Dark Horse Comics is bringing Kazuo Koike the co-creator of Lone Wolf and Cub, Samurai Executioner, Lady Snowblood, Path of the Assassin, and Crying Freeman, to this year's San Diego Comic Con International. 

Mr. Koike's trip to San Diego will mark his first ever appearance at an American convention. 

Dark Horse has sold more than 1.3 million copies of Koike's manga.