BATTLE ANGEL ALITA: ANGEL’S ASCENSION

Viz, San Francisco, CA, 2001, 4^th pr.  ISBN 1-56931-293-1.  Trade soft cover, 253 pages.  Very good; a bit of edge and cover wear, faint creases.  Binding sound; interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages.  ‘As beautiful cyborg Alita confronts her arch enemy, mad scientist Desty Nova, for the last time, she finally learns the chilling truth about her past!  Meanwhile, megalomaniacal Barjack leader Den launches a kamikaze assault on both the Scrapyard and Tiphares, the mysterious utopian city in the sky.  Then, Alita finally views Tiphares with her own eyes for the first time – just moments before the city’s total annihilation!’ (from rear wrap)