Ghost in the Shell

(December 1995)

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

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Cover interiors, pages 2 & 371.

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

credits, title page / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils

Teena Gores (credited) (layout)

Inks

Teena Gores (credited) (layout)

Colors

Teena Gores (credited) (layout)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Pg. 3 title
Pg. 4 no text
Pg. 5 title + credits
Pg. 6 credits + indicia

01 Prologue (Table of Contents: 3)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

Peet Janes (credited) (series editor); Greg Vest (credited) (series editor); ? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is the near future. The world has become highly information-sensitive, with a vast corporate network covering the planet [...]

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Daisuke Aramaki; Motoko Kusanagi; Minister of internal affairs

Reprints

• from Ghost in the Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #1 (March 1995)
which is reprinted
• from ヤングマガジン [Yangu Magajin] [Young Magazine] (講談社 [Kōdansha], 1980 series) #4/1989 (1989年2月20日)

Indexer Notes

Full color.

02 Super Spartan 10.4.2029 (Table of Contents: 4)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation); Greg Vest (credited) (series editor)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

Peet Janes (credited) (series editor); ? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Time to get to work, Major.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Borma; Ishikawa; Motoko Kusanagi; Paz; Saito; Togusa; Fuchikoma; Minister of internal affairs; Togusa's wife; Togusa's child

Reprints

• from Ghost in the Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #1 (March 1995)
which is reprinted
• from ヤングマガジン [Yangu Magajin] [Young Magazine] (講談社 [Kōdansha], 1980 series) #4/1989 (1989年2月20日)

Indexer Notes

8 color pages.

03 Junk Jungle 27.7.2029 (Table of Contents: 5)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

Peet Janes (credited) (series editor); Greg Vest (credited) (series editor); ? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dammit... No air conditioning. What the hell am I doing here?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Borma; Ishikawa; Motoko Kusanagi; Saito; Togusa; Fuchikoma; Colonel Malles

Reprints

• from Ghost in the Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #2 (April 1995)

Indexer Notes

6 color pages.

04 Megatech Machine 1 Revolt of the Robots (Table of Contents: 6)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fellow Fuchikomas! Lend me your antennae!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Batou; Motoko Kusanagi; Fuchikoma

Reprints

• from Weekly Young Magazine [週刊ヤングマガジン]

05 Megatech Machine 2 The Making of a Cyborg (Table of Contents: 7)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How about the brain waves and the coating?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Batou; Motoko Kusanagi; Fuchikoma

Reprints

• from Weekly Young Magazine [週刊ヤングマガジン]

06 Robot Rondo 1.10.1029 (Table of Contents: 8)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 42 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

Peet Janes (credited) (series editor); Greg Vest (credited) (series editor); ? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Did you call me, Colonel?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Ishikawa; Motoko Kusanagi; Togusa; Colonel Tonoda; Kubonuma; Fuchikoma; Link; Adam; Hanka President

Reprints

• from Ghost in the Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #3 (May 1995)

Indexer Notes

8 color pages.

07 Phantom Fund 24.12.2029 (Table of Contents: 9)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 46 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (retouch)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

Peet Janes (credited) (series editor); Greg Vest (credited) (series editor); ? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Seburo C-25a and 26a both hold 50 rounds of 6x25 HV shells.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Borma; Ishikawa; Motoko Kusanagi; Togusa; Koil Krasnov; Yano; Fuchikoma; Anna (cameo); Uni (cameo); Krolden; Sohei Kagasaki; Minister of internal affairs

Reprints

• from Ghost in the Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #4 (June 1995)

Indexer Notes

6 color pages.

08 Dumb Barter 2.5.2030 (Table of Contents: 10)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 42 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

Peet Janes (credited) (series editor); Greg Vest (credited) (series editor); ? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Okay, Mr. Soma... We're injecting several clusters of Micromachine B parts into the lateral and posterior aspects of your brain...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Borma; Ishikawa; Motoko Kusanagi; Paz; Saito; Togusa; Toru Soma; Motoko's boyfriend; Fuchikoma

Reprints

• from Ghost in the Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #5 (July 1995)

Indexer Notes

8 color pages.

09 Bye Bye Clay 15.7.2030 (Table of Contents: 11)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 46 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

Greg Vest (credited) (series editor); Marilee Hord (credited) (series editor); ? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hate it when it rains...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Motoko Kusanagi; The Puppeteer; Saito; Togusa; Fuchikoma (title page); Nakamura; Dr. Willis; Togusa's wife, Togusa's child

Reprints

• from Ghost in the Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #6 (August 1995)

Indexer Notes

6 color pages.

10 Brain Drain 9.9.2030 (Table of Contents: 12)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

Greg Vest (credited) (series editor); Marilee Hord (credited) (series editor); ? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Five minutes 'til zero, Major.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Daisuke Aramaki; Batou; Ishikawa; Motoko Kusanagi; Paz; Saito; Togusa; Fuchikoma (title page); Minister of internal affairs; Foreign Minister Hidaka; Prime Minister; Katagiri; Chev Mudouma

Reprints

• from Ghost in the Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #7 (September 1995)

Indexer Notes

8 color pages.

11 Ghost Coast 18.9.2030 (Table of Contents: 13)

Ghost in the Shell / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (retouch); Susie Lee (credited) (retouch)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited); Susie Lee (credited)

Editing

Greg Vest (credited) (series editor); Marilee Hord (credited) (series editor); ? (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You sure noone's following us, Batou?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Batou; Motoko Kusanagi; The Puppeteer; Toru Soma (image)

Reprints

• from Ghost in the Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #8 (October 1995)

Bio (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow) (illustration)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow) (illustration)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow) (illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Masamune Shirow was born in Japan on November 23, 1961. Shirow studied drawing and oil painting at the Osaka University of Art.

Characters

Masamune Shirow

Cover Gallery (Table of Contents: 15)

Ghost in the Shell / illustration / 8 pages (report information)

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow)

Editing

Peet Janes (credited) (series editor); Greg Vest (credited) (series editor); Marilee Hord (credited) (series editor); ? (original editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Motoko Kusanagi; Fuchikoma

Reprints

• from Ghost in the Shell (Dark Horse, 1995 series) #1 (March 1995), #2 (April 1995), #3 (May 1995), #4 (June 1995), #5 (July 1995), #6 (August 1995), #7 (September 1995), #8 (October 1995)

Author's Notes (Table of Contents: 16)

text article / 10 pages (report information)

Script

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow); Frederik L. Schodt (credited as Frederik Schodt) (translation); Toren Smith (credited) (translation)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pg. 17 Hacker: a computer criminal who infiltrates other cyberbrains, steals infirmation, manipulates data and programs [...]

Masamune Shirow (Table of Contents: 17)

Appleseed; Black Magic; Dominion; Ghost in the Shell / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow)

Inks

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow)

Colors

士郎正宗 (credited as Masamune Shirow)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Available at your local comics shop or bookstore

Genre

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for various Shirow-properties as well as the Intron Depot and Cybergirls art books.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Ghost in the Shell / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Teena Gores (credited) (layout)

Inks

Teena Gores (credited) (layout)

Colors

Teena Gores (credited) (layout)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a world where the human mind can be programmed like a computer, at what point does the human soul end and the cybernetic machinery begin?

Genre

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Back cover synopsis.