Usagi Yojimbo
#1
[First Printing]
(April 1987)
Fantagraphics,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 9.95 USD; 14.95 CAD
- Pages
- 156
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- ISBN
-
0-930193-35-0
- Editing
- Kim Thompson (editor)
Issue Notes
first edition, April 1987
second edition, May 1988
third edition, December 1989
fourth edition, September 1993 (12.95 USD) (base index data from this edition)
fifth edition, June 1996
sixth edition, May 1999 (15.95 USD; 22.95 CAD)
seventh edition, February 2002 (15.95 USD; 22.95 CAD)
eight edition, 2007 (issue title "The Ronin" added starting with this edition)
ninth edition, 2009
twelfth edition: 2013 (16.99 USD)
This issue has variants:
second edition, May 1988
third edition, December 1989
fourth edition, September 1993 (12.95 USD) (base index data from this edition)
fifth edition, June 1996
sixth edition, May 1999 (15.95 USD; 22.95 CAD)
seventh edition, February 2002 (15.95 USD; 22.95 CAD)
eight edition, 2007 (issue title "The Ronin" added starting with this edition)
ninth edition, 2009
twelfth edition: 2013 (16.99 USD)
This issue has variants:
- Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 [Second Printing]
- Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 [Third Printing]
- Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 [Fourth Printing]
- Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 [Fifth Printing]
- Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 [Sixth Printing]
- Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 [Seventh Printing]
- Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 - The Ronin [Eighth Printing]
- Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 - The Ronin [Fifteenth Printing]
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
from The Doomsday Squad (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #3 (October 1986)
-
[no title indexed]
Usagi Yojimbo / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Sakai (painting)
- Inks
- Stan Sakai (painting)
- Colors
- Stan Sakai (painting)
- Letters
- Stan Sakai; Rayson Films (color separations)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
- Reprints
-
in Usagi Yojimbo - Zec samuraj (Bookglobe, 1994 series) #1 - in Usagi Yojimbo - Zec samuraj (Bookglobe, 2001 series) #1
-
in Usagi Yojimbo (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #[1] - Primeras Andanzas (Noviembre 2000) -
in Usagi Yojimbo (Epix, 2002 series) #1 (2002) - in Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) #1 (October 2010)
-
in Usagi Yojimbo (Dantes Verlag, 2017 series) #1 - Der Ronin (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Usagi on horseback with reins in teeth and sword in hand, charging toward the reader with an army and a burning sky behind him.
![Cover Thumbnail for Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 [First Printing]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/37/w200/37576.jpg?3264607798622364845)
![Cover Thumbnail for Usagi Yojimbo (1987 series) #1 [Seventh Printing]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1331/w100/1331230.jpg?7130058722649935501)
![Cover Thumbnail for Usagi Yojimbo (1987 series) #1 - The Ronin [Eighth Printing]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/866/w100/866421.jpg?6528039435393937508)
Usagi Yojimbo Book One
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
Indexer Notes
title page featuring the series logo
Usagi Yojimbo Book One
credits, title page / 3 pages
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
Indexer Notes
title and publisher page with a small illustration of the title character; production, copyright, reprint and publication credits page with a dedication- "To Sharon, with love."; table of contents page with an illustration of the title character
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Stan Sakai
- Inks
- Stan Sakai
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The saga of Usagi Yojimbo (Rabbit Bodyguard) takes place in turn of the 17th Century Japan.
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
Chapter One: The Goblin of Adachigahara
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
Indexer Notes
chapter title page with a panel from the sixth page of the story
The Goblin of Adachigahara
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Lord Hikiji; Miyamoto Usagi; Grandmother; Goblin [Buichi Toda]
- Reprints
- from Albedo (Thoughts & Images, 1983 series) #2 (November 1984)
-
Chapter Two: Lone Rabbit and Child
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi; Tomoe Ame
Indexer Notes
Includes a panel from the twelfth page of the story
Lone Rabbit and Child!
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Groo (cameo); Lord Hebi; Lord Hikiji; Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Noriyuki; Tomoe Ame; Hanzo
- Reprints
- from Albedo (Thoughts & Images, 1983 series) #3 (April 1985), #4 (July 1985)
-
- Keywords
- Ninja; Samurai
Chapter Three: The Confession
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
Indexer Notes
Includes a panel from the second page of the story
The Confession
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Lord Hebi; Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Noriyuki; Tomoe Ame; Nekohana; Neko Ninja Clan; Lord Okii Ashiyubi
- Reprints
- from Usagi Yojimbo Summer Special (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #1 (October 1986)
-
Chapter Four: Bounty Hunter
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
Indexer Notes
Includes a panel from the third page of the story
Bounty Hunter
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Gen; Miyamoto Usagi; Innkeeper; Ichiro; Kenichi; Priest
- Reprints
- from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #1 (June 1986)
-
Chapter Five: Horse Thief
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
Indexer Notes
Includes a panel from the fifth page of the story
Horse Thief!
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi; Innkeeper; Town Magistrate; Woodcutter
- Reprints
- from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #3 (August 1986)
-
Chapter Six: Village of Fear
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
Indexer Notes
Includes a panel from the sixth page of the story
Village of Fear
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi; Gon; Ocho [The Beast]
- Reprints
- from The Doomsday Squad (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #3 (October 1986)
- in Usagi Yojimbo (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1996 series) #2 - Der Pferdedieb (Juni 1996)
-
Chapter Seven: A Quiet Meal
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
Indexer Notes
Includes a panel from the eighth page of the story
A Quiet Meal
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi; Innkeeper; Slug Nose
- Reprints
- from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #6 (December 1986)
-
Chapter Eight: Blind Swordspig
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
Indexer Notes
Includes a panel from the fourth page of the story
Blind Swords-pig!
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi; Zato-Ino; Peasant; Carver; Carver's Pet
- Reprints
- from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #7 (January 1987)
-
Chapter Nine: Homecoming
credits, title page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a panel from the fourth page of the story
Homecoming! [Part I]
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Lord Hikiji; Jotaro; Miyamoto Usagi; Mariko; Kenichi; Usagi's Father; Mogura Ninja
- Reprints
- from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #10 (March 1987)
-
Homecoming! Part II
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Jotaro; Miyamoto Usagi; Mariko; Kenichi; Mogura Ninja; Tokage
- Reprints
- from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #11 (April 1987)
-
Chapter Ten: Bounty Hunter II
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Gen; Miyamoto Usagi
Indexer Notes
Includes a panel from the second page of the story
Bounty Hunter II
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Gen; Miyamoto Usagi; Innkeeper
- Reprints
- from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #14 (July 1987)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Usagi Yojimbo -
1.
Usagi Yojimbo Book One
-
2.
Usagi Yojimbo Book One
-
3.
["The saga of Usagi Yojimbo (Rabbit Bodyguard) takes place in turn of the 17th Century Japan."]
-
4.
Chapter One: The Goblin of Adachigahara
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5.
The Goblin of Adachigahara
Usagi Yojimbo -
6.
Chapter Two: Lone Rabbit and Child
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7.
Lone Rabbit and Child!
Usagi Yojimbo -
8.
Chapter Three: The Confession
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9.
The Confession
Usagi Yojimbo -
10.
Chapter Four: Bounty Hunter
-
11.
Bounty Hunter
Usagi Yojimbo -
12.
Chapter Five: Horse Thief
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13.
Horse Thief!
Usagi Yojimbo -
14.
Chapter Six: Village of Fear
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15.
Village of Fear
Usagi Yojimbo -
16.
Chapter Seven: A Quiet Meal
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17.
A Quiet Meal
Usagi Yojimbo -
18.
Chapter Eight: Blind Swordspig
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19.
Blind Swords-pig!
Usagi Yojimbo -
20.
Chapter Nine: Homecoming
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21.
Homecoming! [Part I]
Usagi Yojimbo -
22.
Homecoming! Part II
Usagi Yojimbo -
23.
Chapter Ten: Bounty Hunter II
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24.
Bounty Hunter II
Usagi Yojimbo -
25.
The Usagi Library
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26.
["The saga of Usagi Yojimbo (Rabbit Bodyguard) takes place in turn of the 17th Century Japan."]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Tommy Grenlund
- Ralf Haring
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Steven Samuels
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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