Samurai

    (Aircel, 1985-1987)
™ and ©1985 Barry Blair

Toronto, Canada is home to Toshiro Kinura Sahura, a young man with quite a talent with a sword. Toshiro’s sword is the subject of this black-and-white series from Aircel Publishing. The Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) is after Toshiro’s sword because a legend states that this very sword was forged to do battle with supernatural beings. Toshiro travels the world in an attempt to evade the Yakuza as he learns more and more about the sword.

Along the way, he discovered that a second, shorter sword was forged at the same time and for the same purpose. Feeling a moral obligation to keep that sword from the Yakuza as well, Toshiro travels to the far East, where the sword sits in a religious temple.

Samurai was created, written, and drawn by Barry Blair, with help from others. Issue #13 saw the professional debut of artist Dale Keown (Pitt).
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  • 1
    #1
    Jan 1986
    Cover: $1.70
    W: Bruce Blair  ·  A: Barry Blair
    7 copies from $7.00
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    Jan 1986
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    W: Bruce Blair  ·  A: Barry Blair
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  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    Jan 1986
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    W: Barry Blair, Bruce Blair  ·  A: Pat McEown, Guang Yap
    7 copies from $1.75
  • 2
    #2
    Feb 1986
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    W: Barry Blair, Bruce Blair  ·  A: Pat McEown, Guang Yap, Jim McEown
    B&W
    6 copies from $1.00
  • 2-2
    #2 - 2nd printing
    Feb 1986
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    W: Bruce Blair  ·  A: Barry Blair
    3 copies from $1.50
  • 3
    #3
    Jan 1986
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    W: Barry Blair, Bruce Blair, Dave Cooper  ·  A: Pat McEown, Guang Yap, Dave Cooper
    B&W
    4 copies from $1.75
  • 4
    #4
    Feb 1986
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    W: Barry Blair, Pat McEown  ·  A: Pat McEown, Guang Yap, Bruce Blair
    B&W
    5 copies from $1.75
  • 5
    #5
    Mar 1986
    Cover: $1.70
    W: Barry Blair, Pat McEown  ·  A: Pat McEown, Guang Yap
    B&W
    7 copies from $1.75
  • 6
    #6
    Apr 1986
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    W: Barry Blair, Pat McEown  ·  A: Pat McEown
    B&W
    8 copies from $1.75
  • 7
    #7
    May 1986
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    W: Pat McEown, Dave Sim, Scott Ryan  ·  A: Pat McEown, Collin Young
    B&W
    11 copies from $1.25
  • 8
    #8
    Jun 1986
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    W: Barry Blair  ·  A: Barry Blair, Guang Yap
    B&W
    10 copies from $1.25
  • 9
    #9
    Jul 1986
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    W: Barry Blair  ·  A: Barry Blair, Pat McEown, Tim McEown
    B&W
    9 copies from $1.70
  • 10
    #10
    Oct 1986
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    W: Barry Blair, Gordon Derry  ·  A: Barry Blair, Dave Cooper
    B&W
    9 copies from $0.50
  • 11
    #11
    Sep 1986
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    W: Gordon Derry, Barry Blair  ·  A: Barry Blair, Craig A. Taillefer
    B&W
    7 copies from $0.80
  • 12
    #12
    Oct 1986
    Cover: $1.70
    W: Gordon Derry, Barry Blair  ·  A: Barry Blair, Craig A. Taillefer
    B&W
    8 copies from $1.00
  • 13
    #13
    Nov 1986
    Cover: $1.70
    W: Pat McEown, Barry Blair, Rob Clark  ·  A: Dale Keown, Rob Clark
    1st Dale Keown art; B&W
    9 copies from $3.00
  • 14
    #14
    Dec 1986
    Cover: $1.70
    W: Barry Blair, Rob Clark  ·  A: Dale Keown, Rob Clark
    B&W
    8 copies from $1.75
  • 15
    #15
    Jan 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Barry Blair  ·  A: Dale Keown
    6 copies from $1.75
  • 16
    #16
    Feb 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Barry Blair  ·  A: Dale Keown
    7 copies from $1.75
  • 17
    #17
    Mar 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Roger Camm, Barry Blair  ·  A: Barry Blair, Pat McEown
    7 copies from $2.00
  • 18
    #18
    Apr 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Roger Camm, Barry Blair  ·  A: Barry Blair, Pat McEown
    7 copies from $1.75
  • 19
    #19
    May 1987
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    W: Roger Camm, Barry Blair  ·  A: Barry Blair, Pat McEown
    7 copies from $2.00
  • 20
    #20
    Jun 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Barry Blair, Roger Camm, Marty Pahls  ·  A: Barry Blair, Marty Pahls
    Splinters story; B&W
    8 copies from $1.00
  • 21
    #21
    Jul 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Barry Blair, Roger Camm  ·  A: Barry Blair
    7 copies from $2.00
  • 22
    #22
    Aug 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Barry Blair, Roger Camm  ·  A: Barry Blair
    7 copies from $1.00
  • 23
    #23
    Sep 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Barry Blair, Roger Camm  ·  A: Barry Blair, Guang Yap, Craig A. Taillefer, Mike Charbonneau, Pat McEown, Dale Keown, Bruce Blair, Eiwin Mark, Ken Campbell, Tim McEown
    Final Issue
    6 copies from $1.00