Usagi Yojimbo TPB (1987-2020 Dark Horse/Fantagraphics) 1st Edition comic books 1990 or later
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Published Feb 2022 by Dark Horse.$8.00
Fantagraphics 1st Edition - Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy!" NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.
Story and art by Stan Sakai. Introduction byAlejandro Jodorowsky.
The novel-length "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy" is jam-packed with lethal sword battles alternating with humor, horror, suspense and slapstick. This beautifully crafted, exciting volume is a great starting point for new readers!
One of the great epics in the comic book field stars a rabbit? That's right, Stan Sakai's enormous dramatic saga of death and treachery, of ambition and honor, is the comics equivalent of Akira Kurosawa's classics such as The Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress.
This volume of the Usagi series features the novel-length "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy," which originally ran in six consecutive issues of the Usagi comics series. Jam-packed with lethal sword battles alternating with humor, horror, suspense, and slapstick, this beautifully crafted and exciting volume features all of the most popular supporting characters from the series, including Tomoe Ame, Gen the rhino, and Zato-Ino the blind swordspig. Both an excellent starting point for new readers, and an absolute necessity for Usagi completists!
Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 180 pages, B&W.
NOTE: Published by Fantagraphics.
Cover price $19.99. -
Published Sep 2024 by Dark Horse.$17.95
$17.95
1st Edition (Published by Dark Horse)
1st Edition (Published by Dark Horse) - Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Ice and Snow!" Story and art by Stan Sakai. Foreword by Zack Davisson. Usagi Yojimbo returns to Dark Horse with this graphic novel! Following the events of "The Green Dragon," Usagi and Yukichi are still in the snowy mountaintops of Northern Japan. They are led to the hut of a strange woman hermit who allows them to spend the night. Meanwhile, the maniacal Jei and his familiar, Keiko, are on Usagi's trail, and they stumble upon a bandit lair and subdue the band of cutthroats and thieves. Stan Sakai brings his beloved rabbit ronin series back to Dark Horse-featuring full color by colorist team Hi-Fi! Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.
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Issue #14-1ST
Published Apr 2001 by Dark Horse.$16.00
Dark Horse 1st Edition - Volume 14 - 1st printing. "Demon Mask!" Introduction by Paul Dini. Story and art by Stan Sakai. The close of 16th century Japan was a violent age, as rival feudal lords fought for land and power. Miyamoto Usagi braved many a battle only to lose his lord and find himself a masterless samurai, or ronin. While many ronin became bandits or mercenaries, Usagi chose the warrior pilgrimage: wandering the land, fighting injustice, seeking enlightenment. Eisner Award winner Stan Sakai has crafted a truly original and delightful work, an all-ages adventure epic that creates a world of excitement, mystery, and imagination, while building each story on painstaking research of Japan's history, culture, and mythology. Demon Mask is a collection of diverse Usagi stories, featuring a graveyard encounter with creatures from Japanese folktales, a whodunit clash with a mysterious masked assassin, a young adventure-lover insistent on receiving Usagi's sword training, a peasant village terrorized by a ravaging Spider Woman, and more. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.
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Issue #29-1ST
Published Jun 2015 by Dark Horse.$8.00
$8.00
Dark Horse 1st Edition - Volume 29 - 1st printing. "200 Jizo!" Story and art by Stan Sakai. In this volume, Usagi teams up with fan favorite Inspector Ishida, helps an allied clan protect its honor, discovers how deadly the soy sauce business can be, and more! Features "Two Hundred Jizo," Usagi's two hundredth consecutive issue drawn by Stan Sakai! Tradepaper, 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.99.
