Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 4 [Paperback]

Once the loyal and respected retainer of the shogun and now a discraced exile, master swordsman Ogami Itto travels a path of vengeance with his young son, Daigoro. As the authors of the honorable Itto’s fall, the Yagyu clan will stop at nothing to bury their secret treachery, and Itto will stop at nothing to bury the Yagyu!

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.Kazuo Koikeis a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist, and entrepreneur. Early in Koike's career, he studied underGolgo 13creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series. Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the mangaKozure 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.

Goseki Kojimawas 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 wasLone Wolf and Cub.Other titles attributed to Kojima areSamurai ExecutionerandPath of the Assassin.In 2004, Kojima won an Eisner Award.

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