Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	May 26, 1987
Cover Price	1.50
Pages	36
Editing	Fred Burke; Abra L. Numata (editorial assistant)
Notes	Cover design by Shinji Horibuchi.

Cover Details - "Mercenary Jet Fighter Comics From Japan"

Characters	Shin Kazama
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Kaoru Shintani
Inks	Kaoru Shintani
Notes	Cover design by Shinji Horibuchi.

Half page text article "untitled"

Synopsis	A brief introduction to the series.
Script	Fred Burke? [as The Editors]
Letters	typeset

Half page credits

Letters	typeset
Notes	Credits and indicia for this issue.

32 page Area 88 story "Mission 1: The Blue Skies Of Betrayal"

Characters	Shin Kazama; Saki; McCoy; Mick Simon; Bowman
Genre	adventure
Script	Kaoru Shintani; James Hudnall (translation); Satoru Fujii (translation)
Pencils	Kaoru Shintani; Wayne Truman (touch-up art)
Inks	Kaoru Shintani; Wayne Truman (touch-up art)
Letters	Wayne Truman
Editing	Kazuki Tanaka (original executive editor)
Reprinted	originally published in Japan by Shogakukan, Inc.

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Kaoru Sintani (1951- )"

Synopsis	Brief bio of the writer/artist of Area 88.
Letters	typeset

1 page Area 88 (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "untitled"

Pencils	Kaoru Shintani
Inks	Kaoru Shintani