Aku, an evil shape-shifting demon, devastates a young prince’s land in Medieval Japan, and his parents send him into exile. After years of intensive training, the prince receives a mystical sword and samurai’s robes, and frees his people from Aku’s minions. He then defeats Aku in battle, but before striking the final blow the latter […]

The samurai is plunged into a dystopian world ruled by Aku, adopting the name “Jack”. After getting in a fight at a nightclub, he is hired by a group of canine miners to protect them from Aku’s forces.

Armed with various weapons and traps, Jack single-handledly defeats Aku’s “beetle-bots”. He subsequently vows to fight the demon’s oppression until he can return to the past.

Jack helps free the Woolies from the tyrannical Chritchellites. In return, the leader of the Woolies bestows his wisdom upon Jack.

After accidentally exposing a colony of scientists seeking to escape Earth, Jack trains as an astronaut to protect them from Aku’s robots.

A talented warrior named Ikra joins Jack as he seeks a magical jewel that could send him back to his own time. However, Ikra’s true motives threaten to derail his quest.

Jack learns of a powerful wishing well that can return him to the past, but must find a way past the three deadly archers who protect it.

Angered by the failure of his bounty hunters and mercenaries to defeat Jack, Aku uses the samurai’s inner darkness to create an evil clone whose sole purpose is to destroy him.

When Jack hears rumors of a time portal being found in the underwater city of Oceanus, Jack sets out to the city and is welcomed by its Triceraquins, but is unprepared for a terrible surprise.

Jack survives a series of traps and encounters a Viking king transformed into a giant rock figure by Aku, who insists that Jack slay him in battle so that he can reach Valhalla.

While crossing a seemingly endless bridge, Jack runs into the Scotsman: a robust, if impulsive, stereotypical Scottish warrior who also wields an enchanted sword and would rather duel with Jack than peacefully negotiate a way for both of them to safely cross. After realizing that Aku has placed bounties on both of them, however, they […]

Jack teams up with some gangsters to try to get close to Aku. The only way to do it is to get a mystical jewel guarded by three elementals.

Seeking to weaken Jack’s popularity among his subjects, Aku gathers the children of the world in his palace and tells them a series of “fairy tales”, all of which portray himself as a hero and Jack as the villain.

After his lack of jumping skills cause him to lose a chance to return home, Jack helps a peaceful tribe of apelike creatures and their human leader defend themselves against the attacks of a larger rival tribe in return for lessons on how to “jump good”.

Three short stories about some of Jack’s confrontations. He confronts a two-headed riddling worm, a family that feeds on metal, and a gargoyle who is imprisoning a fairy.

Jack is captured and taken to the “Dome of Doom”, where he forced to fight as a gladiator against the Dome’s champions.

The Scotsman needs Jack’s help in rescuing his kidnapped wife from Celtic demons in the castle of Boon.

While investigating the destruction of several scattered villages, Jack learns that Aku’s new “ultra-bots” are responsible. Unable to destroy them, he receives assistance from an unexpected source: their creator.

Upon stumbling onto the ruins of his family’s estate, Jack recalls some of his childhood memories.

Jack searches for truth by climbing the “Mountain of Fatoom” with three monks.

A village is overpowered by a stench coming from “The Spire”. Jack investigates and finds a dragon with severe indigestion.