Dororo comic books issue 1

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Eisner Award-winner For Best US Edition of International Material - Japan! Daigo Kagemitsu, a servant to a samurai general in the Warring States period, promises body parts of his unborn child to 48 devils in exchange for complete domination of Japan. Knowing the child to be deficient, Kagemitsu orders the newborn thrown into the river. The baby survives, however! Calling himself Hyakkimaru, he searches the world for the 48 demons to retrieve his missing parts. Together with a boy thief named Dororo, they travel the countryside, confronting monsters and ghosts time and again. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 312 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and alter printings. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Eisner Award-winner For Best US Edition of International Material - Japan! Daigo Kagemitsu, a servant to a samurai general in the Warring States period, promises body parts of his unborn child to 48 devils in exchange for complete domination of Japan. Knowing the child to be deficient, Kagemitsu orders the newborn thrown into the river. The baby survives, however! Calling himself Hyakkimaru, he searches the world for the 48 demons to retrieve his missing parts. Together with a boy thief named Dororo, they travel the countryside, confronting monsters and ghosts time and again. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 312 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Dororo's unique story, set in a swashbuckling environment, made it a shoe-in for live action film adaptation, and its potential for providing such story content in the U.S. is only natural. This action-filled tale of vengeance revolves as much around an Oedipal urge to punish the abandoning father as it does around the characters' confrontations with ghosts and monsters. An edge-of-your-seat manga of redemption. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 880 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Dororo's unique story, set in a swashbuckling environment, made it a shoe-in for live action film adaptation, and its potential for providing such story content in the U.S. is only natural. This action-filled tale of vengeance revolves as much around an Oedipal urge to punish the abandoning father as it does around the characters' confrontations with ghosts and monsters. An edge-of-your-seat manga of redemption. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 880 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.