Lone Wolf And Cub
English
290 pages
1: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 1: The Assassin's Road
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57.3K views • Sep 10, 2024
Dark Horse Comics is proud to present an authentic landmark in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub. An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions—over seven thousand 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 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.
286 pages
2: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 2: The Gateless Barrier
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10.8K views • Sep 10, 2024
The epic continues! Cub has been captured while Lone Wolf lies unconscious! All of Cub's captors are cruel, except for the osue (the lowest maid). But her help may be her undoing. The household waits for the feared Lone Wolf to come looking for his son...and when he does...You'll find out in this classic volume! This volume includes the following stories: • Red Cat • The Coming of the Cold • Tragic O-Sue • The Gateless Barrier • Winter Flower
302 pages
3: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 3: The Flute of the Fallen Tiger
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8.5K views • Sep 10, 2024
Join Lone Wolf in five more adventures on his road to hell. Our protagonist, Itto Ogami, meets three of his most interesting challengers and an adversary with a very odd way of making a living. Also, learn more about why the Lone Wolf and his adorable cub are on their brutal path across feudal Japan. Lone Wolf and Cub is highly regarded as a masterpiece of samurai manga, and The Flute of the Fallen Tiger is a fan-favorite volume. This volume contains the following stories: • The Flute of the Fallen Tiger • Half Mat, One Mat, a Fistful of Rice • The White Path between the Rivers • The Virgin and the Whore • Close Quarters
306 pages
4: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 4: The Bell Warden
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6.8K views • Sep 10, 2024
Dark Horse continues its presentation of the entirety of Japan's Lone Wolf and Cub, one of the unquestioned landmarks of graphic fiction. The fourth volume of collects four classic Lone Wolf tales, including one never before seen in America, in which little Daigoro searches for his lost father. Also, the Lone Wolf takes on the sons of the war-bell warden, legions of organized-crime bosses, and a mysterious tattooed lady with a dark story and impeccable killing skills. It's bloody and romantic ... and among the best the comics medium has to offer. This volume contains the following stories: • The Bell Warden • Unfaithful Retainers • Parting Frost • Performer
273 pages
5: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 5: Black Wind
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4.7K views • Sep 10, 2024
This volume contains five powerful, classic tales of the assassin Itto Ogami, the Lone Wolf, as he continues his journey to hell. The Yagyu clan, fearful of the growing legend surrounding Lone Wolf, has decided to protect itself by sending its own assassin after him and later pitting the greatest swordsman of a rival clan against him. Also, Lone Wolf must face the leader of a bounty-hunting gang who seeks revenge against Ogami for slaying his young lord years ago, and a master gunsmith who values the art of warfare above all else and will change his life forever. This volume contains the following stories: • Trail Markers • Executioner's Hill • Black Wind • Decapitator Asaemon • The Guns of Sakai
273 pages
6: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 6: Lanterns for the Dead
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The legend of Lone Wolf and Cub continues to grow in this latest chapter of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's epic samurai masterpiece chronicling the wanderings of Japan's deadliest assassin, Itto Ogami, and his young son, Daigoro. Ogami takes on the most dangerous killer of the countryside, foils the plans of a deceptive gambling troupe, tricks an evil lord into exposing his weak underbelly, and pits himself against the shogun's dangerous and deadly Kurokuwa ninja! Drawing extensively from Sun Tzu's The Art of War, and featuring the saddest puppy-dog story ever published, this must-have volume is packed with action and emotion. This volume contains the following stories: • Lanterns for the Dead • Deer Chaser • Hunger Town • The Soldier Is the Castle • One Stone Bridge
309 pages
7: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 7: Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger
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There is more than just blood between parent and child. Itto Ogami and his son Daigoro have seen more blood flowing from more bodies than anyone in Edo, but what connects them is their spirit and their path. In this collection of classic stories, Itto must protect a young girl after her family is destroyed by a cunning courtesan. Meanwhile, Itto's archenemy, Retsudo Yagyu, has sent the civilian police force to round up the Lone Wolf as a common criminal, and before long, Daigoro is coincidentally tangled in a messy pair of crimes. And, most dramatically, Itto returns to the scene of one of his past executions to enter a tender and honorable sword fight against an executed lord's former retainer.
292 pages
8: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 8: Chains of Death
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The journey of vengeance in blood and honor continues. Under the itinerant thumb of Retsudo Yagyu, the shogun's secret ninja warriors, the Kurokuwa clan, attempt to ensnare Ogami. Can the Lone Wolf break the chains? If so, there are many in line behind Yagyu waiting to challenge the masterful swordsman, such as a vengeful widow, numerous police, and the freezing cold of winter itself. Plus, read the story of Ogami's rise to the position of the shogun's Officer of Death, feel the seething root of Retsudo Yagyu's bitterness against Ogami, and watch Ogami teach a proud thief about true honor and the wages of deception. Five action-packed chapters, including never-before-translated material, are included in the latest volume of this classic series. Read it on the bullet train to Edo!
277 pages
9: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 9: Echo of the Assassin
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3.4K views • Sep 10, 2024
Water, death, and angry ninja take the foreground in this exciting volume of the legendary Lone Wolf and Cub series! A pitiful ferryboat girl discovers the tragic ways of a wife of the heart, as the Lone Wolf, Itto Ogami, stands against the man she loves. Later, a rogue swordsman for hire learns a valuable lesson about bushido, the way of the warrior, from the Lone Wolf. Afterward, Ogami once again must face the treachery of the Kurokuwa ninja clan; then he becomes a river porter to foil the secret plans of his enemy, the Yagyu clan, and in doing so declares war against them all! The Lone Wolf's actions lead to a nationwide manhunt and an epic, bloody battle unlike any in comics. Don't dare miss a volume of the series that belongs on every bookshelf: Lone Wolf and Cub.
312 pages
10: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 10: Hostage Child
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Six paths and four lives are split asunder, as Itto Ogami and Daigoro become separated in one of this series' most powerful stories to date. The Lone Wolf's archenemy, Retsudo Yagyu, pursues Ogami to retrieve the secret letter stolen from him, only to watch dozens of his men fall victim to the Lone Wolf's hungry sword! But Yagyu drives father and son apart when they tumble down a cliff and must survive on their own. Little Daigoro must begin his honorable search for his father. With Yagyu's henchmen hunting high and low for the Lone Wolf and his cub, the net drags closer and the danger wraps tighter, but the blood flows ever freely... This volume contains the following stories: • The Yagyu Letter • The Tears of Daigoro • The Fisherwoman's Love • Drifting Shadows • Straw Boy
309 pages
11: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 11: Talisman of Hades
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The number-one-selling graphic-novel sensation continues! The Lone Wolf and his cub, father and son, are separated by the hatred of the evil Retsudo Yagyu—and the path to togetherness is lined with blood and honor. As Ogami continues his search for little Daigoro, he must battle deadly Yagyu assassins and aspiring, cocky samurai. He prepares to give them a taste of his blade... Meanwhile, Daigoro visits a crazed old woman living under a bridge and teaches her a valuable lesson. In these and other stories in this volume, Lone Wolf and Cub continue to unlock the mystery of Yagyu, one step closer to the truth behind his quest for vengeance. This volume contains the following stories: • Talisman of Hades • Ailing Star • Thirteen Strings • A Poem for the Grave
299 pages
12: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 12: Shattered Stones
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A woman driven to insanity by the murder of her child, and the horribly burned husband seeking revenge; unseen samurai under the thumb of a power-hungry woman; a ronin seeking the downfall of his greedy, ambitious wife; a good-for-nothing beggar willing to use a child to make easy money; a lady magician threatened by swindling gangsters. All of these people have something in common: the need to regain their honor, a quest that almost always means death. Itto Ogami, a wandering ronin on a road to vengeance, has been paid to put these folks back on that path, at any cost. For this grim samurai and his infant son, there is nothing left in this world except honor, vengeance, death, and blood. Fortunately, there's plenty of each to go around...
316 pages
13: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 13: The Moon in the East, the Sun in the West
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Retsudo Yagyu is a man on fire. For years he's been planning the destruction of Itto Ogami, the Lone Wolf. Ogami is a one-man army, having cut down all of Yagyu's sons—except one, who's been sent to avenge his brothers or die trying! Meanwhile, the toughest cop in Edo, now retired, has the chance to take in the killer of a lifetime, Ogami himself. But is he up to the task? And Daigoro, the Wolf's cub, finds himself in adventures of his own, befriending a rich family and their spoiled son, and mysterious female falconers! It's all in a day's work for Lone Wolf and Cub... This volume contains the following stories: • The Moon in the East, the Sun in the West • 'Marohoshi' Mamesho • Spoiling Daigoro • The Hojiro Yagyu • The Bird Catchers
314 pages
14: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 14: Day of the Demons
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As the flames draw nearer, the fire gets hotter. Ronin assassin Itto Ogami seeks to learn what's written on the secret messages from the corrupt Yagyu clan to the shogun, and leaves a river of blood in his path. Elsewhere, a shamed woman attempts to force her husband to name his own child, but his job and honor stand in the way. Daigoro makes a new friend in another samurai fated to seppuku—ritual suicide—and defends the honor of a young playmate. The world keeps turning as the Lone Wolf and his cub wander the land seeking revenge and answers, the questions to which are written in blood and ink. This volume contains the following stories: • One Rainy Day • O-Shichiri Man • The Kyushu Road • Day of the Demons
332 pages
15: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 15: Brothers of the Grass
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1.9K views • Sep 10, 2024
The legendary saga of Lone Wolf and Cub passes the halfway mark with this stunning volume. Watch as Itto Ogami, the Lone Wolf, comes face to face with his archenemy, Retsudo Yagyu, in a tale of dark ambition and political intrigue. Witness the tragic tale of the women of Sodeshi. Stalk alongside a deep-cover ninja as he chases his brother, who has fled his station, while a group of shadow warriors prepare for a suicide mission to find a secret gold mine—guarded by the Lone Wolf! This volume contains the following stories: • The Castle of Women • The Women of Sodeshi • Brothers of the Grass • Five Wheels of the Yagyu • Incense for the Living
306 pages
16: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 16: Gateway into Winter
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1.5K views • Sep 10, 2024
The Lone Wolf's archenemy, Retsudo Yagyu, begins to reach the end of his rope, as he sends his only daughter and last child after the blood storm that is Itto Ogami! Meanwhile, Itto and Daigoro happen upon another clue about the mysterious Yagyu letter in a final showdown with the Kurokuwa ninja clan. A desperate Retsudo puts a bounty on Itto's head, and two of Japan's most deadly bounty hunters hunt for the Lone Wolf and his cub, while a poor woodcutter must decide between the bounty and his life by sheltering Itto and Daigoro! All this and much more await in one of comics' most legendary series. This volume contains the following stories: • Umbrella • Sayaka • Clouds of Silk • Demon Hide, Demon Seek • Gateway into Winter
305 pages
17: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 17: The Will of the Fang
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The epic journey of Itto Ogami and Daigoro continues in this stunning volume! A female yakuza and her band are ordered to catch Lone Wolf and Cub, but the authorities aren't counting on a woman's heart. Meanwhile, the Yagyu have called in Japan's most deadly bounty hunters, and offer an even greater reward—can the Lone Wolf trust anyone around him when the lure of wealth tempts even seemingly harmless peasant folk? And with Daigoro feverish and near death's door, can Lone Wolf and Cub make it through a winter gale to safety? This volume contains the following stories: • To a Tomorrow That Never Comes • Bounty Demons • The Will of the Fang • When the Wolf Comes • Life in Death
287 pages
18: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 18: Twilight of the Kurokuwa
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The shogun himself has given Retsudo a stern warning: do something about Itto Ogami, the Lone Wolf, or the Yagyu clan will fall out of favor. Now Retsudo must turn to the Firewatchers, a select band of warriors, for help—as well as the last surviving members of the legendary Kurokuwa ninja clan! As death stalks him, Itto is confronted by desperate, impoverished peasants who want him to share his fortune with those who are suffering. With Itto's cub, Daigoro, caught in the middle, what will he decide? This volume contains the following stories: • Firewatchers of the Black Gate • The Immortal Firewatchers • Paper Money • Lifeline • Twilight of the Kurokuwa
303 pages
19: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 19: The Moon in Our Hearts
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The Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series continues! The time for delay is past. Itto Ogami and Daigoro are headed for Edo to face Retsudo of the Yagyu once and for all! Stalked by bounty hunters and killers after their reward money, the Lone Wolf now faces deadlier enemies still. Retsudo has called out the nation's most accomplished rifleman and dispatched a cannon-laden man-of-war to intercept the father and son as they navigate treacherous cliffs and the high seas of Japan! This volume contains the following stories: • Four Seasons of Death • Wives and Lovers • The Marksman • A Mother's Flavor • The Moon in Our Hearts
311 pages
20: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 20: A Taste of Poison
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Having tired of his retainer's futile attempts at reining in the unstoppable samurai, the shogun himself sends Abeno Kaii, a master of poison, to join the Yagyu in their hunt for ronin Itto Ogami and his little boy Daigoro. Armed with a sack full of poison and a network of streetwalking spies, Abeno creeps ever closer to the father and son. Soon Itto and Daigoro find themselves surrounded on all sides, facing deadly secret agents, murderously seductive prostitutes, and a river of poison flowing all around them! The Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series rolls ever onward with five more stories of intrigue and intensity. This volume contains the following stories: • Good Fortune, Ill Fortune • Lair of the Nighthawks • Blighted Leaves • Abe-no-Kaii • A Taste of Poison
309 pages
21: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 21: Fragrance of Death
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As the trail of blood and honor gets deeper and longer, corruption and double-crossings abound. Two considerably evil and ambitious forces, previously teamed to finally kill the vengeful samurai Itto Ogami, clash in the torrential rains that continue to pound Edo. Determined to be the first to reach Itto Ogami and his son Daigoro, the shogun's own poisoner waits in a temple where the samurai and his toddler boy left their cart, reflecting on the path that has led him to this point, and brewing his most deadly poison. And the fiery Retsudo won't be stopped in his quest to kill Ogami; however, now he must be wary of the poisoner's crafty ways. Meanwhile, the Lone Wolf and Cub enlist the aid of a tailor to help them prepare for what could be their last stand!
274 pages
22: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 22: Heaven and Earth
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A deluge of evil threatens all in its path. While torrential rains pound Edo, Retsudo Yagyu and his bloodthirsty army race along the banks of the swelling Hatcho River to stop a load of explosives that's heading right into the hands of the vengeful samurai Itto Ogami. And with adversaries on a collision course, the cunning poisoner Abeno sees his chance to destroy both sides—by flooding all of Edo! Forced to postpone their final showdown, Itto and Retsudo fight side by side to save Edo, while Ogami's little son, Daigoro, wanders alone, fighting for his life and searching for his father! This volume contains the following stories: • The Last Fistful • Totekirai • Heaven and Earth • Fire on the River of Blood
294 pages
23: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 23: Tears of Ice
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1.3K views • Sep 10, 2024
Catastrophic floods have ripped apart the city of Edo and torn ronin swordmaster Itto Ogami from his son. But as the desperate father searches through the roiling waters and shattered wreckage, little Daigoro is safe—in the hands of Ogami's mortal enemy, Retsudo Yagyu. Both Ogami's and Yagyu's swords await them in the appointed place for their owners' final confrontation—as does poisoner Abeno Kaii, who has good reason to see both samurai fall . . . and the means to assure such a result! Changed the medium the way Kurosawa changed film. —Warren Ellis
308 pages
24: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 24: In These Small Hands
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After the devastating floods in Edo, little Daigoro finds his poisoned and unconscious father, the ronin samurai Itto Ogami, among the wreckage. Risking his own life to drag his father to safety, Daigoro succeeds but falls to frostbite and exhaustion. Yagyu Retsudo, Ogami's mortal enemy, discovers the pair and offers to postpone his final battle with the Lone Wolf to save the brave Cub. But with Daigoro hanging on the edge of death, the only chance of saving his life may be same man who poisoned both Itto and Yagyu! This volume contains the following stories: • Child of the Fields • In These Small Hands • Kaii Triumphant • The Last Cherry Blossoms • Stone upon Stone
314 pages
25: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 25: Perhaps in Death
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Retsudo Yagyu, mortal enemy of Itto Ogami, has been imprisoned in Edo Castle, and his jailer is none other than the conniving poisoner Abeno Kaii, determined to feed Retsudo the final dose. But Yagyu has allies even in Edo Castle, and a message is sent to his grass, ninja living as normal townspeople throughout Japan, whose time has come to give their lives to save Yagyu's. Meanwhile, Itto Ogami is living in a shack and training his little son for the day when he must take up the sword. And two swords remain yet unclaimed on the battlefield, awaiting Yagyu and Ogami to draw them from the ground and finish their final battle!
309 pages
26: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 26: Struggle in the Dark
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Some say the grass is greener on the other side, but on the other side of the Sanzu—the river between life and death—chances are the grass will be white, the color of funeral robes. And much of that grass has been cut down by the hand of ronin samurai Itto Ogami. The Yagyu grass, spies planted for years among the local citizenry, have been on the move, gathering in Edo for a final battle. Ogami has walked a path of demons with his son, Daigoro, at his side, on a quest of vengeance that has shaken the very foundations of the samurai caste and the shogunate. No one has been able to stop him, not even the crafty poisoner Abeno Kaii, who may be seeing his final day unless he can win a battle of wits!
291 pages
27: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 27: Battle's Eve
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Two swords remain planted in the ground, awaiting the final duel between the nefarious Retsudo Yagyu and the masterless samurai Itto Ogami. Yagyu, imprisoned in the castle of the shogun, deceives his way to freedom and commands the very last members of the Yagyu ninja to kill Ogami. But knowing swords alone won't be enough against the formidable Lone Wolf, Yagyu sends a most unconventional weapon to the battlefield: the exploding ninja! Created by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Lone Wold and Cub is acclaimed internationally as one of the crown jewels of graphic fiction. This volume contains the following stories: • To Protect and Defend • For Whom to Die • Way of the Warrior, Way of Man • Battle's Eve • Grass That Never Flowers
298 pages
28: Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 28: The Lotus Throne
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3.7K views • Sep 10, 2024
Ronin sword master Itto Ogami and his son, Daigoro, near the end of the dark path they have traveled since the boy's birth, a road of endless bloodshed, tragedy, and anguish. The Lone Wolf and his Cub have held on to what little hope exists in a world where honor is all but forgotten and warriors are becoming obsolete. But one last step on the path remains, where awaits Itto's arch-nemesis, Retsudo Yagyu . . . and a battle to the death! One of the crown jewels of graphic fiction draws to an epic conclusion in this, the final volume of the Lone Wolf and Cub! This volume contains the following stories: • Corpse Tree • Flute and Wave • The Lotus Throne • Empty Stirrups • Arms
