Pulp #v2#1
(January 1998)

Viz, 1997 Series
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Volume
2
Price
5.95 USD; 8.00 CAD
Pages
132
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
For Mature Readers Only
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Viz Communications Inc.
Barcode
782009030737 01
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Seiji Horibuchi (credited) (publisher); Satoru Fujii (credited) (editor-in-chief); Hyoe Narita (credited) (managing editor); Annette Roman (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

The stories in this manga are flipped from the original right to left Japanese editions. No publisher brand on cover. ISSN 1096-0228

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dance Till Tomorrow / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
山本直樹 (Naoki Yamamoto)
Inks
山本直樹 (Naoki Yamamoto)
Colors
山本直樹 (Naoki Yamamoto)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; romance

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Indicia, table of contents, story and publishing credits

file # : 002 - Akimi Yoshida (Table of Contents: 3)

PULPman Profiles / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Brief profile and interview with Akimi Yoshida

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Dance Till Tomorrow - Act Two: The Luckiest Man In Tokyo (Table of Contents: 5)

Dance Till Tomorrow / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (story); Rachel Matt Thorn (credited as Matt Thorn) (English adaptation)
Pencils
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (art)
Inks
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (art); Dan Nakrosis (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Dan Nakrosis (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Um, hi. My name's Aya Hibino.
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Suekichi Terayama; Aya Hibino
Reprints
  • from ?

Dance Till Tomorrow - Act Three: The Mind Says No, But The Loins Say Go (Table of Contents: 6)

Dance Till Tomorrow / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (story); Rachel Matt Thorn (credited as Matt Thorn) (English adaptation)
Pencils
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (art)
Inks
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (art); Dan Nakrosis (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Dan Nakrosis (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get out.
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Suekichi Terayama; Aya Hibino
Reprints
  • from ?

Thirty Tomorrows From Now in Dance Till Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Banana Fish - Chapter 2: Papa Dino (Table of Contents: 8)

Banana Fish / comic story / 33 pages (report information)

Script
吉田秋生 (credited as Akimi Yoshida) (story); Rachel Matt Thorn (credited as Matt Thorn) (English adaptation)
Pencils
吉田秋生 (credited as Akimi Yoshida) (art)
Inks
吉田秋生 (credited as Akimi Yoshida) (art); Mary Kelleher (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Mary Kelleher (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, if it ain't Ash.
Genre
drama
Characters
Ash
Reprints
  • from ?

Next Month in Banana Fish (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Dragon Ball (Table of Contents: 10)

j-pop.hard.copy / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
An appreciation of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball for the j-pop.hard.copy column

Strain - Chapter Two: The Ghost (Table of Contents: 11)

Strain / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
史村翔 (credited as Buronson) (story); Yuji Oniki (credited) (English adaptation)
Pencils
池上遼一 (credited as Ryoichi Ikegami) (art)
Inks
池上遼一 (credited as Ryoichi Ikegami) (art); Cato (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Cato (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Genre
crime
Characters
Mayo
Reprints
  • from ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Hi-fi/Lo-fi / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Yuji Oniki (credited)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
The author profiles pop groups The Boredoms and Melt Banana

Heartbroken Angels (Table of Contents: 13)

Heartbroken Angels / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
喜国雅彦 (credited as Masahiko Kikuni) (story); Ben Joe Wadoko (credited) (English adaptation)
Pencils
喜国雅彦 (credited as Masahiko Kikuni) (art)
Inks
喜国雅彦 (credited as Masahiko Kikuni) (art); Cato (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Cato (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You've got to shake the pulp up from the bottom with these.
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from ?

War of the Gargantuas (Table of Contents: 14)

PULP CULT / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Patrick Macias (credited)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
An appreciation of Godzilla and other movie monsters

Black & White - Skirmish 2: Paving The Road To Hell (Table of Contents: 15)

Black & White / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
松本大洋 (Taiyō Matsumoto) (credited as Taiyo Matsumoto) (story); Annette Roman (credited) (English adaptation); Lillian Olsen (credited) (translation)
Pencils
松本大洋 (Taiyō Matsumoto) (credited as Taiyo Matsumoto) (art)
Inks
松本大洋 (Taiyō Matsumoto) (credited as Taiyo Matsumoto) (art); Cynthia Bergst (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Cynthia Bergst (credited)
Editing
Jason Thompson (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Huh?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Black; White
Reprints
  • from ?

Pulp Letters Column (Table of Contents: 16)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Annette Roman (credited)
Letters
typeset

Comin' Up, Next Month, Get PULPED With... (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Viz-Shop-By-Mail! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Dragon Ball Z The Movie - Dead Zone (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dance Till Tomorrow
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. file # : 002 - Akimi Yoshida
    PULPman Profiles
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Dance Till Tomorrow - Act Two: The Luckiest Man In Tokyo
    Dance Till Tomorrow
  7. 6. Dance Till Tomorrow - Act Three: The Mind Says No, But The Loins Say Go
    Dance Till Tomorrow
  8. 7. Thirty Tomorrows From Now in Dance Till Tomorrow
  9. 8. Banana Fish - Chapter 2: Papa Dino
    Banana Fish
  10. 9. Next Month in Banana Fish
  11. 10. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Dragon Ball
    j-pop.hard.copy
  12. 11. Strain - Chapter Two: The Ghost
    Strain
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Hi-fi/Lo-fi
  14. 13. Heartbroken Angels
    Heartbroken Angels
  15. 14. War of the Gargantuas
    PULP CULT
  16. 15. Black & White - Skirmish 2: Paving The Road To Hell
    Black & White
  17. 16. Pulp Letters Column
  18. 17. Comin' Up, Next Month, Get PULPED With...
  19. 18. Viz-Shop-By-Mail!
  20. 19. Dragon Ball Z The Movie - Dead Zone
This issue was modified by, among others
  • EK
  • Steven Samuels
  • Jim Van Dore