Manga in the 80's Pt. 9

Dominion. Written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. Published by Eclipse International & Studio Proteus in 6 issues in a Monthly format from December 1989 to May 1990. The manga was originally published by Hakusensha 1986.

We follow our heroin Leona Ozaki in her day to day job, protecting the citizens of the megalopolis, a city engulfed in a deadly bacterial smog (were the mask you wear saves your life!), and crime is dealt with the deadly force of the Tank S.W.A.T. Police (urban pacification that is outrageous!). In this futuristic world of bio-technology & cyber-technolgy and the use of tanks in a city Leona a girl who loves her little tank (named Bonaparte) struggles to be taken seriously as the male members of the Tank S.W.A.T. Police have the much bigger military tanks!

Shirow is know for his meta detailed city landscapes and cybernetics tech illustrations to flesh out his Worlds, and added to this is a wit and humour of the absurd with depiction of SD characters (super deformed – an art style).
A highly enjoyable Science Fiction comedy!

[Note. Like so many translated manga of its time only a short number of issues where produced to show the verity and style form Japan, and then where gone! Easily missed at your local comic-book store.]

 [Note. So popular was this series that over the years, 3 sets of OVAs have been animated (Dominion Tank Police, New Dominion Tank, and TANK S.W.A.T. 01).]

[Note. Masamune Shirow is best known in the West by his seminal work “Appleseed”.]

                                    

   [UPDATE: Collection of issues 1 to 6 now complete]

  

Dominion #1 to #6   from Eclipse Comics.

[NOTE: When I was missing issues 4,5, & 6, at the time I also missed out on adverts and articles too.]

Appleseed  BOOK ONE 

The Promethean Challenge.

Letters page.

Letters page.

Dirty Pair BOOK ONE.

What's Michael?

Graphic Album

Black Magic Written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow.

Shipping in Spring of 1990.

Appleseed Poster, from ECLIPSE.

[UPDATE: From Dark Horse comics; Collection of 7 manga comic books would be printed in 1996 (March to August, and  ) 'Masamune Shirow's DOMINION Conflict 1 - No more noise' #1 to #6.

#1to #3

#4 to #6

 

[NOTE: these last 7 manga comic-books were added to my collection, in April of 2021.]