Usagi Yojimbo #27 - A Town Called Hell

(June 2013)

[Title Page and Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai

Inks

Stan Sakai

Letters

typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Geof Darrow (credited)

Pencils

Geof Darrow (credited)

Inks

Geof Darrow (credited)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in The Usagi Yojimbo Saga (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #7 (September 2016)

[Dedication] (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Sakai

Letters

typeset

Contents (Table of Contents: 4)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai

Inks

Stan Sakai

Letters

typeset

A Town Called Hell, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 5)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Sakai (credited)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited)

Letters

Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; Magistrate Ishii; Ayaka; Boss Komo; Boss Higa; Kato the yojimbo

Synopsis

Usagi gets involved in a war between rival crime gangs.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #124 (November 2009)

A Town Called Hell, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 6)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Sakai (credited)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited)

Letters

Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; Kato; Boss Higa; Boss Komo; Ayaka

Synopsis

After Chief Magistrate Ishii is murdered by Boss Komo's thugs, Usagi comes up with a plan to end the gang war.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #125 (December 2009)

Nukekubi (Table of Contents: 7)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Sakai (credited)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited)

Letters

Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; The old woman; The mountain peasant

Synopsis

Delayed by a talkative old widow, Usagi gets a late start to his journey and is forced to seek shelter in the hut of a mountain peasant who is more than he seems.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #126 (February 2010)

The Sword of Narukami (Table of Contents: 8)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Sakai (credited)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited)

Letters

Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; Inuyoshi; Lord Masaki (flashback only); Yakichi (flashback only); Tozu the bandit chief

Synopsis

Usagi links up with a samurai on a quest to retrieve a valuable heirloom sword from a bandit.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #127 (March 2010)

Teru Teru Bozu (Table of Contents: 9)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Sakai (credited)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited)

Letters

Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Jei; Keiko; Miyamoto Usagi; Taro; Taro's mother; Taro's father

Synopsis

A peasant family Usagi is staying with is threatened by a demon.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #128 (April 2010)

Encounter at Blood Tree Pass (Table of Contents: 10)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Sakai (credited)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited)

Letters

Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; Kato; The Snitch; The Woodcutters; a gang of unnamed bandits

Synopsis

Usagi wanders into a town where Kato happens to be staying. Kato, still under the belief that Usagi stole 200 ryo belonging to him, stalks the ronin with intent to collect on the debt.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #129 (June 2010)

Return to Hell, Part One (Table of Contents: 11)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Sakai (credited)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited)

Letters

Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; Kato; Ayaka; Boss Higa

Synopsis

Usagi and Kato return to Boss Higa's town to collect what is owed them. There they find the town is worse off now than when there were two bosses fighting over it.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #130 (July 2010)

Return to Hell, Part Two (Table of Contents: 12)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Sakai (credited)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited)

Letters

Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; Kato; Ayaka; Boss Higa

Synopsis

Boss Higa and his thugs attempt to force the surrender of Usagi and Kato by threatening the life of the waitress Ayaka.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #131 (August 2010)

Story Notes (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Sakai (signed as SAKAI [Usagi Yojimbo])

Pencils

Stan Sakai (signed as SAKAI [Usagi Yojimbo])

Inks

Stan Sakai (signed as SAKAI [Usagi Yojimbo])

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Usagi Yojimbo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; Magistrate Ishii; three unnamed ruffians

Synopsis

Usagi battles three toughs in a bar.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #124 (November 2009)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Usagi Yojimbo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; a group of bandits

Synopsis

On a lonely road, Usagi is charged by a gang of bandits and an angry tokage.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #125 (December 2009)

Keywords

tokage

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Usagi Yojimbo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi

Synopsis

Usagi is confronted by a demon apparition.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #126 (February 2010)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Usagi Yojimbo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi

Synopsis

Usagi walks away from a pile of dead bandits.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #127 (March 2010)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Usagi Yojimbo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; unnamed girl

Synopsis

Usagi tries to save a little girl from a hail of arrows.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #128 (April 2010)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Usagi Yojimbo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; Kato

Synopsis

Kato and Usagi duel in the streets of a town.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #129 (June 2010)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Usagi Yojimbo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; Kato; unidentified ronin

Synopsis

Usagi and Kato battle the underlings of a crime lord.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #130 (July 2010)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Usagi Yojimbo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Inks

Stan Sakai (credited, signed)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts

Characters

Miyamoto Usagi; Kato

Synopsis

Usagi and Kato stand cornered by rival swordsmen.

Reprints

• from Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 1996 series) #131 (August 2010)

[Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Poster] (Table of Contents: 22)

Usagi Yojimbo / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Stan Sakai (signed as SAKAI [Usagi Yojimbo])

Inks

Stan Sakai (signed as SAKAI [Usagi Yojimbo])

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; martial arts; adventure

Characters

Gen; Inspector Ishida; Jotaro; Katsuichi; Kitsune; Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Noriyuki; Sasuké; Tomoe Ame; Sanshobo; Neko Ninjas; Stray Dog; Mariko; Kenichi; Kiyoko; Komori ninja