Kazuo Koike

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    165 Books (1 Series)
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    January 1987
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    July 2018
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Lone Wolf and Cub

1 - The Assassin's Road (Oct-2000)

Book List in Order: 165 titles

  • Assasin's Road

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    The #1-selling graphic-novel sensation continues! The Lone Wolf and his cub, father and son, are separated by the hatred of the Yagyu — and the path to togetherness is lined with blood and honor. As Ogami continues his search for little Daigoro,...

  • Black Wind

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  • Chains of Death

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  • Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger

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    Itto Ogami was once the official executioner for a Japanese shogun. This was a position of extreme power and was coveted by all, especially the Yagyu clan. This scheming family framed Ogami for treason, toppling him from his position, and throwing hi...

  • Gateless Barrier

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  • Lanterns for the Dead

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    Comics Interview #52 published January 1988. 11 page interview with Frank Miller on Censorship; then Frank Miller interviews Lone Wolf & Cub co/creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima (6 pages); Interviews with the Lone Wolf & Cub production team at F...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub

  • Taste of Poison

  • Last Kurokuwa

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  • Shadows, Echos

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  • The Moon in Our Hearts

  • Fragrance of Death

  • Struggle in the Dark

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    Lone Wolf and Cub chronicles the story of Ogami Ittō, the Shogun's executioner who uses a dōtanuki battle sword. Disgraced by false accusations from the Yagyū clan, he is forced to take the path of the assassin. Along with his three-year-old son, ...

  • Tears of Ice

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  • Lotus Throne

    the road side geisha Itto Ogami was once the official executioner for a Japanese shogun. This was a position of extreme power and was coveted by all, especially the Yagyu clan. This scheming family framed Ogami for treason, toppling him from his posi...

  • Crying Freeman, Vol. 1

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  • Poetry of the Grave

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  • The Wind and the Crane

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  • Talismans



  • Mamesho Marohoshi

  • Portrait of a Killer

  • Shades of Death, Volume 2: Crying Freeman Graphic Novel

  • Shades of Death: Crying Freeman Graphic Novel

  • Taste of Revenge

    Naitai, the evil head of the Great Bear God religion, hatches a plot to destroy the 108 Dragons. His henchman, Oshu Togoku, the world wrestling champion, squeezes Ron Tayan unconscious in a match; the ambulance taking Ron to hospital is actually driv...

  • Abduction in Chinatown: A Crying Freeman Graphic Novel

  • Journey to Freedom, Volume 1: Crying Freeman

  • Journey to Freedom: Crying Freeman

  • The Killing Ring: Crying Freeman

  • Portrait of a Killer: Crying Freeman



  • Shades of Death: Crying Freeman

  • A Taste of Revenge: Crying Freeman

  • Abduction in Chinatown: Crying Freeman

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 4: The Bell Warden

    Dark Horse continues its presentation of the entirety of Japan's Lone Wolf and Cub, one of the unquestioned landmarks of graphic fiction, packaged in the digest format preferred by creator Goseki Kojima. The fourth volume of this ambitious monthly pr...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 5: Black Wind

    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 as...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 6: Lanterns for the Dead

    The legend of Lone Wolf and Cub continues to grow in this latest chapter of Koike and Kojima's epic samurai masterpiece chronicling the wanderings of Japan's deadliest assassin, Itto Ogami, and his infant son, Daigoro. In this volume, Ogami takes on ...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 7: Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger

    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 path. In this collection of classic stories, Itto must...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 8: Chains of Death

    The journey of vengeance in blood and honor continues. Under the itinerant thumb of Yagyu Retsudo, 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 behi...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 9: Echo of the Assassin

    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, Ogami Itto, stands a...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 10: Hostage Child

    The 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 arch-enemy, Yagyu Retsudo, pursues Ogami to retrieve the secret letter stolen from him, o...



  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 1: When the Demon Knife Weeps

    From the creators of Lone Wolf and Cub comes Samurai Executioner. It's true! Before Koike and Kojima created Itto Ogami, they created Kubikiri Asa, better known to Lone Wolf readers as Decapitator Asaemon. He was the equal to Itto, bearer of the swor...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 1: The Assassin's Road

    Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub, to be published in its entirety for the first time in America. An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions — over 7000 pages...

  • The Assassin's Road

    Lone Wolf and Cub - 1

    Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub, to be published in its entirety for the first time in America. An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions -- over 7000 pages -- Lone ...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 2: Two Bodies, Two Minds

    It's the same classic style you've come to expect from Koike and Kojima. The same tale of an honorable samurai and a similar great sword in the hand of a similarly fantastic swordsman, but make no mistake—Samurai Executioner is very differe...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 4: Bell Warden

    Dark Horse continues its presentation of the entirety of Japan's Lone Wolf and Cub, one of the unquestioned landmarks of graphic fiction, packaged in the digest format preferred by creator Goseki Kojima. The fourth volume of this ambitious monthly pr...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub 9: Shadows, Echos

  • Wounded Man, Volume 1

    Keisuki Ibaraki is not a man to be trifled with and the pornography company, G.P.X., makes a grave mistake when they kidnap his high school sweetheart, force her to do unspeakable acts and then make her commit suicide. Keisuki is now on a mission of ...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 11: Talisman of Hades

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 12: Shattered Stones

  • Talisman of Hades

    The #1-selling graphic-novel sensation continues! The Lone Wolf and his cub, father and son, are separated by the hatred of the Yagyu -- and the path to togetherness is lined with blood and honor. As Ogami continues his search for little Daigoro, he ...



  • Shattered Stones

    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 beggar ronin seeking the downfall of his greedily ambitious wife; a good-for-nothing beg...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 14: Day of the Demons

  • The Moon in the East, The Sun in the West

    Yagyu Retsudo is a man on fire. For years he's been planning the destruction of Ogami Itto, 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 Day of the Demons

    As the flames draw nearer, the fire gets hotter. Ronin assassin Ogami Itto 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 ...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 13: The Moon in the East, the Sun in the West

  • Brothers of the Grass

    The legendary saga of Lone Wolf and Cub passes the halfway mark with this stunning volume. Watch as Ogami Itto, the Lone Wolf, comes face-to-face with his arch-enemy, Yagyu Retsudo, in a tale of dark ambition and political intrigue. Witness the tragi...

  • The Gateway into Winter

    The Lone Wolf's arch-enemy, Yagyu Retsudo, 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, Ogami and Daigoro happen upon another clue about the mysterious Yagyu Le...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 17: The Will of the Fang

  • Wounded Man, Volume 6

    Two members of the Green Berets survive the vicious battle and so they pit themselves against Keisuke's group. Their travels take them onto Keisuke's aircraft carrier and a strong battle of wills ensues. An arrangement is made that will finally finis...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 18: Twilight of the Kurokuwa

    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 Fire Watchers, a select band of warriors, for help — as well as the l...

  • The Will of the Fang

    The epic journey of Ogami Itto 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 mos...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 19: The Moon in Our Hearts

    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 ...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 20: A Taste of Poison

    A quest for vengeance wouldn't be complete without a little poison. 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 ron...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 21: Fragrance of Death

    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 Ogami Itto, clash in the torrential rains that continue...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 22: Heaven and Earth

    Rain. Poison. Explosives. Vengeance. It's a deadly combination that forms a volatile mixture of deceit, betrayal, and hate as the final showdown between Lone Wolf assassin Ogami Itto and his nemesis Retsudo begins. While the torrential rains continue...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 24: In These Small Hands

    Holy hand grenades! Edo is flooded, and by flooded, we mean crazy-flooded. Bridges are crumbling, rivers are washing past retaining walls, and everything in Edo is floating away, including our vengeful ronin, his foe, and his little boy. In an ironic...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 25: Perhaps in Death

    The mortal enemy of our ronin hero, Retsudo Yagyu has been imprisoned in Edo castle by the shogun. It seems the conniving poisoner, Abeno Kaii, has exposed the Yagyu letter! And Yagyu's jailer is none other than the poisoner himself, determined to fe...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 26: Struggle in the Dark

    One could believe the old adage about the grass being greener on the other side. But, if you're referring to the "other side" of the Sanzu, the river between life and death, chances are it will be white, the color of a samurai's death robes. And a lo...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 27: Battle's Eve

    Hooooo doggy! The tension is getting so thick, a dotanuki wielded by the strongest samurai would have a hard time cutting through it! Just two more volumes left until one of the world's most classic pieces of comic-book literature reaches its excitin...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 28: The Lotus Throne

    What exactly needs to be said in solicitation copy for the VERY LAST VOLUME OF LONE WOLF AND CUB? It's the moment you've all been waiting years and years to read. It's the end of the long path the ronin father and son have been on since the boy's bir...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 23: Tears of Ice

    Holy hand grenades! Edo is flooded, and by flooded, we mean crazy-flooded. Bridges are crumbling, rivers are washing past retaining walls, and everything in Edo is floating away, including our vengeful ronin, his foe, and his little boy. In an ironic...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 2

    In a prison world, there are few good stories, and this is the world of Kubikiri Asa, the beheader and master samurai under the Shogun. It's a world full of vengeance, greed, and violence. A world of depravity and sin. One man can set things straight...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 3: The Hell Stick

    Readers of Lone Wolf & Cub came to know a samurai of such high honor that he was not only able to perform but enjoyed and, in fact, learned from basic daily tasks. Cutting wood, cooking food. That wasn't something a samurai did back in feudal Jap...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 3

    Readers of Lone Wolf & Cub came to know a samurai of such high honor that he was not only able to perform but enjoyed and, in fact, learned from basic daily tasks. Cutting wood, cooking food. That wasn't something a samurai did back in feudal Japan. ...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 4: Portrait of Death

    A frenetic mix of samurai honor, base violence, and the blood of beheading, Samurai Executioner, is not for the faint of heart. For those who love blood and guts crime drama, historical fiction, and brutal action, this is right up your alley. The men...

  • Lady Snowblood, Volume 1: The Deep-Seated Grudge, Part 1

    From the pen of Kazuo Koike, of Lone Wolf and Cub fame, comes Lady Snowblood, the manga that eventually would become an inspiration for director Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill blockbuster films. A story of pure vengeance, Lady Snowblood tells the tale...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 5: Ten Fingers, One Life

    Striking similarities between Lone Wolf and Cub and Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's sidebar story line, Samurai Executioner (known as Kubikiri Asa in Japan), are evident in the cool attitude, rebellious honor, and unflappable bushido of the lead char...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 6: Shinko the Kappa

    The stoic bushido world of Samurai Executioner is one full of flying, disembodied heads and odd happenings, and this volume is no exception. There are always stories of crimes and their ensuing punishments, and plenty of squirting blood, but this vol...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 7: The Bamboo Splitter

    As Samurai Executioner continues moving into its own world of crime and punishment, honor and bushido, we are beginning to learn more about the characters and situations involved in Edo-era justice. We're learning about Kubikiri Asa, the Shögun's de...

  • Lady Snowblood, Volume 2: The Deep-Seated Grudge, Part 2

    The path of revenge can have many twisted turns, and Lady Snowblood's is no exception. Born in a prison, a product of her mother's grudge, Yuki is a child of hell. What will she do for revenge? Pose as a nun? Become another woman's lover? Possibly. I...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 8: The Death Sign of Spring

    Spring is a season of rebirth, or new life springing forth, a time of cherished blooming and delightful scents. But for Kubikira Asa, there is no spring delight. The Edo-era samurai crime drama by Lone Wolf and Cub creators Koike and Kojima continues...

  • Crying Freeman, Volume 1

    He is Yo Himomura, deadly assassin for the 108 Dragons, the Chinese Mafia. But to the criminal underworld who fear him, he is known as Crying Freeman, the killer who sheds tears at the fate of his victims. A young, handsome, sensitive artist, Yo has ...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 9: Facing Life and Death

    For a stoic ronin such as Kubikiri Asa, a samurai assigned to test the Shogun’s sword and behead prisoners, the moment before death is of great importance. Because of this, Asa will often listen to the stories of those about to be executed and pay ...

  • Lady Snowblood, Volume 3: Retribution, Part 1

    Lady Snowblood is a woman born with a singular purpose, revenge. Revenge for the death of her father at the hands of greedy criminals. Revenge for the life of her mother, who birthed her in a prison to continue this demon's path of death. And sometim...

  • Samurai Executioner, Volume 10: A Couple of Jitte

    It's the final volume of Samurai Executioner, and like the previous nine volumes, the last is a combination of life's varying tides of good fortune and ill circumstance. The woman who once stole the weapons of samurai cops is becoming a cop...

  • Crying Freeman, Volume 2

    Crying Freeman, the deadliest assassin of the 108 Dragons clan of the Chinese mafia has taken a bride, and she has passed the harsh tests of the Dragons and been given a new name, Fu Ching Lan, "Tiger Orchid." And despite Freeman's Japanese heritage,...

  • Lady Snowblood, Volume 4: Retribution Part 2

    As samurai were losing their bearings in a time of change, Yuki brought back the demonic spirit of vengeance. And the good part about this last volume of Lady Snowblood is that she saved her most hated targets for last. Yet, in the midst of a maelstr...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 1: Serving in the Dark

    Path of the Assassin, called Hanzo no Mon in Japan, is the story of Hattori Hanzo, the fabled master ninja whose duty was to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu was the shogun who would unite Japan into one great nation. But before he could do that, he h...

  • Crying Freeman, Volume 3

    A failed assassination attempt brings into Freeman's possession Muramasa, the Devil's Sword, an ancient samurai blade that brings misfortune and death to any who possess it. Wishing to spare Freeman and tame the sword's malevolent spirit, Tiger Orchi...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 2: Sand and Flower

    It's not easy being Hattori Hanzo. If he's not teaching the young and upcoming shogun how to love, then he's either behind the scenes teaching Ieyasu how not to die in case of a momentary lapse of protection. Or he might be in the shadows making sure...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 3: Comparison of a Man

    Koike and Kojima's story of the famed ninja, Hattori Hanzo and his trials and tribulations protecting the shogun-to-be, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Each page builds upon the relationship between the two samurai and the women they love. Path of the Assassin, pri...

  • Crying Freeman, Volume 4

    Cult leader Naiji Kumaga is poised for a hostile takeover of Japan. He has the tools - 1000 submachine guns in a land with few firearms - but needs expert hands to wield them, and the assassins of the 108 Dragons definitely have what it takes. Kumaga...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 4: The Man Who Altered the River's Flow

    War! Ninjas! Love! Political Intrigue! It's all packed into Path of the Assassin. Drafted by classic samurai manga creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima of Lone Wolf and Cub fame, Path of the Assassin is the story of a young shogun on his way to uni...

  • Crying Freeman, Volume 5

    Once a humble ceramics artist, the infamous assassin known as Crying Freeman has risen in power to become the head of the 108 Dragons, the most powerful criminal organization on earth. But power has its price, and there is no end to the number of riv...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 5: Battle of One Hundred and Eight Days

    It's a battle of ninja vs. ninja, with all the stops pulled out and every trick in the book. Well, almost every trick. Our protagonist/ninja, Hanzo's young ninja wife, Tsukumo, must avenge her father's death at the hands of another shadow warrior, bu...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 6: Life's Greatest Difficulty

    If Art of War tactics and ninjitsu arts pique your interest, Path of the Assassin is the quasi historical samurai manga you've been waiting for! From the legendary comics creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, of Lone Wolf and Cub fame comes the sto...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 8

    An impenetrable castle must be defeated, the country's best samurai swayed, competing warlords politicked and tricked into line. All this sounds technical and textbook, so how does it turn out to be so sexy and dramatic and fun? Kazuo Koike and Gosek...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 9

    "The world of samurai and ninja is not just killing, politics, intrigue and actioin. It’s also about family, spirit, love and sex. If there were ever an issue of Path of the Assassin that could be entitled ""the sex issue,"" this would probably...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 10: Battle for Power, Part Two

    This volume of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's rich series finds Ieyasu both fighting for his life and looking the the future. First, a couple of eerie and mysterious ninja try to take his life, but find themselves foiled by the increasingly able nin...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 11: Battle for Power, Part 3

    Ninjas, samurai, hot lovin', political intrigue, and gold! Path of the Assassin has it all in spades! Hanzo, the hero ninja for the future shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, has been in some tight situations before, but nothing like the trap set for him by a ni...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 12: Three Foot Battle

    The march continues as Japan's future shogun moves to the center of Japan to claim it as his own. But along the way he'll have to deal with intense and complicated politics, strange and sometimes perverted fighting techniques, and a rapidly changing ...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 13: Hateful Burden

    In the politics, struggles, and battles that lead to the birth of a nation, sometimes even good people must die at the hands of allies. And now it's down to only a few warlords of Edo-era Japan. History already tells the story of the victor, but the ...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 14

    Assassins have been cast as the sensual and shadowy villains throughout history, but their exploits have never been so fully realized as they are within the pages of Path of the Assassin. From the most intense sword fight, to a silent poisoning, no j...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 15: One Who Rules the Dark

    Koike and Kojima's tale of how the ninja Hattori Hanzo helped Tokugawa Ieyasu become the shogun who united Japan is in its fifteenth and final volume. All of the action, suspense, political intrigue, and love will come to an end. But, before Ieyasu c...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 2: The Gateless Barrier

    The epic continues! Among the five stories in this issue: Cub has been captured while Lone Wolf lies unconscious! All of Cub's captors are cruel, all but the osue (the lowest maid). But her help may be her undoing. The household waits for the feared ...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 3: The Flute of the Fallen Tiger

    Join renegade samurai Itto Ogami and his infant son, Daigoro, in five more adventures on the dark road to Hell. What do three mysterious Shogunate assassins, a street entertainer, and the crests of the dead have in common? "The Baby Cart Wolf" contin...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus, Volume 1

    A samurai epic of staggering proportions, the acclaimed Lone Wolf and Cub begins its second life at Dark Horse Manga with new, larger editions of over 700 pages, value priced. The brilliant storytelling of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbre...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus, Volume 2

    Ronin samurai Ogami Itto and his young son Daigoro travel a dark road, beset by enemies sworn to destroy the Lone Wolf and his Cub. But how did Ogami, once the shogun's loyal retainer and trusted executioner, become a dishonored fugitive marked for d...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus, Volume 3

    The roads of feudal Japan are rife with brigands ready to separate travelers from their purses. For Ogami Itto and his infant son, the road is even more treacherous, as agents of the shogun and the assassins of Yagyu Retsudo dog their every step. But...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 4

    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 ...

  • Samurai Executioner Omnibus, Volume 1

    Yamada Asaemon has been trained since childhood in the way of the sword. Now, the feared "Decapitator Asaemon" tests swords and performs executions at the shogun's behest. Asaemon is the last stop for the condemned and often becomes final confessor a...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus, Volume 5

    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. ...

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 1

    Kazuo Koike's Lone Wolf and Cub is an acclaimed masterpiece of graphic fiction, and New Lone Wolf and Cub (Shin Kozure Okami) is the 21st century sequel to this groundbreaking manga. Ogami Itto, the Lone Wolf, and his nemesis, Yagyu Retsudo, lie dead...

  • Path of the Assassin vol. 2

    It's not easy being Hattori Hanzo. If he's not teaching Leyasu, the young, future shogun, how to love, then he's behind the scenes, teaching Leyasu how not to die in case of a momentary lapse of protection. If you thought you had a tough job, try t...

  • Path of the Assassin vol. 3

    Koike and Kojima's story of the famed ninja, Hanzo Hattori and his trials and tribulations protecting the shogun-to-be, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Each page builds upon the relationship between the two warrirors and the women they love. Path of the Assassin...

  • Serving in the Dark

    Path of the Assassin, called Hanzo no Mon in Japan, is the story of Hattori Hanzo, the fabled master ninja whose duty it was to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu was the shogun who would unite Japan into one great nation. But before he could do that...

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 2

    Daigoro, young son of the slain swordmaster,"Lone Wolf" Ogami Itto, begins his own training at the hand of Togo Shigekata, Daigoro's benefactor and warrior of the Satsuma clan. But the secret message Togo carries to Satsuma is a fraud, and dark force...

  • Samaurai Executioner Omnibus Volume 2

    The shogun's sword tester and executioner--the o-tameshiyaku--is a position of great prestige requiring consummate skill. While the feared and respected Yamada "Decapitator" Asaemon holds the post, another swordmaster lives with the obsession of clai...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus, Volume 6

    Separated from his son while battling Yagu assassins, Itto Ogami's mission of retribution heats to a boil as he cuts through any obstacle to find his missing child. But little Daigoro, though a mere toddler, is the son of the most formidable and reso...

  • Lady Snowblood Volume 1

    From the pen of Kazuo Koike, of Lone Wolf and Cub fame, comesLady Snowblood.A story of pure vengeance, Lady Snowblood tells the tale of a daughter born of a singular purpose, to avenge the death of her family at the hands of a gan...

  • Lady Snowblood Volume 2

    The path of revenge can have many twisted turns, and Lady Snowblood's is no exception. Born in a prison, a product of her mother's grudge, Yuki is a child of hell. What will she do for revenge? Pose as a nun? Become another woman's lover? Possibly.&#...

  • Lady Snowblood Volume 3

    Lady Snowblood is a woman born with a singular purpose, revenge. Revenge for the death of her father at the hands of greedy criminals. Revenge for the life of her mother, who birthed her in a prison to continue this demon's path of death. Sometimes t...

  • Lady Snowblood Volume 4

    As samurai were losing their bearings in a time of change, Yuki brought back the demonic spirit of vengeance. And the good part about this last volume of Lady Snowblood is that she saved her most hated targets for last. Yet, in the midst of...

  • Life's Greatest Difficulty

    If Art of War tactics and ninjitsu arts pique your interest, Path of The Assassin is the quasi historical samurai manga you've been waiting for! From the legendary comics creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima of Lone Wolf and Cub ...

  • Path of the Assassin vol. 4

    War! Ninjas! Love! Political intrigue! It's all packed into Path of the Assassin. Drafted by classic samurai manga creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima of Lone Wolf and Cub fame, Path of the Assassin is the story of a young...

  • Path of the Assassin vol. 5

    It's a battle of ninja vs. ninja, with all the stops pulled out and every trick in the book. Well, almost every trick. Our protagonist/ninja, Hanzo's young ninja wife, Tsukumo, must avenge her father's death at the hands of another shadow warrior, bu...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 7: Center of the World

    Warning! Reading this series might not only entertain you in many ways, but it might be somewhat educational as well!Let’s start with ninja skills, samurai period drama and sexy teens. Yes, we have them all in one informative, semi-historical serie...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 8: Shinobi with Extending Fists

    An impenetrable castle must be defeated, the country’s best samurai swayed, competing warlords politicked and tricked into line. All this sounds technical and textbook, so how does it turn out to be so sexy and dramatic and fun? Kazuo Koike and Gos...

  • Path of the Assassin, Volume 9: Battle for Power, Part One

    The world of samurai and ninja is not just killing, politics, intrigue and actioin. It’s also about family, spirit, love and sex. If there were ever an issue of Path of the Assassin that could be entitled "the sex issue," this would probably be it....

  • Samurai Executioner Omnibus Volume 3

    When an execution is ordered of a man backed by hundreds whose vital services the city of Edo cannot function without, the Shogunate government seems powerless to carry out the sentence lest the city descend into chaos. And so Yamada Asaemon, the Sho...

  • Crying Freeman vol. 1

    He is Yo Himomura, deadly assassin for the 108 Dragons, the Chinese Mafia. But to the criminal underworld who fear him, he is known as Crying Freeman, the killer who sheds tears at the fate of his victims. Young, handsome, sensitive, an artist, Yo ha...

  • Crying Freeman vol. 2

    Crying Freeman, the deadliest assassin of the 108 Dragons clan of the Chinese mafia has taken a bride, and she has passed the harsh tests of the Dragons and been given a new name, Hu Qing Lan, "Tiger Orchid." And despite Freeman's Japanese heritage, ...

  • Crying Freeman vol. 3

    A failed assassination attempt brings into Freeman's possession Muramasa, the Devil's Sword, an ancient samurai blade that brings misfortune and death to any who possess it. Wishing to spare Freeman and tame the sword's malevolent spirit, Tiger Orchi...

  • Crying Freeman vol. 4

    Cult leader Naiji Kumaga is poised for a hostile takeover of Japan. He has the tools--1000 submachine guns in a land with few firearms--but needs expert hands to wield them, and the assassins of the 108 Dragons definitely have what it takes. Kumaga's...

  • Crying Freeman vol. 5

    Once a humble ceramics artist, the infamous assassin known as Crying Freeman has risen in power to become the head of the 108 Dragons, the most powerful criminal organization on earth. But power has its price, and there is no end to the number of riv...

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 3

    Samurai Togo Shigetaka has brought the dead Lone Wolf's son, Daigoro, to an oasis of safety, the warship of Togo's master. But dark agendas move in the shadows, and deadly plans have been set in motion. When Togo is falsely accused of treason, he see...

  • Color of Rage

    Two slaves free themselves from a slave ship, one a Japanese man, the other an African American. After escaping they find themselves on the shore of Edo-era Japan, a society with a strong caste system, isolated from the world. How will the Japanese p...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 7

    Yagyu Retsudo will stop at nothing to kill Itto Ogami--even sending his last child and only daughter to kill the Lone Wolf while keeping the vendetta quiet. And if his daughter can't finish the job quietly, Retsudo is prepared to take his feud public...

  • Samurai Executioner Omnibus, Volume 4

    Yamada Asaemon, The shogun's executioner receives many strange requests from the condemned--a woman who bequeaths her severed locks to her beloved, a gardener who ask for the "beheading" of a chrysanthemum. And while strangers to Asaemon, their final...

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 4

    Kazuo Koike's "Lone Wolf and Cub" is an acclaimed masterpiece of graphic fiction, and "New Lone Wolf and Cub" is the 21st century sequel to this groundbreaking manga. Illustrated by Hideki Mori and translated by Dana Lewis. Togo Shigekata and the ...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 8

    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--...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 9

    With waves of warriors seemingly incapable of killing ronin swordmaster Ōgami Ittō, the Shogun opts for stealth and subterfuge to attack the Lone Wolf. Using a network of prostitute spies to corner Ittō, a master poisoner waits in the shadows to a...

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 5

    Rogue swordmaster Tōgō Shigekata leads his young charge, Daigoro, deep into the winter mountains to continue his training in the secret arts of Jigen-ryū swordsmanship. But wherever the fated pair goes, danger seems to follow, as Ushikudonki ninja...

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 6

    Fighting for survival against Ushikudonki ninja, Tōgō Shigekata is unaware that a warship sails north to ensure he will never reach Edo Castle. But Tōgō's charge, young Daigoro, has been trained by the swordmaster and will for the first time demo...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus, Volume 10

    Like leaves circling a maelstrom, Ogami Ittō and his mortal enemy, Yagyū Retsudō, are drawn inexorably by currents of vengeance toward their final confrontation. As torrential rains pound Edo, Yagyu's forces race to find Ittō before a boatload of...

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 7

    With his ninja assassins exterminated by Togo Shigekata, Mamiya Rinzo plays his final card to stop the rogue swordsman's crusade for retribution: the ruthless Roshiya Ushidonki warriors Rinzo trained in Russia. But another foreign fighter has arrived...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus, Volume 11

    The swords of Ōgami Ittō and Retsudō Yagyū stand waiting for the mortal enemies' final confrontation, but Yagyū is imprisoned in Edo Castle, with conniving poisoner Abeno as his warden. Retsudō has two deadly options--take Abeno's prepared meal...

  • Bad Blood

    Assassins have been cast as the sensual and shadowy villains throughout history, but their exploits have never been so fully realized as they are within the pages of Path of the Assassin. From the most intense sword fight, to a silent poisoning, n...

  • Hateful Burden

    In the politics, struggles, and battles that lead to the birth of a nation, sometimes even good people must die at the hands of allies. And now it's down to only a few warlords of Edo-era Japan. History already tells the story of the victor, but t...

  • Hikuma Castle

    Ninjas, samurai, hot lovin', political intrigue, and gold! Path of the Assassin has it all in spades! Hanzo, the heroic ninja for the future shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, has been in some tight situations before, but nothing like the trap set for him by ...

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 8

    The last of the Kurokuwa ninja--all but wiped out by Ōgami Ittō, the late Lone Wolf--has seen through Mamiya Rinzo's conspiracy to control the shogun with potent drugs. But when she tries to stop the plot, she finds herself being used as a pawn in ...

  • One Who Rules the Dark

    Koike and Kojima's tale of how the ninja Hattori Hanzo helped Tokugawa Ieyasu become the shogun who united Japan is in its fifteenth and final volume. All of the action, suspense, political intrigue, and love will come to an end. But before Ieyasu...

  • Three Foot Battle

    The march continues as Japan's future shogun moves to the center of Japan to claim it as his own. But along the way he'll have to deal with intense and complicated politics, strange and sometimes perverted fighting techniques, and a rapidly changi...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus, Volume 12

    The bloody road to hell ends here! The final confrontation between the Lone Wolf rōnin Ōgami Ittō and Retsudō Yagyū is finally at hand, as the two ultimate swordsmen face off in a titanic struggle for the ages to settle their scores once and for...

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 9

    Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, masquerading as the lord of Satsuma, has learned there is only one sword school in all Japan that can possibly defeat Togo Shigekata's Jigen-ryu. Matsudaira calls out the legendary Satsuma Osenshi cavalry to test these mysteri...

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 10

  • New Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 11

    For Daigoro, it is a journey he has made before. As he and Tōgō Shigekata approach the gates of Edo Castle, he wears the same white robes of death he and his father Ōgami Ittō wore to battle Yagyū Retsudō. But this Daigoro is a hardened warrior...

  • Lone Wolf and Cub Gallery Edition

    Kazuo Koike's samurai epic is a tour de force of graphic fiction, and Lone Wolf and Cub Gallery Edition features selections of the late Goseki Kojima's spectacular illustration reproduced at original size on heavy-stock art paper to preserve the work...

  • Battle's Eve

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    The #1-selling graphic-novel sensation continues! The Lone Wolf and his cub, father and son, are separated by the hatred of the Yagyu — and the path to togetherness is lined with blood and honor. As Ogami continues his search for little Daigoro,...

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  • Crying Freeman

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    A failed assassination attempt brings into Freeman's possession Muramasa, the Devil's Sword, an ancient samurai blade that brings misfortune and death to any who possess it. Wishing to spare Freeman and tame the sword's malevolent spirit, Tiger Orchi...

  • Hostage Child

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  • Schisms

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    The #1-selling graphic-novel sensation continues! The Lone Wolf and his cub, father and son, are separated by the hatred of the Yagyu — and the path to togetherness is lined with blood and honor. As Ogami continues his search for little Daigoro,...

  • Shades of Death

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  • Sympathy Trap

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    The #1-selling graphic-novel sensation continues! The Lone Wolf and his cub, father and son, are separated by the hatred of the Yagyu — and the path to togetherness is lined with blood and honor. As Ogami continues his search for little Daigoro,...

  • Yagyu's Letter

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    The #1-selling graphic-novel sensation continues! The Lone Wolf and his cub, father and son, are separated by the hatred of the Yagyu — and the path to togetherness is lined with blood and honor. As Ogami continues his search for little Daigoro,...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kazuo Koike has published 165 books.

Kazuo Koike does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Lone Wolf and Cub Gallery Edition, was published in July 2018.

The first book by Kazuo Koike, Assasin's Road, was published in January 1987.

Yes. Kazuo Koike has 1 series.
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