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Issue: R. O. D.: Read or Die #1
Publication Date: March 2006
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues
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Publisher: FlagViz
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Indicia Publisher: VIZ Media, LLC
On Sale Date: 03/21/2006
Volume: none
Pages: 212
ISBN: 97814215024891421502488
UPC/EAN: 9781421502489
Price: $13.95 CAD
$9.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Urian Brown
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover; Black & White Interior
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Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: limited series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Shutaro Yamada; Janet Piercy
Inker(s): Shutaro Yamada; Janet Piercy
Colorist(s): Shutaro Yamada; Janet Piercy
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): R.O.D.
Character(s): Yomiko Readman
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Reprint Notes: from R.O.D.: Read or Die tankobon (Shueisha, 2000 series) #1
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Pages: 1
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Episode One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)
Penciller(s): Shutaro Yamada
Inker(s): Shutaro Yamada
Letterer(s): Mark McMurray
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): R.O.D.
Character(s): Yomiko Readman; Director Joker; Wendy Earhart; The Curator; Mr. Woo the Bookworm
Synopsis: During negotiations for the return of a one-of-a-kind book printed in 1643, Director Joker of the British Library Association's espionage branch is forced to call in one of their special agents: Yomiko Readman, an obsessive-compulsive bibliophile with the telekinetic ability to bend paper to her will.
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Pages: 34
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Episode Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)
Penciller(s): Shutaro Yamada
Inker(s): Shutaro Yamada
Letterer(s): Mark McMurray
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): R.O.D.
Character(s): Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa
Synopsis: While substitute teaching in between assignments for the British Library Association, Yomiko is smitten by a novel written by a student and seeks her out. But Nenene Sumiregawa is not an author who takes to fans very well.
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Reprint Notes: from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?
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Pages: 24
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Episode Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)
Penciller(s): Shutaro Yamada
Inker(s): Shutaro Yamada
Letterer(s): Mark McMurray
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): R.O.D.
Character(s): Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa
Synopsis: Nenene is abducted by an obsessed fan and it takes another obsessed fan in Yomiko to come to her rescue.
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Reprint Notes: from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: During the rescue, Yomiko is reading a copy of Weekly Shonen Jump, Ultra Jump's sister publication in one panel.
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Episode Four

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)
Penciller(s): Shutaro Yamada
Inker(s): Shutaro Yamada
Letterer(s): Mark McMurray
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): R.O.D.
Character(s): Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa; Fire Inc.
Synopsis: Assigned to guard Nenene from further abduction attempts, Yomiko settles in at the teen's apartment.
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Reprint Notes: from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?
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Pages: 24
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Episode Five

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)
Penciller(s): Shutaro Yamada
Inker(s): Shutaro Yamada
Letterer(s): Mark McMurray
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): R.O.D.
Character(s): Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa; Fire Inc.; Donnie Nakajima (flashback only); Director Joker; Marihara Kazumi
Synopsis: Director Joker interrogates the suspects in Nenene's initial abduction. Fire Inc. tries to tempt Yomiko to her side. And Nenene meets the obsessive fan behind her latest abduction.
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Reprint Notes: from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?
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Pages: 24
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Episode Six

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)
Penciller(s): Shutaro Yamada
Inker(s): Shutaro Yamada
Letterer(s): Mark McMurray
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): R.O.D.
Character(s): Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa; Marihara Kazumi; Fire Inc.; Director Joker
Synopsis: With an assist from Director Joker, Yomiko faces off against Fire Inc.
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Reprint Notes: from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?
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Pages: 24
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Episode Seven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)
Penciller(s): Shutaro Yamada
Inker(s): Shutaro Yamada
Letterer(s): Mark McMurray
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): R.O.D.
Character(s): Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa; Marihara Kazumi; Fire Inc.; Director Joker; Donnie Nakajima (flashback only)
Synopsis: Kazumi plans to keep Nenene as his personal author, writing books only for him. And he has a secret about Yomiko he thinks will keep her at bay.
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Reprint Notes: from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?
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Pages: 24
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Episode Eight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)
Penciller(s): Shutaro Yamada
Inker(s): Shutaro Yamada
Letterer(s): Mark McMurray
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): R.O.D.
Character(s): Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa; Marihara Kazumi
Synopsis: Kazumi seeks to tempt Yomiko into allowing him to force Nenene to marry him by presenting her with his massive library of collectible books.
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Reprint Notes: from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?
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Pages: 24
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Ultra Ultra Reader King Yomio

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)
Penciller(s): Taraku Hao; Shutaro Yamada; Masashi Ishihama
Inker(s): Taraku Hao; Shutaro Yamada; Masashi Ishihama
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Author Kurata discusses the transition from writing Read or Die light novels to Read or Die manga. The text is accompanied by concept illustrations of Yomiko and Nenene.
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Reprint Notes: from R.O.D.: Read or Die tankobon (Shueisha, 2000 series) #1
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Pages: 3
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Congratulatory Postcards from the Anime Staff

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Shinobu Nerima; Sidney Troussier; Ishihama Suginami; Tatchii Nerima; Chicachayu Edogawa; Osho Daruma
Inker(s): Shinobu Nerima; Sidney Troussier; Ishihama Suginami; Tatchii Nerima; Chicachayu Edogawa; Osho Daruma
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): R.O.D.
Synopsis: Illustrations from animators working on the R.O.D. OVA video, showing humorous pictures of Yomiko and Nancy Makuhari.
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Reprint Notes: from R.O.D.: Read or Die tankobon (Shueisha, 2000 series) #1
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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