Comic Book Haul: From Norse Mythology to Samurai Sagas

I returned David Lapham’s Stray Bullets Vol. 2: Somewhere Out West to the library and I couldn’t leave well enough alone and picked up Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell’s Norse Mythology, Volume 1, Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima’s Path of the Assassin, and Hiroshi Hirata’s The Legend of the Satsuma Samurai.

Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell give new kicks to Norse tales in Norse Mythology, Volume 1. Join the wild ride through the Nine Worlds, diving deep into Thor, Odin, Loki, and a Ragnarok showdown. From American Gods to The Sandman, Gaiman's at it again, now with Russell — diving into the mythos of Norse gods in a comic adaptation of Gaiman's hit novel! Bundles up issues #1-#6.

Koike and Kojima present the saga of ninja Hanzo Hattori and his allegiance to Tokugawa Ieyasu in Path of the Assassin. Love and loyalty in every turn. This unadulterated, classic-sized series is a prized gem in the samurai tales. The unaltered art in the original Japanese format ensures an authentic experience. A fifteen-volume epic and a Kill Bill nod.

Japan's fiercest samurai learns humility, toiling as a peasant on a crucial public project in The Legend of the Satsuma Samurai. The Satsuma province warriors drop pride, embrace change. Its survival, redefining roles in a besieged society.

I need to be stopped.