The continuing adventures of Ogami Itto, a samurai framed and forced into exile with his infant son, as he pursues his quest for revenge against those who murdered his wife.
Author: Kazuo Koike
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dark Horse Manga
Published: 11/26/2013
Series: Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus #3
Pages: 720
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 7.20h x 5.10w x 2.30d
ISBN: 9781616552008
About the AuthorKazuo 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.
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.