Editing Lone Wolf and Cub (section)

===Manga===
====Japan====
Written by [[Kazuo Koike]] and illustrated by [[Goseki Kojima]], ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' was serialized in [[Futabasha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Manga Action|Weekly Manga Action]]''. Its first installment was published on September 10, 1970.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊漫画アクション 1970年|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M646839|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240615090321/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M646839|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Manga Top Ten トップテン・マンガ|url=https://comicbookinvest.com/2017/12/18/the-manga-top-ten/|access-date=June 13, 2024|website=CBSI Comics|date=December 19, 2017 |archive-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209211124/https://comicbookinvest.com/2017/12/18/the-manga-top-ten/|url-status=live}}</ref> The series finished with the 145th installment published on April 1, 1976.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊漫画アクション 1976年|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M588583|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240615090544/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M588583|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contents|magazine=Weekly Manga Action|publisher=[[Futabasha]]|date=April 1970|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1140079680|access-date=June 13, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=June 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613004523/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1140079680|url-status=live|quote={{lang|ja|漫画アクション1976/04/01}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Contents|url=http://www.gouseki.kazekaworu.com/list51.html|access-date=June 13, 2024|website=gouseki.kazekaworu.com|quote={{lang|ja|子連れ狼・最終回/其之百四十五腕（かいな）・後編}}|archive-date=March 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327205949/http://gouseki.kazekaworu.com/list51.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Futabasha collected its chapters in 28 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, published from May 1972 to May 1976.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:子連れ狼 1|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M256534|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240615090801/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M256534|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:子連れ狼 28|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M213358|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240615091414/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M213358|url-status=live}}</ref> When ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' was first released in [[Japan]] in 1970, it became wildly popular for its powerful, epic [[samurai]] story and its stark and gruesome depiction of violence during [[Edo period|Tokugawa era]] Japan. As of October 2006, the manga had sold 8.3 million copies in Japan, and 11.8 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=劇画「子連れ狼」の原作者 小池一夫さんが郷土・大仙市に 住所も移し、花館に同級生らと集える自宅|url=http://www.hana.or.jp/hana/nitiniti/famous/fp061008.html|website=Kitaura Hana Net|language=ja|date=October 8, 2006|access-date=April 21, 2024|archive-date=September 28, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001008/http://www.hana.or.jp/hana/nitiniti/famous/fp061008.html}}</ref>

''Lone Wolf and Cub'' is one of the most highly regarded manga due to its epic scope, detailed historical accuracy, masterful artwork and nostalgic yet brutally frank recollection of the [[bushido]] ethos.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} The story spans 28 volumes of manga, with over 300 pages each (totaling over 8,700 pages in all). Many of the panels of the series are depictions of nature, historical locations in Japan, and traditional activities. A couple of years into the series, a story depicts the fate of Yamada Asaemon, the main character of ''[[Samurai Executioner]]'', also created by Koike and [[Goseki Kojima|Kojima]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dark Horse Comics presents Samurai Executioner, a manga masterwork from the creators of Lone Wolf and Cub! :: Archived Press Releases|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Press-Releases/922/Dark-Horse-Comics-presents-Samurai-Executioner-a-manga-masterwork-from-the-creators-of-Lone-Wolf-and-Cub|access-date=2021-03-15|website=Dark Horse Comics|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401083836/https://www.darkhorse.com/Press-Releases/922/Dark-Horse-Comics-presents-Samurai-Executioner-a-manga-masterwork-from-the-creators-of-Lone-Wolf-and-Cub|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 5: Black Wind by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/242423/lone-wolf-and-cub-volume-5-black-wind-by-kazuo-koike-goseki-kojima/9781621150701|access-date=2021-03-15|website=Penguin Random House Canada|language=English|archive-date=August 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810113357/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/242423/lone-wolf-and-cub-volume-5-black-wind-by-kazuo-koike-goseki-kojima/9781621150701|url-status=live}}</ref> One reviewer notes that Asaemon looks different in this appearance, apparently due to Ogami Ittō having been designed so similarly to the original Asaemon.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Mick|date=August 17, 2011|title=Review - Lone Wolf & Cub Vol. 5: Black Wind|url=http://www.superheroesetc.net/2011/08/review-lone-wolf-cub-vol-5-black-wind.html|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Superheroes, etc.|language=en|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127121616/http://www.superheroesetc.net/2011/08/review-lone-wolf-cub-vol-5-black-wind.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

====North America====
''Lone Wolf and Cub'' was initially released in North America in a translated English edition by [[First Comics]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-12-01|title=Lone Wolf and Cub Part 1: History and Influences|url=https://www.popmatters.com/116502-lone-wolf-and-cub-part-1-history-and-influences-2496129407.html|access-date=2020-11-06|website=PopMatters|language=en|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032056/https://www.popmatters.com/116502-lone-wolf-and-cub-part-1-history-and-influences-2496129407.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The monthly series of comic-book-sized issues featured covers by [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]], [[Bill Sienkiewicz]], [[Matt Wagner]], [[Mike Ploog]], and Ray Lago. Sales were initially strong but fell sharply as the company went into a general decline.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} First Comics shut down in 1991 without completing the series, publishing less than a third of the total series over 45 issues.

Starting in September 2000, [[Dark Horse Comics]] began to release an English translation of the full series in 28 smaller-sized trade paperback volumes with longer page-counts (from 260 to over 300 pages), similar to the volumes published in Japan. Dark Horse completed the presentation of the entire series, fully translated, with the publication of the 28th volume in December 2002. Dark Horse reused all of Miller's covers from the First Comics edition, as well as several done by Sienkiewicz, and commissioned Wagner, [[Guy Davis (comics)|Guy Davis]], and [[Vince Locke]] to produce new covers for several volumes of the collections. In October 2012, Dark Horse completed the release of all 28 volumes in digital format, as part of their "[[Dark Horse Comics#Dark Horse Digital|Dark Horse Digital]]" online service.

====Volumes====
{| style="width:90%;" class="wikitable"
|-
|valign = "top"|
1. The Assassin's Road<br/>
2. The Gateless Barrier<br/>
3. The Flute of the Fallen Tiger<br/>
4. The Bell Warden<br/>
5. Black Wind<br/>
6. Lanterns For the Dead<br/>
7. Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger
|valign = "top"|
8. Chains of Death<br/>
9. Echo of the Assassin<br/>
10. Hostage Child<br/>
11. Talisman of Hades<br/>
12. Shattered Stones<br/>
13. Moon in the East, Sun in the West<br/>
14. Day of the Demons
|valign = "top"|
15. Brothers of the Grass<br/>
16. Gateway Into Winter<br/>
17. The Will of the Fang<br/>
18. Twilight of the Kurokuwa<br/>
19. The Moon In Our Hearts<br/>
20. A Taste of Poison<br/>
21. Fragrance of Death
|valign = "top"|
22. Heaven & Earth<br/>
23. Tears of Ice<br/>
24. In These Small Hands<br/>
25. Perhaps in Death<br/>
26. Struggle in the Dark<br/>
27. Battle's Eve<br/>
28. The Lotus Throne
|}

====Dark Horse Omnibus collected editions====
[[File:Lone Wolf and Cub Dark Horse.jpg|thumb|Volumes 1 through 6 of the Dark Horse Omnibus]]
Starting in May 2013, Dark Horse began publishing their translated editions of ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' in value-priced Omnibus editions.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Vol.
!Volumes Collected
!ISBN
!Publication Date
|-
|1
|1, 2, 3*
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-134-6}}
|May 2013
|-
|2
|3*, 4, 5
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-135-3}}
|August 2013
|-
|3
|6, 7, 8*
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-200-8}}
|November 2013
|-
|4
|8*, 9, 10*
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-392-0}}
|April 2014
|-
|5
|10*, 11, 12
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-393-7}}
|July 2014
|-
|6
|13, 14, 15*
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-394-4}}
|October 2014
|-
|7
|15*, 16, 17*
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-569-6}}
|January 2015
|-
|8
|17*, 18, 19*
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-584-9}}
|April 2015
|-
|9
|19*, 20, 21*
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-585-6}}
|July 2015
|-
|10
|21*, 22, 23
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-806-2}}
|October 2015
|-
|11
|24, 25, 26*
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-807-9}}
|January 2016
|-
|12
|26*, 27, 28<ref name="Vol12">{{cite web|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/27-997/Lone-Wolf-and-Cub-Omnibus-Volume-12-TPB|title=Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 12 TPB|website=Dark Horse Comics|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032234/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/27-997/Lone-Wolf-and-Cub-Omnibus-Volume-12-TPB|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{ISBNT|978-1-61655-808-6}}
|April 2016
|}
Partial volumes collected in Omnibus form are marked with an asterisk (*).

====Sequels and follow-up series====
In 2002, a "reimagined" version of the story, ''Lone Wolf 2100'', was created by writer Mike Kennedy and artist Francisco Ruiz Velasco with Koike's indirect involvement. The story was a [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] take on the tale with several differences, such as a female cub and a worldwide setting: Daisy Ogami, daughter of a renowned scientist, and Itto, her father's cybernetic bodyguard and Daisy's subsequent protector, attempt to escape from the Cygnat Owari Corporation's schemes.

Dark Horse announced at the 2006 [[New York Comic Con]] that they had licensed ''[[New Lone Wolf and Cub]]'', Kazuo Koike and [[Hideki Mori]]'s follow-up to ''Lone Wolf and Cub'', starring Ogami Itto's son Daigoro, the famous child in the baby cart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/8289.html|title=Dark Horse to Double Manga Output in '06|date=February 27, 2006|website=[[ICv2]]|access-date=2009-10-26|archive-date=November 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108051155/http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/8289.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In this new series, which picks up immediately after the climactic battle of the original series, the bodies of Ogami Itto and Yagyu Retsudo are left lying on the beach with Daigoro left alone standing over his father's body (since no one, for political reasons, dares to bury either body or take charge of Daigoro). A bearded samurai, Tōgō Shigetada of the Satsuma clan and master of the ''[[Jigen-ryū]]'' style of swordsmanship (based on the actual historical personage Tōgō Shigetaka, creator of ''Jigen-ryū''), wanders onto the battlefield and assists Daigoro with the [[cremation]]/funeral of Ogami Itto and Yagyu Retsudo. Tōgō, who is on a training journey and also carries a ''dotanuki'' sword similar to Ogami's (and crafted by the same swordsmith), then assumes guardianship of Daigoro, including retrieving the baby cart and teaching/training Daigoro in ''Jigen-ryū''.

The two soon become enmeshed in a plot by the Shogunate conceived by the ruthless [[Matsudaira Nobutsuna]] and spearheaded by his chief henchman [[Mamiya Rinzō]] (also based on an actual historical character) to topple the Satsuma clan and assume control of that fiefdom's great wealth, using Tōgō as an unwitting pawn. When Tōgō discovers that he has been tricked and used, he and Daigoro embark on the road of ''meifumado'' in a quest to kill the Shogun (which would force Matsudaira out into the open). However, Rinzō, who is not only a master of disguise but also Matsudaira's natural son, may have an even more devious plan of his own, including subverting the Shogun's own ninja and using [[opium]] to ensnare and enslave the Shogun himself. This series also introduces non-Japanese characters into the plotlines. Dark Horse began publishing the follow-up series, ''New Lone Wolf and Cub'', in June 2014;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-998/New-Lone-Wolf-Cub-Volume-1-TPB|title=New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 1|website=Dark Horse Comics|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=December 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231202421/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-998/New-Lone-Wolf-Cub-Volume-1-TPB|url-status=live}}</ref> the eleventh and last volume was released in December 2016.

A second sequel series, titled {{lang|ja|そして――子連れ狼 刺客の子}} ({{ill|Soshite Kozure Ōkami: Shikaku no Ko|ja|そして - 子連れ狼 刺客の子|lt={{Transliteration|ja|Soshite Kozure Ōkami: Shikaku no Ko}}}}, {{lit|More Lone Wolf and Cub: Eyes of the Child}}), was serialized in {{ill|Koike Shoin|ja|小池書院}}{{'}}s manga magazine ''Jin'' from January 20, 2007,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:時代劇漫画 刃-JIN-: ０７年３月号発売中！|url=http://jidaigeki-jin.cocolog-nifty.com/jin/2007/01/post_a46c_1.html|website=Jidaigeki Manga Jin|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226162530/http://jidaigeki-jin.cocolog-nifty.com/jin/2007/01/post_a46c_1.html|archive-date=December 26, 2007|language=ja}}</ref> until the magazine's last issue, released on May 21, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:刃　休刊のお知らせ|url=http://jidaigeki-jin.cocolog-nifty.com/jin/2008/06/index.html|website=Jidaigeki Manga Jin|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002093809/http://jidaigeki-jin.cocolog-nifty.com/jin/2008/06/index.html|archive-date=October 2, 2008|language=ja|date=June 19, 2008}}</ref><ref name="JinEnds">{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Kazuo Koike's Jin Historical Manga Magazine Ends|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-06/kazuo-koike-jin-historical-manga-magazine-ends|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 31, 2023|date=June 6, 2008|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216052813/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-06/kazuo-koike-jin-historical-manga-magazine-ends|url-status=live}}</ref> The series resumed on {{ill|eBookJapan|ja|イーブックイニシアティブジャパン}}{{'}}s online manga magazine ''Katana'' on April 14, 2009,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:有料ウェブマガジンのニューカマー「KATANA」創刊|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/15171|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 31, 2023|language=ja|date=April 7, 2009|archive-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702233117/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/15171|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Lone Wolf and Cub Manga Resumes in Katana Web Mag|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-14/lone-wolf-and-cub-manga-resumes-in-katana-web-mag|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 31, 2023|date=April 14, 2009|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216051310/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-14/lone-wolf-and-cub-manga-resumes-in-katana-web-mag|url-status=live}}</ref> and finished on July 20, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:Web Magazine KATANA 31号|url=https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/113323/A000043606/|website=eBookJapan|access-date=December 31, 2023|language=ja|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231231082337/https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/113323/A000043606/|archive-date=December 31, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Five volumes were released by Koike Shoin from July 27, 2007,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『そして――子連れ狼 刺客の子』第１巻 発売！|url=http://www.koikekazuo.jp/cp-bin/blog/index.php?eid=92|website=Kazuo Koike's First Blog|publisher=Soeisha|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926071815/http://www.koikekazuo.jp/cp-bin/blog/index.php?eid=92|archive-date=September 26, 2007|language=ja|date=July 27, 2007}}</ref> to September 28, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【9月28日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/77263|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 31, 2023|language=ja|date=September 28, 2012|archive-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104071418/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/77263|url-status=live}}</ref> This series has not currently been translated into English.