Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	June 1996
Cover Price	2.95 USD; 4.15 CAD
Pages	44
Editing	Dave Chipps

Cover Details

Characters	Manji
Genre	period; samurai
Pencils	Hiroaki Samura (painted)
Inks	Hiroaki Samura (painted)
Colors	Hiroaki Samura (painted)
Letters	typography

Half page credits

Pencils	Hiroaki Samura
Letters	typography

Half page text article "Glossary / About the Translation"

Letters	typography
Notes	Short glossary of some Japanese terms, and notes about the translation process

40 page Blade of the Immortal story "Prologue: Criminal"

Genre	period; samurai
Script	Hiroaki Samura; Dana Lewis (translation); Toren Smith (translation)
Pencils	Hiroaki Samura
Inks	Hiroaki Samura; Wayne Truman (retouching)
Letters	Wayne Truman

1 page text article "Finish Line"

Letters

typography