Akira TPB (2000-2002 Dark Horse) comic books
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Issue #4-1ST
Published Sep 2001 by Dark Horse.$7.99
Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. Set off by the bullet of a would-be assassin, Neo-Tokyo has been leveled by Akira's godlike psychic fury. Now cut off from the rest of world, the Great Tokyo Empire rises, with Akira its king, Tetsuo its mad prime minister, and a growing army of fanatic acolytes. Forces on the outside still search for a way to stop Akira, and the answer may lie in the hands of the mysterious Lady Miyako, a powerful member of Akira's psychic brotherhood. But the solution to harnessing Akira may ultimately be more dangerous than Akira himself! Softcover, 400 pages, B&W. Cover price $27.95.
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Issue #5-1ST
Published Dec 2001 by Dark Horse.$10.75
Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. In the 21st century, the once-glittering Neo-Tokyo lays in ruins, leveled in minutes by the infinite power of the child psychic giant, Akira. Now a wasteland of rubble and anarchy, the Great Tokyo Empire rises, a ragtag group of zealots and crazies who worship and fear Akira and his mad prime minister, Tetsuo, an angry teen with immense powers of his own - and equally immense twisted ambitions. The planet at large is not taking the threat lying down, however, and the might of the world is ready to take on the Empire, but will technology's most advanced weaponry be enough to destroy Akira - and is Tetsuo an ever greater threat? Softcover, 416 pages, B&W. Cover price $27.95.
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Issue #6-1ST
Published Mar 2002 by Dark Horse.$10.75
Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. The explosive finale to one of graphic fiction's greatest achievements is here! The mad psychic colossus Tetsuo, the world's military, and the remaining psychics of The Project face off - with the child psychic god, Akira, the wild card - in what may not only decide the fate of mankind, but may determine the next step in human evolution! Softcover, 440pages, black and white. Cover price $29.95.
