Signed, Numbered Collection

The Usagi Yojimbo Saga, Book 1 [Signed, Numbered]

Sakai, Stan

Notes: The first volume in the most avidly collected Usagi Yojimbo graphic novel format, the signed, numbered issue of the Dark Horse omnibus series.

"This volume collects issues #1–#16 of the Mirage Publishing, Inc., comic book series Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two and issues #1–#6 of the Dark Horse comic book series Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three." With an introduction by Jamie S. Rich. This includes the story sequences Origin Tale, Daisho, and The Brink of Life and Death.

Usagi Yojimbo, an anthropomorphic samurai saga with a rabbit as the main character, is one of the longest-running independent comic series, with more than 200 comic issues published, collected into some 40 graphic novel volumes. The author-illustrator Stan Sakai was born in Japan and emigrated to the US as a young boy. He is one of the most successful Asian American comic artists. A Netflix CGI series, Samurai Rabbit, based on Usagi Yojimbo characters, premiered on Netflix in April 2022.

Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy, with virtually no wear or bumping. This is copy 146 of 900 signed by Sakai with a small drawing on a special inserted color plate issued only in the signed version.

Publication: Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2014.

ISBN: 9781616556716

Item No: #361622

Price: $500