Usagi Yojimbo Origins TPB (2021- IDW) comic books
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Published Apr 2021 by IDW Publishing.$19.99
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Samurai!" Collects Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics (2020 IDW) #1-7.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
Presenting the complete saga of rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi from the very beginning, in new, definitive color editions!
Before his journey as a wandering, masterless samurai (ronin) began, Usagi underwent intense training under a mountain hermit, Katsuichi-Sensei, taking his first steps down the path of the warrior. Eventually, that path leads him to the pivotal battle of Adachigahara, which serves as the impetus for the host of amazing tales to come.
Collected in full color as never before, discover-or rediscover-the critical origin of Stan Sakai's most beloved character as he tells his story, setting the stage for the decades-long epic that follows. Collects IDW's Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #1-7, which present 1987's "Samurai" storyline in color for the first time.
Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color.
Cover price $24.99. -
Published Feb 2022 by IDW Publishing.$8.30
Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Wanderer's Road!" Collects Usagi Yojimbo (1987-1993 1st Series) #7-12.
Story and art by Stan Sakai.
Presenting the earliest adventures of rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi, with our FIRST full-color series edition -giving new readers the perfect opportunity to explore this groundbreaking series while offering long-time fans a new reading experience!
Usagi's cast of characters continues to expand with the first appearances of his longtime tokage (lizard) companion, Spot and his greatest nemesis -the demented, and perhaps immortal, wolf warrior Jei (Grasscutter)!
Join Usagi as he is tested in an emotionally captivating tale between the bonds of family and the bounds of honor, as he helps an elderly mother face the villain her son has become. When the blind swordspig Zato-Ino comes back for revenge, can Usagi still triumph after the playing field is leveled? All this, plus more adventures in anthropomorphic Edo Japan!
Wanderer's Road collects the stories "The Tower," "A Mother's Love," "The Return of the Blind Swordspig," "Blade of the Gods," "The Tea Cup," and "The Shogun's Gift" from Usagi Yojimbo Vol. One, issues #7-12, originally published in black and white by Fantagraphics from March to October 1988.
Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color.
Cover price $19.99.
