Samurai: Yakuza's Revenge #2
Night Wynd, 1993, b&w.
1 Samurai: Yakuza's Revenge #2 cover A hidden garage in the islands of Japan: Koi gives Hotachi a super charged V8 interceptor, manual tranni, beefed up suspension, armored cockpit. A typhoon is coming, a storm Hotachi calls it. Gen calls Homer about Lee just before a storm disconnects them. The Yaks have a private wharf and ship drugs through a processing plant. They might have Lee there to insure Hotachi and Homer do not interfere. Yamaguchi Cove is across the island. Hotachi has to drive fast; Homer complains about his hemorrhoids. The vampire lord wants Hotachi to lead him to the Yakuza (why can't he find them himself?). The storm continues. A wizened old man and a young boy in a mask and cape with streamers on top wait (this is Fan). Here, Lee is delivered to them. Homer fires at the wharf thugs and hits a fuel line. A big man in a costume with horns or something (looks like an evil, mutated BATMAN or something) jumps at them and calls himself Scaramango and says, "I kill." When Homer is attacked by it, he gets clear and tells Hotachi, "I'm okay. Just got a sphincter that'll never unclench...watch out!" It seems to have two swords along its arms (and looks a bit like WOLVERINE) and skin like rock. Hotachi thinks the creature has been altered somehow. Kamakazi arrives, blowing it into the water. Homer says, "Kamakazi, you bitch! What are you doing here?" As they drive away, Homer and Kam trading insults, the creature, Scaramango climbs out of the water, impressing the vampire lord. On page 22 it looks like Bo, the villain of TEAM NIPPON, is there announcing the Yakuza's sonóFan has returned (it is not really clear but Fan is the son of the Yakuza?). Lee must fight Fan to the death. From the darkness, Commander Velvet Black tells Agent Randolf to quit screwing around. She has arrived. Randolf tells her that tomorrow he will kill Maire and take her power...making him the most powerful wizard in the world.

Backup story: "Dragonring part 2"