandit shows up, because he still owes Rally and she aims to collect. This time he is entering in a race all in the hopes of luring in detective Percy and get him killed in an accident. Of course Rally doesn’t like the idea of being remotely involved in killing a policeman, so she enlists...
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Ratings: Content: A Art: A Packaging: A Text/Translation: B Rally and Minnie-May are two teen girls running a weapons shop in Chicago…but they have a side business as bounty hunters! Though their main task is to hunt down runaway criminals with bounty on their heads, they somehow always end up undertaking risky jobs and getting themselves into major messes! Packaging: Admitted staunch advocate that I am for domesticated manga mirroring their overseas progenitors, it’s surprising to find a US company has created a superior cover for their American release. Dark Horse’s Gunsmith Cats Revised Edition books retain only the front character portraits from the four Japanese volumes, which they set against a sharp background graphic carrying...
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A classic “girls with guns” manga, the original 1990s nine-volume series follows two winsome Chicago gun-shop owners and bounty hunters. Half Native American Rally is a dead shot and skilled street fighter, while tiny former–child prostitute Minnie-May specializes in explosives. With wild action, shoot-‘em-outs, masterfully depicted car chases, and more than occasional sexual content, the series retains lighthearted appeal despite a high body count and brutal villains like wily mobster Bonnie, who fits her prosthetic leg with a machine gun. The first volume of this new unflipped edition reprints original Volumes 1, 2, and half of 3. In the new series, Burst, Rally confronts a fugitive who has headed into the Texas outback to pick up...
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