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Kengo Hanazawa's award-winning series comes to Dark Horse, and this realistically-drawn international bestseller takes us from initial small battles for survival to a huge, body-horror epidemic that threatens all of humanity! These special omnibus volumes will collect two of the original Japanese books into each Dark Horse edition and include all of the color pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Probably the greatest zombie manga ever.\" --Jason Thompson (Manga- The Complete Guide)\u003cbr\u003eKengo Hanazawa, born January 5, 1974, is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for \u003ci\u003eRessentiment \u003c\/i\u003eand was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for \u003ci\u003eI Am a Hero\u003c\/i\u003e. His series \u003ci\u003eBoys on the Run\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a live action film in 2010. He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's (\u003ci\u003eKasai no Hito\u003c\/i\u003e) assistant. 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In a \"suicide forest\" that winds up being just as dangerous as the city, Hideo finds a young girl who needs help and who could also help \u003ci\u003ehim\u003c\/i\u003e more than he realizes! The zombie apocalypse has never been more surreal! Collects the original Japanese\u003ci\u003e I Am a Hero Japanese \u003c\/i\u003evolumes 3 and 4.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\"\u003ci\u003eI Am a Hero\u003c\/i\u003e is probably the greatest zombie manga ever. It has the slow buildup of a psychological horror manga, but when the zombies hit, they hit hard, and the manga accelerates into volumes-long fight-or-flight sequences that seem like they'll never stop.\" -Jason Thompson (\u003ci\u003eManga- The Complete Guide\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eKengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. 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Collecting two of the original Japanese volumes into each Dark Horse edition, this value-priced excursion into the world's weirdest zombie apocalypse is not to be missed!\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\"I Am a Hero is probably the greatest zombie manga ever. It has the slow buildup of a psychological horror manga, but when the zombies hit, they hit hard, and the manga accelerates into volumes-long fight-or-flight sequences that seem like they'll never stop.\" -Jason Thompson (\u003ci\u003eManga- The Complete Guide\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\"...an amazing story that puts it firmly in my Must Read list of manga. If you like zombie stories and are curious as to what other countries might have to offer to the genre, trust me when I say, you do not want to skip this one.\"\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003e-Kotaku\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003eSeries Overview-\u003c\/b\u003e Collects original Japanese \u003ci\u003eI Am a Hero\u003c\/i\u003e volumes 5 and 6.\u003cbr\u003eKengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for his graphic novel \u003ci\u003eRessentiment\u003c\/i\u003e and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for \u003ci\u003eI Am a Hero\u003c\/i\u003e. His series \u003ci\u003eBoys on the Run\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a live action film in 2010. He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's assistant. 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Now a major motion picture, this hit manga series is presented in a deluxe omnibus format, collecting two of the original Japanese volumes into each Dark Horse edition. Don't miss this value-priced excursion into the world's weirdest zombie apocalypse!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries Overview-\u003c\/b\u003e Collects \u003ci\u003eI Am a Hero\u003c\/i\u003e original Japanese volumes 7 and 8.\u003cbr\u003eKengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for his graphic novel \u003ci\u003eRessentiment\u003c\/i\u003e and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for \u003ci\u003eI Am a Hero\u003c\/i\u003e. His series \u003ci\u003eBoys on the Run\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a live action film in 2010. He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's assistant. 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