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Issue: Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #1
Publication Date: November 1989
 
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.50 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Kim Thompson
Disclose Notes: Indicia states: "First printing: July 1989"
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Tom Luth
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, martial arts
Usagi Yojimbo
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo);
Reprinting
FlagUsagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition #1 published October 2010
 
Miscellaneous
1
Cover appears to be a reverse angle shot of Usagi's first appearance on the cover of Albedo [vol. 1] #2 (1984).
Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
typeset
Subject Matter
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo);
Table of contents are featured, as well as a small black-and-white illustration of Usagi Yojimbo (signed Sakai ©1985), as well as writings from Kim Thompson ("From the Editor's Desk") about the history of Usagi and the bad luck it had when printed in color for the first time Doomsday Squad #3 (1986).
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover; also includes credits and indicia. Error: Cover Gallery item lists "colored by ... and Stan Sakai (..., Anything Goes!) even though there is no cover from Anything Goes! (1986) reprinted in this comic. This is fixed (removed) in the "Special Edition" second print.
Tomoe's Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Tom Luth
Stan Sakai
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, martial arts
Usagi Yojimbo
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo); Tomoe; Noriyuki; Tatsutaro, Tajima
After some friendly sparing, Tomoe tells Usagi the story of how she became Noriyuki's retainer, after her father would not allow her to become head of The Falling Rain School because she is a woman.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
20
Albedo #4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, martial arts
Usagi Yojimbo
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo);
Reprinting
FlagAlbedo #2 published November 1984
 
Miscellaneous
1
Reprint of the front cover of Albedo [vo. 1] #4 (1985). The colors are different from the original: here, the ninja's outfits are page-white, while in the original, they are gray. Also, the original cover's trade dress is removed, and replaced with "A [sic] Usagi Cover Gallery from the pages of ALBEDO #2-4, USAGI SUMMER SPECIAL #1, and CRITTERS #3. (special thanks to Steven A. Gallacci and Port Publications for their help in preparing this section)"
Albedo #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, martial arts
Usagi Yojimbo
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo);
Reprinting
FlagAlbedo #3 published April 1985
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Flip]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Reprints the back cover of Albedo [vol. 1] #3. "Albedo" is written in Japanese Katakana, with a subtitle in Kanji, and a price of 345 Yen.
Albedo #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, martial arts
Usagi Yojimbo
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo);
Reprinting
FlagAlbedo #4 published July 1985
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Reprint of the cover of Albedo [vol. 1] #2 (1984), without trade dress.
Usagi Yojimbo Summer Special #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Tom Luth
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, martial arts
Usagi Yojimbo
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo); Tomoe, Noriyuki;
Reprinting
FlagUsagi Yojimbo Summer Special #1 published October 1986
 
Miscellaneous
2
Reprints the wraparound cover to the Usagi Yojimbo Summer Special #1 (1986), without "No. 1" and the price. Between the two pages of this cover reprint is a 16-page insert: The Fantagraphics Catalogue Fall 1989.
Fantagraphics Catalogue Fall 1989

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Various
Various
?
typeset
Subject Matter
A 16-page, full-color catalog from the company, stapled to the center of the comic book (in between the reproduction of the wraparound cover of the Usagi Yojimbo Summer Special #1 (1986)). Lists comics published by Fantagraphics from Adventures of Captain Jack (1986) to Yahoo (1988) with copious cover reproductions. On the last page there is an order form (titled as "COUPON").
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
16
This catalog is completely removed from the "Special Edition" second print.
Critters #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Tom Luth
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, martial arts
Usagi Yojimbo
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo);
Reprinting
FlagCritters #3 published August 1986
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Reprint of the cover of Critters #3 (1986) with trade dress intact.
Journey

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Wolverine MacAlistaire
Wolverine MacAlistaire;
Advertisement and order form for issues #15 - #27 of Journey (1985), only the Fatagraphics issues, as well as Wardrums #1 (1987).
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Three pages are reproduced in black-and-white; the cover of Journey #26 is reproduced in color.
Lost in a Lost City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Tom Luth
Stan Sakai
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy
Nilson Groundthumper; Hermy; Crod; Yog;
Nilson and Hermy are lost in a lost city and must contend with octopus plants, hungry city dwellers, and rocks.
Reprinting
FlagThe Adventures of Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy #[nn] published March 2014
as Lost in a Lost City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Double Star

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Freddy Milton; Dwight R. Decker (translation)
Freddy Milton
Freddy Milton
Mike Kazaleh
Bill Spicer
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Gnuff
Gnuff; Gnicky; Councilman Siegel
After Councilman Siegel falls ill with a cold, Gnuff takes over his part in the outdoor play, written by Gnicky.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
The Table of Contents lists this story as "A Star is Born."
Fission Chicken

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
?
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Fission Chicken
Fission Chicken;
Advertisement and order form for Fission Chicken #1 (1990), subscription to issues #1 - #4, and various issues of Critters (1986).
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Three interior pages are reproduced in black-and-white, and the cover to issue #1 is reproduced in color.
Village of Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
Tom Luth
Stan Sakai
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, martial arts
Usagi Yojimbo
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo); Ocho; Gon
Usagi visits a village gripped by fear because a kitsune (demon fox) terrorizes it.
Reprinting
FlagThe Doomsday Squad #3 published October 1986
was Village of Fear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Plot hole: Gon's name is never mentioned early in the story. How did Usagi know to yell it near the end of the story?
Buy My Comics...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Usagi Yojimbo
Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo);
A listing of various Usagi Yojimbo, Nilson Groundthumper, and Gnuff comics that Fantagraphics has for sale, along with an illustration of Usagi Yojimbo on horseback.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Full text at top, "Usagi Yojimbo Says: BUY MY COMICS... OR ELSE!" This page is left blank in the "Special Edition" second print, "for signatures," as noted by Kim Thompson's editorial in that edition.
Keif Llama

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Kief Llama
Kief Llama;
Advertisement and order form for Keif Llama -- Xeno-Tech #1 - #6 (1988) and Particle Dreams #1 - #6 (1986).
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Three interior pages are reproduced in black-and-white, and the cover to Keif Llama -- Xeno-Tech #3 is reproduced in color.

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