Road to Perdition (by Max Allan Collins, with Richard Piers Rayner 204 pages):.These two prose sequels deal with the adult life of Michael O'Sullivan Jr., under his adoptive identity of Michael Satariano: after military service in Bataan during World War II, he returns to the world of organized crime to seek revenge on other gangsters who had been complicit in his father's death. All three parts were published as individual installments, but have also been reprinted as a single combined volume. This three-part miniseries of graphic novels was written after the original story, but deals with events within the same timeframe. The story is set in the American Midwest during the Great Depression and draws upon several historical figures, especially the gangster John Patrick Looney, of Rock Island, Illinois in real life, Looney came into conflict with Dan Drost, a formerly loyal lieutanant in their crime organization, and their feud eventually led to the death of Looney's son Connor. The basis for the film, this story is loosely based on the Japanese manga series Lone Wolf and Cub : Michael O'Sullivan, the ruthless but honorable enforcer for a crime syndicate, is personally betrayed by his masters and is forced to flee with his young son Michael Jr.
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