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1983 to 1988

Created by
Buronson

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Cover of Fist of the North Star

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Fist of the North Star.

北斗の拳

Fist of the North Star (Japanese: 北斗の拳, Hepburn: Hokuto no Ken; lit. 'Fist of the Big Dipper') is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump for 245 issues published from 1983 to 1988 and collected in 27 tankōbon volumes under the Jump Comics imprint. Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth after a nuclear war, the story centers on a warrior named Kenshiro, the successor to a deadly martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, which gives him the ability to kill his opponents by striking their vital points, often resulting in an exceptionally violent and gory death.

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Type
manga series
Country
Japan
Published
1983 to 1988
Publisher
Jump Comics
Appeared in
Weekly Shōnen Jump
Language
Japanese

Run

In print
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Fist of the North Star, in three panels

  1. 1983. Fist of the North Star begins in Japan.

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