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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1988
Cover Price 3.50
Pages 68
Editing Archie Goodwin
Notes Series starts as a monthly, but the 38 issues end up taking over 7 years to come out, presumably at least partly because of the wait for the final volume's release.

Cover Details

Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Katsuhiro Otomo
Inks Katsuhiro Otomo
Colors Steve Oliff
Notes Series starts as a monthly, but the 38 issues end up taking over 7 years to come out, presumably at least partly because of the wait for the final volume's release.

62 page Akira story "The Highway"

Genre Science Fiction
Script Katsuhiro Otomo; Yoko Umezawa (translation); Linda M. York (translation); Jo Duffy (English adaptation)
Pencils Katsuhiro Otomo
Inks Katsuhiro Otomo
Colors Steve Oliff
Letters Michael Higgins

2 page Akira text article "Akira & Otomo"

Genre Non-Fiction
Script Archie Goodwin
Letters typeset
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).