Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	June 2006
Cover Price	9.95
Pages	324
Editing	Tim Ervin

Cover Details - "Sleeping in the Dark"

Characters	Hatori Hanzo Masanari; Akuya
Pencils	Goseki Kojima
Inks	Goseki Kokima

20 page Path of the Assassin story "Suppa Unsheathed"

Characters	Hattori Hanzo Yasunago; Hattori Yasutoshi; Hattori Yasumasa; Hattori Hanzo Masanari
Synopsis	Sixteen-year old Masanari passes a test his older brothers fail and is given the assignment of serving Matsudaira Jiro Saburo Motonobu
Genre	samurai
Script	Kazuo Koike; Naomi Kokubo (translation); Jeff Carlso (translation assistant)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima
Inks	Goseki Kokima
Letters	Sno Cone Studios
Reprinted	From (?, ? series) #?

20 page Path of the Assassin story "Serving in the Dark"

Characters	Hattori Hanzo Masanari; Matsudaira Jiro Saburo Motonobu; Hattori Hanzo Yasunaga
Synopsis	Masanari begins his service as a suppa to Motonobu.
Genre	samurai
Script	Kazuo Koike; Naomi Kokubo (translation); Jeff Carlso (translation assistant)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima
Inks	Goseki Kokima
Letters	Sno Cone Studios
Reprinted	From ? (?, ? series) #?

82 page Path of the Assassin story "Mizuki"

Characters	Motonobu; Masanari; Akuya
Synopsis	On instruction from Motonobu, Masanari rapes a young fisherwoman who falls in love with Masanari.
Genre	samurai
Script	Kazuo Koike; Naomi Kokubo (translation); Jeff Carlso (translation assistant)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima
Inks	Goseki Kokima
Letters	Sno Cone Studios
Reprinted	From ? (?, ? series) #?

46 page Path of the Assassin story "Oppresive Night of Ass"

Characters	Masanari; Akuya; Tori Iganokami Tadayoshi; Sakai Shogen Tadahisa; Yoshimoto; Sekiguchi Yoshihiro; Ujizane Yoshimoto; Motonobu; Tsukiyama Yoshihiro
Synopsis	Motonobu and Tsukiyama are married.
Genre	samurai
Script	Kazuo Koike; Naomi Kokubo (translation); Jeff Carlso (translation assistant)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima
Inks	Goseki Kokima
Letters	Sno Cone Studios
Reprinted	From ? (?, ? series) #?

31 page Path of the Assassin story "Jisatsu Technique"

Characters	Motonobu; Asahina Yasuyoshi; Tsukiyama; Masanari
Synopsis	Motonobu is humiliated by Yasuyoshi but Masanari shows him a better way to revenge.
Genre	samurai
Script	Kazuo Koike; Naomi Kokubo (translation); Jeff Carlso (translation assistant)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima
Inks	Goseki Kokima
Letters	Sno Cone Studios
Reprinted	From ? (?, ? series) #?

32 page Path of the Assassin story "Kite Kato"

Characters	Kite Kato; Yoshimoto; Motonobu;
Synopsis	Kite Kato is given permission to assassinate Yamamoto Kansuke and Harunobu.
Genre	samurai
Script	Kazuo Koike; Naomi Kokubo (translation); Jeff Carlso (translation assistant)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima
Inks	Goseki Kokima
Letters	Sno Cone Studios
Reprinted	From ? (?, ? series) #?

76 page Path of the Assassin story "Who is He in the Rain"

Characters	Kite Kato; Yashimoto; Motonobu; Masanari
Synopsis	Kite Kato is given permission for his assassinations but as a favor to Yashimoto investigates three murders that can be traced back ot Motonubo and Masanri.
Genre	samurai
Script	Kazuo Koike; Naomi Kokubo (translation); Jeff Carlso (translation assistant)
Pencils	Goseki Kojima
Inks	Goseki Kokima
Letters	Sno Cone Studios
Reprinted	From ? (?, ? series) #?

2 page Glossary text article

Synopsis	Glossary of Japanese terms used in the previous stories.
Letters	typeset

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Kazuo Koike"

Synopsis	Brief biographical sketch of Kazuo Koike
Letters	typeset
Notes	This bio appears in every issue of Lone Wolf and Cub (Dark Horse) and Samurai Executioner (Dark Horse).

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Goseki Kojima"

Synopsis	Brief biographical sketch of Goseki Kojima.
Letters	typeset
Notes	This bio appears in every issue of Lone Wolf and Cub (Dark Horse) and Samurai Executioner (Dark Horse).