Blade of the Immortal (1996) comic books 1998
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Issue #18
Published Jan 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Dreamsong: Part 7 of 7 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. It's the final showdown between Makie and Manji, but this time the immortal swordsman has met his match. When the dust settles, it is Manji who has fallen, and Rin who has to come to his aid. Now his life hangs on Rin's answer to Makie's question: is it right to kill for vengeance? Will Rin come up with the right answer? 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #19
Published Mar 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Rin's Bane: Part 1 of 2 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Having been spared by Makie, Manji resolves to begin training Rin as a warrior. Following their first session, Manji leaves Rin alone. But the girl is not so for long; Anotsu appears, providing Rin with the long-awaited opportunity to avenge her parents' murder at Anotsu's hand. But is her training and passion enough to destroy one of the most feared swordsmen in the world? 48 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #20
Published Apr 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Rin's Bane: Part 2 of 2 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Rin has finally tracked down Kagehisa Anotsu. But she is all alone against one of Japan's greatest swordsmen, with just her puny throwing knives to help her. Should she wait for Manji to ride to the rescue? Or should she seize the chance to face her parents' murderer? The choice is victory or death... 48 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #21
Published May 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
On Silent Wings: Part 1 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. It's festival time, but Rin's spirits are heavy as she cannot forget Anotsu's last admonition to her -- in her quest to kill him, she is becoming more like him. Meanwhile, Manji meets a mask maker whose own benign visage may prove to reveal a lethal interior. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #22
Published Jun 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
On Silent Wings: Part 2 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Manji's face to face with another deadly Itto-Ryu swordsman. But can Rin bring herself to let the killing begin? Araya Kawakami is a man of many masks, and one of those identities is that of the father to Renzo, Rin's new friend. If Rin and Manji kill the boy's father, Kagehisa Anotsu will be right: in her quest for vengeance, she becomes more and more like her sworn enemy. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #23
Published Jul 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
On Silent Wings: Part 3 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. When a country Samurai finds himself insulted by the impertinent young Renzo, son of an Itto-Ryu killer, Rin is forced to swallow her pride in hopes of saving the boy's life. Her greatest challenge comes later, however, when a grateful Renzo wants to bring Rin home to meet his father -- an Itto-ryu assassin! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #24
Published Aug 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
On Silent Wings: Part 4 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Rin saves Renzo's life. And in reward, she finds herself face to face with one of the men who raped her mother! Araya Kawakami may have hidden his true identity from his own son, but Rin knows who the mask maker really is. He's a brutal murderer, and at the same time, he's still a devoted father. All the troubled Rin wants from Araya is an apology for the evil he's done in the past. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #25
Published Sep 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
On Silent Wings: Part 5 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Rin has told Araya Kawakami the story of her mother's brutal rape. And from the mask maker's stony face, it's clear that he knows as well as she does, that he's the man who led the vicious assault. Yet now that she's sitting across from him while his innocent young son Renzo is out buying tea for the "honored guest," Rin doesn't want vengeance or blood. All she wants is an apology, and an end to the killing. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #26
Published Oct 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
On Silent Wings: Part 6 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Araya the mask maker would do anything to protect the secret of his bloody past from his trusting son, Renzo. Alone with Rin, the woman who knows first-hand of his secret life, Araya has the chance to bury his secret with her forever. But first he must deal with Manji. 48 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #27
Published Nov 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
On Silent Wings: Part 7 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Rin said she wanted an apology from her mother's rapist, not bloody vengeance that would leave his son an orphan. But Araya the mask maker decided that a battle to the death was the only way to prevent his son Renzo from finding out about his father's brutal past. Now Rin and Manji are in a fight for survival. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #28
Published Dec 1998 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
On Silent Wings: Part 8 of 8 - Story and art by Hiroaki Samura. Araya is dead. Despite Rin's attempts to deal with her mother's murderer peacefully, Araya chose a fight to the death, rather than risk his son finding out about his father's bloody past. But the battle is not over. His son, Renzo stumbles upon the death scene and vows that he will not rest until his father's death is avenged. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.95.
