Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition #1 (2015) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2015 series)
Issue: #1
Key date: October 20, 2015
On-sale date: October 20, 2015
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $74.99
Pages: 588
Barcode: 978160699887857499
ISBN: 978-1606998878

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	I.	cover	2	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth	Miyamoto Usagi
1	-	blank page(s)	1
2	-	credits, title page	5	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
3	-	illustration	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Spot
4	Why a rabbit?	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Stan Sakai
5	-	table of contents	2	letters: typeset
6	-	blank page(s)	1
7	Usagi Yojimbo	credits, title page	2
8	Usagi Yojimbo	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Grandmother; Lord Mijune; Goblin [Buichi Toda]
9	Lone Rabbit and Child	credits, title page	2
10	Lone Rabbit and Child	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Tomoe Ame; Lord Noriyuki; Groo (cameo); Neko Ninja; Lord Hebi; Lord Hikiji
11	The Confession	credits, title page	2
12	The Confession	comic story	15	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Neko Ninja Clan; Tomoe Ame; Lord Noriyuki; Lord Okii Ashiyubi; Lord Hebi
13	Bounty Hunter	credits, title page	1
14	Bounty Hunter	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Innkeeper; Gennosuke; Ichiro; Kenichi; Priest
15	Horse Thief	credits, title page	2
16	Horse Thief!	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Woodcutters
17	Village of Fear	credits, title page	2
18	Village of Fear	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
19	A Quiet Meal	credits, title page	2
20	A Quiet Meal	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
21	Blind Swords-Pig	credits, title page	2
22	Blind Swords-Pig!	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Zato-Ino
23	Homecoming	credits, title page	2
24	Homecoming!	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Jotaro; Mogura Ninja Clan; Mariko; Kenichi; Usagi’s father (flashback)
25	Homecoming! Part II	comic story	12	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Kenichi; Jotaro; Mogura Ninja Clan; Mariko
26	Bounty Hunter II	credits, title page	2
27	Bounty Hunter II	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Gennosuke
28	Samurai	credits, title page	2
29	Samurai! Part I	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Gunichi; Gennosuke; Usagi's father; Kenichi; Katsuichi
30	Samurai! Part II	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Katsuichi; Gennosuke
31	Samurai! Part III	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Gennosuke; Katsuichi
32	Samurai! Part IV	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Gennosuke; Katsuichi; Jimbei; Genjiro; Higashimori; Lord Mifune; Gunichi; Kenichi
33	Samurai! Part V	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Gunichi; Gennosuke
34	Samurai! Part VI	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Gennosuke; Kenichi
35	Samurai! Part VII	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Usagi's father; Mariko; Kenichi
36	Samurai! Part VIII	comic story	7	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Gennosuke; Gunichi; Lord Mifune; Lady Kazumi; Prince Tsuruichi; Neko Ninja Clan
37	Samurai! Part IX	comic story	13	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Gunichi; Lord Mifune; Gennosuke
38	Kappa	credits, title page	2
39	Kappa	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Kappa
40	Zylla	credits, title page	2
41	Zylla	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Woodcutters; Godzylla
42	Silk Fair	credits, title page	1
43	Silk Fair	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Jiro; Kaiko; Matsutaro; Jiro's family
44	The Tower	credits, title page	1
45	The Tower	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Spot; Woodcutters
46	A Mother's Love	credits, title page	2
47	A Mother's Love	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Spot; Obaasan; Ume; Bunjuro; Atsuo
48	The Return of the Blind Swordspig	credits, title page	2
49	The Return of the Blind Swordspig	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Zato-Ino; Spot
50	Blade of the Gods	credits, title page	2
51	Blade of the Gods	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Jei
52	The Tea Cup	credits, title page	2
53	The Tea Cup	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Gennosuke; Stan Sakai; Sergio Aragones; Peter Laird; Kevin Eastman
54	The Shogun's Gift	credits, title page	2
55	The Shogun's Gift	comic story	22	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Noriyuki; Tomoe Ame; Shingen; Woodcutters
56	The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy	credits, title page	2
57	The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, Chapter I - The Clouds Gather	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Tomoe Ame; Lord Noriyuki; Lord Tamakuro; Torame; Neko Ninja; Gennosuke; Woodcutters; Zato-Ino; Spot
58	The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, Chapter II - The Winds Howl	comic story	28	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Tomoe Ame; Lord Tamakuro; Torame; Gennosuke; Zato-Ino; Spot; Shingen; Lord Hebi
59	The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, Chapter III - Downpour	comic story	28	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Tamakuro; Torame; Takohana; Gennosuke; Zato-Ino; Spot; Tomoe Ame; Shingen
60	The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, Chapter IV - Thunder and Lightning	comic story	28	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Shingen; Lord Tamakuro; Torame; Tomoe Ame; Neko Ninja Clan; Spot; Zato-Ino; Gennosuke
61	The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, Chapter V - In The Heart of the Storm	comic story	28	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Noriyuki; Shingen's sister; Shingen; Neko Ninja Clan; Zato-Ino; Spot; Gennosuke; Tomoe Ame; Torame; Lord Tamakuro
62	The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, Chapter VI - Storm Clouds Part	comic story	9	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Noriyuki; Tomoe Ame; Gennosuke
63	The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, Chapter VII - The Fate of the Blind Swordspig	comic story	17	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Zato-Ino; Spot; Hachi; Fujiko
64	The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, Epilogue	comic story	2	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Lord Noriyuki; Lord Hebi
65	-	blank page(s)	1

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