Whether
you're familiar with the original manga or Park Chan-wook's celebrated
2003 film adaptation, Oldboy is set to return in a new
collector's format. Dark Horse announced that the work written
by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi will
be published as a Deluxe Edition, distributed in two large
hardcover volumes.
The new
edition will feature lettering by Michael David Thomas and Kathryn
Renta, as well as translation by Kumar Sivasubramanian.
Notably, the manga won the Eisner Award in 2007 for Best U.S.
Edition of International Material.
Deluxe
Edition Dates & Details
The first
volume, entitled Oldboy Deluxe Edition: Book One,
compiles volumes 1 to 4 and will be released on January
6, 2026 in bookstores and on January 7 in specialty
stores (UTC+2). It will be 7" x 10" (approx. 17.8 x 25.4 cm) in size
and will have 848 pages.
The second
volume, Book Two, will include volumes 5 through 8 and
will be available on March 24, 2026 in bookstores and on
March 25 in comic book stores. Both volumes will retail for $69.99 each
and will feature noir-style covers with silver foil and an
integrated ribbon bookmark.
A story
of revenge and psychological mystery
In Oldboy
Deluxe Edition: Book One, we meet Shinichi Goto, a man who
was kidnapped for no apparent reason and locked up for ten years in a
private prison. Without knowing who held him or why, his only contact with
the outside world was a television. One day he is released without explanation,
drugged and abandoned in a park. Now, with his life in pieces, the only thing
left for him to do is seek revenge.
The Past
Never Dies: The Outcome of Oldboy
The story
continues in Book Two, where Goto follows the trail of his
captor in a desperate search for answers. However, what seemed like an act of
liberation could be just one more part of a twisted plan. As new
clues are revealed, Goto discovers that it could all be rooted in a childhood
grudge, unleashing a cruel game where the line between victim and
executioner is blurred. Will he be able to get justice or will he just fall
into another trap?
