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Preview: Yan Vol. 2

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Yan Vol. 2

Author/Artist: Chang Sheng
Publisher: Titan Manga
SC, 352 pages, B&W, $24.99
ISBN: 9781787744431
On sale September 9, 2025

Winner of the Golden Comic Award, in English for the first time. Yan Tieh-Hua was once part of a Peking Opera Troupe, and while donning the same makeup, she now navigates time-travel and battles A.I. tyrants on the streets of Taiwan to save the world.

From the award-winning creator of Oldmen and The Hidden Level, Chang Sheng delivers a genre-bending and richly detailed story and stunning artwork.

Winner of the prestigious Golden Comic Award, Yan Volume 2 cements its place as a standout title in Taiwan’s rapidly growing manga and graphic novel scene. Acclaimed creator Chang Sheng continues his genre-defying series with even higher stakes, transporting readers between modern-day Taiwan and a bleak, dystopian future.

What began as a personal vendetta has become a race to save the world from an AI-ruled apocalypse. As the group leaps through time, they must uncover buried secrets from Taiwan’s past to alter a chilling future that looms just ahead. The resurrected Peking Opera performer Tieh-Hua—as deadly as she is enigmatic—is joined by a disgraced detective, a missing Go prodigy with visions of the future, and a suspicious time-traveller, each playing a role in this tangled narrative.

Chang Sheng masterfully fuses science fiction with Taiwanese cultural heritage and supernatural mystery, accompanied by his opulently detailed artwork and worlds. Yan Volume 2 is a bold, visually stunning exploration of identity, justice, and fate, blending high-octane action with philosophical intrigue. For fans of Oldman and The Hidden Level, this is Chang Sheng at his most inventive yet.

Yan Vol. 2

Preview: Yan Volume 1

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Yan Volume 1

Author/Illustrator: Chang Sheng
Publisher: Titan Manga
SC, 176 pages, B&W, $12.99
ISBN: 9781787744424

From the award-winning writer of Oldmen and The Hidden Level, Chang Sheng now delivers an action-packed and genre-bending thriller.

Compelling characters and a suspenseful story force readers to choose between order or the supernatural, and peace or vengeance.

Immerse yourself in a riveting tale of mystery and horror with Yan Volume 1, a masterpiece by the award-winning writer and artist Chang Sheng.

Embark on a journey of suspense and action, as the mystery of Yan Tieh Hua’s return leaves a trail of death and destruction. Despite having been declared dead ten years prior, in prison records, she is now back and seeking vengeance for her family’s massacre, the same crime that she was imprisoned for.

Accompany Detective Lei on his mission to shine a light on cold cases from the past, so he can solve current crimes and murders. We also witness the detective’s struggle to grasp the supernatural revelations that he comes across throughout his investigation.

This is no ordinary horror story, with a savage monster for readers to hate and fear. While she may be feared, we learn so much more about Yan Tieh Hua and her companion Higa Mirai (a chess prodigy who possesses the power of precognition) on their violent quest for justice.

For fans of Chang Sheng’s acclaimed works like Oldman and The Hidden Level, Yan Volume 1 offers a new side to the creator’s innovation through a thrilling blend of genres, combining Sci-Fi concepts with a traditional horror story.

Yan Volume 1 also poses the reader with moral dilemmas throughout. Amidst the action-packed battles, tense moments of dread, and intricate puzzles and mysteries to be solved, readers must decide whether they accept one’s motives for revenge, or if the supernatural should be shunned to maintain peace.

Yan Volume 1

Titan Manga announces the February 2025 release of Yan from Chang Sheng

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From the award-winning writer of Oldmen and The Hidden Level, Chang Sheng now delivers an action-packed and genre-bending thriller with Yan. Compelling characters and a suspenseful story force readers to choose between order or the supernatural, and peace or vengeance. Immerse yourself in a riveting tale of mystery and horror with Yan Vol. 1.

Embark on a journey of suspense and action, as the mystery of Yen Tieh-hua’s return leaves a trail of death and destruction. Despite having been declared dead ten years prior, in prison records, she is now back and seeking vengeance for her family’s massacre, the same crime that she was imprisoned for.

Accompany Detective Lei on his mission to shine a light on cold cases from the past, so he can solve current crimes and murders. We also witness the detective’s struggle to grasp the supernatural revelations that he comes across throughout his investigation.

This is no ordinary horror story, with a savage monster for readers to hate and fear. While she may be feared, we learn so much more about Yen Tieh-hua and her companion Higa Mirai (a chess prodigy who possesses the power of precognition) on their violent quest for justice.

For fans of Chang Shang’s acclaimed works like Oldman and The Hidden Level, Yan Vol. 1 offers a new side to the creator’s innovation through a thrilling blend of genres, combining Sci-Fi concepts with a traditional horror story.

Yan Vol. 1 also poses the reader with moral dilemmas throughout. Amidst the action-packed battles, tense moments of dread, and intricate puzzles and mysteries to be solved, readers must decide whether they accept one’s motives for revenge, or if the supernatural should be shunned to maintain peace.

Yan Vol. 1 is on sale February 25, 2025 at bookstores, comic shops and digital. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million and Forbidden Planet for UK. Yan Vol. 2 is on sale May 27, 2025 at bookstores, comic shops and digital!

Yan Vol. 1