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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published May 19, 1987
Frequency Biweekly
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages 44
Editing Seiji Horibuchi (Executive Editor); Catherine Yronwode (Executive Editor); Letitia Glozer; Abra L. Numata (Editorial Assistant)
Notes The editorial page states this is the first wholesale attempt at bringing manga to the USA.

Cover Details

Characters Mai
Pencils Ryoichi Ikegami
Inks Ryoichi Ikegami
Letters Typeset

1 page credits

Characters Mai
Pencils Ryoichi Ikegami
Inks Ryoichi Ikegami
Letters Typeset
Notes Creator, editorial, publishing and indicia credits.

38 page Mai the Psychic Girl story "Part 1: The Psychic Girl"

Characters Mai Kuju; Rie; Yumiko; Jo Shiroyama; Shuichi Kuju; Senzo Kaieda
Synopsis An ordinary walk home from school is disrupted after Mai and her friends discover they're being followed.
Genre Adventure
Script Kazuya Kudo; James D. Hudnall (translation); Satoru Fujii (translation)
Pencils Ryoichi Ikegami; Bill Pearson (Touch Up Art)
Inks Ryoichi Ikegami; Bill Pearson (Touch Up Art)
Letters Bill Pearson
Reprinted from Weekly Shōnen Sunday (Shogakukan, 1959 series) #? (1985)

1 page Area 88 promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Ad for Eclipse & Viz's Area 88.
Pencils Kaoru Shintani
Inks Kaoru Shintani
Letters Typeset

1 page Kamui promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Ad for Eclipse & Viz's Kamui.
Pencils Sanpei Shirato
Inks Sanpei Shirato
Letters Typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Synopsis Brief bios of the creators of this manga.
Pencils Ryoichi Ikegami
Inks Ryoichi Ikegami
Letters Typeset

1 page filler

Characters Mai
Synopsis Series logo plus publisher credits. Small drawing of Mai taken from the story.
Pencils Ryoichi Ikegami
Inks Ryoichi Ikegami
Letters Typeset