The Usagi Yojimbo Saga #2 (2015) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: The Usagi Yojimbo Saga (Dark Horse, 2014 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: February 2015
Key date: February 2015
On-sale date: March 18, 2015
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Books
Price: $24.99; 27.50 CAD
Pages: 676
Barcode: 978161655610552499
ISBN: 1-61655-610-2; 978-1-61655-610-5

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Usagi and Jei	cover	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai	Jei, Miyamoto Usagi
1	White	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	Miyamoto Usagi
6	Contents	text article	2	letters: typeset
7	Cast of Characters	character profile	1	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
8	Seasons	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
9	Stan's Other Self	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Lynn Johnston; pencils: Lynn Johnston; inks: Lynn Johnston	Lynn Johnston
10	Return To Adachi Plain	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
11	The Withered Field	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
12	A Promise In The Snow	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
13	The Conspiracy of Eight	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Chizu
14	Snakes and Blossoms	comic story	11	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
15	The Courage of the Plum	comic story	5	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Katsuichi, Miyamoto Usagi
16	The Crossing	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Jei
17	The Patience of the Spider	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
18	The Lord of Owls	comic story	12	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
19	The First Tenet	comic story	12	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
20	The Obakeneko of the Geishu Clan	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Murakami Gennosuke, Tomoe Ame
21	Green Persimmon	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Lord Noriyuki, Tomoe Ame
22	Grasscutter	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
23	American Komikkusu	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Will Eisner
24	Prologue 1: Izanagi & Izanami	comic story	7	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
25	Prologue 2: Susano-o	comic story	9	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
26	Prologue 3: Yamato-Dake	comic story	8	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
27	Prologue 4: Dan-no-ura	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
28	Chapter 1: Jei	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Murakami Gennosuke, Jei, Lord Noriyuki, Tomoe Ame
29	Chapter 2: Heike Gani	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Murakami Gennosuke, Jei
30	Chapter 3: Inazuma	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Murakami Gennosuke, Jei, Lord Noriyuki, Tomoe Ame
31	Chapter 4: Noriyuki and Tomoe	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Murakami Gennosuke, Jei, Lord Noriyuki, Tomoe Ame
32	Chapter 5: Ikeda	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Murakami Gennosuke, Jei, Lord Noriyuki, Tomoe Ame
33	Chapter 6: Tomoe and Ikeda	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Murakami Gennosuke, Jei, Lord Noriyuki, Tomoe Ame
34	Chapter 7: Usagi and Jei	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Murakami Gennosuke, Jei, Lord Noriyuki, Tomoe Ame
35	Chapter 8: Sanshobo	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Murakami Gennosuke, Jei, Lord Noriyuki, Tomoe Ame
36	Grey Shadows	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
37	The Case of Usagi Yojimbo	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Max Allan Collins, Nathan Collins
38	My Father's Swords	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Diana Schutz	Murakami Gennosuke
39	The Demon Flute	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
40	Momo-Usagi-Taro	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
41	The Hairpin Murders	comic story	48	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Diana Schutz	Inspector Ishida, Miyamoto Usagi
42	The Courtesan	comic story	48	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
43	Tameshigiri	comic story	24	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai; editing: Diana Schutz	Inspector Ishida, Miyamoto Usagi
44	Story Notes	text article	10	script: Stan Sakai
45	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #7	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
46	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #8	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
47	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #9	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
48	The Art of Usagi Yojimbo #1	cover reprint (on interior page)	2	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Pat Duke	Miyamoto Usagi
49	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #10	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
50	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #11	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
51	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #12	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
52	Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #4	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
53	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #13	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
54	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #14	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
55	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #15	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
56	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #16	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
57	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #17	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
58	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #18	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
59	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #19	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
60	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #20	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
61	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #21	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Jamie S. Rich	Miyamoto Usagi
62	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #22	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
63	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #23	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
64	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #24	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
65	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #25	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
66	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #26	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
67	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #27	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
68	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #28	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
69	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #29	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
70	Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #30	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
71	Usagi Yojimbo Book 11- Seasons	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Diana Schutz	Miyamoto Usagi
72	Usagi Yojimbo Book 12- Grasscutter	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Diana Schutz	Murakami Gennosuke, Jei, Miyamoto Usagi, Tomoe Ame
73	Usagi Yojimbo Book 13- Grey Shadows	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Stan Sakai; editing: Diana Schutz	Inspector Ishida, Miyamoto Usagi
74	About the Author	text article	1	pencils: Sharon Sakai
75	Dark Horse Comics, Inc.	credits, title page	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
76	Usagi Yojimbo	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
77	Back Cover	text article	1	letters: typeset

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