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Kabuki: Skin Deep

    (Image, 1996-1998, 2000, 2002)
™ and © 2002 David Mack

The clandestine Japanese government agency known as the Noh regulates a future world of crime and politics through highly trained female assassins. Kabuki is one of these beautiful, dangerous women with a dirty job. The story’s visual style follows its literary substances. Sparse, bare white rooms, long corridors and closed doors with reflective windows contribute emotional atmosphere to the story. They subtlety communicate to the reader themes of personal identity, paranoia and isolation. Her mask seems to serve two purposes, one for the story and one for the reader. The art seduces the reader into the story and into the minds of the characters. As the story unfolds, one realizes the beautiful panels of art are only the tip of the iceberg.
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  • 1
    #1
    Oct 1996
    Cover: $2.95
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    8 copies from $0.80
  • 2
    #2
    Regular Cover by David Mack
    Feb 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    1 copy for $3.98
  • 2/A
    #2 Variation A
    Alternate Cover A by Alex Ross
    Feb 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    White background
    3 copies from $2.98
  • 2/B
    #2 Variation B
    Dynamic Forces Skin & Bones Signed Wraparound Cover B by David Mack and Alex Ross
    Feb 1997
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    Dynamic Forces Special limited series; Signed by David Mack
    No copies available
  • 2/LE
    #2 Limited Edition
    Wraparound cover by Alex Ross
    Feb 1997
    Cover: $15.00
    W: David Mack  ·  A: Alex Ross, David Mack
    Limited to 1000
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Regular Cover by David Mack
    May 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    2 copies from $4.50
  • 3/A
    #3 Variation A
    Fan Club Alternate Cover A
    Jun 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    No copies available
  • Bk 4
    Book #4
    May 1998
    Cover: $9.95
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    Softcover; Collects Caliber mini-series
    1 copy for $7.00
  • Bk 4-2
    Book #4 - 2nd printing
    Apr 2000
    Cover: $10.95
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    Softcover; Collects Kabuki: Skin Deep #1-3
    1 copy for $9.00
  • Bk 4-3
    Book #4 - 3rd printing
    Cover: $12.95
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    Softcover; Collects Kabuki: Skin Deep #1-3; ca. 2002
    No copies available
  • Bk 4/A
    Book #4 Variation A
    Cover: $9.95
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    Signed and numbered
    No copies available
  • Bk 4/HC
    Book #4 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition
    Cover: $23.95
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    No copies available
  • Bk 4/HC-2
    Book #4 Hardcover - 2nd printing
    Hardcover Edition
    Cover: $23.95
    W: David Mack  ·  A: David Mack
    No copies available