The Next Dark Horse Manga to Receive Deluxe Editions Revealed: Lone Wolf & Cub
MILWAUKIE, Ore., (June 26, 2025)— The popular Deluxe Editions of Dark Horse Manga titles have captured the enthusiasm of manga and graphic novel fans across the globe. Now, Dark Horse Manga presents the highly anticipated Lone Wolf & Cub Deluxe Editions, which will present the beloved series in stunning, oversized hardcover volumes, displaying the classic tale at a larger size. Created by the samurai genre-defining team of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, the Lone Wolf & Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1 arrives in December 2025, with additional volumes to follow. Translated by Dana Lewis with lettering by Studio Cutie, the deluxe editions feature the story in its original right-to-left reading format, with original Japanese sound effects.
In Lone Wolf and Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1:
Ōgami Ittō, once the shogun's executioner, has fallen from grace after false accusations by a rival clan. With his wife murdered and with his three-year-old son to protect, he chooses the path of the ronin, the masterless samurai. Together, the lone wolf and his cub wander feudal Japan. All roads will lead them to a single destination—vengeance.
Lone Wolf and Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1 collects the stories presented in the Dark Horse paperback collections Lone Wolf and Cub Volumes 1 and 2, and stories from Volume 3, now updated to utilize the original right-to-left format materials. Lone Wolf and Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 2 collects stories from Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 3 and Lone Wolf and Cub Volumes 4 and 5.
Experience a true classic, Lone Wolf and Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1, when the 720-page (7” x 10”) hardcover arrives in bookstores on December 9, 2025 and comic shops on December 10, 2025 for $54.99. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop. Visit Comic Shop Locator or Bookshop.org for more details and stores near you.
Lone Wolf and Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 2 (hardcover, 720 pages, 7” x 10”) arrives in bookstores on March 24, 2026 and comic shops on March 25, 2026 for $54.99. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop. Visit Comic Shop Locator or Bookshop.org for more details and stores near you.
Praise for Lone Wolf and Cub:
“The storytelling is patient and kind. Pages of beautiful artwork and zero dialogue. People walking through the landscape, looking into the sun. It makes the world feel that much more real and the tension that much more profound.”—Fanbase Press
“A classic in every sense of the word. Strongly recommended for fans of historical epics and essential for all graphic novel collections.”—Library Journal
“It's a manly man's story, full of blood, sex, and grim discussions of the nature of honor. Yet there is beauty and humanity to be found within its pages, and it's those moments that justify its status as a classic.”—Manga Test Drive
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