Super Manga Blast! #54

Issue 54 of Dark Horse's Super Manga Blast! packs a generous 128 pages of serialized manga goodness, and the cover sets the mood beautifully with a confident, glasses-wearing blonde woman relaxing in a chair — cool, composed, and clearly in charge. Inside (according to the cover's own teasers), readers get a Riofaldian assault on the Cannon God Exaxxion home base, a What's Michael? double feature delving into the secret lives of cat owners, and the penultimate Club 9 episode as Haruo Hattori bids farewell to Tokyo. For fans of anthology manga magazines, this issue offers a satisfying cross-section of action, comedy, and heartfelt drama in a single, well-stuffed package.