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Golgo 13 (VIZ - 13 Volumes) #9
Golgo 13, Vol. 9: Headhunter
1983, New York: When an investigator looking into a shady corporate acquisition is run down, his grandfather hires Golgo--but the old man is no armchair spectator to revenge! Then, flash back to early in G13's career: It's 1972, and Golgo has just broken two of his own rules. He's seeing a client again because of the other broken rule: he failed to carry out the job! Plus film director Makoto Tezuka, son of Phoenix's Osamu Tezuka, discusses the media image of the legendary assassin!
184 pages, Paperback
First published June 19, 2007
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November 16, 2021
Golgo 13 volume 9 - Headhunter collects two Golgo 13 adventures.
Like a lot of guys my age, I first heard of Golgo 13 through the NES game shortly after electricity was invented. I also picked up one of the issues Lead Comics put out shortly after the video game. That's been the extent of my Golgo 13 experience until now.
Golgo 13, aka Duke Togo, is a world class hitman. In this volume, he takes out the leader of a secret organization in one story and the guy who gave him bogus ammunition, leading to a botched job, in the other.
Both stories are slow burns. Duke is barely in The Headhunter at all and Accidental sees him playing detective more than killing. The character design of Golgo 13 is striking. His narrow eyes and long face set him apart from the rest of the characters.
I liked the artwork better in Accidental. I expect Takao Saito had more of a hand in Accidental and maybe even drew it himself instead of farming it out to one of his guys. Headhunter is more recent and uses a lot more shading and gray tones.
That's really all there is to it. I wish these were in phonebook sized omnibuses rather than these slim volumes. I'd like to see Viz reprint them chronologically instead of grouping whichever stories they feel like.
Golgo 13 volume 9 - Headhunter has whetted my appetite for more Duke Togo! Four out of five stars.
Like a lot of guys my age, I first heard of Golgo 13 through the NES game shortly after electricity was invented. I also picked up one of the issues Lead Comics put out shortly after the video game. That's been the extent of my Golgo 13 experience until now.
Golgo 13, aka Duke Togo, is a world class hitman. In this volume, he takes out the leader of a secret organization in one story and the guy who gave him bogus ammunition, leading to a botched job, in the other.
Both stories are slow burns. Duke is barely in The Headhunter at all and Accidental sees him playing detective more than killing. The character design of Golgo 13 is striking. His narrow eyes and long face set him apart from the rest of the characters.
I liked the artwork better in Accidental. I expect Takao Saito had more of a hand in Accidental and maybe even drew it himself instead of farming it out to one of his guys. Headhunter is more recent and uses a lot more shading and gray tones.
That's really all there is to it. I wish these were in phonebook sized omnibuses rather than these slim volumes. I'd like to see Viz reprint them chronologically instead of grouping whichever stories they feel like.
Golgo 13 volume 9 - Headhunter has whetted my appetite for more Duke Togo! Four out of five stars.
not-gonna-read
August 7, 2025I honestly have no idea on how I feel about this book. This manga didn't keep me interested because there wasn't much there. So this review will be very short.
What to say about this manga . . . Well, it was okay at best. It wasn’t horrible or anything like that but it wasn’t interesting enough for me to be to want to finish this manga series.
In a nutshell, this is basically James Bond but manga style. The main character is mysterious, a powerful assassin, a ladies man, and a kickass strategist. There’s not much to this guy really. He’s badass and there’s little known about him . . . and that’s about it.
The other characters, they’re not interesting either. I’m not sure you can even all them characters really. They just appear, serve their purpose and that’s it. So as you can see, the character cast is very tiny.
There’s not much to the story either. It’s just the main character taking jobs while also having this mysterious past that no one seems to know. But I do admit that he’s very creative and resourceful on how he gets his job done. Just looking at the strategies he uses is always fun and I do enjoy those parts. The other scenes, not so much.
I can’t find anything else to say about it. It wasn’t bad, you either find it enjoyable or you don’t. For me, I just didn’t find it that interesting.
What to say about this manga . . . Well, it was okay at best. It wasn’t horrible or anything like that but it wasn’t interesting enough for me to be to want to finish this manga series.
In a nutshell, this is basically James Bond but manga style. The main character is mysterious, a powerful assassin, a ladies man, and a kickass strategist. There’s not much to this guy really. He’s badass and there’s little known about him . . . and that’s about it.
The other characters, they’re not interesting either. I’m not sure you can even all them characters really. They just appear, serve their purpose and that’s it. So as you can see, the character cast is very tiny.
There’s not much to the story either. It’s just the main character taking jobs while also having this mysterious past that no one seems to know. But I do admit that he’s very creative and resourceful on how he gets his job done. Just looking at the strategies he uses is always fun and I do enjoy those parts. The other scenes, not so much.
I can’t find anything else to say about it. It wasn’t bad, you either find it enjoyable or you don’t. For me, I just didn’t find it that interesting.
August 24, 2024
Sometimes, Fate Had Other Ideas
G13 took assignment and went and locate his target. Had M-16 up and ready. Squeezed trigger and clicked on a dud of a bullet. He went to find out who planted the dud in the cache of ammo. This story kinda sucked. The man who planted it came up with a pathetically stupid reason.
However, the second story, Headhunter, is far better and more interesting. It’s basically about how dangerous information can be and how certain person can go great lengths to conceal and guard secrets. Corporate headhunter found that out the hard way along with his PI at the story’s beginning. Still recommended anyway.
G13 took assignment and went and locate his target. Had M-16 up and ready. Squeezed trigger and clicked on a dud of a bullet. He went to find out who planted the dud in the cache of ammo. This story kinda sucked. The man who planted it came up with a pathetically stupid reason.
However, the second story, Headhunter, is far better and more interesting. It’s basically about how dangerous information can be and how certain person can go great lengths to conceal and guard secrets. Corporate headhunter found that out the hard way along with his PI at the story’s beginning. Still recommended anyway.
April 5, 2025
4.5 Stars
The Headhunter story is one of my favorite Golgo 13 stories, which is ironic considering Golgo 13 is not even a major character in the story. Accidental was okay, but Headhunter really stood out.
The Headhunter story is one of my favorite Golgo 13 stories, which is ironic considering Golgo 13 is not even a major character in the story. Accidental was okay, but Headhunter really stood out.
May 2, 2016
What I like the most about Golgo13 is how stories are current even years after the initial release. Excellent story (wont go into details in order not to spoil anything), highly recommended.
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