Lone Wolf and Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1

Dark Horse · 720 pages

The acclaimed genre-defining samurai epic manga by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima is presented in a new deluxe oversized hardcover edition and is now oriented in right-to-left reading format as originally published in Japan!

The groundbreaking samurai masterpiece of beauty, fury, and power!

Ogami Itto, once the shogun's executioner, has fallen from grace after false accusations by a rival clan. With his wife murdered and with his three-year-old son to protect, he chooses the path of the ronin, the masterless samurai. Together, the lone wolf and his cub wander feudal Japan, but all roads will lead them to a single destination—vengeance.

The Deluxe Edition features:

Presented in its original right-to-left formatNew cover with grain texture, burnishing, and foil stampingOversized 7" x 10" formatRibbon bookmark

Collects Lone Wolf and Cub volumes 1, 2, and stories from volume 3.

Near Mint Condition Overview - Dec 2025

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1 printing · 1 variant · 2025

CONTINUE THE READINGLone Wolf and Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 2 picks up where this volume leaves off.

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ISBN: 978-1506747613
December 9, 2025
$54.99

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Creators

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WriterKazuo Koike +2

PencilerDigital Chameleon +2

InkerGōseki Kojima +1

ColoristLynn Varley

LettererDigital Chameleon

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Volumes (3)

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1. Vol. 1 Lone Wolf and Cub (2000)283pp
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Son for Hire, Sword for Hire · 30pp
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A Father Knows His Child's Heart, as Only a Child Can Know His Father's · 29pp
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From North to South, From West to East · 28pp
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Baby Cart on the River Styx · 28pp
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Suiō School Zanbatō · 28pp
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Waiting for the Rains · 23pp
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Eight Gates of Deceit · 30pp
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Wings to the Birds, Fangs to the Beast · 58pp
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The Assassin's Road · 28pp
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📋Editorial — 6 credits
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Not included — 3 stories
"Glossary"4pp
"Culture and Pop Culture"3pp
"The Ronin Report"3pp
2. Vol. 2 Lone Wolf and Cub (2000)295pp
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Red Cat · 58pp
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The Coming of the Cold · 58pp
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Tragic O-Sue · 56pp
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The Gateless Barrier · 62pp
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Winter Flower · 60pp
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"Glossary"2pp
3. Vol. 3 Lone Wolf and Cub (2000)126pp
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The Flute of the Fallen Tiger · 58pp
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Half Mat, One Mat, A Fistful of Rice · 59pp
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Glossary · 3pparticle
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Kazuo Koike · 1pparticle
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Goseki Kojima · 1pparticle
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The Ronin Report · 3pparticle
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"The White Path Between the Rivers"64pp
"The Virgin and the Whore"59pp
"Close Quarters"60pp

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