Akira #3 (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	3	pencils: Katsuhiro Otomo; inks: Katsuhiro Otomo
2	Number 41!	comic story	57	script: Katsuhiro Otomo, Yoko Umezawa, Jo Duffy, Linda M. York; pencils: Katsuhiro Otomo; inks: Katsuhiro Otomo; colors: Steve Oliff; letters: Michael Higgins	Kaneda; Tetsuo; Clown gang; Colonel; Ryu; Nezu; Kay; Takashi; Masaru; Kiyoko
3	Akira: The Animated Movie	text article	3	pencils: ? (photographs); inks: ? (photographs); colors: ? (photographs); letters: typeset

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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