Usagi Yojimbo #21 - First Appearance of Chizu, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Usagi Yojimbo (Fantagraphics, 1987 series)
Issue: #21
Publication date: April 1990
Key date: April 10, 1990
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.00
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Chizu - 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	pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; colors: Tom Luth	Miyamoto Usagi
1	Blood Wings [part 1]	comic story	20	script: Stan Sakai; pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan Sakai	Chizu First, Lord Hebi, Miyamoto Usagi
2	Dragon's Hide	comic story	8	script: Monica Sharp; pencils: Dave Garcia; inks: Dave Garcia

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Usagi Yojimbo #5 ISBN 1-56097-088-X	1992	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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