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Akiko #14: Neat-O. Akiko leads her companions into Allia Rellapor's castle, where they meet Spuckler's old enemy Loza Throck once again. My favorite bit has got to be when Gax tells off Spuckler, but there are so many wonderful little bits (as usual) that a recital of the high points would come pretty close to just re-typing the issue. Why don't you save me the bother (and the copyright hassles) by reading it for yourself. And (again as usual) the back cover is simply brilliant, as is the companion "back-up" piece. It's obvious that more care and love go into creating a single issue of Akiko than any three issues of the average comic on the stands. I do wish that they'd hurry up and put out a TPB of the first few issues--I really wanted to share this with my nephew and niece when I was on vacation, but it's just about impossible to find the early issues.