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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 2003
Cover Price 7.95USD; 10.95CAD; 5.99GBP
Pages 212
Editing Avery Gotoh; Sean Lee (cover, graphics & layout design)
Notes Indexed from the January 2008 10th printing. ISBN-13: 978-1-59116-220-9. ISBN-10: 1-59116-220-3.

Cover Details

Genre period; adventure; martial arts
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki
Inks Nobuhiro Watsuki
Notes Indexed from the January 2008 10th printing. ISBN-13: 978-1-59116-220-9. ISBN-10: 1-59116-220-3.

51 page Rurouni Kenshin story "Act 1 - Kenshin - Himura Battosai"

Genre period; adventure; martial arts
Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Inks Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Letters Steve Dutro

1 page Rurouni Kenshin text article "The Secret Life of Characters (1) Himura Kenshin"

Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki
Letters typeset

23 page Rurouni Kenshin story "Act 2 - Rurouni in the City"

Genre period; adventure; martial arts
Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Inks Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Letters Steve Dutro

1 page Rurouni Kenshin text article "The Secret Life of Characters (2) Kamiya Kaoru"

Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki
Letters typeset

22 page Rurouni Kenshin story "Act 3 Tokyo Samurai"

Genre period; adventure; martial arts
Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Inks Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Letters Steve Dutro

1 page Rurouni Kenshin text article "The Secret Life of Characters (3) Myojin Yahiko"

Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki
Letters typeset

20 page Rurouni Kenshin story "Act 4 - Kasshin-Ryu Reborn"

Genre period; adventure; martial arts
Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Inks Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Letters Steve Dutro

1 page Rurouni Kenshin illustration "untitled"

Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki
Inks Nobuhiro Watsuki

19 page Rurouni Kenshin story "Act 5 - The Fight Merchant"

Genre period; adventure; martial arts
Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Inks Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Letters Steve Dutro

1 page Rurouni Kenshin text article "The Secret Life of Characters (4) Hiruma Kihei & Gohei"

Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki
Letters typeset

23 page Rurouni Kenshin story "Act 6 Face Off: Sagara Sanosuke"

Genre period; adventure; martial arts
Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Inks Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Letters Steve Dutro

1 page text article "Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story"

Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki
Letters typeset

31 page Rurouni Kenshin story "End of Volume Special (1) Rurouni Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story"

Genre period; adventure; martial arts
Script Nobuhiro Watsuki; Kenichiro Yagi (translation); Gerard Jones (English adaptation)
Pencils Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Inks Nobuhiro Watsuki; Steve Dutro (touch-up art)
Letters Steve Dutro