Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 14.2

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol 7

By Motoro Mase

Episode 14: The Dream I Tried to Make Come True

Act 2

Chief Examiner Kaga critiques Fujimoto’s work after he delivers the Ikigami to the Tsumura residence. She says that he did most things correctly but that he failed to highlight how Katsunori’s sacrifice is a noble thing. She also points out that he lacked enthusiasm for the National Welfare Act while making the delivery.

Captain America (1968) 289

Captain America (1968) 289

Jan 1984

It's Assistant Editors' Month. This cover is like one of those images in the Sunday newspaper that asks you to pick out how many things are wrong with this picture?

There are two warnings on the cover, one in the lower left and the other in the lower right but if you bought this issue from a newsstand then the one in the lower left would have been replaced with a bar code. Captain America is facing backwards in the corner box. The logo in the upper right corner and the checkerboard pattern are reminiscent of DC Comics covers of the 1960s. The guys hanging out the window are (from left to right) J.M. DeMatteis, Mike Carlin, Mike Zeck, John Beatty.

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 14.1

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol 7

By Motoro Mase

Episode 14: The Dream I Tried to Make Come True

Act 1

Katsunori Tsumura gives up dancing on the street with his friend Nobuo. Katsunori starts studying in the hopes of getting into a good school. His father wants him to take over the cram school that he runs. His father even suggests that he could open a dance studio in one of the rooms in the school.

Captain America (1968) 288

Captain America (1968) 288

Dec 1983

Mazes!

by J. M. DeMatteis, Mike Zack, John Beatty, Diana Albers, Bob Sharen, Mark Gruenwald

Godwulf explains to Captain America and Deathlok what happened between 1983 and 1993. He was part of the Nth Command, an offshoot of the Brand Corporation which itself was a subsidiary of Roxxon Oil. The Nth Command used high tech equipment to get the jump on the Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and the Defenders and banished them all to alternate dimensions. Other unaffiliated heroes were hunted down and dealt with in a similar manner. The Nth Command tried to take over the United States by force. Things got messy. War broke out all over the world. 

Terry and the Pirates (14)

Vol. 2: 1937-1938

By Milton Caniff 

The Bandits

Dec 19, 1937 - Apr 3, 1938

This is the fifth story (of eight) in what Carl Horak, author of the Terry and the Pirates Companion, considers to be the second era of Caniff’s run on the strip. This era begins in late Aug 1936 and runs through late Apr 1939 and is called Days of High Adventure in the companion book. 

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 13.3

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol. 7

By Motoro Mase

Episode 13: Photo of the Deceased

Act 3

Taka shows up the next morning to take Mr. Ikeyama’s death photo. Mr. Ikeyama is not in a good mood. Taka doesn’t want him to close the shop but clearly he can’t take over. He surprises Mr. Ikeyama by inviting over lots of his customers. They all have pictures that he took and stories to tell about how his pictures positively influenced his life.

Captain America (1968) 287

Captain America (1968) 287

Nov 1983

Future Shock!

by J. M. DeMatteis, Mike Zack, John Beatty, Diana Albers, Bob Sharen, Mark Gruenwald

Captain America and Deathlok fight as Manning’s clone tries to hold on to life. The clone senses a greater purpose as his life starts to ebb away and he argues with his onboard computer. Captain America tries talking to Deathlok as they fight but the cyborg won’t listen and calls him Mister Flag.

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 13.2

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol. 7

by Motoro Mase

Episode 13: Photo of the Deceased

Act 2

Taka feels lost. He goes home to see his parents to tell them the news. He makes what arrangements he can but it isn’t enough. He still feels helpless until he realizes that he needs to have a death photo taken of himself. 

Taka goes to see Mr. and Mrs. Ikeyama. She is happy to see him but it seems as though Mr. Ikeyama can’t forget what Taka told him about his business. Taka explains to them that he wants a photo taken of himself. He is about to tell them that he has received an Ikigami but then he remembers Mr. Ikeyama’s heart condition and tells them instead that it is for a reunion. 

Captain America (1968) 286

Captain America (1968) 286

Oct 1983

A Man in Search of… Himself!

by J. M. DeMatteis, Mike Zack, John Beatty, Diana Albers, Bob Sharen, Mark Gruenwald

Luther Manning travels back in time from the year 1991 to 1983 on a mission. He arrives in busy subway station in New York City. He’s been sent back in time by a man named Godwulf on a mission to locate Deathlok. Manning is a cyborg. He has a computer in his brain with whom he communicates as he uses the tech he brought with him to figure out where Deathlok can be found.