Akiko (1996) comic books 2000-2002

Stories, Art and Painted Cover by Mark Crilley. With Poog's help, the crew from Smoo get a nice moon and put it into orbit in "Moonshopping part four"! Plus: Beeba reviews Crilley's new Akiko novel in the 1-pager "Mr Beeba in Critical Critic"! 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Last $2.50 cover priced issue. Stories, Art and Painted Covers by Mark Crilley. In "Spucky and Gax in Illegal Aliens," Spuckler and Gax crashland, and Gax needs the help of another strip to rescue them from a raging monster! The story also branches out into another story of two aliens watching Gax and Spuckler. Plus: Akiko dreams a series of images in "Akiko in Dream Sequence"; Beeba attempts to make an alphabet book, but gets cut off before he reaches 'F' in "Mr Beeba's Alphabet Book"; Beeba tries an invisibility potion on himself in "Beeba & Poog in Invisible, Inc"; and Akiko and Goybi visit one of his storage sheds and look through the junk (and Spuckler borrows a laser pistol from up in the Illegal Aliens story) in "Akiko & P Q Goybi in The Old Storage Shed"! (Note: This issue has several intertwined stories running simultaneously on every page.) 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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First $2.95 cover priced issue. Stories, Art and Wraparound Cover by Mark Crilley. Spuckler receives strange news, while Bip and Bop arrive on Earth to take Akiko back to Smoo in "The Battle of Boach's Keep: Part One"! Plus: Akiko's uncle tells her about the origin of Japanese fans in "Uncle Koji's Place"! 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Stories, Art and Cover by Mark Crilley. King Froptoppit unveils a giant statue of Akiko! Meanwhile, Spuckler accepts payment for his family property and is advised to vacate it within five days in "The Battle of Boach's Keep: Part Two"! Plus: An unseen child plays with small handmade figures of the AKIKO cast in the 2-page "Akiko's Playhouse"! Also: 2-pager "24 Ways to Draw Gax"! And: An homage illustration to the cover of the Beatles' album ABBEY ROAD! 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Stories, Art and Wraparound Cover by Mark Crilley. Spuckler finds out the truth behind Gothtek's plans and decides to fight back! Meanwhile, Akiko, Beeba and Poog find out what's happening and start off to Spuckler's aid in "The Battle of Boach's Keep: Part Three"! Plus: An unseen narrator tries to tell a sort of fairy tale with an argumentative subject in "The Tale of Kiko-Wiko"! 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Stories, Art and Covers by Mark Crilley. Spuckler and Gax continue the fight against Gothtek! And Beeba and Poog manage to beat Akiko in coming to Spuckler's aid in "The Battle of Boach's Keep: Part Four"! Plus: Spuckler tries to catch a lizard for dinner in the wordless story "Dinner on the Run"! Also: Beeba "reviews" Mark Crilley's children's book AKIKO AND THE GREAT WALL OF TRUDD in the 1-pager "The Critical Critic Returns"! 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Stories, Art and Wraparound Cover by Mark Crilley. Spuckler and Beeba continue to face off against Gothtek while Akiko tries diplomacy in "The Battle of Boach's Keep: Part Five"! Plus: A look at possible occupations for the grown-up Akiko in "What Will Akiko Be When She Grows Up?" 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Stories, Art and Cover by Mark Crilley. Akiko gets Kriznik to agree to meet with Spuckler, but is it too late? Find out in "The Battle of Boach's Keep: Part Six"! Plus: Spuckler proves to Beeba that reading and travel do not mix in "Speed Reading"! And: 1-page "The Akiko Board Game!" 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Stories, Art and Cover by Mark Crilley. Circumstances change between Gothtek and our heroes, and Mr. Beeba lets loose in "The Battle of Boach's Keep: Part Seven"! Plus: two untitled 1-pagers, one of which appears on the color back cover! 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Stories, Art and Cover by Mark Crilley. Spuckler makes peace with his past, and Akiko admits to the king that she is not the skilled negotiator he thought her to be in "The Battle of Boach's Keep: Part Eight"! Plus: A humorous look at Akiko's past adventures as evidenced by stains and tears in her blue jeans in the 1-page story "'Kiko's Blue Jeans"! And: 1-page story "True Colors," appearing on the color back cover! 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Stories, Art and Cover by Mark Crilley. Join the Akiko replacement robot in her adventures at Middleton Elementary! Meet Robo-Akiko and see first hand the challenges of replicating a fourth grader with unusual pigtails! Among her first trials and tribulations: figuring out how to deal with Jimmy Hampton, a hard-rocking bad boy who seems determined to make Akiko's life miserable! Don't miss..."Akiko on the Planet Earth [Part One]"! Plus: Beeba has the bright idea of upgrading Gax in "Face Value"! 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Akiko On the Planet Earth [Part Two] - Story, Art and Wraparound Cover by Mark Crilley. Akiko's robot double must get home before her power charge runs out, but the bully Jimmy Hampton is blocking her way! 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

By Mark Crilley. A special 40-page celebration of all things Smoovian! Akiko and the gang go on a wild shopping spree in the exotic market town of Miz-ma-Gurgo. But in a twist, this story is placed alongside numerous supporting strips, each employing a different illustration style! b&w, 40pg, $3.50. Cover price $3.50.