Issue Details

Issue	#43
Published	March 2001
Cover Price	$2.95
Pages	28
Editing	Mark Crilley

Cover Details

Characters	Spuckler Boach; Gax; Akiko; Bip; Bop
Genre	children; adventure
Pencils	Mark Crilley
Inks	Mark Crilley
Colors	Mark Crilley (?)

16 page Akiko story "The Battle of Boach's Keep: Part Four"

Characters	Akiko; Spuckler Boach; Gax; Bip; Bop; TD-9; Mr. Beeba (cameo); Poog (cameo)
Synopsis	Spuckler and Gax continue the fight against Gothtek. Beeba and Poog manage to beat Akiko in coming to Spuckler's aid.
Genre	adventure; children
Script	Mark Crilley
Pencils	Mark Crilley
Inks	Mark Crilley
Letters	Mark Crilley

5 page Akiko story "Dinner on the Run"

Characters	Spuckler Boach; Mr. Beeba
Synopsis	Spuckler tries to catch a lizard for dinner.
Genre	humor
Pencils	Mark Crilley
Inks	Mark Crilley
Letters	Mark Crilley
Notes	wordless story

1 page Akiko filler "The Critical Critic Returns"

Characters	Mr. Beeba
Synopsis	Beeba "reviews" Mark Crilley's children's book AKIKO AND THE GREAT WALL OF TRUDD.
Genre	humor
Script	Mark Crilley
Pencils	Mark Crilley
Inks	Mark Crilley
Letters	Mark Crilley

2 page Letters to Akiko letters page

Script	Mark Crilley (answered letters)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters and art submitted by Joshua Flowers; Matt Levin; Carol Pond; Mayumi Hirtzel; Joe Jacobs; past47; Jay J. VanDeWalle; Erika Lobdell; Gus Ostow

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

Characters	Akiko
Pencils	Mark Crilley
Inks	Mark Crilley
Colors	Mark Crilley (?)