Lone Wolf 2100 (2002) comic books 2000-2002
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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
$2.50
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.
