Vol.1 – Comic shop variant

Volume 1 cover variant released only in comic shops.

The second Italian variant after Compiler.

The only difference from the newsstand edition is the phrase “edizione per collezionisti” (collector’s edition) on the top right

In the ’90s, the concept of a variant applied to manga didn’t really exist in Italy. Manga could be found both in comic shops and at newsstands, and this label was used to distinguish between the two printings.

There is also another mysterious, much more interesting variant edition of vol. 1…