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written by Andy Diggle with pencils by Leinil Francis Yu and inks by

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Plot

Tokyo, A.D. 2063: the Yakuza warlord Hideaki has seized total control of Honshū's underworld while ruthlessly crushing all opposition. But his true dream is the overthrow of the government itself. Japan's hard-line military junta will do anything to stop him and they have found the ultimate pawn to set their plan in motion: Renjiro, the chief advisor to the notorious gangster. Caught between a lifetime of honor and loyalty to his Yakuza clan and the iron-fisted might of the military elite, Renjiro will find that the only way to stop a civil war and avoid total annihilation is to play both sides against the middle.

Publication

Released as a 6 issue mini-series in 2005 and collected as a trade paperback: *''Silent Dragon'' (with Andy Diggle, Leinil Francis Yu and

, DC, 6 issue mini-series, 2005, tpb, 144 pages, 2006 )

External links

DC page for the trade paperback

6 page PDF preview

Interviews

Interview with Andy Diggle about the series

Reviews

Review of ''Silent Dragon'' #1
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Another review

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