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Lone Wolf and Cub (English edition by First Publishing) #2
Lone Wolf and Cub #2
Graphic Novel
- GenresComics
68 pages, Paperback
Published May 29, 1987
About the author
Kazuo Koike
408 books304 followersKazuo Koike (小池一夫, Koike Kazuo) was 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. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub.
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.
Kazuo Koike started the Gekika Sonjuku, a college course meant to teach people how to be mangaka.
In addition to his more violent, action-oriented manga, Koike, an avid golfer, has also written golf manga.
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. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub.
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.
Kazuo Koike started the Gekika Sonjuku, a college course meant to teach people how to be mangaka.
In addition to his more violent, action-oriented manga, Koike, an avid golfer, has also written golf manga.
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March 13, 2025
Daigoro, the Cub, carries himself as a fine samurai, in the face overwhelming force and while separated from his father.
A fine, contained story has the main plot about the Cub and the secondary plot about the Wolf, connected by a clash of steel and blood.
The series, while in the hands of First Publishing, was actually told out of order due to the availability of translated material for the stories. The editor explained it much better in the afterword of this volume.
A fine, contained story has the main plot about the Cub and the secondary plot about the Wolf, connected by a clash of steel and blood.
The series, while in the hands of First Publishing, was actually told out of order due to the availability of translated material for the stories. The editor explained it much better in the afterword of this volume.
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