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Issue: Black Lagoon #8
Publication Date: October 2009
 
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Rating: Parental Advisory Explicit Content
Publisher: FlagViz
Brand: Viz Signature
Indicia Publisher: VIZ Media, LLC
On Sale Date: 10/13/2009
Volume: none
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781421527796
UPC/EAN: 9781421527796
Price: $16.99 CAD
£8.99 GBP
$12.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike Montesa
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 8"
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Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: ongoing series
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Rei Hiroe
?
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Fabiola Iglesias
Reprinting
from Black Lagoon Tankobon (Shogakukan Inc., 2002 series) #8
Miscellaneous
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Crew Of The Black Lagoon

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rei Hiroe; Dan Kanemitsu (translation)
Rei Hiroe
Rei Hiroe
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Dutch; Benny
Picture of the Black Lagoon crew, with brief character descriptions
Reprinting
FlagBlack Lagoon #3 published December 2008
was Crew Of The Black Lagoon [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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El Baile De La Muerte, Part 13

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Rei Hiroe
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Azuma; Toda; John Hunt (art retouching)
John Hunt
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Mr. Chang; Major Shane Caxton; Sister Eda; Captain "Balalaika" Vladilena
Mr. Chang tries to enlist the Church Of Violence and Hotel Moscow in an effort to extract Major Cazton's unit from Roanapur before Roberta can catch up to them, fearing U.S. military involvement in the area if she does.
Reprinting
from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?
Miscellaneous
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El Baile De La Muerte, Part 14

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Rei Hiroe
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Azuma; Toda; John Hunt (art retouching)
John Hunt
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros (flashback only); Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Mr. Chang; Major Shane Caxton; Abrego; Shenhua; Lotton "The Wizard"; Frederica "Sawyer The Cleaner" Sawyer; Captain "Balalaika" Vladilena; Mr. Bren; Filano
A Colombian drug lord hires an assassination squad to take out Roberta. Roberta, meanwhile, hires a Roanapur assassination squad to flush out Major Caxton's squad so she can take him out. Revy negotiates with Shenhua to take out both squads. And Major Caxton gets wind of the growing activity in the Roanapur underworld.
Reprinting
from Weekly GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?
Miscellaneous
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El Baile De La Muerte, Part 15

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Rei Hiroe
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Azuma; Toda; John Hunt (art retouching)
John Hunt
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros; Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Shenhua; Mr. Bren; Filano
Abrego's hit squad is lured into a fire fight with some of Major Caxton's men. Then Roberta opens fire on both squads.
Reprinting
from Weekly GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?
Miscellaneous
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El Baile De La Muerte, Part 16

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Rei Hiroe
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Azuma; Toda; John Hunt (art retouching)
John Hunt
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros; Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Major Shane Caxton; Shenhua; Lotton "The Wizard"; Frederica "Sawyer The Cleaner" Sawyer
Revy enters the fire fight, accompanied by Shenhua, Sawyer The Cleaner and Lotton The Wizard. Meanwhile, Mr. Bren's squad begins to suspect that they've been lied to.
Reprinting
from Weekly GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?
Miscellaneous
20
El Baile De La Muerte, Part 17

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Rei Hiroe
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Azuma; Toda; John Hunt (art retouching)
John Hunt
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Mr. Chang; Shenhua; Lotton "The Wizard"; Frederica "Sawyer The Cleaner" Sawyer
Rock and Mr. Chang disagree on whether to abort the mission. And Revy has a disagreement with Fabiola over tactics.
Reprinting
from Weekly GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?
Miscellaneous
20
El Baile De La Muerte, Part 18

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Rei Hiroe
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Azuma; Toda; John Hunt (art retouching)
John Hunt
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros; Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Major Shane Caxton; Abrego; Shenhua; Lotton "The Wizard"; Frederica "Sawyer The Cleaner" Sawyer
The firefight devolves into chaos with all participants fighting each other and Roberta picking off targets as she pleases.
Reprinting
from Weekly GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?
Miscellaneous
20
El Baile De La Muerte, Part 19

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Rei Hiroe
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Azuma; Toda; John Hunt (art retouching)
John Hunt
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Revy; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros; Garcia Lovelace; Fabiola Iglesias; Major Shane Caxton
Garcia abandons the others when he spots Roberta in an attempt to reason with her. Abrego's squad closes in on Roberta, placing her and Garcia in mortal danger.
Reprinting
from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?
Miscellaneous
20
El Baile De La Muerte, Part 20

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Rei Hiroe
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Azuma; Toda; John Hunt (art retouching)
John Hunt
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros; Garcia Lovelace
Watching Roberta violently kill an assassin sends Garcia into shock. Finding Garcia tips Roberta, already overdosed on amphetamines, into a delusional state and she threatens to kill Garcia to prove he is a drug-induced hallucination.
Reprinting
from Weekly GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?
Miscellaneous
20
El Baile De La Muerte, Part 21

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rei Hiroe; Joe Yamazaki (translation)
Rei Hiroe
Rei Hiroe; Itako; Azuma; Toda; John Hunt (art retouching)
John Hunt
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Black Lagoon
Rokoru "Rock" Okajima; Rosarita "Roberta" Tisneros; Garcia Lovelace; Major Shane Caxton; Sister Eda; Captain "Balalaika" Vladilena
Major Caxton rescues Garcia from Roberta. Sister Eda negotiates with Rock over hiring the Black Lagoon to extricate Major Caxton from Roanapur. And Balalaika prepares to enter the fray.
Reprinting
from Sunday GX Comics (Shogakukan Inc., 2000 series) #?
Miscellaneous
16
Loser's Horizon

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Rei Hiroe
typeset
Subject Matter
Interview with Rei Hiroe and Gen Urobuchi, author of the Black Lagoon light novel "Shaitan Bahti". The interview is illustrated by two pencil sketches by Hiroe, including one that was turned into the cover of this volume.
Reprinting
from Black Lagoon: Shaitan Bahti (Shogakukan, 2008 series) #nn
Miscellaneous
4
Editor's Note

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Montesa
typeset
Subject Matter
Editor Montesa gives the reader some background history on some of the weapons and tactics used in the "El Baile De La Muerte" storyline.
Reprinting
 
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