Golgo 13 GN (2006-2008 Viz Digest) comic books 1980 or later

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Supergun!" Story and art by Takao Saito. For four decades, Golgo 13 has been the world's greatest assassin for hire - sometimes to settle a private score, and sometimes to change history! His real name and nationality are unknown - but his legend is everywhere. G13 never fails a job, and never sees his clients again...unless they try and betray him! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 182 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Hydra!" Story and art by Takao Saito. 1989: Tiananmen Square. In a matter of hours, the People's Liberation Army will massacre the students of the Chinese democracy movement. But one person will die first, as Golgo 13 walks through the chanting crowds. Who is he here to kill and why? Then, in 1974, the snakes of the Corsican mafia writhe from Mexico to Marseilles as G13 takes a trip into a psychedelic triple-cross where the corpse on the floor won't be just an acid casualty! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Power to the People!" Story and art by Takao Saito. Nelson Mandela, after 27 years in prison, has just become president of South Africa. But with deadly enemies, Mandela turns for help to the man he once served time with - Golgo 13! Then, half a world away Golgo arrives in the Spratly Islands - a few bits of coral in the South China Sea, sitting on oil reserves larger than Kuwait's. Six nations claim them - but it's Golgo 13 who will close the deal! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "The Orbital Hit!" Story and art by Takao Saito. 1975: The Apollo-Soyuz mission is about to launch¯the first-ever space rendezvous between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. But this gesture of peace could trigger a war instead, unless Golgo turns astronaut... to carry out a sniping job 140 miles up! Then, in 1997, as Princess Diana's car drives into a Paris tunnel, Golgo follows, ready to fulfill a contract worth 1.5 million pounds - only to find there are two assassins riding that fateful night! Plus, when an M16 won't do, the job may require anything from a pen gun to a fighter plane. Uncover the weapons systems found in File 13! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Wiseguy!" Story and art by Takao Saito. Every September, the Feast of the Martyrdom of San Gennaro fills the streets of Little Italy. But this year more than sacred blood will flow when Golgo is asked by an elderly don to settle a vendetta! Then, in 1989, on the eve of the Berlin Wall's collapse, a roll of the die may determine the future of Europe in a bizarre board game in which Golgo gets the final toss! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "One Minute Past MIdnight!" Story and art by Takao Saito. The year is 1998 and security on Virginia's death row has never been tighter, as ex-CIA agent Henry Michael prepares for his fate. But if a lethal injection awaits him, why is Golgo needed to execute the sentence? Then, in 1981, Pope John Paul II survives an attempt on his life, or does he? To uncover the conspiracy that lies behind the missing pontiff, Golgo 13 will need two million dollars, a rifle, a revolver...and a priest's robe! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 194 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Eye of God!" Story and art by Takao Saito. 1993: When a spy satellite records a clandestine desert rendezvous, the true meaning of which could shift the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, who can be trusted to see the details: the satellite's designer or Golgo 13? Then, in 1977, a California millionaire can't live with the fact that his beautiful young bride is a fugitive student radical, and someone must die for his discontent! Plus, FILE 13 takes you inside the Golgo 13 live-action films of the 1970s! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 185 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Gravestone in Sicily!" Story and art by Takao Saito. 1982: Golgo 13 never misses...until now! A beautiful KGB agent guards his target, yet her secret is not of the heart, but in the mind. Then, in 1978, a young priest finds he cannot forgive a killer when the victim is his own family. Hiring Golgo won't be enough, though the man of the cloth must assist the assassin in a bizarre scheme to get Golgo's rifle past the watchful eyes of mobsters who trust neither of them! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "Headhunter!" Story and art by Takao Saito. 1983, New York: When an investigator looking into a shady corporate acquisition is run down, his grandfather hires Golgo, but the old man is no armchair spectator to revenge! Then, flash back to early in G13's career: It's 1972, and Golgo has just broken two of his own rules. He's seeing a client again because of the other broken rule: he failed to carry out the job! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 195 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. "Wasteland!" Story and art by Takao Saito. 1984: A year before Chernobyl, Golgo 13 is hired straight from a mission of death to carry out a mission of mercy: prevent the meltdown of a reactor that could render Los Angeles uninhabitable for 25,000 years! Then, in 1987, a lonely road in Nevada is the site of a surprising duel involving Golgo, in one of creator Takao Saito's personal favorite stories. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 186 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. "The Wrong Man!" Story and art by Takao Saito. 1996: Okinawa, Japan's smallest prefecture, holds 75 percent of the U.S. military presence in Japan. When a Self-Defense Force officer is murdered by his associates, Golgo steps into the ominous discontent behind one of Japan's greatest controversies! Then, it's known that Golgo 13 will kill anyone who tries to impersonate him. But if you're merely mistaken for him by a Chicago crime boss, can you possibly escape alive? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 194 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. "Shadow of Death!" Story and art by Takao Saito. When congressional hearings expose a CIA chemical warfare program, Golgo is tasked to destroy the evidence on a hellish Pacific island where he faces a showdown with one of the few men he could call an equal! Then, in 1974, the Deep South gets a visit from Golgo when Black Power activists hire him for a job in Mississippi that reveals him to be one bad brother! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. "Flagburner!" Story and art by Takao Saito. Amidst so many dead in the postwar ruins of Japan, the brutal murder of five members of the same family still has the power to shock - and even more so 29 years later, when the unsolved crime may point to the origins of Duke Togo! Then, the 2000 U.S. presidential election comes down to a handful of recounted ballots in Florida. But the decisive vote will be cast by a bullet from Golgo 13! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.