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Issue: Akira #1
Publication Date: December 1988
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Issues: #1 of 38 Issues (40 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Epic Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: 0871355841
UPC/EAN: 02488523068001
Price: $5.00 CAD
$3.95 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Copyright date is 1988, but cover price more nearly matches issues published with 1990–1992 dates.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: prestige format
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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The Highway

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Kaneda; Tetsuo Shima; Yamagata; Takashi; Kay; Ryu; Colonel Shikishima
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Pages: 62
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Akira & Otomo

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text piece on the history of Akira, and some background on the American adaptation process. Mentions that the still-unfinished Japanese series will span 5 volumes and 1800 pages (it ends up at 6 volumes and 2200 pages).

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