Viz Manga Misprint?

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Perhaps somebody here can help me, for I am very confused. I own 3 pokemon "The Electric Tale of Pikachu" comic books from when I was in fourth grade. I say comic book here because each one is an individual chapter, and they are printed larger than the manga/graphic novel version, much like american comic books.I think the american term for these are "Trade Paperbacks" but I'm not sure I now know that these are called "Singles" or simply "Issues." They are labeled as "Part One No. 1" "Part One No. 3" and "Part One No. 4" on the inside covers.

My first problem is, I can't seem to find any trace of these printings on the web. And since I have three out of four chapters I was hoping to some how track down the chapter I'm missing. If anyone can either point me toward an online store or just flat out tell me I'm S.O.L. I would much appreciate it. ^^

My second conundrum is... well, I think I have some kind of misprinted comic. Like I said, I have "Part One No. 3" but inside it is the story "Play Misty for Me." Now, every source tells me that chapter three is "Clefairy Tale" and the "Misty" is chapter two. After scoring the web for hours I haven't been able to find anything about this. Can anyone on here help me? I took some pictures and they are below, front, back, and inside title page.
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So to sum up, does anybody know if I can buy the "Clefairy Tale" paperback?
And, what's up with my comic? Thanks to everyone who even takes the time to just read this. ^^
 
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These comics were released with the second editions of the original Pokemon VHSes, I believe.

As for the chaptr, yeah, that sounds like a mistake - chapter 1 is the Pikachu one, chapter 2 the Misty one, chapter 3 the Clefairy oe, and chapter 4 the Haunter one. Does the others match up?
 
No, they were sold separately at comic book stores.

No store is going to sell these old comics new, so you should try your luck with Amazon.com's e-bay-like site. They have all the issues (including the second one, which, from what I gather, is the one you're missing) as well as the graphic novel.

Also..."trade paperbacks" usually refer to collections of various issues. What you have there would just be called "singles" or "issues" (as in "I don't have issue 2 of 'The Electric Tale of Pikachu.'"
 
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Adamant: The other two match up, my issue 1 is the pikachu story, and issue four is the haunter and Sabrina story.

Dogasu: Thanks for pointing this out, I hadn't been able to find the singles on amazon.(thank you for clearing that up for me, also) I'm looking into getting my missing issue as we speak, I'm just making sure that inside the cover is the story I'm missing. ^^

Still, has anyone heard of this misprint before? The comic seems to be partially censored(Misty's usual clothes are unchanged, but all the bathing suits have been altered) so I think it's a second edition. Anyway I could tell just by looking at it?
 
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