ShiCrusade Entertainment/Dark Horse. |
Way of the Warrior 1 (1-4; w William Tucci & Peter Gutierrez; a William Tucci). |
Way of the Warrior 2 (5-8; w William Tucci & Peter Gutierrez; a William Tucci). |
Way of the Warrior 3 (9-12; w William Tucci & Peter Gutierrez; a William Tucci). |
Reishiki (2-issue mini; w Christopher Golden; a J. G. Jones). |
Senryaku (3-issue mini; w Gary Cohn; a everybody on Earth). |
Ju-Nen (4-issue mini; series Crusade, trade Dark Horse; w William Tucci & J. C. Vaughn; a William Tucci). [From Dark Horse Comics: Ana Ishikawa returns to her native Japan where she desperately tries to avert an all out-war between the secretive sects of the Kyoto and Nara Sohei. And with the Narans on the verge of annihilation, the Kyoto Sohei are about to rub it in‹with the encouragement of the Yakuza and with potentially disastrous consequences. Once again, Ana in the guise of Death Incarnate, will take up the naginata and don her grandfather's Kabuki face paint in order to save both cities, even if it means turning to her father's murderer Masahiro Arashi to do so...] |
| Tomoe |
Tomoe (4-issue mini; w William Tucci & Dan Mishkin; a Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti). |
Tomoe: Unforgettable Fire (contents unknown; w Tony Bedard; a J. G. Jones). |
| Definitive Shi |
Defintive Shi: The Essential Warrior 1 (Way of the Warrior 1-12, Tomoe 1-4; Reishiki 1-2; Senryaku 1-3; for w & a see individual entries above). [From Crusade: Born of a Japanese father and American mother, 10 year-old, Ana Ishikawa witnesses the brutal slaying of her father and brother. The child is consequently spirited away and raised by her grandfather, Yoshitora, a descendent of the Sohei, the great warrior monks of medieval Kyoto. Shrouded in secrecy, Yoshitora trains Ana in the ways of the Sohei - her sole mission in life is to seek out her family's murderer and avenge her family's honor. Never forgetting the Catholic teachings of her mother, however, the girl's life becomes one of constant inner conflict between her programmed mission of revenge and the Christian leanings she secretly harbors. With her conflicted soul weakened, this vengeful obsession consumes Ana's very being, as she transforms herself to Shi - the living embodiment of Death, a phantom who since childhood, has terrified and encouraged the woman's bloody crusade. And yet the duality that rages within Ana's soul will not permit her submission to the death demon that terrorizes her. For Ana's faith and the ethereal visions of her gallant ancestral Sohei shepherd her along the bloody way of the warrior. The Essential Warrior is the first volume collecting William Tucci's multi-Eisner award nominee Shi. 576 pages of story and art that showcases the entire runs of the acclaimed "Way of the Warrior," "Tomoe," "Rekishi," and "Senryaku" featuring the top superstars in comics including Barry Orkin, Peter Gutierrez, Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, J.G. Jones, Jim Lee, Joe Quesada, George Perez, and many, many more.] |