Cover: Katsuhiro Otomo & Robbin Brosterman
Akira #1
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This volume collects the first several issues of Marvel's 1990 English-language adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark manga series. It follows the story of Kaneda and his friend Tetsuo in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo, where a secret government project and a mysterious psychic boy named Akira set off a chain of devastating events. This edition presents the early chapters of the epic cyberpunk saga that helped define the genre in the West.
writer, artist, inker Katsuhiro Otomo · writer Yoko Umezawa · writer Linda M. York · colorist Steve Oliff · letterer Michael Higgins · cover Katsuhiro Otomo, Robbin Brosterman
ComicBooks.com Value
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Raw (VF) $40
CGC 9.8 $287
CGC 9.6 $139*
CGC 9.4 $100*
CGC 9.2 $89*
CGC 9.0 $79*
CGC 8.5 $71*
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CGC 8.0 $35*
CGC 7.5 $31*
CGC 7.0 $29*
CGC 6.5 $26*
CGC 6.0 $21*
CGC 5.5 $20*
CGC 5.0 $20*
CGC 4.5 $20*
CGC 4.0 $20*
CGC 3.5 $20*
CGC 3.0 $20*
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 $20*
CGC 1.5 $20*
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 $20*
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Akira Vol 1 Manga by Katsuhiro Otomo | Kodansha Comics | English Paperback $9.99 AKIRA Vol. 1 First Print Comic Japanese Manga katsuhiro Otomo RARE Japan $369
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Full credits
writer, artist, inker Katsuhiro Otomo
writer Yoko Umezawa
writer Linda M. York
colorist Steve Oliff
letterer Michael Higgins
cover pencils, inks Katsuhiro Otomo
cover pencils Robbin Brosterman
Reprints
↩ Reprints Akira #1 (1988), Akira #2 (1988), Akira #3 (1988)
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