TY - BOOK AU - Buronson, AU - Hara,Tetsuo AU - Yamazaki,Joe AU - Hunt,John TI - Fist of the North Star T2 - Viz signature SN - 9781974721566 AV - PN6790.J33 B87713 2021 U1 - 741.5/952 23 PY - 2021///] CY - San Francisco, CA PB - Viz Media, LLC KW - Martial arts KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Violence KW - Oppression (Psychology) KW - Heroes KW - Nuclear warfare KW - Young adult fiction KW - Action and adventure comics KW - lcgft KW - Apocalyptic comics KW - Graphic novels KW - Dystopian comics KW - Comics (Graphic works) N1 - Originally published as Hokuto no ken ultimate edition, (c)1983; Reads from right to left; Rated T+, older teen N2 - In a postapocalyptic world, humanity has risen from the ashes of all-out nuclear war to a nightmare of endless suffering. It is a time of chaos. Warlords and gangs of savage marauders rule the broken ruins of civilization, terrorizing and enslaving the survivors. Life has become a brutal struggle for existence and death the only release. One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people -- a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star! ER -