Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu #1 (Nov.) story and art by Toshihiro Ono b&w, 40 pages $3.25 USA/$4.40 CAN All-new adventures! Not just an adaptation of the anime! Something's eating the wiring in the Ketchum house in Pallet Town, and when 10-year-old Ash Ketchum looks under the floorboards, he finds his first Pokémon: Pikachu! But Ash has a lot to learn about becoming a Pokémon trainer, and his rival Gary isn't about to make it easy for him as he sets off on his journey!
b&w, 40 pages $3.25 USA/$4.95 CAN Traveling to Mt. Moon, Ash and Pikachu stumble upon the elusive and magical Clefairy Pokémon. When Ash tries to capture it, he discovers that Bill and Professor Oak are also on the Clefairy's trail.
b&w, 40 pages $3.25 USA/$4.40 CAN After Ash accidentally destroyed Misty's bike, the two young Pokémon trainers have stuck together, at least until Ash can cough up enough money to pay Misty back! It looks like the debt won't be settled until Misty challenges him to a Pokémon fight on her home turf: the Cerulean City swimming pool! Get ready, get wet, go!
Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu #4 (Feb.) 4-issue monthly series story and art by Toshihiro Ono b&w, 40 pages $3.25 USA/$4.95 CAN SHIPS 2/20 GHOSTS N' POKÉMON Ash goes to Saffron City to challenge Sabrina, the teenage Pokémon gym leader, but the fight is cancelled when a bad dream sends Sabrina into a coma! Ash and Brock must climb the Pokémon Tower to stop the problem at its source…a deadly Haunter Pokémon!
Pokémon: Pikachu Shocks Back #1 (March) 4-issue monthly series story and art by Toshihiro Ono b&w, 40 pages $3.25 USA/$4.95 CAN SHIPS 3/ POKÉMON DERBY More fun-filled POKÉMON adventure, starring all your favorite characters from the hit video games-Ash, Misty, Brock, and all 150 Pokémon! Ash competes in a Pokémon race to see which Pokémon is the fastest and which trainer is the best. He can't ride Pikachu, so he borrows another trainer's Ponyta. But the fastest racer rides a three-headed Dodrio…and the fastest racer cheats! Can Ash reach the flag by playing fair?
Pokémon: Pikachu Shocks Back, #2 (April) b&w, 40 pages $3.25 USA/$4.95 CAN SHIPS 4/16 GROW UP A young boy who belongs to a Secret Society for Pokémon Evolving wants his Eevee to stay an Eevee, but his funny-hat-wearing superiors in the Society demand that he evolve his Pokémon! Must he turn it into a Jolteon, Flareon or Vaporeon? Can Ash, Misty and Brock help him?
Pokémon: Pikachu Shocks Back #3 (May) b&w, 40 pages $3.25 USA/$4.95 CAN SHIPS 5/21 PARADISE LOST A special dubbed episode where the Pokémon speak in their own words! Ash loses Pikachu, who wanders off only to meet Squirtle and Charmander and join them on a quest to find the legendary Pokémon Paradise. But with Team Rocket on their tail, it won't be a paradise for long!
Pokémon: Pikachu Shocks Back #4 (June) b&w, 32 pages $2.95 USA/$4.50 CAN SHIPS 6/18 A PECK OF PIKACHU Pikachu finds a whole herd of other Pikachu, and Ash must decide whether or not to let him return to his own kind. Meanwhile, Team Rocket has other plans: to capture as many Pikachu as they can!
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Other Cool Stuff: Ash is in love with Gary's Sister May
Misty is in love with Ash
Each character has more mature looks.
Ash nicknamed his Pokémon.
