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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published November 1990
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.00 CAD
Pages 44
Editing Randy Stradley (Executive Editor); Chris Warner (Editor); Yoshiyuki Takagi (Japanese Editor)
Notes Outlanders original Japanese version copyright 1990 Johji Manabe and Hakusensha. English translation copyright 1990 Studio Proteus. All other material copyright 1990 Dark Horse Comics.

Cover Details

Characters Tetsuya Wakatsuki; Princess Kahm; Battia Bureitin Rou; Lady Jilehr
Genre Fantasy; Science Fiction
Pencils Johji Manabe
Inks Johji Manabe
Letters typeset
Notes Outlanders original Japanese version copyright 1990 Johji Manabe and Hakusensha. English translation copyright 1990 Studio Proteus. All other material copyright 1990 Dark Horse Comics.

1 page recap

Characters Princess Kahm; Tetsuya Wakatsuki; Quevas the 13th; Lady Jilehr; Commander Togo; Neo
Synopsis Recaps the storyline to this point.
Pencils Johji Manabe
Inks Johji Manabe
Letters typeset
Notes Creator credits and indicia information included. Contains six small illustrated captions of characters from the story.

35 page Outlanders story "Book XXIII"

Characters Tetsuya Wakatsuki; Princess Kahm; Aki Okazawa; Battia Bureitin Rou; Geobaldi; Raisa Vogel
Synopsis Johji Manabe's landmark science-fantasy epic comes to a world-shattering climax as the alien princess, Kahm, finally confronts her father, the omnipotent emperor of the Santovasku Empire. Kahm's devotion to her earthling lover, Tetsuya, cannot be sundered, but is her love enough to stand against the terrifying power of her enraged father?
Genre Fantasy; Science Fiction
Script Johji Manabe; Dana Lewis (translation {unknown relationship to David Lewis}); Toren Smith (translation)
Pencils Johji Manabe
Inks Johji Manabe; Wayne Truman (touch-up)
Letters Wayne Truman
Notes English version produced by Studio Proteus for Dark Horse Comics.
Reprinted in Outlanders (Dark Horse, 1989 series) #8

1 page letters page "Outletters"

Letters typeset
Notes Fan letters from Patrick McCullough, Atlanta, Georgia; Bizarre Charlie, Blanchard, Idaho; DMC McKeever, Norwalk, California.

3 page The Venus Wars promo (ad from the publisher) "The Venus Wars [Special Preview]"

Synopsis Three page preview of a new comic book from Dark Horse Comics and Studio Proteus.
Genre Military
Pencils Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Inks Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Letters typeset
Notes The Venus Wars original art and story copyright 1990 Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Gakken. English translation copyright 1990 Studio Proteus and Dark Horse Comics.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Johji Manabe
Inks Johji Manabe
Letters typeset
Notes Full page illustration promoting issue #24 of Outlanders.

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

Notes Outlanders (back issue order form, Dark Horse Comics)

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

Characters Princess Kahm
Pencils Johji Manabe
Inks Johji Manabe
Colors Page color
Notes Back cover is a splattered painted canvas emulating outer space. Inset illustration of Princess Kahm.