(June 2009)

Viz, 2008 Series
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Price
12.99 USD; 15.00 CAD; 8.99 GBP
Pages
212
On-sale Date
2009-06-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Parental Advisory Explicit Content
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Brand
Viz Signature
ISBN
978-1-4215-1981-4 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781421519814
Editing
Mike Montesa

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Black Lagoon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Colors
?

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros
Reprints
  • from Black Lagoon Tankobon (Shogakukan Inc., 2002 series) #6

Crew Of The Black Lagoon (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Lagoon / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Dan Kanemitsu (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny
Synopsis
Picture of the Black Lagoon crew, with brief character descriptions.
Reprints

Greenback Jane, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
John Hunt (art touchups); 広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; 戸田 (Toda); Azuma
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Revy; Sister Eda; Brother Ricardo; Sister Yolanda; Janet "Greenback Jane" Bhai
Synopsis
On the run from local Roanapur mobsters, a professional counterfeiter known as Greenback Jane takes refuge in The Church Of Violence.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

Indexer Notes

In this story, we learn Revy's real first name is Rebecca.

Greenback Jane, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; John Hunt (art touchups); 戸田 (Toda); Azuma
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Sister Eda; Janet "Greenback Jane" Bhai; "Groovy Guy" Russell; Shenhua; Leigharch; Frederica "Sawyer The Cleaner" Sawyer; Claude "Torch" Weaver; Lotton "The Wizard"
Synopsis
The Church Of Violence sells Greenback Jane's location to the Cholos mob, who hire a squad of assassins to retrieve her and her valuable $100 U.S. currency plates.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

Greenback Jane, Part 3 (Table of Contents: 4)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; John Hunt (art touchups); 戸田 (Toda); Azuma
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Sister Eda; Janet "Greenback Jane" Bhai; "Groovy Guy" Russell; Shenhua; Leigharch; Frederica "Sawyer The Cleaner" Sawyer; Claude "Torch" Weaver; Lotton "The Wizard"
Synopsis
The Church Of Violence blackmails Greenback Jane into cooperating with them, then hires Rock and Revy to smuggle her out of Roanapur through the squad of assassins gunning for them.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

Greenback Jane, Part 4 (Table of Contents: 5)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; 戸田 (Toda); John Hunt (art touchups); Azuma
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny; Sister Eda; Janet "Greenback Jane" Bhai; "Groovy Guy" Russell; Shenhua; Frederica "Sawyer The Cleaner" Sawyer; Claude "Torch" Weaver; Lotton "The Wizard"
Synopsis
Rock escapes with Jane while Revy and Eda take on the assassin squad. But Sawyer The Cleaner manages to head Rock off.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

Greenback Jane, Part 5 (Table of Contents: 6)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; 戸田 (Toda); John Hunt (art touchups); Azuma
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny; Sister Eda; Janet "Greenback Jane" Bhai; "Groovy Guy" Russell; Shenhua; Frederica "Sawyer The Cleaner" Sawyer; Claude "Torch" Weaver; Lotton "The Wizard"
Synopsis
The Black Lagoon finally picks up Rock, Revy and their cargo. But Groovy Guy and Torch remain in pursuit.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

Greenback Jane, Part 6 (Table of Contents: 7)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; 戸田 (Toda); John Hunt (art touchups); Azuma
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny; Sister Eda; Janet "Greenback Jane" Bhai; "Groovy Guy" Russell; Claude "Torch" Weaver
Synopsis
Groovy Guy and Torch board the Black Lagoon. And romance blossoms between Jane and Benny.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerte, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 8)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; 戸田 (Toda); John Hunt (art touchups); Azuma
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Dutch; Benny; Diego Lovelace; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros; Garcia Lovelace; Major Shane Caxton
Synopsis
When the head of the Lovelace clan is assassinated, it sends their head maid Roberta into a single-minded obsession to track down and kill everyone responsible.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerte, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 9)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; 戸田 (Toda); John Hunt (art touchups); Azuma
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros; Fabiola Iglesias; Bao
Synopsis
Roberta tracks Major Caxton as far as Roanapur. Meanwhile, the Black Lagoon crew is contacted by Garcia Lovelace through his bodyguard, and Roberta's protege, Fabiola.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerte, Part 3 (Table of Contents: 10)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; 戸田 (Toda); John Hunt (art touchups); Azuma
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
adventure; crime
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny; Fabiola Iglesias; Bao
Synopsis
Fabiola runs afoul of some local gangsters and must demonstrate her skills.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

Summer Evening Spooky Story Contest (Table of Contents: 11)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; 戸田 (Toda); John Hunt (art touchups); Azuma
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
humor
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Captain "Balalaika" Vladilena; Yukio Washimine; Hansel; Gretel; Boris
Synopsis
Rock, Revy, Balalaika and Yukio exchange spooky stories to entertain Hansel and Gretel.
Reprints
  • from ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Editor's Notes / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Montesa
Pencils
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe)
Inks
広江礼威 (Rei Hiroe); Itako; 戸田 (Toda); John Hunt (art touchups); Azuma
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Editor Montesa provides background information on counterfeiting and on the traditional role of the maid in Japanese manga.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Black Lagoon
  2. 1. Crew Of The Black Lagoon
    Black Lagoon
  3. 2. Greenback Jane, Part 1
    Black Lagoon
  4. 3. Greenback Jane, Part 2
    Black Lagoon
  5. 4. Greenback Jane, Part 3
    Black Lagoon
  6. 5. Greenback Jane, Part 4
    Black Lagoon
  7. 6. Greenback Jane, Part 5
    Black Lagoon
  8. 7. Greenback Jane, Part 6
    Black Lagoon
  9. 8. El Baile De La Muerte, Part 1
    Black Lagoon
  10. 9. El Baile De La Muerte, Part 2
    Black Lagoon
  11. 10. El Baile De La Muerte, Part 3
    Black Lagoon
  12. 11. Summer Evening Spooky Story Contest
    Black Lagoon
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notes
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