Dark Horse Comics published the landmark in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub, in its entirety for the first time in America. An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions—over 8000 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 the late Goseki Kojima. Together they created 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.Now Dark Horse once again brings another masterpiece from this proficient team— Samurai Executioner. Before Koike and Kojima created the unforgettable Lone Wolf and Cub character Itto Ogami, they brought to like Kubikiri Asa, better known to Lone Wolf and Cub readers as Decapitator Asaemon. In the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Decapitator Asaemon, equal in ability to Itto, was known as the bearer of the sword Onibocho and was the man in charge of testing weapons for the shogun. The Samurai Executioner series is based on the Decapitator, chronicling his like before his fateful duel with Lone Wolf.
Samurai Executioner volume one (of ten) arrives in stores July 14 with a retail price of $9.95. It will be presented in the Lone Wolf and Cub 4" x 6" format.