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Publishers / Fantagraphics / Critters (1986) / #3

3August 1986
$2.00; 2.75 CAD

Critters #3

Fantagraphics · August 1986 · on sale April 7, 1986

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Identification plate

Series: Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: August 1986
Key date: August 1986
On-sale date: April 7, 1986
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.00; 2.75 CAD
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth	Miyamoto Usagi
1	Third Time Lucky	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	0.67	script: Kim Thompson
2	Contents	table of contents	0.33	pencils: Stan Sakai, Freddy Milton, Steve Gallacci; inks: Stan Sakai, Freddy Milton, Steve Gallacci	Miyamoto Usagi
3	Horse Thief!	comic story	10	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
4	Birthright Chapter Three (of Six)	comic story	10	script: Steve Gallacci; pencils: Steve Gallacci; inks: Steve Gallacci	Major Duwan; Jenna Shodi; Wando; Kodaka Charka [Prince Alfon]
5	Unhappy Returns	comic story	10	script: Freddy Milton; pencils: Freddy Milton; inks: Freddy Milton	Gnellie; Gnuff; Gnicky; Gnorbert
6	Letters	letters page	1.33	script: Kim Thompson; pencils: Freddy Milton, Stan Sakai; inks: Freddy Milton, Stan Sakai	Miyamoto Usagi
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	2.67	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #1	1989	On eBay ›
Usagi Yojimbo #1 ISBN 0930193350	1987	On eBay ›
Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition #1 ISBN 978-1-60699-154-1	2010	On eBay ›
Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition #1 ISBN 978-1606998878	2015	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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