5 Ronin is a five issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Wolverine, Hulk, the Punisher (Akagi), Psylocke (O-Chiyo Braddock), and Deadpool (Watari the Fool) reimagined as rōnin, masterless samurai set in 17th-century Japan.

[2][3] Marvel Comics first announced 5 Ronin, by writer Peter Milligan and featuring artists Tomm Coker, Dalibor Talajic, Laurence Campbell, Goran Parlov, and Leandro Fernandez, in December 2010.

"[4] Milligan remarked that he is big fan of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and what drew him to the project was "that this era of Japan was in such a state of flux.

"[5] Writer Peter Milligan on the series' setting: In 1600, there was a famously bloody and pivotal battle at Sekigahara, where the Western and Eastern clans fought.

"[5] Bound together by the same fate, yet alone in their existence, Wolverine, Psylocke, the Punisher, Hulk, and Deadpool are forced to walk the lonely path of the masterless samurai in the violent and tumultuous world of feudal Japan.

As the two fought, Wolverine knocked off the mask, and was shocked to discover it was his own brother, who went insane after being betrayed by the Daimyo's soldier.

[7] A Ronin Warrior, who goes by the name Akagi, returns home from Korea after a long war, only to find his house is nowhere to be found.

After discovering from his housemaid, Namiko, that his wife committed seppuku because of her son's death, Akagi sets out to find Sato, one of the Daimyo's soldiers.

After a large army gathered to eliminate the Daimyo, Watari was presumed killed, but his face was hideously scarred and he later became known as the Fool.

Dan Iverson of IGN gave it a 6.5 (out of 10), praising the art by Tomm Corker and colorist Daniel Freedman, but calling the story "a bit too ambiguous and typical for the genre.

"[11] David Pepose of Newsarama stated, "5 Ronin is a confusing, unexciting read that doesn't really do much to justify its 'Marvel superheroes as samurai' premise.

"[12] Kelly Thompson of Comic Book Resources gave it 2.5 (out of 5) stars, declaring, "While there are definitely things to appreciate in this first issue of 5 Ronin, from evocative art to Milligan’s sometimes beautiful writing, in the end it feels a bit soulless.

"[13] However, Matthew Meylikhov of Multiversity Comics gave the first and fifth issues 9.2 (out of 10), saying that, "Milligan crafted a fairly well organized tale of revenge featuring some of Marvel's biggest characters, and the various artists that have worked on each issue have made this title a must read for fans of both the characters and samurai in general.