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1946: Amidst so many dead in the postwar ruins of Japan, the brutal murder of five members of the same family still has the power to shock--and even more so 29 years later, when the unsolved crime may reveal the origins of Duke Togo! Then, the 2000 U.S. presidential election comes down to a handful of recounted ballots in Florida. But the decisive vote will be cast by a bullet from Golgo 13! Plus, FILE 13 concludes VIZ Media's edition of Golgo 13 with an afterword from the Japanese and American editors of the series!

1984: A year before Chernobyl, Golgo 13 is hired straight from a mission of death to carry out a mission of mercy: prevent the meltdown of a reactor that could render Los Angeles uninhabitable for 25,000 years! Then, in 1987, a lonely road in Nevada is the site of a surprising duel involving Golgo, in one of creator Takao Saito's personal favorite stories.

This volume's FILE 13 introduces you at last to Mr. Saito himself, in part one of an extensive interview!

1993: When a spy satellite records a clandestine desert rendezvous, the true meaning of which could shift the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, who can be trusted to see the details: the satellite's designer or Golgo 13? Then, in 1977, a wealthy, respectable, middle-aged California millionaire can't live with the fact that his beautiful young bride is a fugitive student radical, and someone must die for his discontent! Plus, FILE 13 takes you inside the Golgo 13 live-action films of the 1970s, starring yakuza-movie greats Ken Takakura and Sonny Chiba!

1996: Okinawa, Japan's smallest prefecture, holds 75 percent of the U.S. military presence in Japan. When a Self-Defense Force officer is murdered by his associates, Golgo steps into the ominous discontent behind one of Japan's greatest controversies! Then, it's known that Golgo 13 will kill anyone who tries to impersonate him. But if you're merely mistaken for him by a Chicago crime boss, will you be granted any mercy? Plus FILE 13 brings you part two of an extensive interview with creator Takao Saito!

1982: Golgo 13 never misses...until now! A beautiful KGB agent guards his target--yet her secret is not of the heart, but in the mind... Then, in 1978, a young priest finds he cannot forgive a killer when the victim is his own family. Hiring Golgo won't be enough, though--the man of the cloth must assist the assassin in a bizarre scheme to get Golgo's rifle past the watchful eyes of mobsters who trust neither of them! Plus, Even A Monkey Can Draw Manga's Kentaro Takekuma takes on "The Golgo Controversy" in FILE 13!

1983, New York: When an investigator looking into a shady corporate acquisition is run over, his grandfather hires Golgo--but the old man is no armchair spectator to revenge! Then, flash back to early in G13's career: It's 1972, and Golgo has just broken two of his own rules. He's seeing a client again because of the other broken rule: he failed to carry out the job!

Plus film director Macoto Tezka, son of Phoenix's Osamu Tezuka, discusses the media image of the legendary assassin!

1976: When congressional hearings expose a CIA chemical warfare program, Golgo is charged to destroy the evidence in a showdown on a hellish Pacific island with one of the few men he could call an equal! Then, in 1974, the Deep South gets a visit from Golgo when Black Power activists meet him on a job in Mississippi that reveals Golgo to be one bad brother! Plus FILE 13 tallies up the awesome balance sheet--just how much cash has G13 made in a career of killing?

1975: The Apollo-Soyuz mission is about to launch--the first-ever space rendezvous between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. But this gesture of peace could trigger a war instead, unless Golgo turns astronaut...to carry out a sniping job 140 miles up! Then, in 1997, as Princess Diana's car drives into a Paris tunnel, Golgo follows, ready to fulfill a contract worth 1.5 million pounds--only to find there are two assassins riding that fateful night! Plus, when an M16 won't do, the job may require anything from a pen gun to a fighter plane. Uncover the weapons systems found in FILE 13!

1989: Tiananmen Square. In a matter of hours, the People's Liberation Army will massacre the students of the Chinese democracy movement. But one person will die first, as Golgo 13 walks through the chanting crowds. Who is he here to kill--and why? Then, in 1974, the snakes of the Corsican mafia writhe from Mexico to Marseilles as G13 takes a trip into a psychedelic triple-cross where the corpse on the floor won't be just an acid casualty!

1991: Every September the Feast of the Martyrdom of San Gennaro fills the streets of Little Italy. But this year more than sacred blood will flow when Golgo is asked by an elderly don to settle a vendetta! Then, in 1989, on the eve of the Berlin Wall's collapse, a roll of the die may determine the future of Europe in a bizarre board game in which Golgo gets the final toss! Plus, it isn't all sex, guns and money--Golgo 13 has also spent a lot of time being tortured. See the techniques that failed to break him in FILE 13!

1994: Nelson Mandela, after 27 years in prison, has just become president of South Africa. But with deadly enemies both white and black, Mandela turns for help to the man he once served time with--Golgo 13! Then, half a world away Golgo arrives in the Spratly Islands--a few bits of coral in the South China Sea, sitting on oil reserves larger than Kuwait's. Six nations claim them--but it's Golgo 13 who will close the deal!

Plus excerpts from the File 13 dossier on the other main "character"--Golgo's famous customized M16 rifle--and an analysis of the assassin's sniping skill!

1998: Security on death row has never been tighter, as ex-CIA agent Henry Mitchell prepares for his fate. But if a lethal injection awaits him, why is Golgo needed to execute the sentence? Then, in 1981, Pope John Paul II survives an attempt on his life--or does he? To uncover the conspiracy that lies behind the missing pontiff, Golgo 13 will need two million dollars, a rifle, a revolver...and a priest's robe! Plus FILE 13 reveals why Golgo has sex before a mission, his international list of partners, and the secrets of his technique!

In 1991, UN inspectors found the incomplete Project Babylon--a cannon capable of hurling a shell 600 miles. In 1995, the Clinton administration learns of a second, hidden Iraqi supergun--now operational, and with a much, much longer range... There are only two options to destroy the supergun: send in an airstrike--or send in Golgo 13! Then, flash back to 1979 on the streets of San Francisco, where a hit-and-run accident intersects with a mob boss's terror that he is G13's next target... Plus excerpts from the File 13 dossier revealing the secrets of his personal data, false identities, alias, and more!

На протяжении четырех десятилетий Голго 13 был величайшим в мире наемным убийцей — иногда для сведения личных счетов, а иногда и для изменения истории! Его настоящее имя и национальность неизвестны, но легенда о нем повсюду. G13 никогда не подводит работу и никогда больше не видит своих клиентов… если только они не попытаются его предать!