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I'm looking to buy the Ghost in the Shell Manga on ebay, and I'm confused.

On one hand, I see an offer for about 5€ for the book with the **EAN:
9783897485037**. No page count or further info is given.

On the other hand, I see an offer for about 23€ for the book with **EAN
9781935429012** and **ISBN 1935429019** , the last one also mentiones a page
count of 368 pages.

Now, GitS was apparantly first published in a serialized form, and the first
bunch of the series was then published as one book. This is what I want to
buy. I'm worried that the first, cheaper book might only contain part of the
series. I know that there's GitS 1.5 and GitS2:MMI, I'm asking about the first
Volume. I lack the knowledge of the vast Manga-databases* where I can simply
look up with my EAN/ISBN number what I'm looking at, can someone help?

Edit: I'm looking for German or English versions.

*They must exist, right?


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Is this Ghost in the Shell Volume complete?


If you're referring to the manga by Masamune Shirow, there are [3
volumes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_%28manga%29#Publication_history)
the first volume was initially published by Dark Horse in the US. Currently
all 2 volumes of the main series and the 1 volume "interquel (Vol. 1.5)" have
been republished by Kodansha Comics USA

[Volume 1](http://www.randomhouse.com/book/166169/the-ghost-in-the-shell-
volume-1-by-shirow-masamune/9781935429012/) has:

> Pages: 368 | ISBN: 978-1-935429-01-2

[Volume 2](http://www.randomhouse.com/book/200115/the-ghost-in-the-shell-
volume-2-by-shirow-masamune/9781935429036/) has:

> Pages: 312 | ISBN: 978-1-935429-03-6

[Volume 1.5](http://www.randomhouse.com/book/213293/the-ghost-in-the-
shell-15-by-shirow-masamune) has:

> Pages: 176 | ISBN: 978-1-935429-96-8

Most of these volumes are also available on Amazon.de (if not you can get them
on Amazon .com), if that's more convenient for you.

[Vol. 1](http://www.amazon.de/The-Ghost-Shell-Volume-SAC/dp/1935429019), [Vol.
2](http://www.amazon.de/The-Ghost-Shell-Volume-Man-Machine/dp/1935429035/),
[Vol. 1.5](http://www.amazon.de/The-Ghost-Shell-1-5-SAC/dp/1935429965/)


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