Ronin [1st Printing]
([October] 1987)

DC, 1987 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
12.95 USD; 17.25 CAD
Pages
306
On-sale Date
1987-06-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
ISBN
0-930289-21-8 Search at WorldCat
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Barry Marx (credited) (editor - collected edition); Frank Miller (credited) (editor - original series)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
cardstock cover
Binding
softcover
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #41.

A double fold-out page in Chapter Six accounts for the odd total page count.

Ninth printing available July 17, 2013; tenth printing available April 9, 2014; and eleventh printing available March 18, 2015 (per comiclist.com).
This issue has variants:

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Ronin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Miller (credited) (signed as FM)
Inks
Frank Miller (credited) (signed as FM)
Colors
?
Genre
martial arts; science fiction
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Frank Miller's Rōnin (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Title page.

[Publishing Data] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

Creative Credits (Table of Contents: 4)

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Introduction (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Rovin (credited)
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typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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Chapter One (Table of Contents: 7)

Ronin / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller (credited)
Pencils
Frank Miller (credited)
Inks
Frank Miller (credited)
Colors
Lynn Varley (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Genre
martial arts; science fiction
Characters
Lord Ozaki; Agat (demon); Virgo; Mr. Learnid; Casey McKenna; Billy Challas
Synopsis
When Lord Ozaki is killed, a young samurai becomes ronin to protect the Lord's magic sword. Ronin and the demon Agat battle thru time to a post-apocalyptic New York.
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Chapter Two (Table of Contents: 8)

Ronin / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller (credited)
Pencils
Frank Miller (credited)
Inks
Frank Miller (credited)
Colors
Lynn Varley (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Genre
martial arts; science fiction
Characters
Gibbons; Casey McKenna; Virgo; Lou; Billy Challas; Gert; Laverne; Agat; Packrat; Taggart; Mr. Learnid
Synopsis
The ronin, in the body of Billy, awakes in the city where he searches for his sword.
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Chapter Three (Table of Contents: 9)

Ronin / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller (credited)
Pencils
Frank Miller (credited)
Inks
Frank Miller (credited)
Colors
Lynn Varley (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Genre
martial arts; science fiction
Characters
Casey McKenna; Virgo; Taggart; Mr. Learnid; Billy Challas; Peter McKenna; McDonnell; Jagger; Silk
Synopsis
Ronin ends up in the middle of a gang war while Casey McKenna leads an Aquarius search team to locate him.
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Chapter Four (Table of Contents: 10)

Ronin / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller (credited)
Pencils
Frank Miller (credited)
Inks
Frank Miller (credited)
Colors
Lynn Varley (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Genre
martial arts; science fiction
Characters
Casey McKenna; Billy Challas; Johnson; Simmons; Taggart; Mr. Learnid; Mr. Koike; Peter McKenna; Virgo; Gibbons; McDonnel
Synopsis
Ronin rescues Casey from cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers while Peter McKenna discovers the truth behind Taggart's sudden personality changes.
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Chapter Five (Table of Contents: 11)

Ronin / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller (credited)
Pencils
Frank Miller (credited)
Inks
Frank Miller (credited)
Colors
Lynn Varley (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Genre
martial arts; science fiction
Characters
Casey McKenna; Taggart; Billy Challas; Virgo; Peter McKenna; Sandy; Mr. Kojima; Mr. Learnid
Synopsis
Ronin and Casey are attacked by Virgo's new robot war machines.
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Chapter Six (Table of Contents: 12)

Ronin / comic story / 56 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller (credited)
Pencils
Frank Miller (credited)
Inks
Frank Miller (credited)
Colors
Lynn Varley (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Genre
martial arts; science fiction
Characters
Billy Challas; Casey McKenna; Peter McKenna; Virgo; Taggart; Poulos; Nixon; Sylvie; Pete; Mr. Learnid; Sandy
Synopsis
Casey and Billy have their final showdown with Virgo.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Rōnin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Ronin
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Frank Miller's Rōnin
  4. 3. [Publishing Data]
  5. 4. Creative Credits
  6. 5. Introduction
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. Chapter One
    Ronin
  9. 8. Chapter Two
    Ronin
  10. 9. Chapter Three
    Ronin
  11. 10. Chapter Four
    Ronin
  12. 11. Chapter Five
    Ronin
  13. 12. Chapter Six
    Ronin
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Rōnin
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  • Ralf Haring
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Andrew S. Troth
  • Jim Van Dore
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