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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1990
Cover Price $2.95
Pages 52
Editing Seiji Horibuchi (Executive Editor); Satoru Fujii (Managing Editor); Jerry A. Novick; John Togashi (Editors)
Notes Perfect bound issue.

Cover Details

Characters Jane Royal
Genre Science Fiction; Action
Pencils Buichi Terasawa
Inks Buichi Terasawa
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Notes Perfect bound issue.

2 page illustration

Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Buichi Terasawa
Inks Buichi Terasawa
Notes Wraparound INTERIOR cover of a dream sequence by Cobra in this issue.

1 page Cobra credits "Frontis Page"

Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Buichi Terasawa
Inks Buichi Terasawa
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Notes Illustration of Cobra with title of comic on top of page and listed publisher below Cobra.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Flopped in Space"

Synopsis In the original Japanese edition of this book, Cobra has his Psycho-gun on his left arm, but in the Viz Select English version Cobra fires from his right. Reason being: Japanese manga is read from right to left, the opposite of how English is read. For the story to be read properly, the character had to be "flipped."
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Notes Creator credits and indicia information.

44 page Cobra story "Boooring! This whole world's one gigantic yawn."

Characters Armoroid Lady; Jane Royal; Crystal Boy
Synopsis Origin story of Cobra, a space pirate who cruises around the Galaxy looking for exciting adventures with his ship The Turtle and his sidekick Armoroid Lady.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Buichi Terasawa; Marv Wolfman (English Adaptation)
Pencils Buichi Terasawa
Inks Buichi Terasawa; Ken Leach (Touch-up Art)
Letters Ken Leach
Reprinted First published by Shueisha, Inc. in Japan (1977-1984, carried in Weekly Jump, a weekly comic book). Has seen reprints in Taiwan (Tong Li, publisher); Thailand (VIBULKIJ, publisher); Hong Kong (CultureCom, publisher); France (Dynamic Visions, publisher)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Promotional Advertisement"

Notes Horobi (comic book series, Yoshihisa Tagami/Viz Comics)

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Buichi Terasawa"

Synopsis Biography of creator Buichi Terasawa.
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Notes Photograph of the artist born 1955 in Hokkaido, Japan.

1 page Cobra (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Pencils Buichi Terasawa
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Notes Creator credits include Buichi Terasawa, Marv Wolfman and Viz Comics.