Books in Usagi Yojimbo 24 series

Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo is a popular all-ages graphic novel series that chronicles the action-packed wanderings of a ronin in feudal Japan ― as told with anthropomorphic animals. For the first ten years of his career, the battling bunny was published by Fantagraphics Books. This slipcase set collects that entire run (previously published as seven trade paperbacks). With over 1000 pages of story, this is the complete, definitive, early Usagi in a paperback edition, with plenty of extras for fans and collectors.

With more than two hundred issues and counting, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo is among comics' most monumental achievements. To celebrate the rabbit ronin's thirtieth anniversary, Dark Horse proudly presents Miyamoto Usagi's epic trek along the warrior's path in a new series of deluxe compilations. In this first volume, Usagi protects a village from a band of assassins, reluctantly engages in a duel for blood money, hunts a gangster who has stolen his swords, and more.

Miyamoto Usagi's past comes to the fore in this latest volume of Dark Horse's definitive Usagi Yojimbo compilations. First, Usagi attends a duel between his former teacher, Katsuichi, and Katsuich's rival, and is drawn into a dispute involving a local fencing school. Next, Usagi struggles with the knowledge that his young traveling companion Jotaro is his son. Along the way, Sakai spins classic tales, as the Neko Ninja plot against Lord Noriyuki's life, fan-favorite character Sasuké the Demon Queller returns, and the manga classic Lone Wolf and Cub is homaged in "Lone Goat and Kid"! Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #53-#75!

Usagi and his friend Inspector Ishida join forces once again as they embark on a mission to track down and uncover the importance of a foreign book that's been at the root of many problems across the land.The daring duo, desperate to solve the mystery and restore peace, are forced to undertake unusual measures as well as enlist the help of a few surprising sources to get the information they require. Will Usagi and Ishida come out victorious or will this mystery prove too much for them to solve? Collecting a complete story arc in one place, this is the perfect jumping-on point for any fans--new or old!Collects Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden issues #1-#7.

Join everyone's favorite rabbit ronin as he continues his gripping exploits on the warrior's path! In this volume, Usagi teams up with fan-favorite guest star Inspector Ishida to solve a double murder at a roadside inn, then helps an allied clan protect its honor, and discovers that the soy sauce business can be as deadly as it is tasty! Featured in this collection is the story "Two Hundred Jizo," which celebrates Usagi's two hundredth consecutive appearance under the masterful pen of creator Stan Sakai! Collects Usagi Yojimbo #139-#144, plus three additional, previously uncollected short stories: "Buntori," "The Artist," and "Sukanku"!

The rabbit ronin faces a menace from Mars in this extraordinary story from multiple Eisner award-winning creator Stan Sakai! Fifteen years in his future, Miyamoto Usagi fights with Lord Noriyuki's Geishu clan, in an all-out war against the treacherous Lord Hikiji. In the fury of the final battle, a mysterious metal rocket crash-lands from the heavens, shattering both armies and igniting a new, more devastating conflict. It will take all the considerable fortitude, ingenuity, and heroism that Usagi and his loved ones can muster to combat the fearsome extraterrestrial war machines and halt the alien invasion. In the end, not everyone will survive to tell the tale.

In this thrilling volume, the rabbit ronin teams up with--and faces off against--a multitude of unexpected characters! First, bandits plunder a village threatened by flooding . . . but their reasons for pillaging will surprise even the most steadfast! Then, Usagi must work alongside his natural enemy--a Kappa--to cast out a violent renegade of the same species. Later, a Komori ninja must honor her debts when she and Usagi end up on opposing sides of a trade agreement gone wrong. Finally, Inspector Ishida returns to investigate a ghastly painting known only as the Hell Screen!Collects Usagi Yojimbo issues #152-#158.

Stan Sakai's samurai masterpiece returns in full force! In this volume, Miyamoto Usagi joins forces with a thief and a samurai to thwart a black market Ginseng trade; meets a fellow ronin who lost his arm in a duel, yet still has a trick up his sleeve; helps a tirelessly loyal samurai protect a priceless treasure; comes sword-to-sword with a brash European envoy; and escorts a bride-to-be to her fiancé, only to uncover a matrimonial assassination plot!

Stan Sakai's wandering rabbit ronin faces his toughest battles yet in this seventh installment of the definitive compilations! This riveting volume includes the stories "Traitors of the Earth," in which Miyamoto Usagi faces a terrifying horde of the undead, "A Town Called Hell," wherein Usagi must win peace for villagers caught between two competing gang lords, "Those Who Tread on the Scorpion's Tail," which pits Usagi against the notorious Red Scorpions and their shadowy leader, and much more! Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #117-#138, and the Free Comic Book Day 2009 story, "One Dark and Stormy Night.""One of the longest running series in comics, the quality of the narrative still remains undeniably high." - Paste Magazine"Sixteenth-century Japan is never so entertaining as in Stan Sakai's tales of Miyamoto Usagi." - NPR's Best Books of 2014

Dark Horse presents the quintessential companion to The Usagi Yojimbo Saga series--Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends! This volume collects some of the rabbit ronin's most exhilarating and colorful stories, including Senso, Yokai, and the long out of print Space Usagi! In these breathtaking pages, Usagi takes on a myriad of opponents, including dinosaurs, aliens, and demons, but never loses sight of the warrior's code: truth, honor, loyalty, and sacrifice. • By comics master Stan Sakai! • Includes stories not included in The Usagi Yojimbo Saga, including Space Usagi, which has long been out of print! • Complete your set--this is the essential companion to The Usagi Yojimbo Saga! • 540 beautiful pages, including a breathtaking color section!"I don't think there's much that I could write about Stan Sakai's masterwork series that hasn't been said . . . you are going to fall in love with this world, with this storyteller who will keep you guessing and enthralled." --Fanbase Press"This is the definition of a timeless work of art." --Multiversity Comics"[Stan's] work seems both effortless and worked over; he is a true master of comics." --Multiversity Comics

The rabbit ronin's third Dark Horse volume in a brand new second edition! While journeying over mountains, into valleys, through towns and farmlands, and along rugged coasts searching for harmony, Usagi faces a unique cast of characters: a village of seaweed farmers, an innocent noodle peddler, a demon-possessed woman, a relentless clan of bat ninja, an assassins' guild, a mysterious medicine peddler, and Inazuma, a secretive female samurai. More than once Usagi finds himself in great danger - but it's all in a day's work when you walk the thin line on the brink of life and death.

More newly remastered, classic adventures of the rabbit ronin in a beautiful new edition! A samurai's sword is more than his weapon - it is his soul. As such, he must prove himself worthy of possessing a daisho, a matched pair of swords. In his years as a warrior, fighting injustice and honing his spiritual and martial skills, Miyamoto Usagi has more than earned his swords. After braving many a battle and surviving tremendous bloodshed, Usagi continues his warrior pilgrimage. This volume finds him the reluctant participant in a duel for blood money and, later, enraged at the theft of his swords, Usagi pledges a new oath - to track the leader of a roving band of brigands and retrieve his daisho.