Ronin (DC Comics)
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Ronin Book One
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Every six weeks |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | July 1983 – August 1984 |
| Number of issues | 6 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Frank Miller |
| Artist(s) | Frank Miller |
| Letterer(s) | John Costanza |
| Colorist(s) | Lynn Varley |
| Creator(s) | Frank Miller |
| Editor(s) | Frank Miller |
| Collected editions | |
| Absolute Ronin | ISBN |
Ronin (formally written as Rōnin) is a comic book limited series published between 1983 and 1984, by DC Comics. The series was written and drawn by Frank Miller with artwork painted by Lynn Varley. It takes place in a dystopic near-future New York City in which a ronin is reincarnated. The six-issue work shows some of the strongest influences of manga and bande dessinée on Miller's style, both in the artwork and narrative style.
The ideas for Ronin came together while Miller was doing extensive research into kung fu movies, martial arts, samurai comic books and samurai ethics for his work on Daredevil. He remarked that "[T]he aspect of the samurai that intrigues me most is the ronin, the masterless samurai, the fallen warrior. ... This entire project comes from my feelings that we, modern men, are ronin. We're kind of cut loose. I don't get the feeling from the people I know, the people I see on the street, that they have something greater than themselves to believe in. Patriotism, religion, whatever — they've all lost their meaning for us".
Ronin was in part inspired by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's manga series Kozure Ōkami. (Though Kozure Ōkami would receive an English localization several years later as Lone Wolf and Cub, at the time Miller could not read the text and had to rely on the artwork for his understanding of the story.) According to former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, Ronin was originally slated to be released as part of Marvel's Marvel Graphic Novel series. Ultimately, however, Miller was persuaded by publisher Jenette Kahn that DC Comics would give him as much freedom as he desired for the series, and the first issue of Ronin was published by that company in 1983.
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