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Issue Details

Issue #v4 #2
Published 1998
Cover Price 4.95 USD; 6.50 CAD
Pages 84
Editing Annette Roman

Cover Details

Genre Adventure
Pencils Osamu Tezuka
Inks Osamu Tezuka

1 page text article "Contents"

Letters Typeset
Notes Table of Contents for the issue.

1 page Manga Vizion In Focus text article "Golden Years Golden Years"

Synopsis Patrick Macias talks about all the important Manga that was created in the 1970's and speculates on what the future will hold for Manga in the 21st century.
Script Patrick Macias
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25 page Steam Detectives story "Case Three Battle of the Megamatons Part One"

Characters Boy Detective Narutaki; Goriki; Ling Ling; Doctor Gerhart Von Hart; Doctor Joseph Mayerd
Synopsis Doctor Von Hart hires Narutaki to be his bodyguard while at a scientist convention.
Genre Detective; Adventure
Script Kia Asamiya; Yuji Oniki (English Adaptation)
Pencils Kia Asamiya; Bill Spicer (Touch-up Art)
Inks Kia Asamiya; Bill Spicer (Touch-up Art)
Letters Bill Spicer

27 page Spriggan story "The Forest of No Return Mission Four Greenhouse Effect"

Characters Yoshino; Ominae
Synopsis Ominae and Yoshino lift Rama's curse.
Genre Fantasy
Script Hiroshi Takashige; Yuji Oniki (English Adaptation)
Pencils Ryoji Minagawa; Wayne Truman (Touch-up Art)
Inks Ryoji Minagawa; Wayne Truman (Touch-up Art)
Letters Wayne Truman

20 page Black Jack story "Operation Six Sometimes Like Pearls"

Characters Black Jack; Dr. Jotaro Honma
Synopsis Black Jack learns of the terrible secret Dr. Jotaro Honma has been hiding about the operation that saved Black Jack's life as a child.
Genre Medical
Script Osamu Tezuka; Yuji Oniki (English Adaptation)
Pencils Osamu Tezuka; Mary Kelleher (Touch-up Art)
Inks Osamu Tezuka; Mary Kelleher (Touch-up Art)
Letters Mary Kelleher

2 page Words of Vizdom letters page

Script Annette Roman
Letters Typeset