Fable Omnibus TPB (2024 Kodansha Comics) comic books

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhisa Minami. The man called The Fable is a self-proclaimed "genius at killing." The mention of his codename strikes fear into the hearts of every yakuza in Japan. His talent has brought him everything he could want: money, respect, purpose. But this is no legend. He's just a manrather irritating man who loves stupid jokes and bad TV. After a bloody period of gang enforcement in Tokyo, the Fable's boss advises him to lie low and enjoy his earnings for a while. So begins the Fable's toughest mission yet: a full year living a normal life, at the other end of the bullet train, in Osaka. It's a mission he takes on with his usual professionalism and rigor. But can the Osaka mob let this legend rest? Or will they be unable to resist pulling him back into the underworld? Collects volumes 1 & 2. Softcover, 416 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhisa Minami. The deadliest man in Japan has a new mission: Take a yearlong break, and don't kill anybody. After getting a pet parrot, "Akira Sato" (not his real name) is at a loss. What do normal people do? They get a job, right? So the Fable musters his courage, writes a resume, and promptly discovers that job interviews are much trickier than they seem. Practically by divine luck, a neighbor gets him a job at a design company. But how long will the underworld let a legendary assassin slave away at a 9-to-5? Collects volumes 3 & 4. Softcover, 416 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhisa Minami. It's Way of the Househusband minus the wife and kid, plus one adorable, friendly bird, topped off with a whole lotta blood! Misaki's safe from the yakuza for now, if traumatized and mortified. But the vicious lieutenant Sunagawa is on Fable's trail, and planning revenge. In the meantime, Fable has taken his new "apprentice" on an educational camping trip, complete with hallucinations and bear attacks, and Yoko has put yet another romantic victim in the hospital. Yet how long can these days of fun and frivolity continue? When will Sunagawa make his move? Omnibus edition includes Volumes 9 & 10. Softcover, 416 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

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Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhisa Minami. An innocuous detective agency hides a criminal secret-they're entrapping doting helicopter parents and their entitled children, taking them for all they're worth, and burying the bodies with an excavator. It's a brutal racket, but it's not their first. Their last scheme was busted up, once upon a time, by none other than Fable. When he remembers a girl in a wheelchair from that hit years earlier, it'll shake loose memories and tempt him to act, just as the gang settles on their new victims: Etsuji and Misaki! Collects volumes 11 (The Bough Breaks) and 12 (The Copter Crashes). Softcover, 416 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.