Usagi Yojimbo #2 (1989) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: April 1989
Key date: April 1989
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $10.95; 14.50 CAD
Pages: 148
Barcode: 978093019388151095
ISBN: 1-56097-009-X

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth, Rayson Films	Miyamoto Usagi
3	Usagi Yojimbo Book Two	credits, title page	1
5	Usagi Yojimbo Book Two	credits, title page	3	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
6	Foreword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Mark Evanier
7	"Samurai"	credits, title page	1	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai
9	Samurai! Part I	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Murakami Gennosuke, Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi
10	Samurai! Part II	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Murakami Gennosuke, Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi
11	Samurai! Part III	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Murakami Gennosuke, Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi
12	Samurai! Part IV	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Murakami Gennosuke, Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi
13	Samurai! Part V	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Murakami Gennosuke, Miyamoto Usagi
14	Samurai! Part VI	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Murakami Gennosuke, Miyamoto Usagi
15	Samurai! Part VII	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Murakami Gennosuke, Miyamoto Usagi
16	Samurai! Part VIII	comic story	7	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Murakami Gennosuke, Miyamoto Usagi
17	Samurai! Part IX	comic story	13	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Murakami Gennosuke, Miyamoto Usagi
18	Kappa	credits, title page	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai
20	Kappa	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
21	Zylla	credits, title page	1	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai
23	Zylla	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
24	Silk Fair	credits, title page	1	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai
25	Silk Fair	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
26	The Usagi Library	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
28	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai	Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Fifth Printing	price 15.95 USD; 22.95 CAD; barcode 978156097009551595
Second Printing	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Third Printing	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Fourth Printing	price 15.95 USD; 22.95 CAD; barcode 978156097009551595
Seventh Printing	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition #1 ISBN 978-1606998878	2015	On eBay ›
Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #2	2020	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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