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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	Fall 2006
Cover Price	12.95 CAD
Pages	132
Editing	Imoinda Romain (executive editor); Wanda Nowakowksa (Editorial director)

Cover Details - "Turning Japanese"

Characters	Ellie Nash
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Ed Northcott (credited)
Inks	Ed Northcott (credited)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Title from back cover and copyright page.

4 page Degrassi The Next Generation filler "Degrassi The Next Generation"

Synopsis	Inside front cover is blank, followed by a cast photo of Degrassi as an ad to watch the show on CTV, followed by the copyright page, followed by a title page that gives the title as "Turning Japanese".
Genre	Teen
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Letters	Typeset

1 page Degrassi The Next Generation recap "Previously on Degrassi..."

Synopsis	Backstory from the TV show to introduce the characters most featured in the book.
Genre	Teen
Letters	Typeset

66 page Degrassi The Next Generation story "Act 1"

Characters	Ellie Nash; J.T. Yorke
Synopsis	Ellie starts at Jono Comics where she feels uncomfortable around one of the other employees. J.T. turns to internet pornography to try to get over Liberty.
Genre	Teen
Script	J. Torres (credited)
Pencils	Ed Northcott (credited)
Inks	Ed Northcott (credited)
Letters	Typeset ?
Notes	Appears to be typeset in a comic book font. Page count includes black page with Act 1 on it and reverse with a small picture of Ellie on it.

28 page Degrassi The Next Generation story "Act 2"

Characters	Ellie Nash; J.T. Yorke
Synopsis	Ellie goes out with the girls for the night and figures out how to handle her harrassing co-worker.
Genre	Teen
Script	J. Torres (credited)
Pencils	Ed Northcott (credited)
Inks	Ed Northcott (credited)
Letters	Typeset ?
Notes	Page count includes black page with Act 2 and reverse side of page with small picture of J.T. with a chicken.

24 page Degrassi The Next Generation story "Act 3"

Characters	Ellie Nash; J.T. Yorke
Synopsis	Ellie goes to the comic convention and confronts her co-worker. J.T. speaks to Liberty.
Genre	Teen
Script	J. Torres (credited)
Pencils	Ed Northcott (credited)
Inks	Ed Northcott (credited)
Letters	Typeset ?
Notes	Page count includes black page with Act 3 on it and reverse with Ellie as a superheroine.

1 page Degrassi The Next Generation promo (ad from the publisher) "Next Time In..."

Characters	Emma
Synopsis	Promo for next issue with a picture of Emma.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Ramón Pérez ?
Inks	Ramón Pérez ?
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Ramón Pérez credit based on art credits for next book and the fact that this art doesn't quite look like the art in the rest of the book.

1 page credits "The Creators"

Synopsis	Short bios of the two creators.
Letters	Typeset

3 page Degrassi The Next Generation story "The artwork in this bonus section..."

Characters	Ellie Nash
Synopsis	Three pages from the proposal of the initial pitch to the television producers. Similar to the harrassment section in the actual comic, but set at a TV station instead of a comic company.
Genre	Teen
Script	J. Torres
Pencils	Ed Northcott
Inks	Ed Northcott
Letters	Typeset

2 page credits "Acknowledgements"

Synopsis	Acknowledgements and thank-yous from the creators of the comic.
Script	J. Torres; Ed Northcott; ?
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Second page in page count is blank inside back cover.

1 page Degrassi The Next Generation promo (ad from the publisher) "Turning Japanese"

Synopsis	Short synopsis of the book and ISBN.
Genre	Teen
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back cover.