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PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER US EDITORS COLLECTION DESIGNER DAVID NESTELLE English-language version produced by DARK HORSE COMICS and DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING. BERSERK vol. 13 by KENTARO MIURA © 1996 by Kentaro Miura. All rights reserved. First published in Japan in 1997 by HAKUSENSHA, INC., Tokyo. English-language translation rights in the United States of America and Canada arranged with HAKUSENSHA, INC., Tokyo, through TOHAN CORPORATION, Tokyo. English-language translation © 2006 by Dark Horse Comics, Inc. All other material © 2006 by Dark Horse Comics, Inc. Dark Horse Manga™ is a trademark of Dark Horse Comics, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the express written permission of the copyright holders. Names, characters, places, and incidents featured in this publication either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), events, institutions, or locales, without satiric intent, is coincidental. All rights reserved. Dark Horse Manga A division of Dark Horse Comics, Inc. 10956 SE Main Street Milwaukie OR 97222 DarkHorse.com To find a comics shop in your area, call the Comic Shop Locator Service toll-free at 1-888-266-4226 First edition: September 2006 ISBN 978-1-59307-500-2 109 Printed in the United States of America NEIL HANKERSON EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT * TOM WEDDLE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER * RANDY STRADLEY VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLISHING » MICHAEL MARTENS VICE PRESIDENT OF BOOK TRADE SALES * MATT PARKINSON VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING * DAVID SCROGGY VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT * DALE LaAFOUNTAIN VICE PRESIDENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY + CARA NIECE VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCTION AND SCHEDULING * NICK McWHORTER VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDIA LICENSING + KEN LIZZI GENERAL COUNSEL * DAVE MARSHALL EDITOR IN CHIEF * DAVEY ESTRADA EDITORIAL DIRECTOR * SCOTT ALLIE EXECUTIVE SENIOR EDITOR * CHRIS WARNER SENIOR BOOKS EDITOR * CARY GRAZZINI DIRECTOR OF SPECIALTY PROJECTS * LIA RIBACCHI ART DIRECTOR * VANESSA TODD DIRECTOR OF PRINT PURCHASING * MATT DRYER DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL ART AND PREPRESS * MARK BERNARDI DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL PUBLISHING * SARAH ROBERTSON DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT SALES + MICHAEL GOMBOS DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AND LICENSING
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