Samurai Executioner Volume 1: When the Demon Knife Weeps

Samurai Executioner Volume 1: When the Demon Knife Weeps
Author: Kazuo Koike
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2000-07-25
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1621152510

From the creators of Lone Wolf and Cub comes Samurai Executioner. It's true! Before Koike and Kojima created Itto Ogami, they created Kubikiri Asa, better known to Lone Wolf readers as Decapitator Asaemon. He was the equal to Itto, bearer of the sword Onibocho, the man charged with the duty of testing the swords for the shogun. Samurai Executioner is based on the decapitator himself, in life before his fatal duel with Lone Wolf. Expect the same legendary drama, frantic action, and stoic samurai stature, combined with the exemplary art and storytelling that made Lone Wolf and Cub one of the most popular and influential comic books in the world! • Never before published in America, Samurai Executioner was the precursor to one of the most seminal works of manga, Lone Wolf and Cub! • Since the inception of its Lone Wolf and Cub publishing program in 2000, Dark Horse has sold over 800,000 copies! And the series continues to sell thousands per month! • FOR MATURE READERS.

Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 1

Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 1
Author: Kazuo Koike
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1616551348

A samurai epic of staggering proportions, the acclaimed Lone Wolf and Cub begins its second life at Dark Horse Manga with new, larger editions of over 700 pages, value priced. The brilliant storytelling of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of Goseki Kojima create a graphic-fiction masterpiece of beauty, fury, and thematic power.

Samurai Executioner Omnibus Volume 3

Samurai Executioner Omnibus Volume 3
Author: Kazuo Koike
Publisher: Dark Horse Manga
Total Pages: 786
Release: 2014
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1616555319

Collects materal previously published in the Dark Horse graphic novels Samurai Executioner. Volume 3: The hell stick; Samurai Executioner. Volume 4: Portrait of death; Samurai Executioner. Volume 5: Ten fingers, one life.

Blade of the Immortal Omnibus Volume 2

Blade of the Immortal Omnibus Volume 2
Author: Hiroaki Samura
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2017-04-25
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1506701329

Rin continues her quest across feudal Japan to avenge the murder of her parents, joined by Manji--her seemingly immortal protector. The eccentric, bloodthirsty Ittö-ryü sword school tries to carve a path to Edo castle, led by the hated Anotsu as they obliterate all rival schools along the way. What they don't know, though, is that the deadly Mugai-ryü has formed--with the sole purpose of destroying Anotsu's clan! This epic manga series won Japan's Media Arts Award, several British Eagle Awards, and an Eisner Award, among other international accolades. Relentless and shocking, Blade takes Edo-era samurai action and combines it with modernist street idioms to create a style and mood like no other work of graphic fiction. "Samura's work will thrill you, engage you, and even horrify you like no other artist working in film or print today." --Geof Darrow (Shaolin Cowboy, Hard Boiled)

A Couple of Jitte

A Couple of Jitte
Author: Kazuo Koike
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2004
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 1593072791

The Shogun's executioner has received many strange last requests from those about to lose their head, some stranger than others. A woman condemned for murder wants her locks severed by the killing blade to be given to a lost love. An old man asks that his own decapitation follow that of his prized chrysanthemum, and that his executioner grow another from its cuttings. And elsewhere, the woman who once stole the weapons of samurai policemen is asked to serve as a cop herself to use her own unique skills to help solve a puzzling murder.

Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 11

Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 11
Author: Kazuo Koike
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 733
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1616558075

The swords of Ōgami Ittō and Retsudō Yagyū stand waiting for the mortal enemies' final confrontation, but Yagyū is imprisoned in Edo Castle, with conniving poisoner Abeno as his warden. Retsudō has two deadly options--take Abeno's prepared meals and be slowly poisoned or refuse and die of hunger and thirst! Created by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Lone Wolf and Cub has sold over a million copies of its first Dark Horse English-language editions, and this acclaimed masterpiece of graphic fiction is now available in larger format, value-priced editions. "The stories in this collection are so well written it is easy to want to read them again and again. But what truly makes it is the art. Beautiful and flowing, many frames are works of art." -geeksofdoom.com

Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 3

Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 3
Author: Kazuo Koike
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-11-26
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 161655200X

The roads of feudal Japan are rife with brigands ready to separate travelers from their purses. For Ogami Itto and his infant son, the road is even more treacherous, as agents of the shogun and the assassins of Yagyu Retsudo dog their every step. But each step on the bloody road brings the Lone Wolf and his Cub ever closer to Yagyu... and to vengeance! Lone Wolf and Cub has sold over a million copies of its first Dark Horse English-language editions, and this acclaimed masterpiece of graphic fiction is now available in larger format, value-priced editions.

Crying Freeman

Crying Freeman
Author: Kazuo Koike
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2006
Genre: Assassins
ISBN: 1593074883

He is Yo Himomura, deadly assassin for the 108 Dragons, the Chinese Mafia. But to the criminal underworld who fear him, he is known as Crying Freeman, the killer who sheds tears at the fate of his victims. A young, handsome, sensitive artist, Yo has been hypnotically programmed by his Dragon masters to kill on command: he cannot resists his masters' commands to kill; his masters cannot stop his tears of remorse. Written by the legendary Kazuo Koike, creator of Lone Wolf and Cub, and illustrated by the incomparable Ryoichi Ikegami, Crying Freeman is adult manga at its darkest.

Blade of the Immortal Omnibus Volume 1

Blade of the Immortal Omnibus Volume 1
Author: Hiroaki Samura
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 579
Release: 2017-01-10
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1506701248

A cursed, seemingly immortal warrior aids a young girl in her quest for revenge, as the students of a brutal new sword school tear a bloody path across Japan. Hiroaki Samura's massive manga series spawned an anime run, a spinoff novel, an art book, and a live-action film! Samura's storytelling tour-de-force also won Japan's Media Arts Award, several British Eagle Awards, and an Eisner Award, among other international accolades. Intense and audacious, Blade takes period samurai action and deftly combines it with a modernist street idiom to create a style and mood like no other work of graphic fiction. Blade of the Immortal Omnibus Volume 1 contains the first 3 volumes of Blade of the Immortal by Dark Horse. "Samura's work will thrill you, engage you, and even horrify you like no other artist working in film or print today." -Geof Darrow