The Next Dark Horse Manga To Receive The Deluxe Edtion Treatment Revealed

Lone Wolf & Cub As Never Seen Before

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 utilise 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 9 December 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.

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 honour. 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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About Dark Horse Comics 

Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson with the goal of creating a welcoming environment for comics professionals. The company strives to be an example of how integrity and innovation can broaden a unique storytelling medium and transform a company with humble beginnings into an industry giant. Dark Horse has published modern masters such as Yoshitaka Amano, Margaret Atwood, Brian Michael Bendis, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Colleen Doran, Janet Evanovich, Dave Gibbons, Faith Erin Hicks, Kazuo Koike, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Kentaro Miura, Moebius, Chuck Palahniuk, Eric Powell, Stan Sakai, and Gerard Way, as well as Hall of Fame legends Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Richard Corben. The company also set the industry standard for quality licensed comics, graphic novels, collectibles, and art books, based on properties such as Star Wars, Stranger Things, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Dragon Age, James Cameron’s Avatar, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect, The Witcher, and Halo. Dark Horse established an entertainment division in 1989, finding success with company-owned projects The Mask and TimeCop. Current hits from Dark Horse Entertainment include The Umbrella Academy on Netflix and Resident Alien on SyFy. Additionally, Dark Horse has a long tradition of establishing new creative talent throughout all of its divisions.

In 2022, Dark Horse Media, LLC was established as the parent company of all three divisions, and became part of Embracer Group AB, strengthening the company’s transmedia capabilities.