Old Boy TPB (2006-2007 Dark Horse) comic books 2006

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Garon Tsuchiya. Art by Nobuaki Minegishi. Ten years ago, they took him. He doesn't know who. For ten years he has been confined in a private prison. He doesn't know why. For ten years his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voices of his jailers. In time, he lost himself. He changed . . . transformed himself into something else . . . something hard . . . something lethal. Suddenly one day, his incarceration ends, again without explanation. He is sedated, stuffed inside a trunk, and dumped in a park. When he awakes, he is free to reclaim what's left of his life . . . and what's left is revenge. Old Boy is an intense, bare-knuckled urban thriller in the tradition of Pulp Fiction and Payback and is the manga that inspired the critically acclaimed 2003 film. The Oldboy film, directed by Chan-Wook Park, was awarded the Grand Jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Garon Tsuchiya. Art by Nobuaki Minegishi. Deciding that he must know the truth, the man who calls himself "Yamashita" follows a trail of clues that leads him back to the mysterious building where he was imprisoned and kept incommunicado for ten years. There, with the help of violence and a brutal imagination, he will try to find answers to the questions that haunt him. However, he will discover that his opponent will not yield to him so easily, and that his ordeal is far from finished. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Garon Tsuchiya. Art by Nobuaki Minegishi. Deciding that he must know the truth, the man who calls himself "Yamashita" follows a trail of clues that leads him back to the mysterious building where he was imprisoned and kept incommunicado for ten years. There, with the help of violence and a brutal imagination, he will try to find answers to the questions that haunt him. However, he will discover that his opponent will not yield to him so easily, and that his ordeal is far from finished. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Written by Garon Tsuchiya. Art by Nobuaki Minegishi. The deadly game of cat-and-mouse continues! Imprisoned for a decade without trial or explanation--and then released just as unceremoniously--and now armed with a cell phone that his former torturer has provided for him, will Goto be able to hunt down the truth behind his decade in hell, or will he become even more his tormentor's plaything? No doubt, Goto's adversary still has a few surprises in store, and if Goto wants answers, he'll have to fight like the devil to get them. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. Written by Garon Tsuchiya. Art by Nobuaki Minegishi. The deadly game of cat-and-mouse continues! Imprisoned for a decade without trial or explanation--and then released just as unceremoniously--and now armed with a cell phone that his former torturer has provided for him, will Goto be able to hunt down the truth behind his decade in hell, or will he become even more his tormentor's plaything? No doubt, Goto's adversary still has a few surprises in store, and if Goto wants answers, he'll have to fight like the devil to get them. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.