Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 1: The Assassin's Road

Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 1: The Assassin's Road

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September 12, 2000 | ISBN 9781621150664

About the Book

Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub, to be published in its entirety for the first time in America. An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions — over 7000 pages — Lone Wolf and Cub (Kozure Okami in Japan) is acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of the late Goseki Kojima, creating unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power that influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West. Don't miss this monumental monthly release, twenty-eight volumes, with each collection approximately 300 pages!

This volume includes the following stories:
Son for Hire, Sword for Hire
A Father Knows His Child's Heart, as Only a Child Can Know His Father's
From North to South, From East to West
Baby Cart on the River Styx
Suio School Zanbato
Waiting for the Rains
Eight Gates of Deceit
Wings to the Birds, Fangs to the Beast
The Assassin's Road
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Lone Wolf and Cub Series

New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 7
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 10
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 6
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 5
Lone Wolf 2100 Omnibus
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 3: The Flute of The Fallen Tiger
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 2: The Gateless Barrier
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 28: The Lotus Throne
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 27: Battle's Eve
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 26: Struggle in the Dark
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About the Author

Kazuo Koike
Kazuo Koike is a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist, and entrepreneur. Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series. Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans. More by Kazuo Koike
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Goseki Kojima
Goseki Kojima was a Japanese manga artist known for his collaborations with Kazuo Koike. The team was often referred to as the “Golden Duo.” Kojima’s best-known work was Lone Wolf and Cub. Other titles attributed to Kojima are Samurai Executioner and Path of the Assassin. In 2004, Kojima won an Eisner Award. More by Goseki Kojima
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