Fist of the North Star, Vol. 1 [Hardcover]

In the original classic manga set in a postapocalyptic wasteland ruled by savage gangs, a hero appears to bring justice to the guilty. This warrior named Ken holds the deadly secrets of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken—the Divine Fist of the North Star!

In a postapocalyptic world, humanity has risen from the ashes of all-out nuclear war to a nightmare of endless suffering. It is a time of chaos. Warlords and gangs of savage marauders rule the broken ruins of civilization, terrorizing and enslaving the survivors. Life has become a brutal struggle for existence and death the only release.

One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people—a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star!Buronson started his career as a manga writer forWeekly Shonen Jumpin 1972. He gained popularity with the hard-boiled action seriesDoberman Cop(with art by Shinji Hiramatsu). In 1983, he coauthored the massively successfulFist of the North Star. He has also written numerous hits under the pen name Sho Fumimura, includingPhantom BuraiandSanctuary.

Tetsuo Hara began his career withThe Iron Don QuixoteforWeekly Shonen Jumpin 1982.Fist of the North Star,which began serialization in 1983, drew wide acclaim. In the 1990s, he released the historical period piecesHana no KeijiandTokugawa Ieyasu’s Shadow Warrior.Fist of the Blue Sky, published in 2001, ran for nine years inWeekly Comic Bunch. His most recent series,Ikusa no Ko: Oda Saburou Nobunaga-den, began inMonthly Comic Zenonin 2010.