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Issue: The Ghost in the Shell #[nn]
Publication Date: October 2009
 
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Publisher: FlagKodansha USA
Brand: Kodansha Comics
Indicia Publisher: Kodansha Comics
On Sale Date: 10/13/2009
Volume:
Pages: 372
ISBN: 9781935429012
UPC/EAN: 9781935429012
Price: $33.99 CAD
$26.99 USD
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Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Naoto Yasunaga; Takeshi Katsurada; Chris Warner (for Dark Horse)
Disclose Notes: Reissue of the Ghost In The Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) trade paperback under the "Kodansha Comics" imprint, with modified cover and new afterword.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Black & white and some color interiors with painted color covers
Dimensions: 7" x 10"
Paper Stock: Glossy covers with Baxter interiors
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: One-shot
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Colorist(s): Masamune Shirow
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Prologue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi; Daisuke Aramaki
Synopsis: Section Nine raids a clandestine meeting of foreign trade representatives, but the arrest is interrupted when the Russian representative is assassinated.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD, 1980 series) April, 1989
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This series ran in Japan under the title "Mobile Armored Riot Police" over the objections of author Masamune Shirow.
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Super Spartan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi; Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Ishikawa; Saito; Togusa
Synopsis: Section Nine investigates an orphanage which may be using war orphans as a slave labor force.
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Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD., 1980 series) May, 1989
Miscellaneous
Pages: 40
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Junk Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi; Daisuke Aramaki; Togusa; Ishikawa; Borma; Batou; Colonel Malles
Synopsis: Section Nine attempts to track down a foreign terrorist infecting cyber-brains with a virus through a garbage collector acting on implanted memories.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD., 1980 series) July, 1989
Miscellaneous
Pages: 44
Disclose Notes: Portions of this story were adapted into the "Ghost In The Shell" feature film.
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Megatech Machine 1: Revolt of the Robots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi; Batou
Synopsis: The Section Nine technology department observe the Fuchikoma armored tanks discuss the merits of revolting against their masters.
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Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD., 1980 series) September, 1989
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Megatech Machine 2: The Making of a Cyborg

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi
Synopsis: The Major observes the process of constructing a prosthetic body much like the one she has.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD., 1980 series) November, 1989
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Robot Rondo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi; Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Togusa; Ishikawa; Colonel Tonoda
Synopsis: Incidents of a particular model of personal servant android breaking programming and attacking humans leads Section Nine to a commercial android factory where human brain patterns are being illegally implanted in android bodies.
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Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD., 1980 series) January, 1990
Miscellaneous
Pages: 42
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Phantom Fund

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi; Daisuke Aramaki; Togusa; Ishikawa; Borma; Batou; Koil Krasnov
Synopsis: Section Nine searches for a combat cyborg smuggled into the country by the Russians. And when the cyborg kills one of Batou's trainees, it becomes personal for Batou.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD., 1980 series) March, 1990
Miscellaneous
Pages: 45
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Dumb Barter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi; Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Ishikawa; Togusa; Borma; Toru Soma
Synopsis: A terrorist goes gunning for The Major, but his motive may not be revenge.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD., 1980 series) May, 1990
Miscellaneous
Pages: 41
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Bye Bye Clay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi; Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Togusa; Chief Nakamura
Synopsis: An experimental cyborg is hacked into by a shadowy cyber-criminal known as The Puppeteer, and Section Nine is receiving competition from another government agency to see who can retrieve the fugitive cyborg first.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD., 1980 series) July, 1990
Miscellaneous
Pages: 45
Disclose Notes: Portions of this story were adapted by the "Ghost In The Shell" feature film.
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Brain Drain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi; Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Saito; Ishikawa
Synopsis: Video surfaces of The Major killing a suspect and the government demands her head or the dissolution of Section Nine.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD., 1980 series) September, 1990
Miscellaneous
Pages: 44
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Ghost Coast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow; Frederick L. Schodt (translation); Toren Smith (English adaptation)
Penciller(s): Masamune Shirow
Inker(s): Masamune Shirow
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski; Suzie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ghost In The Shell
Character(s): Major Motoko Kusinagi; Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; The Puppeteer
Synopsis: Bodiless and on the run with Batou, The Major receives a proposition from The Puppeteer: Merge with him and create an entirely new life form.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Young Magazine (Kodansha LTD., 1980 series) November, 1990
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: Portions of this story were adapted by the "Ghost In The Shell" feature film.
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Author's Notes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Masamune Shirow
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Explanations of some of the science behind certain scenes, as well as explanations of cultural references specific to Japan.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14

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