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Issue Details

Issue #46
Published March 2001
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 4.50 CAD
Pages 28
Editing Diana Schutz (editor); Tim Ervin-Gore (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "Kites"

Characters Miyamoto Usagi; Ame Tomoe; Jotaro; Inspector Ishida; Murakami Gennosuke (Gen); miscellaneous characters
Synopsis Usagi and other characters fly kites on a hillside.
Genre funny animals; adventure; historical
Pencils Stan Sakai (signed)
Inks Stan Sakai (signed)
Colors Tom Luth (signed)
Notes This is a wraparound cover encompassing both the front and back covers.

24 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Showdown"

Characters Miyamoto Usagi; Murakami Gennosuke (Gen); Sanshobo-Sensei; Boss Maeda; Boss Joya
Synopsis On the way to Kitanoji Temple, Usagi and Gen enter a town in the midst of a war between two rival Yakuza clans. Usagi decides to take a hand in solving the problem.
Genre funny animals; adventure; historical
Script Stan Sakai
Pencils Stan Sakai
Inks Stan Sakai
Letters Stan Sakai
Notes The opening chapter to this story resembles the plot to the Kurosawa film "Yojimbo". The first page of this story is a reprint of the final page of the previous issue.