In the year 2030, the dazzling Neo-Tokyo has risen from Tokyo's ashes, but the power that once leveled Tokyo and sent the world to the brink of Armageddon -- a being of monstrous telekinetic power known only as Akira -- lives on in absolute-zero frozen stasis far below the city. Those who stand guard will stop at nothing to keep Akira from awakening, but Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense -- and rapidly growing -- psychic abilities becomes obsessed with confronting Akira face-to-face.
In time, Akira will surely awaken, and Tetsuo may be the only being potentially capable of controlling his devastating powers. But Tetsuo himself is becoming increasingly unstable and violent, and a group including his former friend Kaneda sets out to destroy Tetsuo before he can release Akira -- or before Tetsuo himself becomes so powerful that no force on Earth can stop him!
"Some things need to be kept in the public eye and this manga masterpiece is one of them," raved Comics International writer Phil Hall. "This is essential reading for those who want to understand everything that is good about comic books." Akira #2 is a giant graphic novel, featuring 304 pages of stunning black-and-white storytelling. This book retails for $24.95.