Samurai Executioner (Trade Paperback, 2004)

Samurai Executioner is a ten-issue comic series published by Dark Horse Comics from 2004 to 2006. It adapts the Japanese manga Kubikiri Asa into a left-to-right reading format with black and white interiors and color covers. The story centers on a samurai tasked with carrying out official executions during Japan's Edo period, blending historical drama with moral complexity.