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  • Issue #2
    Ghost in the Shell (1995) 2

    By MASAMUNE SHIROW. Someone is inflicting wetware viruses on government employees, and Togusa has an ex-girlfriend who has fallen victim to the deadly program! Full-metal jacket or encryption-encoded neurovirus: either way, you're staring death in the face! Welcome to the 21st century! Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #2
    Ghost in the Shell 1.5 Human Error Processor (2006) 2

    by Shirow Masamune How do you keep a dead man from being murdered? Business bigwig Hayasaka might be dead, but he keeps turning up walking and talking, and Section 9 agents need to find out whether he's being remotely "puppeted" and whether those pulling the strings?like the mysterious Takoaka of the Institute of Technology?are the same people trying to control access to Pandora, a vast digital treasure trove of information of the most sensitive?and dangerous?nature. 24pgs (2 of 6) Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #2
    Ghost in the Shell 2 Man-Machine Interface (2003) 2

    by MASAMUNE SHIROW; translation by Frederik L. Schodt March 6, 2035 ? four and half years since cyber-cop Matoko Kusanagi joined with an artifical intelligence and quit the 9th Police Squad. Now, a hyper-advanced cyborg called Motoko Aramaki ? a fusion of multiple entities and identities ? heads the investigative department of the giant multi-national, Poseidon Industrial, deploying remotely controlled humanoid surrogates around the globe as on-the-ground agents. When a herd of specially-bred pigs used to clone human organs for transplant are slaughtered, Motoko dispatches herself through cyberspace and utilizing surrogate cyborgs at far-flung locales to do the heavy lifting, Matoko hunts down the attackers, battling online and on the ground, but there may be more to the mystery than meets the eye...even the all-seeing eye of artificial intelligence. No work of graphic fiction you've ever experienced can prepare you for the mind-warping journey that is Man-Machine Interface. ? Special deluxe format with no interior advertising! FOR MATURE READERS On sale November 27 FC, 32pg (no ads) . . . $3.50 Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Ghost in the Shell The Human Algorithm GN (2020- Kodansha Comics) 2-1ST


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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. Based on THE GHOST IN THE SHELL by Shirow Masamune. Written by Junichi Fujisaku. Art and cover by Yuki Yoshimoto. Translated by Stephen Kohler. Hackers attempt to assassinate a politician during a speech preaching the advantages of cybernetic prosthetics. Fortunately, Togusa is there to whisk her to safety, and the investigation leads Batou to a suspicious factory in the artificial islands in southern Japan. Meanwhile, Chief Aramaki hears of a disturbing discovery at the other end of the country: dozens of artificial bodies, illegally dumped near a village where an anti-cyberization sect conducts their training and "rites." Among the empty shells is one formerly inhabited by the woman who embodied Section 9 until she left it behind and disappeared: Major Motoko Kusanagi. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 256 pages, B&W. Older Teen (16+) Cover price $12.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex GN (2011-2014 Kodansha Digest) 2-1ST

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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Episode 2: Testaion!" Story and art by Yu Kinutani. Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special operations task force comprised of former military officers and police detectives. Based on the hit TV series. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Ghost in the Shell TPB (2009 Kodansha) 3rd Edition 2-1ST

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    Kodansha Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing.

    Story and art by Shirow Masamune.

    Kodansha publishes the long-awaited sequel to Shirow Masamune's groundbreaking The Ghost in the Shell, one of the most highly anticipated graphic novel events in many years, and one of the most ambitious and complex stories ever told in the manga format.

    Softcover, 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

    NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

    Cover price $26.99.

  • Issue #2-REP
    Ghost in the Shell TPB (2009 Kodansha) 3rd Edition 2-REP

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    Kodansha Edition - Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings.

    Story and art by Shirow Masamune.

    Kodansha publishes the long-awaited sequel to Shirow Masamune's groundbreaking The Ghost in the Shell, one of the most highly anticipated graphic novel events in many years, and one of the most ambitious and complex stories ever told in the manga format.

    Softcover, 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

    NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

    Cover price $26.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Ghost in the Shell HC (2017 Kodansha) Deluxe Edition 2-1ST

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    Volume 2 - 1st printing.

    Story and art by Shirow Masamune.

    This deluxe edition will mark the first time the book has been published in its original Japanese right-to-left format in English. Supervised by the creator, this will be the definitive edition of The Ghost in the Shell. Released simultaneously with new deluxe editions of the other two books in the original series.

    The long-awaited sequel to Shirow Masamune's groundbreaking The Ghost in the Shell, and one of the most highly anticipated graphic novel events in many years, Man-Machine Interface is Shirow's most ambitious and complex story yet, with deep forays into philosophy and the meaning of artificial life, intelligence, and existence. Utilizing awe-inspiring digital effects on a level never before seen in the annals of graphic fiction, Shirow has raised the bar for what can be achieved, page after page!

    Tokyo: Following World Wars III and IV a Japanese-led Asian block dominates the world. A key element in the maintenance of the block's position is the elite Japanese security police, the SHELL task force. To give them an edge in their ruthless battles against terrorist groups, most of the force have had extensive cybernetic transplants that have left them only questionably human. This is an exciting and skillful work that realistically probes uses of artificial intelligence and "direct interfacing" with machines, and which questions where mankind's technological and medical progress will lead.

    Hardcover, 328 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

    NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

    Cover price $29.99.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex SC (2006 Dark Horse Novel) 2-1ST

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    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Revenge of the Cold Machines!" Written by Junichi Fujisaku. 2030 Tokyo: While patrolling Tokyo's post-World War Three refugee zones Togusa, the newest member of Section 9, discovers that one of the most powerful cyber-criminals his squad has ever faced has plans to kill their leader, Section 9 Chief Daisuke Aramaki, in one of three stories in this collection, and it will take all of the members of Section 9 to stop him. The action heats up in the stories "Double Targets," "First Love, Last Love," and "Revenge of the Cold Machines.î Softcover, 5 in. x 7 in., 275 pages, Text Only. Cover price $8.95.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn GN (2015 Seven Seas) 2-1ST


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    Volume 2 - 1st Printing. Written by Shirow Masamune. Art and Cover by Rikudou Koushi. Translated by Casper Kazor. Adapted by Kat Adler. MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE! Things are tense on the island of Cenancle, where a powerful machine called Buer has been wreaking havoc underground. All that stands in its way are two cyborg girls: Nanakorobi Nene, who has a human brain inside her artificial body, and Clarion, the combat cyborg who belongs to inventor Uzal Delilah…at least for now. Nene is determined to protect her new friends, especially Clarion, but she has family on Cenancle too. Nenes never met her eccentric aunt Takumi, but Takumi is opening her home to Nene and providing her with some unexpected quirks and challenges to deal with! Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 180 pages, B&W. Teen Cover price $12.99.