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Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 8
  • Published: 1 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9781616555849
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 672
  • RRP: $49.99

Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 8

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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.

Yagyu Retsudo's failure to stop Ōgami Ittō, has brought an ultimatum from the Shōogun: kill the Lone Wolf or face execution. But Yagyu will not go forth empty handed. To aid his cause, the Shogun places the Firewatchers--his own elite bodyguards--under Yagyu's command!

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.
  • Published: 1 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9781616555849
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 672
  • RRP: $49.99
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About the authors

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.
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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.
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Praise for Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 8

"A spectacular work of entertainment and art."--Sound On Sight

"Lone Wolf and Cub will always be worth the read and it has a permanent place on my bookshelf." --fandompost.com

"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