Issue: #2
Lord Asano is goaded into an assault by a corrupt court official in the Shogun’s palace, and then forced to commit seppuku! Learning that Asano was sentenced without a proper investigation, his retainers set in motion a plan to enact revenge on the official whose insults proved too much for Asano to bear.
Creators: L. Lois Buhalis, Tom Orzechowski, Lovern Kindzierski, Diana Schutz, Diana Schutz, Stan Sakai, Mike Richardson
Characters: Lady Asano, Lord Asano Naganori, Oishi Kuranosuke, The Woodcutters