Usagi Yojimbo comic books issue 1

1st printing. Story and art by Stan Sakai. A collection of fan-favorite short stories from the world of Usagi Yojimbo-a perfect introduction and celebration of the rabbit hero! Celebrating Usagi Yojimbo's 40th anniversary, this value-priced collection includes eight fan-favorite and Stan Sakai-picked short stories in color starring the beloved rabbit ronin! Perfect for longtime fans and newcomers to the series, the Usagi Yojimbo: 40th Anniversary Reader collection includes the popular short story "Chanoyu" in color for the first time! Featuring Stan Sakai's award-winning art and storytelling and expert hand lettering, with colors by Emi Fujii, Tom Luth, and Ronda Pattison. Collects "A Mother's Love," "Blade of the Gods," "The Way of the Samurai," "Chanoyu," "Cut the Plum," "The Artist," "Buntori," and "Adachi". Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Spanish Edition. Dia Del Comic Gratis (Spanish version of Free Comic Book Day) Edition. Features the story "The Artist". 6-1/2" x 10-1/4", 24 pages, full color, Spanish language.

1st printing. Written and illustrated by Stan Sakai. Limited to 50 copies - Signed by Stan Sakai. IDW Publishing proudly presents Stan Sakais Usagi Yojimbo Grasscutter Artist Select, a massive 464 page 9 x 13 tome that collects two of the most beloved Usagi Yojimbo stories. Grasscutterwas originally published in Usagi Yojimbo#13 – 22 (and won the prestigious Eisner award in 1999 for Best Serialized Story), followed by Grasscutter II,which was published in issues #39 – 45. They are both presented here for the first time in one volume. Each page of Stan Sakais beautiful narrative has been scanned from the original art, courtesy of the artists personal archives, in the same manner as the multi-Eisner award-winning Artists Edition series from IDW. The deluxe edition of this book is extraordinary. Limited to only 50 copies, the cover features a lovely dust jacket that showcases a beautiful new watercolor painting by Stan, created especially for this project. This edition includes a hardcover portfolio case with a unique, original pen and ink drawing by Stan Sakai inside. Both the book and portfolio are presented in a custom clamshell case that completely encases book and portfolio. Hardcover, 9" x 13", 464 pages, full color. Cover price $350.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Stan Sakai. Hailed as one of the true masterpieces of the comics medium, Usagi Yojimbo gets its first gallery edition, reproducing Stan Sakai's breathtaking artwork at full size and in living color. This edition includes the art from the very first Usagi story, the complete origin tale "Samurai," and more! Hardcover, 12-in.x 17-in., 240 pages, B&W.

San Diego Comic Con Exclusive Blue Foil Edition Sketch Cover by Stan Sakai - limited to 500 copies. Story and Art by Stan Sakai.

San Diego Comic Con Exclusive Gold Foil Edition Sketch Cover by Stan Sakai - limited to 500 copies. Story and Art by Stan Sakai.

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Limited Signed 1st Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Usagi Yojimbo (1993-1995 2nd Series) #1-16 and Usagi Yojimbo (1996-2012 3rd Series) #1-6.

Story and art by Stan Sakai.

Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Stan Sakai's beloved rabbit ronin, Dark Horse proudly presents Miyamoto Usagi's epic trek along the warrior's path in a new series of deluxe compilations, beginning with over 600 pages of Usagi's essential adventures.

Stan Sakai's series gets the deluxe treatment from Dark Horse! Over 600 pages of samurai action and adventure! Full-color cover gallery! Usagi Yojimbo has won multiple awards and been published all over the world!

Hardcover, 632 pages, PC/PB&W.

NOTE: Limited to 900 copies.

Cover price $79.99.

Limited Signed 2nd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Usagi Yojimbo (1993-1995 2nd Series) #1-16 and Usagi Yojimbo (1996-2012 3rd Series) #1-6.

Story and art by Stan Sakai.

Celebrate Stan Sakai's beloved rabbit ronin, Miyamoto Usagi, in his epic trek along the warrior's path in this first second edition volume of the comic saga featuring brand new original cover art by Stan Sakai, beginning with over six hundred pages of Usagi's essential adventures.

o Full-color cover gallery!
o The limited-edition hardcover is signed!

Hardcover, 632 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $79.99.

Signed by Stan Sakai - 1st printing. Collects Space Usagi (1992 1st Series Mirage) #1-3, Space Usagi (1993 2nd Series Mirage) #1-3, Space Usagi (1996 Dark Horse) #1-3, and material from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1985-1993) #47, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special (1989-1992) #3, Usagi Yojimbo Yokai HC (2009 Dark Horse), Usagi Yojimbo: Senso (2014) #1-6 , and "CBLDF Presents Liberty HC (2014 Image). Dark Horse presents the quintessential companion to the Usagi Yojimbo Saga series-Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends! In this volume, Usagi takes on a myriad of opponents, but never loses sight of the warrior's code: truth, honor, loyalty, and sacrifice. Collects some of the rabbit ronin's most exhilarating stories, including Senso, Yokai, and the long-out-of-print Space Usagi! Hardcover, 560 pages, PC/PB&W. NOTE: Limited to 1,500 copies. Cover price $79.99.

1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects Space Usagi (1992 1st Series Mirage) #1-3, Space Usagi (1993 2nd Series Mirage) #1-3, Space Usagi (1996 Dark Horse) #1-3, and material from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1985-1993) #47, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special (1989-1992) #3, Usagi Yojimbo Yokai HC (2009 Dark Horse), Usagi Yojimbo: Senso (2014) #1-6 , and "CBLDF Presents Liberty HC (2014 Image).

Story and art by Stan Sakai.

Dark Horse presents the quintessential companion to the Usagi Yojimbo Saga series-Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends! In this volume, Usagi takes on a myriad of opponents, but never loses sight of the warrior's code: truth, honor, loyalty, and sacrifice.

Collects some of the rabbit ronin's most exhilarating stories, including Senso, Yokai, and the long-out-of-print Space Usagi!

Softcover, 600 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $24.99.

2nd Edition - 1st printing. Collects Space Usagi (1992 1st Series Mirage) #1-3, Space Usagi (1993 2nd Series Mirage) #1-3, Space Usagi (1996 Dark Horse) #1-3, and material from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1985-1993) #47, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special (1989-1992) #3, Usagi Yojimbo Yokai HC (2009 Dark Horse), Usagi Yojimbo: Senso (2014) #1-6 , and "CBLDF Presents Liberty HC (2014 Image). Story and art by Stan Sakai. The quintessential companion to the Usagi Yojimbo Saga series from Dark Horse, Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends collects some of the most exhilarating and engrossing self-contained stories starring the iconic rabbit ronin! These tales see Usagi face off against a lineup of incredible foes, including dinosaurs, demons, and aliens! Even against the odds, Usagi maintains the warrior's code: truth, honor, loyalty, and sacrifice. Collects all black and white Space Usagi story arcs ("Death and Honor," "White Star Rising," and "Warrior"), Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, and the color Usagi Yojimbo: Yokai-with the color short story "Gagged," new cover art by Stan Sakai, a color cover gallery, and bonus "Creative Process" features! Softcover, 560 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Usagi Yojimbo (1993-1995 2nd Series) #1-16 and Usagi Yojimbo (1996-2012 3rd Series) #1-6.

Story and art by Stan Sakai.

Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Stan Sakai's beloved rabbit ronin, Dark Horse proudly presents Miyamoto Usagi's epic trek along the warrior's path in a new series of deluxe compilations, beginning with over 600 pages of Usagi's essential adventures. Stan Sakai's series gets the deluxe treatment from Dark Horse!

Over 600 pages of samurai action and adventure! Full-color cover gallery! Usagi Yojimbo has won multiple awards and been published all over the world!

Softcover, 632 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $24.99.

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Usagi Yojimbo (1993-1995 2nd Series) #1-16 and Usagi Yojimbo (1996-2012 3rd Series) #1-6.

Story and art by Stan Sakai.

Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Stan Sakai's beloved rabbit ronin, Dark Horse proudly presents Miyamoto Usagi's epic trek along the warrior's path in a new series of deluxe compilations, beginning with over 600 pages of Usagi's essential adventures. Stan Sakai's series gets the deluxe treatment from Dark Horse!

Over 600 pages of samurai action and adventure! Full-color cover gallery! Usagi Yojimbo has won multiple awards and been published all over the world!

Softcover, 632 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Collects Usagi Yojimbo Senso (2014) #1-6.

Story and art by Stan Sakai.

Twenty years in his future, Miyamoto Usagi faces a menace from Mars! It will take all the considerable fortitude, ingenuity, and heroism that Usagi and his loved ones can muster to combat the fearsome extraterrestrial war machines and halt the alien invasion. In the end, not everyone will survive to tell the tale.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 168 pages, B&W.

Cover price $19.99.

2nd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Ronin!"

Story and art by Stan Sakai.

This seminal book collects the classic original Usagi stories chronicling a time of settling unrest and political intrigue, told through the story of a wandering and masterless samurai named Miyamoto Usagi, AKA Usagi Yojimbo!

Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, B&W.

NOTE: Published by Fantagraphics.

Cover price $16.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Bunraku and Other Stories!" Collects Usagi Yojimbo (2019 4th Series IDW) #1-7.

Story and art by Stan Sakai.

Follow these all-new full-color adventures of rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi as he wanders Edo period Japan on his warrior's journey.

This first volume of all-new material continues the saga of Usagi Yojimbo with the three-part "Bunraku," as Usagi becomes embroiled in a puppet drama where the players are not quite what they seem! Will the aid of a supernatural ally be enough for Usagi to prevent more death? Then, Usagi goes back to his roots as a yojimbo (bodyguard) when he is hired by Lady Mura, a famous writer, to keep her safe on her perilous journey to her father's home.

Plus, a 35th anniversary special where Stan Sakai revisits the very first Usagi story, "The Goblin of Adachigahara", expanding it from 8 to 24 pages and adding new insights into the characters and events, as well as revealing the reason for Usagi's pilgrimage back home. In the final story, Usagi joins his friend the bounty hunter, Gen, and his partner Stray Dog in recovering a stolen sword, an heirloom of the Higashi Clan.

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

NOTE: This is volume 34 when included with the 1st series, as noted in the indicia.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Stan Sakai. Yokai are the monsters, demons, and spirits of Japanese folklore, such as the shape-changing kitsune, the obakeneko demon cats, and the evil oni ogres. Usagi faces all these and more when a desperate woman begs for his help in finding her kidnapped husband. Tracing the abducted man to an old castle, Usagi finds the ruins haunted by creatures of Japanese legend and discovers that they are amassing for a great raid on the countryside! Fortunately, Usagi is joined by Sasuke the Demon Queller, who is also fighting to prevent the invasion, but things aren't always as they seem, especially when dealing with the supernatural! The rabbit ronin turns twenty-five, and Dark Horse celebrates with the first-ever Usagi Yojimbo original graphic novel, fully hand-painted, written, and lettered by creator Stan Sakai! Completely self-contained story. Usagi Yojimbo is a 2009 Eisner Award nominee for Best Continuing Series. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Stan Sakai. Yokai are the monsters, demons, and spirits of Japanese folklore, such as the shape-changing kitsune, the obakeneko demon cats, and the evil oni ogres. Usagi faces all these and more when a desperate woman begs for his help in finding her kidnapped husband. Tracing the abducted man to an old castle, Usagi finds the ruins haunted by creatures of Japanese legend and discovers that they are amassing for a great raid on the countryside! Fortunately, Usagi is joined by Sasuke the Demon Queller, who is also fighting to prevent the invasion, but things aren't always as they seem, especially when dealing with the supernatural! The rabbit ronin turns twenty-five, and Dark Horse celebrates with the first-ever Usagi Yojimbo original graphic novel, fully hand-painted, written, and lettered by creator Stan Sakai! Completely self-contained story. Usagi Yojimbo is a 2009 Eisner Award nominee for Best Continuing Series. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Stan Sakai.

A complete collection of the iconic team-ups for fans of all ages! Collecting every existing Usagi Yojimbo/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover comic in existence, this book contains "Turtle Soup and Rabbit Stew," "The Crossing," "The Treaty," "Shades of Green," and the recent full-color tale "Namazu." This volume also includes tons of extra material from Stan Sakai's studio.

Legendary comics creator Stan Sakai's complete Usagi Yojimbo/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover collection!

Softcover, 192 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.