Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus, Volume 3

Originally published in Japan in 1995 by Koike Shoin Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo.

Author: Kazuo Koike
Publisher: Dark Horse Manga
Published: 11/26/2013
Pages: 720
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 7.20h x 5.10w x 2.30d
ISBN13: 9781616552008
ISBN10: 161655200X
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Manga | Historical Fiction

About the Author
Kazuo Koike is 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. 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.

Goseki Kojima was a Japanese manga artist known for his collaborations with Kazuo Koike. The team was often referred to as the "Golden Duo." Kojima's best-known work was Lone Wolf and Cub. Other titles attributed to Kojima are Samurai Executioner and Path of the Assassin. In 2004, Kojima won an Eisner Award.