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Issue: Tokyo ESP #1
Publication Date: October 2015
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Issues: #1 of 8 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagVertical
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Indicia Publisher: Vertical, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/06/2015
Volume:
Pages: 392
ISBN: 9781941220603
UPC/EAN: 9781941220603
Price: $16.95 CAD
$15.95 USD
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Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black and white with color inserts
Dimensions: 5" x 7"
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tokyo ESP
Character(s): Rinka Urushiba
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Reprint Notes: from Toukyou ESP Tankobon (Kadokawa Shoten, 2010 series) #1
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Girl Who Slips Through Floors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hajime Segawa; Kumar Sivasubramanian (translation)
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tokyo ESP
Character(s): Rinka Urushiba; Kyotaro Azuma; Rindo Urushiba; Kobushi Kuroi [as Black Fist]
Synopsis: On her way to school on her bike, sixteen year old Rinka Urushiba is confronted by two strange sights: A flying penguin chasing a school of ghostly fish, and a young man who claims one of the fish entered her body and gave her the power to pass through solid objects. On the way to the hospital, she discovers her father has also acquired a mysterious power, and is at that moment buried under a mountain of vehicles his body attracted.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 58
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The Mysterious Crow Head

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hajime Segawa; Kumar Sivasubramanian (translation)
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tokyo ESP
Character(s): Rinka Urushiba; Kyotaro Azuma [as Crow Head]; Kobushi Kuroi [as Black Fist]
Synopsis: Kyotaro recruits Rinka to stop a phantom thief who is using ESP powers to steal priceless art objects. But the police believe Crow Head to be the thief and Rinka isn't certain who to believe.
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Reprint Notes: from Monthly Shonen Ace (Kadokawa Shoten, 1994 series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 44
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The Flying Penguin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hajime Segawa; Kumar Sivasubramanian (translation)
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tokyo ESP
Character(s): Rinka Urushiba; Kyotaro Azuma [as Crow Head]; Kobushi Kuroi [as Black Fist]; Murasaki Edoyama; Peggi the Penguin; Pyro; Minami Azuma [as The Dark Warrior]
Synopsis: Rinka is recruited by Crow Head to capture the penguin herding the ESP fish before she falls into unscrupulous hands. Ultimately they end up attempting to rescue the penguin and her human companion from a trio of overzealous university students studying psychic phenomenon.
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Reprint Notes: from Monthly Shonen Ace (Kadokawa Shoten, 1994 series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 44
Disclose Notes: The two university scientists pursuing Peggi in the story are thinly veiled caricatures of Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis as Ray Stanz and Egon Spengler from the film "Ghostbusters".
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The Fire Bandit Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hajime Segawa; Kumar Sivasubramanian (translation)
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tokyo ESP
Character(s): Rinka Urushiba; Kyotaro Azuma [as Crow Head]; Pyro; Kobushi Kuroi; Big Boss Hotokeda
Synopsis: Pyro and some Yakuza toughs stage a bank robbery that devolves into a hostage situation. Rinka and Crow Head attempt to subdue Pyro, who can project fire, and free the hostages while staying anonymous.
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Reprint Notes: from Monthly Shonen Ace (Kadokawa Shoten, 1994 series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 44
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Reunion with the Invisible Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hajime Segawa; Kumar Sivasubramanian (translation)
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tokyo ESP
Character(s): Rinka Urushiba; Kyotaro Azuma [as Crow Head]; Murasaki Edoyama; Peggi the Penguin; Pyro; Kobushi Kuroi [as Black Fist]; Big Boss Hotokeda; Chairman Edoyama; Minami Azuma [as The Dark Warrior]
Synopsis: A rival Yakuza boss abducts Murasaki to force her father's compliance, not realizing her connection to Peggi. When Rinka attempts to rescue her, she's intercepted by a vengeful Black Fist.
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Reprint Notes: from Monthly Shonen Ace (Kadokawa Shoten, 1994 series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 42
Disclose Notes: The first four pages of this story are in color and were added for the reprint volume. Chairman Edoyama is drawn as a caricature of Gerard Butler as Leonidas from the movie "The 300".
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The Teleporter: Counterattack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hajime Segawa; Kumar Sivasubramanian (translation)
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tokyo ESP
Character(s): Rinka Urushiba; Kyotaro Azuma [as Crow Head]; Murasaki Edoyama; Peggi the Penguin; Rindo Urushiba; Pyro; Kobushi Kuroi [as Black Fist]; Big Boss Hotokeda; Chairman Edoyama; Minami Azuma [as The Dark Warrior]
Synopsis: After Black Fist beats Rinka down, Pyro burns her home to the ground. Using his teleportation powers, Crow Head seeks out Pyro to settle up.
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Reprint Notes: from Monthly Shonen Ace (Kadodawa Shoten, 1994 series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 34
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Hard Knocks Heroine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hajime Segawa; Kumar Sivasubramanian (translation)
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tokyo ESP
Character(s): Rinka Urushiba; Kyotaro Azuma [as Crow Head]; Murasaki Edoyama; Peggi the Penguin; Rindo Urushiba; Pyro; Kobushi Kuroi; Big Boss Hotokeda; Chairman Edoyama; Minami Azuma [as The Dark Warrior]
Synopsis: Ignoring the advice of her father, Rinka invades the headquarters of Big Boss Hotokeda to rescue Murasaki, armed only with three police batons, her phasing power and her skill at martial arts.
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Reprint Notes: from Monthly Shonen Ace (Kadokawa Shoten, 1994 series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 34
Disclose Notes: On page six, as an in-joke to the influence The X-Men had on this series, Rindo hold three police batons between the fingers of his closed fist like claws and Pyro refers to him as "Master Wolverine".
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The Dark Warrior

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hajime Segawa; Kumar Sivasubramanian (translation)
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tokyo ESP
Character(s): Rinka Urushiba; Kyotaro Azuma [as Crow Head]; Murasaki Edoyama; Peggi the Penguin; Rindo Urushiba; Pyro; Kobushi Kuroi [as Black Fist]; Big Boss Hotokeda; Chairman Edoyama; Minami Azuma [as The Dark Warrior]; Hokusai Azuma [as The Professor]
Synopsis: Rinka and Crow Head take on Hotokeda, learning that he has an ESP power as well, and plots to corner the market on ESP abilities. The Dark Warrior reveals her true intentions. And Peggi reveals she has the power to repossess the fish that give ESP abilities.
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Reprint Notes: from Monthly Shonen Ace (Kadokawa Shoten, 1994 series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 44
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The Lost Girl of Memories

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hajime Segawa; Kumar Sivasubramanian (translation)
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Tokyo ESP
Character(s): Rinka Urushiba; Kyotaro Azuma; Murasaki Edoyama; Peggi the Penguin; Rindo Urushiba; Pyro; Kobushi Kuroi; Minami Azuma; Hokusai Azuma
Synopsis: Kyotaro searches his memories to understand why Minami became The Dark Warrior. Later he, Rinka and Peggi are attacked by Pyro.
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Reprint Notes: from Monthly Shonen Ace (Kadokawa Shoten, 1994 series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 38
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hajime Segawa; Kumar Sivasubramanian (translation)
Penciller(s): Hajime Segawa
Inker(s): Hajime Segawa
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hello! Segawa here!
Synopsis: Hajime Segawa outlines, in humorous terms, the process he went through developing Tokyo ESP and its main character Rinka Urushiba.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Toukyou ESP Tankobon (Kadokawa Shoten, 2010 series) #1
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4

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