Begun in August 2000, Dark Horse's ambitious publishing program for all twenty-eight volumes can only be considered an unqualified success. Dominating graphic novel sales for the 28-month run of the series, Lone Wolf and Cub has also achieved unprecedented critical acclaim.
Entertainment Weekly hails Lone Wolf and Cub for a "maturity rarely found in American comics" and The Onion praised its "realistic visuals and its unrestrained stories, which evoke classical samurai tales' blend of cultured aestheticism and sheer, ruthless bloody-mindedness."
Lone Wolf and Cub has left an indelible mark on the American comics scene and Koike and Kojima have drawn praise from Frank Miller for "telling their story masterfully and artfully." Warren Ellis simply calls the Lone Wolf & Cub series "seminal comics."
In Volume 28: Falling Tree, the cinematic art and kinetic action that mark the series continue to the very last page. Ogami Itto's battle against his betrayers comes to an end, with dramatic twists and turns right up to the final scene. Hundreds of miles of blood-soaked roadbeds and years of tragedy and anguish climax in this volume's action-packed and bloody conclusion.
Lone Wolf & Cub Volume 28: Falling Tree is available December 26 for the retail price of $9.95.