Shadow Lady (Masakazu Katsura’s…)

    (Dark Horse, 1998-2000)
™ and ©1996 Masakazu Katsura. New and adapted text and artwork ©1999 Dark Horse Comics and Studio Proteus, Inc.

The Japanese Catwoman? Not exactly, but there are similarities to the DC antiheroine in this manga mini-series, translated into English by Dark Horse Comics. The sexy Shadow Lady is a playful, mischievous crook who bounces around the city committing crimes and having fun doing it. Rarely inconvenienced by the bumbling cops pursuing her, she nonetheless experiences complications when she falls for the dashing stranger Bright Honda—himself a renegade cop, determined to bring Shadow Lady to justice. No longer enchanted by a life that has her at odds with the man she loves, she muses over hanging up her skimpy attire and magical shadow powers, and returning to life as plain old Aimi Komori. But can she?

Masakazu Katsura’s story is lighthearted and funny, and his art dabbles in the kind of sexiness for which this genre is famous. (Men crashing in on women in showers is a recurring theme.) All in the name of good, clean fun.
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  • 1
    #1
    Oct 1998
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    W: Masakazu Katsura, Hisashi Kotobuki, Toren Smith  ·  A: Masakazu Katsura
    1st appearance of Shadow Lady
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  • 2
    #2
    Nov 1998
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    W: Masakazu Katsura, Hisashi Kotobuki, Toren Smith  ·  A: Masakazu Katsura
    1st appearance of Bright Honda; 2nd appearance of Aimi; 2nd appearance of De-Mo; 2nd appearance of Shadow Lady
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    #3
    Dec 1998
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    Jan 1999
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    Feb 1999
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    Mar 1999
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    Apr 1999
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    May 1999
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    Jun 1999
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    Jul 1999
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    Aug 1999
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    Sep 1999
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    Oct 1999
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    #14
    Nov 1999
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    Translated by Hisashi Kotobuki, Toren Smith
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    #15
    Dec 1999
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    #16
    Jan 2000
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    Feb 2000
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    #18
    Mar 2000
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    #19
    Apr 2000
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    #21
    Jun 2000
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    Translation by Dana Lewis, Christopher Lewis, Toren Smith
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    Jul 2000
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    Translation by Dana Lewis, Christopher Lewis, Toren Smith
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    Aug 2000
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    #24
    Sep 2000
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  • SE 1
    Special Edition #1
    Oct 2000
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