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Blade of the Immortal (1996) comic books 1999-2001

  • Issue #29
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 29

    Dark Shadows: Part 1 of 5 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Kagehisa Anotsu has turned his Itto-ryü into the most famous sword school in Japan, and now he's going to relearn that ancient lesson. When Magatsu, the only Ittö-ryü warrior to survive a fight with Manji, is ambushed by assassins on his way to Anotsu's Dojo, he learns that there's someone else after Anotsu's head, a mysterious organization called "AKAGI." 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #30
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 30

    Dark Shadows: Part 2 of 5 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. When Magatsu reaches Anotsu's dojo after narrowly escaping an attempt on his life, he's in for another rude surprise. What is an upper-caste official from the government of the Shogun himself doing visiting the Ittö-ryü, the sword school of outcasts and eccentrics who've slaughtered their way to the top of Japan's world of the sword? 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #31
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 31

    Dark Shadows: Part 3 of 5 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Kenei Sumino is one of Kagehisa Anotsu's top lieutenants in the Itto-ryu, but he has a weakness for women. When Sumino intervenes in a marital quarrel, he thinks he's got himself a little beauty for the night. But he may have signed on for a wilder night than he expected. For the kimono beauty he's picked up for an evening of pleasure is none other than Hyakurin herself, the leader of the Akagi assassins. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #32
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 32

    Dark Shadows: Part 4 of 5 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Anotsu Kagehisa may be pleased to bring the Itto-ryu under the umbrella of the central government as the Shogun's official sword school. But it's bad news for Magatsu, the peasant-born Itto-ryu swordsman who has fought alongside Anotsu since the school was founded. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #33
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 33

    Dark Shadows: Part 5 of 5 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Anotsu's move toward an alliance with the central government has driven off Magatsu -- the last of the original members the of Itto-ryu. But neither Magatsu, nor Anotsu, nor even Manji and Rin realize that their lives are about to change forever. The Akagi assassins are beginning to tighten the noose on the Itto-ryu, and woe betide anyone who gets in the way. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #34
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 34

    "Food!" Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Shira, the pathologically sadistic assassin from the mysterious Akagi group, has come to Rin and Manji, and he has a proposal: join forces to kill Kagehisa Anotsu. Manji thinks it's worth a shot, but Rin is far from certain. With Shira, it's not at all clear who are the hunters, and who are the prey... 48 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $3.95.

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  • Issue #35
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 35

    Heart of Darkness: Part 1 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Or is he just another enemy? That's what Rin and Manji are trying to find out when they visit the headquarters of the mysterious Akagi assassins. It's clear that the beautiful Hyakurin and her deadly colleagues are not the little rag-tag band they describe themselves as. But who's pulling the strings, and is it worth working together with them no matter who that is, so long as they can destroy Kagehisa Anotsu and the Itto-ryu? 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #36
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 36

    Heart of Darkness: Part 2 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. As night falls on the restless city of Edo, Hyakurin inducts Rin into the secrets of smoking, and sounds her out about her relationship with Manji. What is the secret that sets the cool leader of the Akagi screaming with nightmares in the middle of the night? And can Rin and Manji hold to their own course once they've agreed to join forces with this misfit band of deadly killers? 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #37
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 37

    Heart of Darkness: Part 3 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Anotsu has finally left Edo for Kaga, but it may not be easy for Manji, Rin, and Shira to find him. According to Makoto, the Akagi spy inside Anotsu's Ittö-ryü dojo, Anotsu's traveling disguised as a woman! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #38
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 38

    Heart of Darkness: Part 4 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. While Manji and Shira stake out the byway through Naito Shinjuku, waiting to ambush Anotsu Kagehisa on his journey out of Edo, Rin grills the servant girl on ways to get past the strict government checkpoints. Suddenly, right in front of their inn, a fight breaks out between a passing ronin, and a samurai calling himself Anotsu Kagehisa, head of the Itto-ryu! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #39
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 39

    Heart of Darkness: Part 5 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. The chase is on! While Manji tries to figure out if the samurai calling himself Kagehisa Anotsu in a red-light district street fight is the real thing, Rin and Shira are in pursuit of a woman who might not be the real thing either. And Shira, with a deadly light in his eyes, is getting downright terrifying. Especially when he draws a sword that looks more like a hacksaw than a fighting weapon! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #40
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 40

    Heart of Darkness: Part 6 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. It's a trap! While Manji is busy finishing off an Anotsu impersonator back in town, the real Itto-ryu leader's henchmen have lured Rin and Shira into an ambush. As the Itto-ryu assassins see it, everything's gone according to plan. But what they haven't counted on is the deadly Shira. The only thing more dangerous than a cornered attack dog is a cornered mad dog. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #41
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 41

    Heart of Darkness: Part 7 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Rin has never trusted Shira, and she was right. Now the sadistic madness hovering just below the surface of the Akagi assassin has exploded. This isn't Bushido, it's butchery. And Rin learns too late that there are some ways of being strong better left unlearned. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #42
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 42

    Heart of Darkness: Part 8 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. The plot to ambush Kagehisa Anotsu is going up in flames. Hyakurin and Shinriji have found the Itto-ryu group they were following to be decoys, too. Shira's pursuit has turned into a gory splatter movie, and when Rin tries to stop Shira from further torturing the woman decoy who had deceived them both, the blood-crazed killer turns his sword against her. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #43
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 43

    The Gathering: Part 1 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Hyakurin's plan to ambush Kagehisa Anotsu has failed. Rin and Manji have lost their chance for vengeance, too. Manji tells Hyakurin their alliance is over. But now, how to get through the government Sekisho checkpoints that control the roads out of Edo? It's hard enough for anyone to do it, but for Manji, one of the most wanted men in Japan, it's well- nigh impossible. Which is why Rin is writing that note to leave by Manji's pillow while he sleeps... 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #44
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 44

    The Gathering: Part 2 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. A desperate Manji faces a brutal choice: storm the government checkpoint by force to pursue Rin, or leave her to face Anotsu Kagehisa . . . alone. And Rin, alone on her road to revenge for the first time since meeting Manji, has just been named as an accomplice in a savage murder! How is she going to get through the checkpoints when she's on the list of Japan's most wanted criminals?! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #45
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 45

    The Gathering: Part 3 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Rin's on the wanted list! She has only one hope of getting through the checkpoint out of Edo: something so dangerous, a single mistake could cost Rin her life! Meanwhile, Akagi's spy inside the Itto-ryu has gotten a look at another secret document he can report on. But the head of the sword school has seen through Makoto's cover and is using him to feed misinformation to the Akagi assassins! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #46
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 46

    The Gathering: Part 4 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Hyakurin has a present for Manji: because of a letter forged by her men, Ittö-ryü is going to send a swordsman to join Anotsu in Kaga. If Manji is tough enough, he can kill the man, take his travel papers, and go after Rin. It's a high-stakes game they're playing, but maybe not as high-stakes as Rin's new gamble... 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

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  • Issue #47
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 47

    The Gathering: Part 5 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Kami-nagafusa: a non-descript rural village. The only thing that sets it apart from other hamlets is its neighbor, a critical checkpoint for leaving Edo. This is the village Rin has come to, following the thin thread of her last hope for pursuing Anotsu to Kaga -- and now, just as urgent, to escape the long arm of the law that has unjustly accused her of murder! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #48
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 48

    The Gathering: Part 6 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. After receiving an intelligence report from the beautiful and mysterious Mugai-ryü assassin Hyakurin, Manji waits by a roadside shrine to ambush an Ittö-ryü swordsman who carries a travel pass that could allow Manji through border checkpoints to catch up with his companion Rin before she rushes to her death. But three of Ittö-ryü's deadliest warriors are coming, with orders to put to death the ronin who has been killing their comrades. Can even the immortal Manji survive? 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #49
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 49

    The Gathering: Part 7 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Makoto, the Akagi spy inside the renegade Ittö-ryü sword school, has found out too late that acting leader Abiyama set a deadly trap for Manji. But there's no need to tell the immortal ronin: he's already fighting for his life against three Ittö-ryü swordsmen, all masters of dirty fighting. Only one sits out the fight, to watch and find out if the rumors about the ronin's immortality are true and to end those rumors -- and Manji -- once and for all! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #50
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 50

    The Gathering: Part 8 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Blade of the Immortal reaches its landmark 50th issue with a new chapter of "The Gathering"! Ittö-ryü swordsmen, masters of dirty fighting, have strung Manji up in a tree with barbed spikes! Handa and Uruma are more than ready to find out just how immortal Manji is -- by chopping him into little pieces! With his body pierced by Uruma's spikes, and two trained assassins ready to use every trick in the book to kill him, matters couldn't get much worse. All the samurai has to save him is his ingenuity and the supernatural bloodworms that keep him alive. But this time, will he have a body left for the worms to knit back together...? 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #51
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 51

    The Gathering: Part 9 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Immortal samurai Manji has freed himself from Uruma's barbed chains by cutting off his own arm! His survivor's instincts tell him that, in this case, the better part of valor is to run for it, and hope he can turn the tide and make a stand deeper in the forest. But as his cunning pursuers, Uruma and Hanada, follow him, Manji has nothing to rely on other than his injured, tired body. Will Manji be able to match his skills with his desire for an eye for an eye...and an arm for an arm?! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #52
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 52

    The Gathering: Part 10 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. With two enemies down, an exhausted, one-armed Manji faces his most dangerous enemy yet: the two-bladed juggernaut, Higa. There are only three things that Higa wants to do with Manji: carve out his heart and eat it, wring the blood from his body and drink it, and crack his skull to consume his brain. Higa desires an immortal body like Manji's, and he'll do anything to get one of his own. Masterful samurai action in one of the best series ever from Japan...or anywhere in the world! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #53
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 53

    The Gathering: Part 11 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. The immortal ronin Manji is in bad shape, thanks to the master swordsman Higa, who will stop at nothing to learn Manji's secret to eternal life! Even if Manji's allies, the beautiful and deadly Hyakurin and her assistant Shinriji, can arrive in time to save him, will they be able to save themselves from this seemingly unstoppable foe? Plus, the return of an old friend or is he a friend?? The Gathering gears up towards its big finale don't miss out on a single chapter of one of Japan's and the world's best comics series! Eisner Award winner for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #54
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 54

    The Gathering: Part 12 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Manji, the immortal ronin warrior, is down for the count! Hyakurin and Shinriji are off to get help for Manji...or what's left of him! Manji would be even more frustrated if he knew that, not too many miles away, Rin is preparing to test the scrutiny of the Kobotoke checkpoint to hunt down her parents' murderer. She wouldn't stand a chance in hell getting through the checkpoint on her own, but she may just have an unexpected ally... 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.99.

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  • Issue #55
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 55

    The Gathering: Part 13 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. In a moment of truth, Rin and Nakaya, the innkeeper, venture at last into the Kobotoke checkpoint, where Rin hopes to gain safe passage into the neighboring region by posing as Nakaya's niece. The guards greet Nakaya like an old friend, but the checkpoint officials are the ones they need to convince...and they're the same people that sentenced Nakaya's last "long-lost relative" to a horrible death! Will Rin be able to continue her journey of revenge? 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #56
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 56

    The Gathering: Part 14 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Just a few questions. That's all the top official of the checkpoint wants to ask Rin before letting her continue on the road to Kaga. But Rin's pretending to be someone else to get through the checkpoint, and if she answers even one question wrong, her disguise will be destroyed, and an executioner's sword will slice through her neck! Can she fake out the head of the Kobotoke sekisho checkpoint when he has an inch-thick secret file about the innkeeper's family at his side...? 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.99.

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  • Issue #57
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 57

    The Gathering: Part 15 of 15 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. "The Gathering" concludes with this powerful, gripping chapter! Rin has almost won her way through the checkpoint with her tear-filled story of the death of the parents of the mother she's pretending to be. But as she and Nakaya prepare to leave, the head of the checkpoint has one last question: how could a young woman like herself really have given birth to two children? Before he'll believe her, he wants her to show him the proof, written on her body! If she's caught, it's death for the both of them. How can Rin prove that she's given birth with such a child-like body? Be ready to ride the edge of your seat in the latest issue of this Eisner Award-winning series! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #58
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 58

    BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #58: SECRETS PART 1 (OF 4) by HIROAKI SAMURA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS A new story arc begins for the Eisner Award-winning series! Anotsu Kagehisa's long journey has brought him to the wooded hills of autumn, to the gates of the Ibane dojo of the Shingyoto-ryu sword school, and to a world of doubts. First there's the beautiful young woman in the woods who seems to speak in riddles. And then the man he's come to see, Ibane himself, is nowhere to be found. What the head of Itto-ryu does find, though, is a dojo full of angry sword students who don't want to take orders from an upstart from Edo, and demand that he prove himself worthy to lead them. At the point of a sword! FOR MATURE READERS On sale July 11 b&w, 32pg (1 of 4) Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #59
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 59

    BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #59: SECRETS PART 2 (OF 4) by HIROAKI SAMURA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS Anotsu Kagehisa came to Kaga to bring another sword school under his wing. But now the shoe is on the other foot ? instead of finding a welcome, he's found a dojo full of angry young men who don't want to take orders from an upstart, unless he can prove he's tougher than the best of them! Anotsu's long road to Kaga ends in an unexpected battle to the death, with a furious swordfighter who moves as fast as lightning! Nominated for a 2001 Harvey Award for "Best Presentation of Foreign Material"! FOR MATURE READERS On sale August 8 b&w, 32pg (2 of 4) Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #60
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 60

    by HIROAKI SAMURA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS High in the mountains of Kaga, Ibane of the Shingyoto School has been training his students for war. That sits just fine with Anotsu Kagehisa, who has dedicated his life to putting the killing back into Japan's formalized sword schools. But there has to be more at stake than philosophy for Ibane to be willing to disband the Shingyoto founded by his forebearers and turn it over lock, stock, and barrel to Anotsu's Itto-ryu school. Is Anotsu willing to meet his conditions? FOR MATURE READERS On sale September 12 b&w, 32pg (3 of 4) Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #61
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 61

    by HIROAKI SAMURA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS It could be any peaceful morning in Edo. The beautiful Hyakurin's taking care of her hair in the bath; her assistant Shinriji's trying to sneak a peek. But this isn't a casual visit the pair is preparing for. They're off to see Master Sori the painter and his special houseguest ? the horribly mutilated immortal samurai, Manji. So far, he hasn't regained consciousness. But will Hyakurin be ready for his first words when he does...? FOR MATURE READERS On sale October 10 b&w, 32pg (4 of 4) . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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    $4 Blade of the Immortal #61 NM 9.4 2001 Hiroaki Samura Cover

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  • Issue #62
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 62

    by HIROAKI SAMURA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS Hyakurin's gone, and that's perfect for the recovering Manji. He's been waiting for a chance to ask Master Sori an important question ? where did Sori, a spy for the Shogunate, meet the blonde killer in the first place? And what's the real story about Hyakurin's Mugai-ryu assassins? Some curious light is shed at last on this mystery lady... FOR MATURE READERS On sale November 14 b&w, 32pg (one-shot) . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

  • Issue #63
    Blade of the Immortal (1996) 63

    by HIROAKI SAMURA; produced by STUDIO PROTEUS Anotsu's trip to Kaga has taken an unexpected and unpleasant turn. Ibane, the head of the Shingyoto-ryu sword school, may be a master martial artist ? but it's becoming increasingly clear that he has some trouble with telling the truth. Anotsu can't deny that Ibane's men are worth adding to his Itto-ryu gang, and that Ibane's daughter Hisoka holds a strange, seductive attraction... FOR MATURE READERS On sale December 12 b&w, 32pg (one-shot) . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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