Lone Wolf 2100 (2002) comic books
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Issue #1
Published May 2002 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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by MIKE KENNEDY and FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO; cover by FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO It's a hundred years from now and the world is coming apart. A deadly man-made virus known as the "War Spore" is spreading, the debilitating effects felt by man and android alike. Whole populations have become refugees; barred at every border. Human-like android emulation constructs called EmCons, suspected of intentionally releasing the virus, are in revolt. Only a few places on earth remain safe havens from the Spore... Hiding among the displaced hordes are a man named Itto and a young girl, Daisy. She is the daughter of a renowned scientist who was working on a cure for the virus. He was her father's bodyguard, but now his accused murderer. They're on the run from the operatives of the Cygnat Owari Corporation, men ? and machines ? who will stop at nothing to kill the man and retrieve the girl. Whether Daisy is an infectious carrier of the virus, as the corporation claims, or something more, as Itto believes, escape is but the first step on their journey, the final destination of which is vengeance... Part homage, and partly a re-imagining of the original Lone Wolf and Cub manga, this special project is being done in association with MegaHouse (the authorized licensors of Lone Wolf and Cub), and under the watchful eye of Kazuo Koike, the writer and co-creator of Lone Wolf and Cub. On sale May 22 FC, 32pg (1 of 4) . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #2
Published Jun 2002 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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by MIKE KENNEDY and FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO; cover by FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO Okinawa, one hundred years from now... Against all his plans, the mysterious warrior named Itto ? along with Daisy, the young girl in his care ? finds himself drawn into a conflict between a group of villagers and a local warlord. Meanwhile, Prescott, the man-hunter in the employ of the Cygnat Owari Corporation, has picked up Itto's trail ? and a new associate, an enigmatic android named Lierre. Lierre has his own deadly plans for Itto...For Itto and Daisy the road leads to danger in both directions, with them and the villagers caught in the middle. But Itto has experienced danger before, and if it comes to kill or be killed, he knows what he must do... On sale June 19 FC, 32pg (2 of 4) . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #3
Published Jul 2002 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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by MIKE KENNEDY and FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO The young girl Daisy, whom Itto is sworn to protect, has been abducted by a local warlord named Godekai. Beaten almost to death during the kidnapping, Itto refuses to give up. He leads a posse of villagers on a raid against the warlord's compound. But, if he can't rescue Daisy, Itto will settle for a coming away with a bargaining chip ? Godekai's son! It's time to deal, but waiting in the wings is a third party who would just as soon see everybody dead: the agents ? both human and android ? of the Cygnat Owari Corporation. With the full cooperation of Kazuo Koike, the writer and co-creator of Lone Wolf and Cub, Lone Wolf 2100 takes the basic concept of a warrior and child into the future for an action-packed story that combines Bushido sensibilities with science fiction settings! On sale July 17 FC, 32pg (3 of 4) . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #4
Published Aug 2002 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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by MIKE KENNEDY and FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO It has all come down to this: The bodyguard Itto wages a one-man war against an army of thugs to rescue young Daisy Ogami. This is the moment for which Itto was trained. The despotic land baron Godekai kidnapped Daisy in hopes it would dissuade Itto from interfering with his enslavement of the villagers whom Itto has befriended. Godekai couldn't be more wrong. Itto has a borrowed sword and a teddy bear with which to fight Godekai's thugs, who are heavily armed with automatic weapons and explosives. They couldn't be more dead. Agents of the Cygnat Owari Corporation await the outcome of the battle to wrest Daisy from the winner. They'll be the next to die... This is the action- packed conclusion to the first chapter in the saga of Lone wolf 2100, which takes the basic situations from the classic Lone Wolf and Cub series and transplants them into a dystopian future. Produced with the full cooperation of Kazuo Koike, the writer and co- creator of Lone Wolf and Cub. On sale August 21 FC, 32pg (4 of 4) . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #5
Published Nov 2002 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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by MIKE KENNEDY and FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO Having fled the corporate armed forces of Cygnat Owari through the bowels of Southeast Asia, young Daisy and her synthetic protector Itto find refuge in the last place anyone would dare look for them: Ground Zero. Once a bustling suburb of Taipei, the haunted walls of Sungshan, Taiwan are now scorched with the images of the War Spore's first victims. And it is here amongst the ghosts that the Warrior and child find a moment of Peace. As Itto takes stock of their situation, he analyzes the new directives that have merged so completely with his original programming ? a mysterious bundle of code known only as "Bushido." But this moment of peace proves to be as fleeting as summer snow... Lone Wolf 2100 continues the saga inspired by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's seminal manga series Lone Wolf and Cub. On sale November 27 FC, 32pg . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #6
Published Jan 2003 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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by MIKE KENNEDY and FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO Rumors of Sanctuary lead Itto and Daisy on a perilous journey across the open Asian desert in hopes of escaping the mercenary tracker Prescott and his deadly band of Vapor Fist Soldiers. But the enemy behind them is not as immidiate as the enemy in front of them...When they cross paths with a nomadic tribe of cyborg outcasts, they learn many new lessons in survival, including the importance of finely-tuned paranoia... On sale December 26 FC, 32pg . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #7
Published Mar 2003 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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by MIKE KENNEDY and FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO Many hands make small work, but small hands make simple slaves. Itto and Daisy travel through the congested underworld of Kowloon, China seeking refuge from the tireless pursuers hellbent on returning Daisy to the corporate labs of Cygnat Owari. But Fate deals both sides a wild card when she falls into the clutches of a remorseless child-labor camp run by renegade Emulation Constructs! Inspired by the timeless samurai drama of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's classic Lone Wolf and Cub, Lone Wolf 2100 is winning fans and astounding readers with Mike Kennedy's vision of a future gone bad and Francisco Ruiz Velasco's incredible artwork. On sale January 29 FC, 32pg . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #8
Published May 2003 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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by MIKE KENNEDY and FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO; cover by FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO Assumptions can be deadly, particularly when dealing with an individual trained since childhood in the art of warfare. The search for Itto and Daisy has grown so desperate that the Cygnat Owari corporation decides to take matters firmly in their own hands, dismissing the tracker Will Prescott from his duties. But unlike android Emulation Constructs, some humans don't take dismissal easily, and Will Prescott is not a human they can afford to have fighting against them. He did, after all, spend eight years killing their kind during The War... Conspiracies unfold and truths are revealed in this exciting chapter of Lone Wolf 2100, the futuristic action saga inspired by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's seminal manga series Lone Wolf and Cub. On sale February 26 FC, 32pg . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #9
Published Aug 2003 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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MIKE KENNEDY FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO On sale May 14, FC, 32pg, $2.99 A New Two-Issue Arc Begins Here! They have him. But can they hold him? Wrapped in the talons of Cygnat Owari's Inner Security, Itto must rely on not only his physical strength, but the strength of will he has honed during his many months in flight. If he fails, the seductive Belladonna will learn the whereabouts of young Daisy Ogami, and all hope for mankind will be lost. But Belladonna can be quite convincing, with a whole bag of interrogation tricks at her disposal. Conspiratorial layers are revealed in part one of "Pattern Storm," a significant flagstone in the futuristic action saga inspired by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's seminal manga series Lone Wolf and Cub. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #10
Published Oct 2003 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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MIKE KENNEDY and FRANCISCO RUIZ VELASCO On sale June 11, FC, 32pg, $2.99 The Conclusion of "Pattern Storm"! Disentangling himself from Belladonna's evil machinations and mental snares is one thing. Escaping the clutches of the rest of his former companions on Cygnat Owari's Inner Security Team is quite another, as Itto discovers. But in some ways, the fight is easier now: Terasawa's plot is exposed; Daisy Ogami's secret is revealed; and the battle lines are more clearly drawn. And maybe, just maybe, Itto will now find allies in unexpected places... Don't miss this important issue in the Lone Wolf 2100 saga! Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #11
Published Dec 2003 by Dark Horse.$2.50
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Written by Mike Kennedy. Art and by Francisco Ruiz Velasco. Stripped of three of his eight android senses, Itto's fighting skills are put to their ultimate test as he launches a solo assault on the Cynat Owari corporation's computer brain trust. If he is to find the key to extracting the cure for the War Spore virus from Daisy Ogami's blood, he must carry his quest to the heart of the enemy's stronghold. The fates of both humanity and androidkind are tied to the cure, and Cygnat Owari's android leader will stop at nothing to destroy Itto and Daisy. And for Itto, succeeding in his mission may result in his own demise! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.99.
