Issue Details

Issue	#[nn]
Published	September 1997
Cover Price	14.95 USD
Pages	204
Editing	Suzanne Taylor (collection editor)
Notes	ISBN 1-56971-259-X

Cover Details - "Usagi Yojimbo - Shades of Death -"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Pencils	Stan Sakai (painting)
Inks	Stan Sakai (painting)
Colors	Stan Sakai (painting)
Letters	Stan Sakai
Notes	new cover art

2 page illustration "untitled"

Pencils	Stan Sakai ?
Inks	Stan Sakai ?
Notes	inside front cover and facing page; decorated with grey floral design

1 page Usagi Yojimbo text article "Usagi Yojimbo (Book 8): Shades of Death"

Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Suzanne Taylor ?
Pencils	Stan Sakai ?
Inks	Stan Sakai ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	copyright page; background art is grey floral design

1 page Usagi Yojimbo text article "Usagi Yojimbo - Shades of Death -"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Notes	title page for book; illustrated with pinup art; background art is grey floral design

1 page Usagi Yojimbo text article "Usagi Yojimbo - Storytelling from a Master"

Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	William Stout
Pencils	Stan Sakai ?
Inks	Stan Sakai ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	introduction to book; background art is grey floral design

1 page Usagi Yojimbo text article "Contents"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	typeset
Notes	table of contents; illustrated with pinup art; background art is grey floral design

1 page Usagi Yojimbo text article "To Ed, Diane, Kristy, and Cheryl"

Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai ?
Inks	Stan Sakai ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	dedication page; background art is grey floral design

20 page Usagi Yojimbo; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles story "Shades of Green"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi; Gen [Murakami Gennosuké]; Kakera; Kashira Chizu; Gunji; Donatello; Leonardo; Raphael; Michaelangelo
Synopsis	Usagi and Gen are trapped in a village by ninja; Kakera summons the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to help.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	Black and white reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #1 (March 1993)

20 page Usagi Yojimbo; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles story "Shades of Green Chapter 2"

Characters	Eiji; Leonardo; Michaelangelo; Donatello; Raphael; Kakera; Gen [Murakami Gennosuké]; Miyamoto Usagi; Gunji; Kashira Chizu
Synopsis	Ninja attack the village.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	Black and white reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #2 (May 1993)

20 page Usagi Yojimbo; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles story "Shades of Green Chapter 3"

Characters	Gunji; Kashira Chizu; Gen [Murakami Gennosuké]; Michaelangelo; Raphael; Donatello; Leonardo; Miyamoto Usagi; Kakera
Synopsis	Usagi, Gen and the Turtles follow the ninja back to their base.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	Black and white reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #3 (July 1993)

8 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Jizo"

Characters	Jizo; Lone Goat and Kid [Yagi; Gorogoro] (cameo); Miyamoto Usagi
Synopsis	Usagi helps a murder victim find peace.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	B&W reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #1 (March 1993)

28 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Shi"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi; Moyashi; Magistrate Sueoka; Juzo; Jiro; Kimie; Nobu
Synopsis	Usagi finds out about a plot to drive villagers from their homes.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	B&W reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #4 (September 1993)

28 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Shi Part 2"

Characters	Moyashi; Miyamoto Usagi; Nobu; Kimie; Juzo; Magistrate Sueoka
Synopsis	The assassin team "Shi" is hired to kill Usagi.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	B&W reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #5 (December 1993)

20 page Usagi Yojimbo story "The Lizards' Tale"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi
Synopsis	Usagi has an adventure with some tokagé lizards.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	Black and white reprint of colour story; first two pages originally published in Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #23
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #6 (January 1994)

8 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Usagi's Garden"

Characters	Katsuichi; Miyamoto Usagi
Synopsis	Katsuichi gives Usagi seeds for a vegetable garden.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	B&W reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #2 (May 1993)

8 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Autumn"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi; Aki-Onna; Katsuichi
Synopsis	Usagi meets a monster that is holding Autumn prisoner.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	B&W reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #3 (July 1993)

8 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Battlefield Part 1"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi; Katsuichi
Synopsis	Usagi and Katsuichi meet a soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	B&W reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #6 (January 1994)

10 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Battlefield Part 2"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi; Katsuichi
Synopsis	Usagi and Katsuichi visit a battlefield.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	B&W reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #7 (April 1994)

8 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Battlefield Part 3"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Mifune; Gunichi
Synopsis	Usagi returns a sword to the battlefield.
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Michael Dooney (original editor)
Notes	B&W reprint of colour story
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #8 (June 1994)

6 page Usagi Yojimbo; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cover reprint (on interior page) "Gallery"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi; Gen [Murakami Gennosuké]; Leonardo; Michaelangelo; Raphael; Donatello; Kimie
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Suzanne Taylor ?
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	typeset
Notes	Black and white cover reprints without logos or text
Reprinted	from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #1 (March 1993); from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #2 (May 1993); from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #3 (July 1993); from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #4 (September 1993); from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #5 (December 1993); from Usagi Yojimbo (Mirage, 1993 series) #6 (January 1994)

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Biography"

Characters	Stan Sakai
Script	Suzanne Taylor ?
Pencils	Greg Preston (B&W photo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	biography of Stan Sakai; illustrated with B&W photo of Sakai at his drawing board

2 page illustration "untitled"

Pencils	Stan Sakai ?
Inks	Stan Sakai ?
Notes	inside back cover and facing page; decorated with grey floral design

1 page Usagi Yojimbo promo (ad from the publisher) "Usagi Yojimbo - Shades of Death -"

Characters	Miyamoto Usagi
Genre	funny animals; martial arts
Script	Suzanne Taylor ?
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	typeset
Notes	illustrated with black and white pinup art; background is brown and tan floral pattern. Back cover.