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Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Manga in the 80's Pt. 17

A potter by trade
Freeman was snatched off the street in Japan by the Chinese Triad
(Mafia) called the "108 Dragons" and subjected to drugs,
acupuncture and hypnosis to bend his will to serve as an assassin
and their puppet, from then on he's only release of emotion is that
he sheds tears after he kills each of his targets.
To denote his affiliation to the "108 Dragons" his body is extensively covered in a single tattoo of an Oriental Dragon (in a style similar to the Japanese Yakuza).
To denote his affiliation to the "108 Dragons" his body is extensively covered in a single tattoo of an Oriental Dragon (in a style similar to the Japanese Yakuza).

With the label “For mature
readers only” you would be forgiven to think that the nudity and
violence is only for titillation but with story written by Koike who
brought us “Lone Wolf and Cub” and Ikegami
who's artwork was first introduced to us from "Mai, the Psychic
Girl" we find the adult themes delt with in a such superior
maner then bulk of western comic-books in dealing with how the
charcters interact, and in thier relayshionships that are turly
human.
Crying
Freeman sets the standard not only for the gangster genre, but for
comic-books speaking to a mature audience.
[Note:
Crying Freeman Part One #1-8 (Oct1989 - May1990); Part Two #1-9 (1990
– 1991); Part Three #1-10 (1991- 1992); Part Four #1-8 (Mar 1992-
Oct 1992); Part Five #1-11 (Nov 1992- Sep 1993).]
[Note: From my own
collection issues that I've found start at Part 2 issue #1 onwards.
The 8 issues of Part One that are printed in B&W elude me!]
[Note: Crying freeman:
Part four issues #1-3 were printed in colour from March 92 to May 92,
then issues #4-8 were printed in Blank 'n' White spanning June 92 to
October 92. Originally Part four was to be printed in Colour to run 7
issues from March 92 to September 92.]
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