Ghost in the Shell



Ghost in the Shell is published by Dark Horse Comics. The cover price is $2.99.

Last Issue

 * Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor #2: 29 Nov 2006

Current Issue

 * Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor #3: 20 Dec 2006

Next Issue

 * Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor #4: 17 Jan 2007

Status
Series of mini-series.

Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor #3
This is the current issue, and therefore no story information will be posted about this issue. Please check your local comic shop for copies of this issue.

Trade Paperbacks

 * Ghost in the Shell Volume 1 - Collects the original 8-issue series. "Deep into the 21st century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg super-agent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including "ghost hackers," capable of exploiting the human/machine interface by re-programming human minds to become puppets to carry out their criminal ends. When Major Kusanagi tracks the cybertrail of one such master hacker, the Puppeteer, her quest leads her into a world beyond information and technology where the very nature of consciousness and the human soul are turned upside-down and inside-out." - Preview - WorldCat - ISBN 1593072287


 * Ghost in the Shell Volume 2: Man-Machine Interface - Collects the second 11-issue series. "March 6, 2035. Motoko Aramaki is a hyper-advanced cyborg, a counter-terrorist net security expert heading the investigative department of the giant multi-national, Poseidon Industrial. Partly transcending the physical world and existing in a virtual world of networks, Motoko is a fusion of multiple entities and identities, deploying remotely controlled prosthetic humanoid surrogates around the globe to solve a series of bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic investigator from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to investigate strange changes in the temporal universe, brought about by two forces, one represented by the teachings of a professor named Rahampol, and the other by the complex, evolving Motoko entity. What unfolds will be all in a day's work...a day that will change everything, forever." - Preview - WorldCat - ISBN 159307204X

Creative Team
Writer/Artist/Creator/Covers: Shirow Masamune.

Publishing History
The original Ghost in the Shell series for published for 8 issues in 1995.

Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface was published for 11 issues in 2003

Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor began publication in 2006 and is scheduled for 6 issues.

Order Codes
These are the order codes and prices as provided by Diamond Distribution.

Future Publication Dates

 * Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor #4: 17 Jan 2007
 * Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor #5: 21 Feb 2007
 * Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor #6: 21 Mar 2007

Links

 * Dark Horse Comics - Publisher's Website
 * Ghost in the Shell (manga)