Shi: Return of the Warrior

In 2024, Crusade Comics revived the iconic warrior-woman Ana Ishikawa for Shi: Return of the Warrior, a two-issue series that brings her martial-arts mysticism and gritty urban vigilante justice back to the page. Written and drawn by creator Billy Tucci, this short run reaffirms Shi’s place as a pioneering independent comic heroine of the 1990s, while updating her mythos for a new generation. It matters as a focused, creator-owned return to a character who helped define the era of black-and-white comics and strong female leads outside the Big Two.