Ghost in the Shell #8

The concluding chapter of Masamune Shirow's groundbreaking cyberpunk series arrives with this eighth and final issue, its cover featuring a determined, heavily armed woman in form-fitting armor standing ready against an industrial, grid-lined background — all rendered with Shirow's distinctively polished linework in both pencils and inks. Titled "11 Ghost Coast 9.18.2030," the story is brought to English readers through the collaborative efforts of Fred Schodt and Toren Smith on translation duties, with lettering by Tom Orzechowski and Susie Lee. For fans who followed this Dark Horse Manga series through 1995, issue #8 is a satisfying capstone to one of the most visually ambitious manga adaptations of the decade.