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Ninja Tales                                      Trade Paperback
Editor: Marshall Dillon
Cover by: Dave Johnson

A BOOM! Studios anthology collection of various stories containing ninjas and kung fu themes. Fans of Marvel’s Master of Kung Fu or Deadly Tales of Kung Fu series should enjoy this book. There are various styles in both story and art that should appeal to a wide variety of tastes. Everyone loves a good ninja story every now and again, so BOOM! turns its attention to these practitioners of the ancient Asian stealthy arts. From comedy, to drama, to action, this anthology features familiar BOOM! writers such as: John (Transformers: the Movie) Rogers, Johanna (Eureka) Stokes, Andrew (X Isle, Eureka) Cosby, Michael Alan (Second Wave, X Isle) Nelson.

Ninja Tales contains:

”Smoke and Mirrors”
Writer: Andrew Cosby
Artist: Tim Hamilton

A Japanese political leader is deathly afraid of assignation, carefully screening everything that’s comes in and out of his domain and taking insane precautions to protect himself. Despite all this, he is killed anyway by a professional ninja assassin.
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“Unsheathed”
Writer: Johanna Stokes
Artist: Mateus Santolouco
Colorist: Popart Studio
Letterer: Marshall Dillon

A girl is trained from a young age to become a lethal killer known as a Cloud Cutter. But when her village is attacked, she hesitates, causing her lover to run in instead and get killed. Infuriated by his demise, she unleashes and slaughters the attackers.
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“Ninja School Dropout”
Writer: Henry Alonso Myers
Artist: Sunder Raj

A boy in a ninja school who doesn’t want to be a ninja is consistently disciplined by the staff. He just wants to be a painter. In detention, another ninja makes fun of him and they discover they have similar interests. Later, the boy is ambushed by a group of samurais, who hate ninjas. He gets beat up until the ninja from detention saves him. The ninja gets injured but fights them off. At the end, she reveals that she is a girl and then walks away after handing him his paint brush that he dropped.
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“Desert Sun”
Writer: John Rogers
Artist: Chris Lie

A group of ninja assassins ambush a facility. In the facility, they discover Albert Einstein, who ends up being a terrifying foe. Einstein annihilates their ranks and then takes chase after them as they attempt to escape.
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“Katsuro {Victorious Son}”
Writer: Michael Alan Nelson
Artist: Chii
Colorist: Pam Rambo
Letterers: Terider Gado & Marshall Dillon

A classic one versus one of good against evil occurs when a ninja sneaks up on a demonic wizard. At the end of the battle, the ninja barely manages to outmatch the demon.
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“Special Needs Ninjas!”
Writer: Chris Ward
Artist: Jean Dzialowski
Colorist: Ron Riley
Letterer: Marshall Dillon

An old, apparently retired ninja in a hospital has frequent fights with a rival.
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Trade Paperback is bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Publication Date: January 2007
Format: FC, 48 pages, TPB, 10.20″ x 6.75″
UPC: 894340001199

Collectible Entertainment note: Trade Paperback is in Fine + condition.  Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Ninja and/or Samurai collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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