Blade of the Immortal #1

Hiroaki Samura's acclaimed samurai series arrives in this 2002 German-language edition from Egmont Ehapa, opening with "Prolog: Verbrecher." The cover, drawn and inked by Samura himself, presents a lone swordsman in stark pencil-and-ink detail — his intense gaze fixed forward, one hand gripping the blade held close to his face in a moment of quiet, coiled focus. It's a striking, intimate introduction to a series whose artistry alone makes a compelling case for picking it up.