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Golgo 13 (manga)

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Alternative title:
Golgo Thirteen
ゴルゴ13 (Japanese)
ゴルゴサーティーン (Japanese)
고르고 13 (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Duke Togo, or as he is more widely known, "Golgo 13", is a M16 bearing assassin who will take on any job for the right price. Anyone can hire him, including private citizens and world governments. If he's not bedding women he's infiltrating a hostile country, waiting hours for the perfect shot in the most extreme conditions. Golgo 13 is just as adept in the urban jungle. Those who deal with him must make sure not to cross the Duke or they might find themselves the target of his rifle.
User Ratings: 24 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (?:1, sub:1)
 Excellent: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Very good: 7 votes (Eng:5, sub:2)
 Good: 6 votes (Eng:5, dub:1)
 Decent: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 65 users, rank: #1222 (of 6718)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.083 (Good), std. dev.: 2.0599, rank: #2918 (of 7449)
Weighted mean: 7.131 (Good), rank: #3233 (of 7449) (seen all: 4.00 / seen some: 7.54 / won't finish: 5.73)
Bayesian estimate: 7.212 (Good+), rank: #2159 (of 3485)
Vintage:
1968-10 ("Big Comic" issue 1969-01, Serialization ongoing)
2006-02-07 (North America)
Release dates: We have 344
Official website:
Saito Production's Golgo 13 site (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
Golgo 13 GN 4 (Oct 8, 2006)
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Graphic novel
    Golgo 13 (GN 1) 2006-02-07 (from $65.77)
    Golgo 13 (GN 2) 2006-04-18 (from $32.47)
    Golgo 13 (GN 3) 2006-06-20
    Golgo 13 (GN 4) 2006-08-15 (from $7.99)
    Golgo 13 (GN 5) 2006-10-17 (from $79.90)
    Golgo 13 (GN 6) 2006-12-19 (from $7.99)
    Golgo 13 (GN 7) 2007-02-20 (from $9.99)
    Golgo 13 - Gravestone in Sicily (GN 8) 2007-04-17 (from $7.99)
    Golgo 13 (GN 9) 2007-06-19 (from $7.99)
    Golgo 13 (GN 10) 2007-08-21 (from $7.99)
    Golgo 13 (GN 11) 2007-10-16 (from $7.99)
    Golgo 13 (GN 12) 2007-12-18 (from $7.99)
    Golgo 13 (GN 13) 2008-02-19 (from $7.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Takao Saitō
Story:
Hajime Kimura
K. Motomitsu
Katsumi Iwasawa
Kazuo Koike
Kazuya Kudō
Kōichi Kokubun
Kunihiko Yokomizo
Kyōta Kita
Masahiko Matsumoto (as Tetsuya Suma)
Midori Natsu
Motohiko Izawa
Norio Hayashi
Takao Saitō (as Goro Oki)
Takashi Nagasaki (as Keishi Edogawa)
Tsutomu Miyazaki
Yoichi Funado (as Goro Sotoura)
Yuji Horii (as Ikkei Honda)

Assistant:
Fumiyasu Ishikawa
Hiromi Yamasaki
Kazuo Aoki
Kunihiko Yokomizo
Mikijirō Koura
Saburō Takemoto
Satomi Koe
Seisaku Kano
Takeshi Kanda
Yoshihide Fujiwara
Yū Koyama
(none)
Japanese companies
Production: Saito Production
Publisher:
LEED Publishing (Tankoubon)
Shogakukan (Serialization, Special Issue)
English cast
English staff
Executive Editor: Seiji Horibuchi
Retouch & Lettering: Mark McMurray
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
Online Distribution: JManga
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Publisher: Seoul Media Comics
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Glenat
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: Glénat España (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: J-Pop
Italian cast
(none)

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