Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	August 2000
Cover Price	9.95 USD; 14.95 CAD
Pages	308
Editing	Dan Harris (editor); Mike Hansen (editor); Tim Ervin-Gore (assistant editor); Toren Smith (consulting editor); Darin Fabrick (book design); Mark Cox (art director)
Notes	ISBN 1-5691-502-5

Cover Details - "The Assassin's Road"

Characters	Ogami Ittō; Ogami Daigorō
Pencils	Frank Miller
Inks	Frank Miller
Colors	Lynn Varley
Reprinted	from Lone Wolf and Cub (First, 1987 series) #7

30 page story "Son for Hire, Sword for Hire"

Script	Kazuo Koike; Dana Lewis (translator)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima; Digital Chameleon (touch-ups)
Inks	Goseki Kojima
Letters	Digital Chameleon
Reprinted	from Weekly Manga Action (Futabasha, 1967 series) #? [September 1970]

30 page story "A Father Knows His Child's Heart, as Only a Child Can Know His Father's"

Script	Kazuo Koike; Dana Lewis (translator)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima; Digital Chameleon (touch-ups)
Inks	Goseki Kojima
Letters	Digital Chameleon
Reprinted	from ?

29 page story "From North to South, From West to East"

Script	Kazuo Koike; Dana Lewis (translator)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima; Digital Chameleon (touch-ups)
Inks	Goseki Kojima
Letters	Digital Chameleon
Reprinted	from ?

28 page story "Baby Cart on the River Styx"

Script	Kazuo Koike; Dana Lewis (translator)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima; Digital Chameleon (touch-ups)
Inks	Goseki Kojima
Letters	Digital Chameleon
Reprinted	from ?

29 page story "Suio School Zanbato"

Script	Kazuo Koike; Dana Lewis (translator)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima; Digital Chameleon (touch-ups)
Inks	Goseki Kojima
Letters	Digital Chameleon
Reprinted	from ?

23 page story "Waiting for the Rains"

Script	Kazuo Koike; Dana Lewis (translator)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima; Digital Chameleon (touch-ups)
Inks	Goseki Kojima
Letters	Digital Chameleon
Reprinted	from ?

30 page story "Eight Gates of Deceit"

Script	Kazuo Koike; Dana Lewis (translator)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima; Digital Chameleon (touch-ups)
Inks	Goseki Kojima
Letters	Digital Chameleon
Reprinted	from ?

58 page story "Wings to the Birds, Fangs to the Beast"

Script	Kazuo Koike; Dana Lewis (translator)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima; Digital Chameleon (touch-ups)
Inks	Goseki Kojima
Letters	Digital Chameleon
Reprinted	from ?

28 page story "The Assassin's Road"

Script	Kazuo Koike; Dana Lewis (translator)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima; Digital Chameleon (touch-ups)
Inks	Goseki Kojima
Letters	Digital Chameleon
Reprinted	from ?

4 page text article "Glossary"

Script

Dana Lewis

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Kazuo Koike"

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Goseki Kojima"

3 page text article "The Ronin Report"

Script

Tim Ervin-Gore