The Usagi Yojimbo Saga #1 (2014) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: The Usagi Yojimbo Saga (Dark Horse, 2014 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: October 2014
Key date: October 15, 2014
On-sale date: October 15, 2014
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Books
Price: $24.99; 32.99 CAD
Pages: 636
Barcode: 978161655609952499
ISBN: 1-61655-609-9; 978-1-61655-609-9

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
1	Inside fron Cover	blank page(s)	1
2	Half Title Page	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
3	Full Title Page	credits, title page	2	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
4	Copyright Page	statement of ownership	1	letters: typeset
5	Dedication Page	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai
6	Contents	table of contents	2	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai
7	Foreword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Jamie S. Rich
8	Cast of Characters	character profile	1	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai
9	Origin Tale	comic story	4	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
10	Shades of Death	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
11	Storytelling from a Master	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: William Stout
12	Shades of Green (Chapter 1)	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Donatello, Murakami Gennosuke, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Miyamoto Usagi, Raphael
13	Shades of Green Chapter 2	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Donatello, Murakami Gennosuke, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Miyamoto Usagi, Raphael
14	Shades of Green Chapter 3	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Donatello, Murakami Gennosuke, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Miyamoto Usagi, Raphael
15	Jizo	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
16	Usagi's Garden	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi
17	Autumn	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi
18	Shi (Part 1)	comic story	28	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
19	Shi Part 2	comic story	28	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
20	The Lizard's Tale	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
21	Battlefield Part 1	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi
22	Battlefield Part 2	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi
23	Battlefield Part 3	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi
24	Daisho	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
25	Classic Storytelling	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: James Robinson
26	Blank	blank page(s)	1	letters: typeset
27	The Music of Heaven	comic story	18	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
28	The Gambler, the Widow, and the Ronin	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
29	The Nature of the Viper	comic story	7	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Jei
30	Blank	blank page(s)	1	letters: typeset
31	Slavers (Part 1)	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
32	Slavers Part 2	comic story	21	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
33	Blank	recap	1	letters: typeset
34	Daisho (Part 1)	comic story	21	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Miyamoto Usagi
35	Mongrels	comic story	7	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Murakami Gennosuke
36	Daisho Part 2	comic story	28	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Murakami Gennosuke, Miyamoto Usagi
37	Runaways (Part 1)	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Murakami Gennosuke, Miyamoto Usagi
38	Runaways Part 2	comic story	28	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
39	The Brink of Life and Death	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
40	Discoveries	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Kurt Busiek
41	Blank	blank page(s)	1	letters: typeset
42	Black Soul	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney	Jei
43	Kaiso	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
44	A Meeting of Strangers	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
45	Noodles (Part 1)	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Kitsune, Miyamoto Usagi
46	Noodles part 2	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Kitsune, Miyamoto Usagi
47	The Wrath Of The Tangled Skein	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
48	The Bonze's Story	comic story	4	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
49	Bats, the Cat, and the Rabbit	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Chizu, Miyamoto Usagi
50	The Chrysanthemum Pass	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
51	Lightning Strikes Twice	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
52	-	blank page(s)	1
53	Story Notes	text article	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
54	-	blank page(s)	1
55	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #1	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
56	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #2	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
57	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #3	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
58	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #4	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
59	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #5	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
60	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #6	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
61	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #7	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Michael Dooney
62	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #8	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Michael Dooney
63	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #9	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Michael Dooney
64	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #10	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Michael Dooney
65	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #11	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Michael Dooney
66	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #12	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Michael Dooney
67	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #13	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Michael Dooney
68	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #14	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Michael Dooney
69	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #15	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Michael Dooney
70	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two #16	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Michael Dooney
71	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #1	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
72	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #2	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
73	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #3	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
74	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #4	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich
75	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #5	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich
76	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #6	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
77	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Book 8: Shades of Death	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
78	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Book 9: Daisho	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
79	Gallery: Usagi Yojimbo Book 10: The Brink of Life and Death	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
80	Cover Sketches	illustration	4	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
81	About the Author	text article	1	editing: Jamie S. Rich
82	Usagi Yojimbo	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
83	Dark Horse Comics, Inc.	credits, title page	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich
84	Inside Back Cover	blank page(s)	1
85	Back Cover	text article	1	letters: typeset

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