Usagi Yojimbo (1996 3rd Series Dark Horse) comic books 1996
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Issue #1
Published Apr 1996 by Dark Horse.$28.00
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View scanStory and art by Stan Sakai. The close of sixteenth century Japan is regarded as the Age of Civil Wars, as feudal lords fought amongst themselves for land and power. When one leader finally rose above the others and was proclaimed Shogun, a peace came upon Japan and the samurai warriors found themselves suddenly unemployed. Many of these Ronin turned to banditry to survive, others found work with minor lords. And a small number traveled the musha shugyo -- the warrior pilgrimage -- to hone their spiritual and martial skills. But whether they took the honest road or the crooked path, the Ronin all found one common link -- they were generally less than welcome. Such is the tale of Usagi Yojimbo. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #2
Published May 1996 by Dark Horse.Story and art by Stan Sakai. An innocent Noodles has been captured by the corrupt police force, and there's nothing Usagi can do -- except expose his persecutors' deceptions. Policeman Yoriki Matsuda is a puppet of the local criminals, but once the puppet is eliminated, the puppet masters fall as well. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #3
Published Jun 1996 by Dark Horse.$13.00
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Story and art by Stan Sakai. Those who travel the haunted paths of The Tangled Skein are warned to make an offering of protection to the demons that rule the woods. When a traveling party fails to make that sacrifice, they pay the price in another way -- the young woman traveling with them is overcome with great illness. Now it's up to Usagi to exorcise the demons the only way he knows how -- in battle. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #4
Published Jul 1996 by Dark Horse.Story and art by Stan Sakai. The war between the cat ninjas and the bat ninjas resumes. Chizu, the leader of the cat ninjas is transporting a secret document, and when she meets up with Usagi, he is compelled to help her against the bats. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #5
Published Aug 1996 by Dark Horse.$7.00
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Story and art by Stan Sakai. An assassins' guild to one side and a hostile, mysterious medicine peddler to the other, Usagi Yojimbo is between a rock and a hard place. High in the mountains above ancient Japan, he is forced into battle along the narrow Chrysanthemum Pass. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #6
Published Oct 1996 by Dark Horse.$10.00
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Story and art by Stan Sakai. Usagi encounters the mysterious female samurai, Inazuma, whom he had met in previous travels. She has been on the run from assassins, and, during her brief rest, she tells the story of her drunken husband and the twists of fate that turned her into a fugitive. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #7
Published Nov 1996 by Dark Horse.$17.00
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View scanStory and art by Stan Sakai. Nakamura Koji is on his warrior pilgrimage, honing his skill for the day that he can avenge himself on the one who bested him in a duel many years before. But he will never make it to that day unless he can defeat the Surudoi school of swordsmanship, who have ambushed him on this journey. In this fight, however, Koji will not be alone -- he is joined by Usagi Yojimbo. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #8
Published Dec 1996 by Dark Horse.$15.00
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Story and art by Stan Sakai. Usagi, while crossing a snow-covered mountain pass, comes across a little girl and her severely wounded father, the only survivors of a party attacked by bandits. It's rabbit against nature as the ronin attempts to usher them safely through the pass, in a snowstorm, stalked by predatory animals, with the threat of an avalanche literally above their heads! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
