Kabuki Omnibus #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Ryuichi Kai - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Kabuki Omnibus (Dark Horse, 2019 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: December 2019
Key date: 2019-12-11
On-sale date: 2019-12-11
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Books
Price: $29.99; 39.99 CAD
Pages: 404
Barcode: 978150671606052999
ISBN: 9781506716060; 1506716067

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ryuichi Kai - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The General - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

First appearance of Tiger Lily - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

First appearance of Johnny Yamamoto - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

First appearance of Yoshiko Yamaguchi - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Link Kinoshita - 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	-	cover	1	script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack	Kabuki
1	-	illustration	1	pencils: David Mack; colors: David Mack
2	-	credits, title page	6	script: Andy Warhol; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
3	Origins	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	3	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
4	-	illustration	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack	Kabuki
5	-	table of contents	2	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
6	Introduction	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	4	script: Brian Michael Bendis; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
7	-	illustration	2	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
8	-	illustration	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack
9	-	illustration	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
10	Fear the Reaper	comic story	41	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: Joe Martin	Butoh First, Oni First, Dove First, The General First, Ice First, Kabuki, Ryuichi Kai First, Scarab First, Siamese First, Siamese First, Snapdragon First, Tiger Lily First, Tsukiko, Ukiko
11	Ghosts in the Looking Glass	comic story	48	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: Joe Martin	Butoh First, Oni First, Dove First, The General First, Ice First, Kabuki, Ryuichi Kai First, Scarab First, Siamese First, Siamese First, Snapdragon First, Tiger Lily First, Tsukiko, Ukiko
12	Masks of the Noh	comic story	31	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: Joe Martin, Steve Stegelin	Butoh First, Dove First, The General First, Ice First, Kabuki, Ryuichi Kai First, Scarab First, Siamese First, Siamese First, Snapdragon First, Tiger Lily First, Ukiko
13	Broken	comic story	31	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: Steve Stegelin, David Mack	Butoh First, Cowboy First, Dove First, The General First, Ice First, Kabuki, Ryuichi Kai First, Scarab First, Siamese First, Siamese First, Snapdragon First, Tiger Lily First, Tsukiko, Ukiko
14	Illusions	comic story	30	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: Steve Stegelin	Butoh First, Cowboy First, Dove First, The General First, Ice First, Kabuki, Ryuichi Kai First, Link Kinoshita First, Scarab First, Siamese First, Siamese First, Snapdragon First, Tiger Lily First, Tsukiko
15	The Mad Tea Party	comic story	32	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: Steve Stegelin	Cowboy First, Kabuki, Ryuichi Kai First, Link Kinoshita First, Ukiko, Violet First, Yoshiko Yamaguchi First, Johnny Yamamoto First
16	Final Curtain	comic story	32	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: Steve Stegelin	The General First, Kabuki, Ryuichi Kai First, Ukiko
17	-	illustration	2	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
18	-	credits, title page	5	script: L. Adams Beck, René Magritte; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
19	Requiem	comic story	12	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: David Mack	Kabuki, Tsukiko, Ukiko
20	-	illustration	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack	Tsukiko
21	Dreams of the Dead	comic story	19	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: David Mack	Kabuki, Tsukiko, Ukiko
22	-	credits, title page	2	script: L. Adams Beck; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
23	One Half	comic story	17	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: David Mack	Kabuki, Ryuichi Kai First, Tsukiko, Ukiko
24	-	credits, title page	3	script: L. Adams Beck; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
25	The Ghost Play	comic story	16	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: David Mack	Kabuki, Tsukiko, Ukiko
26	-	illustration	1	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
27	-	illustration	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack
28	-	text article	2	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
29	Notes	text article	3	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
30	-	illustration	0.5	pencils: David Mack	Kabuki, Ukiko
31	-	cartoon	0.25	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: David Mack	Tsukiko, Ukiko
32	-	cartoon	0.25	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: David Mack	Tsukiko, Ukiko
33	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack	Kabuki, Ukiko
34	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack	Kabuki, Ukiko
35	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack	Kabuki, Ukiko
36	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack	Kabuki, Tsukiko, Ukiko
37	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
38	-	illustration	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
39	-	illustration	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack
40	Kabuki Circa 1993	text article	3	script: David Mack; pencils: Brian Michael Bendis
41	Afterword	text article	3	script: Jim Steranko
42	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steranko; inks: Steranko; colors: Steranko	Kabuki, Ukiko
43	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike Mignola	Kabuki, Ukiko
44	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Mike Allred; inks: Mike Allred	Kabuki, Ukiko
45	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Ray Lago; inks: Ray Lago; colors: Ray Lago	Kabuki, Ukiko
46	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: Alex Ross	Kabuki, Ukiko
47	Behind the Curtain	text article	12	script: Takashi Hattori; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack
48	Lil Kabuki in Dream Land	comic story	1	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack; letters: David Mack	Ukiko
49	-	illustration	1	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: David Mack
50	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: David Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack
51	-	illustration	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack	Ukiko
52	His Music	comic story	4	script: Wilson Mack; pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; letters: David Mack
53	-	illustration	1	pencils: David Mack; inks: David Mack; colors: David Mack	Kabuki, Ukiko

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q115088315 (Oni), first-appearance property (CC0)

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