Wounded Man

    (ComicsOne, 2002)
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A hyper-muscled ex-football star, Keisuke Ibaraki makes He-Man look like a shrinking violet. Traveling the world over, he has long sought vengeance upon GPX, an international X-rated mafia studio that murdered his high-school sweetheart and has since killed two more of his girlfriends. Of course, skilled in the arts of martial combat and of love, this Wounded Man gives as well as he gets.

In this series finale, Keisuke and his latest female companion agree to fight mano-a-mano with two hulking ex-Green Berets on a sinking aircraft carrier. At stake are secret tapes that reveal the identity of GPX’s head honcho! After his long trek, can Keisuke crack this CIA conspiracy?

Written by Kazuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub) and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami (Sanctuary), this is a 1980s pornographic spin on Crying Freeman (if you can believe that). Koike and Ikegami have been a great team creating other multinational spy whodunits. But, over the top in violence, sex, and S&M, this is one meandering manga that prizes titillation at all costs.

— Oliver Chin
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June, 2002
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1 copy available for $44.99 		Kazuo KoikeRyoichi Ikegami