(August 2009)

Viz, 2008 Series
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Price
12.99 USD; 15.00 CAD; 8.99 GBP
Pages
204
On-sale Date
2009-08-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Parental Advisory Explicit Content
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Brand
Viz Signature
ISBN
978-1-4215-2456-6 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781421524566
Editing
Mike Montesa

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Black Lagoon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Sister Eda
Reprints
  • from Black Lagoon Tankobon (Shogakukan Inc., 2002 series) #7

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

Black Lagoon / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

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

El Baile De La Muerta, Part 4 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Toda; Azuma; John Hunt (art retouching)
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros (flashback only); Fabiola Iglesias; Bao; Gustavo
Synopsis
Fabiola takes out most of the local thugs in Bao's bar, plus a good portion of Bao's bar.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerta, Part 5 (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Toda; Azuma; John Hunt (art retouching)
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny; Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Mr. Chang; Bao; Gustavo; Biu
Synopsis
Fabiola takes the Lagoon crew to meet with Garcia. But Mr. Chang decides it prudent to be in the meeting as well.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerta, Part 6 (Table of Contents: 4)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Toda; Azuma; John Hunt (art retouching)
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros (flashback only); Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Major Shane Caxton (picture only); Mr. Chang
Synopsis
Garcia explains the link between Major Caxton and the Venezuelan political group that had the head of the Lovelace family killed.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerta, Part 7 (Table of Contents: 5)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Toda; Azuma; John Hunt (art retouching)
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros (flashback only); Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Mr. Chang; Major Marcos Jose Luciendez (flashback only); Col. Simon Dickens (flashback only)
Synopsis
Through flashbacks, Roberta is shown violently piecing her way through the gang of assassins one by one to track down Major Caxton.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerta, Part 8 (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Toda; Azuma; John Hunt (art retouching)
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny; Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Mr. Chang; Biu
Synopsis
Garcia and Mr. Chang convince Rock to try to track down and stop Roberta before she kills Major Caxton, which might trigger United States military intervention in Roanapur.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerta, Part 9 (Table of Contents: 7)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Toda; Azuma; John Hunt (art retouching)
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Benny; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros (flashback only); Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Major Shane Caxton; Bao; Sister Eda; Captain "Balalaika" Vladilena; Boris
Synopsis
Rock and Benny, accompanied by Garcia and Fabiola, begin questioning the denizens of Roanapur looking for leads to Roberta.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerta, Part 10 (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Toda; Azuma; John Hunt (art retouching)
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Benny; Mr. Chang; Sister Eda; Sister Yolanda; Captain "Balalaika" Vladilena; Tomaso Abrego
Synopsis
The Triad heads meet to formulate a course of action concerning the impending clash between Roberta and Major Caxton's special forces unit.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerta, Part 11 (Table of Contents: 9)

Black Lagoon / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Toda; Azuma; John Hunt (art retouching)
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros; Yukio Washimine (flashback only)
Synopsis
Rock tries to convince Revy to help him track down Roberta. Meanwhile Roberta, spurred on by amphetamines and obsession, begins to descend into madness.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

El Baile De La Muerta, Part 12 (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Toda; Azuma; John Hunt (art retouching)
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros; Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Praiyachat; Toh Chi; Richie Leroy
Synopsis
Roberta's trail leads through some of Roanapur's more infamous gun runners.
Reprints
  • from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?

Viva! Youth! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Pencils
Rei Hiroe
Inks
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Toda; Azuma; John Hunt (art retouching)
Letters
John Hunt

Genre
humor
Characters
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Benny; Mr. Chang; Bao; Sister Yolanda; Sister Eda; Shenhua; Captain "Balalaika" Vladilena; Boris
Synopsis
Rock gets a glimpse of everyone he knows as they were in high school.
Reprints
  • from ?
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Black Lagoon
  2. 1. Crew Of The Black Lagoon
    Black Lagoon
  3. 2. El Baile De La Muerta, Part 4
    Black Lagoon
  4. 3. El Baile De La Muerta, Part 5
    Black Lagoon
  5. 4. El Baile De La Muerta, Part 6
    Black Lagoon
  6. 5. El Baile De La Muerta, Part 7
    Black Lagoon
  7. 6. El Baile De La Muerta, Part 8
    Black Lagoon
  8. 7. El Baile De La Muerta, Part 9
    Black Lagoon
  9. 8. El Baile De La Muerta, Part 10
    Black Lagoon
  10. 9. El Baile De La Muerta, Part 11
    Black Lagoon
  11. 10. El Baile De La Muerta, Part 12
    Black Lagoon
  12. 11. Viva! Youth!
    Black Lagoon
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore