Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Vol. 1: The Classic Samurai Saga

opoto: This story is so dope! Love the artwork too. Highly recommend this comic. Unfortunately the omnibus is out of print, so I can't believe how cheap I got this for.

United States on Apr 24, 2023

tony: Great story/art so far, but the format is way too small. Probably getting kickbacks from Amazon to increase their sale of reading glasses. Time for some 2.5x's.

United States on Mar 15, 2023

mark latimer: 9.5 / 10

All I was told it would be and a lot more !

Canada on Jan 09, 2023

Steve Dilks: 700 pages of one of Japan's most celebrated mangas collected for an English speaking audience.
This gleeful celebration of sword slashing violence is matched only by its delightfully absurd premise. A stoic stony faced ronin sword-for-hire hardened to a life of pain and death who pushes around his cute baby son in a wooden cart from town to town, through forest and across rivers, over mountains and through the keeps of foreboding castles. The stories are sharp and short for the most part, never out staying their welcome. The art is harsh and and grittty. There is a rough dark humour, as harsh and cruel as the world through which Ogami Ittō and his son Daigorō travel. Amazingly, these comics first appeared in the early '70s. It might not be as epic in scope as Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA, but LONE WOLF & CUB is every bit as fascinating and addictive. Comics seldom get better than this. Volume 2 is already on the way.

United Kingdom on Dec 03, 2022

MCBG: El libro llego bastante rápido aún y cuando el vendedor advirtió que podría retrasarse por venir desde Estados Unidos. Llegó muy bien envuelto. En cuanto al libro en si, es una de las mejores historias que he leído, lo recomiendo ampliamente.

Mexico on Dec 11, 2021

Horszczaruk: A história desta série é espetacular, desenvolvendo muito bem a relação entre pai e filho, sendo ambos os personagens muito bem construídos.
Além disso, ela apresenta um retrato (considerado muito fiel pela crítica) da sociedade do Japão no período Edo, mostrando como era a divisão de castas e os comportamentos e cultura dos habitantes.
A narrativa parece a de uma HQ escrita nos dias de hoje, e não na década de 70, sendo muito fluida e apresentando cenas de batalha cinematográficas. Considero, com certeza absoluta, uma das melhores coisas que já li, e estou ainda no volume 5 destes da Dark Horse.

Quanto à qualidade desta edição da em comparação à lançada pela Panini no Brasil, existem prós e contras.

Sendo assim, começarei pelos contras:

O mais significativo é a diferença de preço. Fiz as contas antes de decidir qual colecionar e cheguei à conclusão de que, comprando ambas em momentos oportunos e aproveitando promoções, ao fim da série você gastará uns R$ 120,00 a mais comprando as da Dark Horse.

Os outros são:

1- o tamanho das páginas, que são um pouco menores nesta versão;
2- esta edição é no...

Brazil on Feb 09, 2017

Josh Matheny: Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus Volume 1
A very nice thick manga from Dark Horse Manga, over 700 pages of pure black and white action, intrigue, and self exploration in this book.
This is my first manga, I believe. The closest I ever came to this type of stuff was Scott Pilgrim and SharKnife, the latter being absolutely deplorable.
The story revolves around a Ronin out to atone or avenge the death of his wife, carrying his son with him. Why he has his son at all is revealed halfway through the book and is one of the more powerful scenes so I won't go through it now with you.
Basically, he's an assassin. He often uses his son and puts him in grave danger to meet his mission, but his reasoning is "Even a Wolf Cub is still a Wolf", seeing as his son is strong and can take care of himself.
This is absolutely brilliant and I for sure will be buying volume two in this series. Lots of action, lots of neat problem solving and unique murders and stories to keep you guessing each time. It did end softly with the last two stories but 98% of the book is gold.
Definitely check it out, even if you've never read this sort of thing (like myself), you might like it.

United States on Apr 06, 2016

Armando N. Roman: Like a lot of people, I first became aware of Lone Wolf and Cub by watching Shogun Assassin. I was working in a movie store, and a regular customer would talk about martial arts and samurai movies with me regularly, and one day, he came in to lend me his copy of Shogun Assassin. I’d never seen anything like it before, and fell in love with the character of Ogami Itto, who may very well be the original one-man army character. I looked up as much info as I could about it, and found out that it was actually an edited version of portions of a series called Lone Wolf and Cub, which was based on a very long comic series. I set out to read the comics in no time, and quickly became addicted. About 10 years has passed since I finished the series, and now that these huge collections have been released, I’m going though it again to see how it holds up. I’m happy to say that this comic, which started all the way back in 1970(!) very much holds up, and a lot of comic artists and writers could learn a thing or two by reading just one story in any of these volumes.

Ogami Itto was the shogun’s executioner, and has chose to live the path of an assassin, offering his sword and son,...

United States on Sep 20, 2015

MikeX: Why only 4 stars? Because I would have paid more for a volume of larger physical dimensions. I think that hurts the presentation, because as good as the work is, it would be nicer if the volume was physically larger.

I remember reading Lone Wolf and Cub in serial format years ago and didn't pass up the chance to get a volume of collected work. The material is as clever and well developed as I remember. You could read one story or follow the whole narrative, which I would recommend. The development of both the characters and the evolving story line are excellent. That does deserve 5 stars. Following Ogami thru feudal Japan, seeing how he uses his wits and skill to achieve victory, and seeing his interaction with his son is as good as I remember it was.

The artwork is also excellent, but would be better served in a larger physical format. The quality is excellent, however I felt the nuances in it were lost a bit in the smaller volume. The flow of the battle scenes convey the motion and intensity of fighting. The facial details or posture of characters set the emotional tone often without words. I like the attention to detail in the settings as well as in the...

United States on Jan 18, 2014

Faustus: Creator Kazuo Koike's storytelling is masterful; every word has purpose. There's nothing wasted. Ogami says very little so when he does speak we know to sit up and pay attention.

Much of the time Kazuo lets Goseki Kojima's amazingly kinetic black and white visuals carry the story along. It's not the typical clean-lined big-eyed style you may picture when you hear the word `manga.' It's grittier, with deft strokes of the pen.
When the blood starts to fly, Goseki captures the intensity better than any other manga artist I've ever encountered.

I'm happy to say that Dark Horse chose not to attempt to translate words with no direct English equivalent. Instead, they included a short but informative glossary of terms at the back of the book to explain the meanings.

The book collects together Lone Wolf and Cub volumes 1 and 2, and the first part of the stories from volume 3 of the original series (16 chapters in total).

If you enjoy the book, I highly recommend all 6 of the original language film adaptations (not the dubbed versions).  The Complete Lone Wolf & Cub Boxset [DVD] [1972 ]

United Kingdom on Aug 21, 2013