Path of the Assassin, Vol. 1: Serving in the Dark
9 best books like Path of the Assassin, Vol. 1: Serving in the Dark (Kazuo Koike): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2, The Book of Five Rings: A Graphic Novel, Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 10: The Brink of Life and Death, Blade of the Immortal, Volume 18: The Sparrow Net, Black Lagoon, Vol. 2, James Bond: Hammerhead, Phoenix, Vol. 4: Karma, Vagabond, Volume 4, 20th Century Boys, Band 7
This book marks the end of the golden age of TMNT. After issue 12 the two creators took turns creating working on issues due to creative differences. As a result, the stories after this don’t flow as well until we begin the “Return to New York” storyline.
This volume collects issues 8 - 11,...
| Author | Sean Michael Wilson |
| ISBN | 1611800129 |
This graphic novel version of The Book of Five Rings, the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed seventeenth-century duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, illuminates this brilliant manifesto, which has long inspired martial artists and anyone interested in cultivating...
| Author | Stan Sakai |
| ISBN | 1569712972 |
Join Usagi Yojimbo in his hare-raising adventures of life and death. Watch as he faces assassins, medicine peddlers, bat ninjas, and more! This is a story of honor and adventure. It's a masterful adaptation of samurai legend to sequential art. Dark Horse is proud to present this epic story of good versus...
| Author | Hiroaki Samura |
| ISBN | 1593078714 |
The immortality of the captive Manji is being sorely tested, as the horrifying experiments commanded by Habaki Kagimura in the dungeons below Edo castle continue. One of Kagimura’s doctors, Ayame Burando, has already gone half-mad, tormented by the sickening mutilations intended to unlock the...
| Author | Rei Hiroe |
| ISBN | 1421518910 |
As the newest crewmember of the Black Lagoon, Rock is learning that life as a pirate is a lot more than just fun in the sun. After a salvage job on a sunken German U-Boat turns into a full-auto blowout with a gang of neo-Nazis, the crew of the Black Lagoon realizes they have more than a few issues with Revy's...
| Author | Andy Diggle |
| ISBN | 1524103225 |
James Bond is assigned to hunt down and eliminate Kraken, a radical anti-capitalist who has targeted Britain’s newly-upgraded nuclear arsenal. But all is not as it seems. Hidden forces are plotting to rebuild the faded glory of the once-mighty British Empire, and retake by force what was consigned...
| Author | Osamu Tezuka |
| ISBN | 1591163005 |
The Phoenix series is remarkable, but this book is the real masterpiece in the longer series. It can be read without reading any of the others, as Phoenix is a series of related stories set in both the past and future with each story centered around the mythical firebird.
When a misshapen and murderous...
| Author | Takehiko Inoue |
| ISBN | 1569318549 |
In feudal Japan, a young man sets out on a spiritual journey by the way of the sword, prepared to slay anyone who might get in his way. In this volume, in the aftermath of the chaos than Musashik caused at the Yoshioka School, Gion Toji vows to avenge the school's honor. Meanwhile, Mushashi reluctantly picks...
| Author | Naoki Urasawa |
| ISBN | 3899215494 |
Really liking where this story is going. I can possibly see this series surpassing Monster in greatness.
We finally get more answers to the Bloody New Year's Ever; however, the story isn't completely told as to what happened. This volume ended on a cliffhanger on that story line, but it was great...
