Space Usagi: White Star Rising #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Usagi Yojimbo - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Space Usagi: White Star Rising (Dark Horse, 2024 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: October 2024
Key date: 2024-10-23
On-sale date: 2024-10-23
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Comics LLC
Price: $4.99
Barcode: 76156801261300111

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Usagi Yojimbo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ryoko Sabuki - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	White Star Rising #1 of 3	cover	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Emi Fujii; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Philip R. Simon	Usagi Yojimbo First
1	-	credits, title page	1	script: Stan Sakai	Usagi Yojimbo First
2	White Star Rising #1 of 3	comic story	29	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Emi Fujii; letters: Stan Sakai	Ryoko Sabuki First, Tomoe Ame, Usagi Yojimbo First
3	Akemi and the Secret Invasion	comic story	8	script: Julie Sakai, Stan Sakai; pencils: Julie Sakai, Stan Sakai; inks: Julie Sakai, Stan Sakai; colors: Emi Fujii; letters: Julie Sakai, Stan Sakai	Akemi

Before you buy

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Series context

1 of 3#2 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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