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Issue Details

Issue #47
Published April 2001
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 4.50 CAD
Pages 28
Editing Diana Schutz (editor); Tim Ervin-Gore (assistant editor)

Cover Details - "Kites II"

Characters Kitsune; Jotaro; Katsuichi-Sensei; Lone Goat And Kid; Zato-Ino; Chizu; Sanshobo-Sensei; Lord Ikeda; other miscellaneous characters
Synopsis Various members of the cast fly kites on a hillside.
Genre funny animals; adventure; historical
Pencils Stan Sakai (signed)
Inks Stan Sakai (signed)
Colors Tom Luth (signed)
Notes Wraparound cover, encompassing the front and back covers. When this wraparound is placed next to the wraparound cover from issue #46, it forms a single mural.

24 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Showdown, Part 2"

Characters Miyamoto Usagi; Murakami Gennosuke (Gen); Boss Maeda; Boss Joya; Shizukiri
Synopsis Usagi and Gen each join a rival gang plotting to sabotage the crime organizations from within.
Genre funny animals; adventure; historical
Script Stan Sakai
Pencils Stan Sakai
Inks Stan Sakai
Letters Stan Sakai

1 page Usagi Yojimbo Letters Column letters page "Sharon And I"

Synopsis Stan Sakai gives a short report on his trip to the 2000 Salon Internacional del Comic del Principado de Asturias, then answers reader letters. Photos from his trip illustrate the report.
Script Stan Sakai
Letters typeset