Akira #2 (1988) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Katsuhiro Otomo; inks: Katsuhiro Otomo; colors: Steve Oliff
1	What Has Gone Before	recap	1	pencils: Katsuhiro Otomo; inks: Katsuhiro Otomo
2	Pursuit	comic story	60	script: Katsuhiro Otomo, Yoko Umezawa, Jo Duffy, Linda M. York; pencils: Katsuhiro Otomo; inks: Katsuhiro Otomo; colors: Steve Oliff; letters: Michael Higgins	Kay; Ryu; Takashi; Kaneda; Colonel; Masaru; Yamagata; Tetsuo
3	Katsuhiro Otomo	text article	2	letters: typeset

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	price 3.95 USD; 5.00 CAD; barcode 02488523068010

Collection	Year
Akira #1 ISBN 0-87135-697-X	1990	On eBay ›
Akira #1 ISBN 0-936211-31-8	1990	On eBay ›

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