Gold Digger Pocket Manga Volume 11 (Gold Digger Pocket Manga)

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Summary: Gold Digger Pocket Manga Volume 9
Review: Volume 9 collects the following issues from the black and white (original) Gold Digger series:

Issue 36. The Chains of Aebra
Issue 37. "Form Blazing Shillelagh!"
Issue 38. A Fatal Flaw
Issue 39. Death of a Prince
Issue 40. A Bride's Tail.

Follow were-cheetah Britanny "Cheetah" Diggers, her sisters, and friends on her quest to reunite with Cheetah's fiance, the Kryn Prince Stryp'Gia "Stripe." Together will they be able to save him and his homeworld or is the wedding off for good?

Although this volume is a complete story arc, starting just after the Time Warp arc ends, I recommend starting from the beginning with Gold Digger Pocket Manga Volume 1. However, even if you get this volume first, you'll love the series so much you'll have to have them all.

Bonus material:

Volume 9 has unique cover art. The covers for the 5 issues that are contained within are depicted on the Contents page in black and white (one page has all 5 covers). There is a Main Character overview page featuring brief bios of all three Diggers sisters and Stripe. There is a The Story So Far... summary page and Next page giving a brief preview of what is to come in Volume 10.

Features that make buying the Pocket Manga better than buying the Gold Brick Volume II trade paper back that contains these issues and more:

Thicker Manga quality paper stock.
Page numbers and a table of contents with the names of the issues contained within.
No flipped pages, eye lashes on the proof pages, or blurred pages.

This time Fred Perry's beautiful art and inspired storytelling get the star treatment they deserve in this collection.

The only possible complaint I have is that the covers of the originals don't get a full page in this book, which also leaves out an easy to see break between issues. But that is not really a big enough deal to hold anyone back from buying this well-done compliation.