Dark Horse Manga continues to present new collections of the nostalgic, irreverent manga Gunsmith Cats with Gunsmith Cats Burst Omnibus editions. Gunsmith Cats is a story about Rally, a gun shop owner, and Minnie-May, her demolitions expert (and former call girl) partner-in-eradicating-crime, and their quest to turn their “hobby” of rounding up the most wanted men and women in Chicago into a lucrative career–while looking sharp! Gunsmith Cats Burst Omnibus Volume 1 arrives in December 2025, and Gunsmith Cats Burst Omnibus Volume 2 arrives in March 2026. Burst is the sequel to the beloved manga series from retro anime legend Kenichi Sonoda, and is translated, lettered and retouched by Studio Cutie.
In Gunsmith Cats Burst Omnibus Volume 1:
Rally and ace transporter Bean Bandit find themselves well outside city limits—and deep in the heart of Texas. After Bean’s vehicle is swiped, Rally hires Bean to get her and her bounty back to Chicago in a rental car, but the car only has half a tank of gas. Pretty soon, Bean’s got to get out and push! The desperate situation gets worse when they seek sanctuary at a remote motel far off the interstate with mob hitmen on their trail.
Meanwhile, there’s a new cop in Chicago: the mustachioed, Mustang Mach 1-driving Inspector Percy Bacharach, late of the Detroit P.D. Bean Bandit has wrecked a few too many squad cars in the Motor City, so Percy is transferred to Chicagoland to pursue Bean. He isn’t here to bring Bean under arrest, either—Percy is on a collision course with Bean in a duel to the death on the highway!
Then in Gunsmith Cats Burst Omnibus Volume 2:
An illegal road race exclusively for V8 freaks is underway. While big-money bets from the audience fly fast and furious online, Rally’s behind the wheel of her new Mustang II King Cobra to keep a tail on Bean Bandit. Bean’s the favorite to win the race, but his obsessed nemesis Detective Percy is in the contest, too. And Percy’s not what you’d call a clean cop—in fact he’s so dirty, he’s taking a 10% cut of the bets…plus he plans to throw the odds by having Bean wrecked by hired mercenaries!
The chaos continues in Chicago, where old grudges and assumed dead arch-enemies return to put Rally in the crosshairs of some dangerous people. Mob boss Goldie has lost her memory and her crew wants Rally to do whatever it takes to bring her back. That might prove hazardous for Rally, who happens to be the one who put a bullet in Goldie’s head.
Burn rubber with Gunsmith Cats Burst Omnibus Volume 1 when the 476-page (5.75” x 8.25”) paperback arrives in bookstores on December 16, 2025, and comic shops on December 17, 2025, for $29.99. Pre-order now from Bookshop, Amazon, from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local comic shop or bookstore.
Complete the series and secure Gunsmith Cats Burst Omnibus Volume 2 when the 496-page (5.75” x 8.25”) paperback arrives in bookstores on March 17, 2026, and comic shops on March 18, 2026, for $29.99.
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