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<UL><LI>THE CANDIDATE<LI>Ken Yamaoka, a third-generation Japanese-American, has all thequalifications of a presidential candidate: he studied at Yale, hefoughtin the front lines in Vietnam, and he has been a Senator for severalterms.Now, as he challenges the Vice President for the Democraticpresidentialnomination, a young Japanese journalist, Takashi Jo, is sent onassignmentto Washington, D.C. to study Yamaoka. What is his platform? What ishistrue personality? And, inevitably, what are the hard questions abouthispast? Told in an intelligent yet exciting manner, EAGLE presents anear-future vision of America as seen through the eyes of one ofJapan'smost politically aware manga artists. "Compulsive reading.the storycaughthold of me right away," says COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE.This tremendous graphic novel collects the monthly EAGLE #1-4.<LI>IN THIS VOLUME: While in mourning for his mother's recent death,journalist Takashi Jo was personally selected by Kenneth Yamaoka tocoverhis presidential campaign. Soon the young reporter is swallowed up inthepassion, the maneuvering and the backstabbing of Washington politics.Froma barge on the Potomac to the Democratic primary in New Hampshire, JojoinsYamaoka and his supporters on the campaign trail: his adopted daughterRachel, his troubled son Alex, and his campaign manager (and Vietnamwarcomrade) Arthur McCoy. Bill Goldblum, Yamaoka's Democratic rival, iscrippled by a concocted scandal. Yamaoka courts the services of GeorgeTuck, a Republican political strategist. As the primary approaches,Yamaokamust do the impossible and challenge the nomination of the obviousDemocratic candidate.Vice President Albert Noah.<LI>b&w, 424 pages</UL>

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