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

January, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
5 copies available from $7.00 		Bruce BlairBarry Blair
#1 - 2nd printing

January, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
2 copies available from $3.99 		Bruce BlairBarry Blair
#1 - 3rd printing

January, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
2 copies available from $1.75 		Barry Blair, Bruce BlairPat McEown, Guang Yap
#2

February, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
4 copies available from $1.00 		Barry Blair, Bruce BlairPat McEown, Guang Yap, Jim McEown
#2 - 2nd printing

February, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
2 copies available from $1.50 		Bruce BlairBarry Blair
#3

January, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
3 copies available from $1.75 		Barry Blair, Bruce Blair, Dave CooperPat McEown, Guang Yap, Dave Cooper
#4

February, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
2 copies available from $1.75 		Barry Blair, Pat McEownPat McEown, Guang Yap, Bruce Blair
#5

March, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
5 copies available from $1.75 		Barry Blair, Pat McEownPat McEown, Guang Yap
#6

April, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
5 copies available from $1.75 		Barry Blair, Pat McEownPat McEown
#7

May, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
4 copies available from $1.70 		Pat McEown, Dave Sim, Scott RyanPat McEown, Collin Young
#8

June, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
5 copies available from $1.70 		Barry BlairBarry Blair, Guang Yap
#9

July, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
5 copies available from $1.70 		Barry BlairBarry Blair, Pat McEown, Tim McEown
#10

October, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
7 copies available from $0.50 		Barry Blair, Gordon DerryBarry Blair, Dave Cooper
#11

September, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
5 copies available from $0.80 		Gordon Derry, Barry BlairBarry Blair, Craig A. Taillefer
#12

October, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
5 copies available from $1.00 		Gordon Derry, Barry BlairBarry Blair, Craig A. Taillefer
#13

November, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
6 copies available from $3.00 		Pat McEown, Barry Blair, Rob ClarkDale Keown, Rob Clark
#14

December, 1986
Cover Price: $1.70
7 copies available from $1.75 		Barry Blair, Rob ClarkDale Keown, Rob Clark
#15

January, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
5 copies available from $1.75 		Barry BlairDale Keown
#16

February, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
6 copies available from $1.75 		Barry BlairDale Keown
#17

March, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
5 copies available from $2.00 		Roger Camm, Barry BlairBarry Blair, Pat McEown
#18

April, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
5 copies available from $1.75 		Roger Camm, Barry BlairBarry Blair, Pat McEown
#19

May, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
4 copies available from $2.00 		Roger Camm, Barry BlairBarry Blair, Pat McEown
#20

June, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
5 copies available from $1.00 		Barry Blair, Roger Camm, Marty PahlsBarry Blair, Marty Pahls
#21

July, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
4 copies available from $2.00 		Barry Blair, Roger CammBarry Blair
#22

August, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
6 copies available from $1.00 		Barry Blair, Roger CammBarry Blair
#23

September, 1987
Cover Price: $2.00
5 copies available from $1.00 		Barry Blair, Roger CammBarry Blair, Guang Yap, Craig A. Taillefer, Mike Charbonneau, Pat McEown, Dale Keown, Bruce Blair, Eiwin Mark, Ken Campbell, Tim McEown