Usagi Yojimbo
#24
(September 1990)
Fantagraphics,
1987 Series
- Price
- 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- eight times a year
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
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Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- Editing
- Kim Thompson
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #5 (August 1992) [detail]
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Lone Goat and Kid!
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 28 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi; Yagi; Gorogoro; Wakami; nameless councilmen; nameless merchant; soldiers
- Synopsis
- Lord Hirone's concilmen conspire to kill former samurai Yagi. They have branded him a traitor, and Yagi now travels the land as a ronin with his small son Gorogoro – they are now known as Lone Goat and Kid. The councilmen want Miyamoto Usagi to kill Yagi and orchestrate a deadly conflict. The battle between Yagi and Miyamoto Usagi stops when they both realize that they have been used as pawns.
- Reprints
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in Samurai (Epix, 1988 series) #1-2/1991 (1991) - in Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #5 (August 1992)
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in Usagi Yojimbo (Schwarzer Turm, 2003 series) #9 - Der Weg des Samurai (Januar 2002) - in Usagi Yojimbo Gallery Edition (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 - Samurai and Other Stories (October 2015)
- in Usagi Yojimbo (Dantes Verlag, 2017 series) #5 - Blutige Schwingen
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- Keywords
- homage; parody; ronin; samurai; tribute
Indexer Notes
"Lone Goat and Kid" is a clear reference and homage to the classic manga "Lone Wolf and Cub".
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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[Lone Goat and Kid!]
Usagi Yojimbo -
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Lone Goat and Kid!
Usagi Yojimbo
This issue was modified by, among others
- Erik Braley
- Peter Croome
- John Greb
- David Haglund
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
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