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Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road (Lone Wolf and Cub (Dark Horse)) 43 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2000
Re: Lone Wolf and Cub
+ Graphic SF Reader + anime + Great story and artwork. Too bad about the size.
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Lone Wolf and Cub 4: The Bell Warden 4 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima, ...
Dark Horse, 2000
Another Amazing Volume!
+ Simple Complexity + The unforgettable "Parting Frost" story of Daigoro + A great manga to collect
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Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 25: Perhaps in Death 3 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2002
The grass are summoned to Edo as Retsudo is delayed
+ A great series by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima! + The saga approaches its finale
The fact that I know there are 28 volumes in the Lone Wolf & Cub epic certainly enters into how I read the stories collected in Volume 25, "Perhaps in Death." If I was reading Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's epic manga as a regular comic book then the way the final confrontation between Ogami Itto ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 23: Tears of Ice 1 review Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2002
Ogami Itto and Retsudo Yagyu cross swords (big time)
There are five volumes following "Tears of Ice," Volume 23 in the Lone Wolf & Cub series, so the epic sword fight between Ogami Itto and Retsudo Yagyu can not be the climatic battle between the two bitter foes. But that does not take away from the drama of the drawn out encounter, which finds the ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub 19: The Moon in Our Hearts 3 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2002
Ogami Itto and Daigoro finally walk on the moon...
+ The Lone Wolf saga continues + On to Edo.
You always have to be wary about what is going to happen next in the Lone Wolf & Cub saga, but I have reason to believe that "The Moon in Our Hearts," Volume 19 in this manga epic constitutes the end of a major act. At the end of this volume, in the titular story, Ogami Itto and Daigoro "walk on ...
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Lone Wolf & Cub, Volume 12 6 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2001
Yagyu Retsudo renews the quest to kill Ogami Itto & Daigoro
+ Ogami Itto is hired for several intriquing assassinations + At long last, Ogami Itto gets emotional over Daigoro + The reprints end here + The epic continues...
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Lone Wolf and Cub 2: The Gateless Barrier 11 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima, ...
Dark Horse, 2000
Simple Complexity
+ Graphic SF Reader + How to Kill a God + Getting better all the time
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The Flute of the Fallen Tiger (Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 3) 6 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima, ...
Dark Horse, 2001
Incredible art, translated properly
+ Simple Complexity + Astoundingly Well-Done! + Insights into why Lone Wolf & Cub walk the Assassin's Road
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Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 18: The Last Kurokuwa 3 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2002
You have read this far....why stop.
+ Ogami Itto and Daigoro continue on the path to Edo + And you thought it couldn't get sadder.
If you are reading this review then you have most likely read the past 17 or so books in this series and are hopelessly lost in the tale. Will the wolf win? If so, will he live? You know these answers from the very begining so don't bother asking now. At this point I think we must ask...if the ...
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Lone Wolf & Cub, Volume 10: Hostage Child 5 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2001
Ogami Itto and Daigoro are separated on the Assassin's Road
+ More Epic, less episodic + Father and Son Take Different Paths On The Assassin's Road + "Lone Wolf and Cub" starts to pick up steam! + "Lone Wolf and Cub" starts to pick up steam!
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Fragrance of Death (Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 21) 1 review Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2002
Abe-no-Kaii continues to try and poison Lone Wolf & Cub
My decision this fall to start reading the manga epic Lone Wolf & Cub, one episode a night before going to bed, appears to be a masterstroke of timing since the 28th and final volume of the series was due out this week. Volume 21, "Fragrance of Death" continues the novel-within-the-novel that ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 20: A Taste of Poison (Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 20) 3 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2002
Deeper into the Abyss
+ Daigoro becomes the target of the poisoner Abe-No-Kaii + Finally in Edo
A taste of poison is aptly named. The Yagyu are diminished, yet not defeated. Having exhausted his personal retainers, staff and any others under his direct control - Retsudo is directed by the Shogun in a previous volume to eliminate Lone Wolf at any cost. He is now given access to the Shoguns ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub 7: Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger 4 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2001
The tradition continues....
+ Some of the Best early stories. + A world in ever finer detail + Lone Wolf gives the stage over to other characters
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Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 17: The Will of the Fang 1 review Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2002
The entire nation is after the bounty on Lone Wolf & Cub
When Ogami Itto slew the last of Retsudo Yagyu's children, the head of the Yagyu clan ordered a frontal assault on Lone Wolf & Cub, which began by putting a price of 50 gold pieces on the assassin's head, bringing forth every bounty hunter in Japan. However, in "The Will of the Fang," Volume 17 of ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 15: Brothers of the Grass 3 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2001
Encounters with the Yagyu Grass for Lone Wolf & Cub
+ Another comic masterpiece + Amazing series.
"Brothers of the Grass," Volume 15 in the "Lone Wolf and Cub" manga epic by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, finally offers up the episode I have been awaiting for sometime, namely one in which the title characters do not appear. The story, of course, does serve the purpose of introducing us ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 24: In These Small Hands 1 review Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2002
Ogami Itto and Retsudo Yagyu are unable to continue...
The epic saga of Lone Wolf & Cub certainly changed once father and son finally entered Edo, the city of the Shogun. But the final confrontation between Ogami Itto and Retsudo Yagyu has been disrupted by the intrigues of Abe-No-Kaii, the master poisoner. As "In These Hands," Volume 24 of this ...
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Lone Wolf And Cub Volume 22: Heaven & Earth 1 review Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2002
Once again Ogami Itto and Retsudo Yagyu cross swords
By the time you get this far into the 28 volume manga epic from Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, you expect your expectations to be violated. When I started "Heaven and Earth," Volume 22 in the Lone Wolf & Cub series, the stage was clearly being set for the final, fatal confrontation between Ogami ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 14: Day of the Demons 3 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2001
Ogami Itto comes closer to the secret of the Yagyu letter
+ Brilliant compact stories + It brought me to tears.
Sometimes it is hard to remember that Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima are maddening slow in parceling out clues about the secret message hidden in the Yagyu letter because our attention is always riveted on the particular tale being told in the manga epic of Lone Wolf & Cub. Volume 14 of the saga, ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 16: The Gateway into Winter 1 review Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Dark Horse, 2001
Retsudo Yagyu orders an open assault on Ogami Itto
"Gateway Into Winter," Volume 16 of the Lone Wolf and Cub epic manga by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima marks a major turning in the saga. Of the five episodes collected in this volume, three of them constitute major developments in the blood feud between Ogami Itto and Retsudo Yagyu. The fact that ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub 5: Black Wind 4 reviews Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima, ...
Dark Horse, 2001
We learn what Ogami Itto is up to on the Assassin's Road
+ These authors/artists rock + An Important Volume On The Assassin's Road + The prologue is over, and it's time for the first act.
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