Usagi Yojimbo

Space Usagi: Yokai Hunter

Space Usagi: Yokai Hunter

Kicking off a new set of Space Usagi adventures, the one-shot Space Usagi: Yokai Hunter begins not in space but in the forest where Miyamoto Usagi helps a pair of travelers being attacked by yokai spirits who have kidnapped their daughter. Tracking them to a haunted castle, Usagi battles a series of challenges including henchman moving too fast for him to see (but not too fast to cut down with his sword), a weeping ghost, a spider bride, and a demon cat, only to run into a familiar enemy at the top of the castle.

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Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow #1

Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow #1

Usagi Yojimbo returns to Dark Horse Comics for the first issue of this five-issue arc set in the northern mountains. We get two stories here coming out of Usagi’s last arc in IDW. First, we see Miyamoto Usagi and Yukichi working their way through the mountains after their latest adventure. They will be attacked by local bandits hoping to relieve the travelers of food and gold. After the brief skirmish Usagi is drawn to a cabin in the woods where a shy host offers them shelter, although it appears she may have more than their best interests at heart.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #5

  • Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #5
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  • Writer: Stan Sakai
  • Artist: Stan Sakai

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen comes to a close with the final battle against Dr. WhereWhen and his mechanical forces both within the castle where the Turtles and Usagi‘s friends have been able to reach as well as out on the battle field. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #5 offers an action-packed conclusion to the series with one big surprise in the death of a recurring Usagi Yojimbo character. The death of Yukichi, who has been a large role is recent Usagi storylines, is unexpected, but he’s given a heroic death here to save his friends.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #4

  • Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #4
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  • Writer: Stan Sakai
  • Artist: Stan Sakai

The crossover event continues as the Turtles, the Neko Ninja, and Usagi and his friends battle their way to Dr. WhereWhen‘s fortress encountering some of his new mechanical monstrosities in the form of giant spiders and a dragon. They aren’t the only one to encounter Dr. WhereWhen’s clockwork creations as Zato-Ino and his daughter Ichiko also run into the foot soldiers in the woods and an entire legion on them is about to overwhelm the camp of Lord Noriyuki whose army is stalled licking its wounds and burying their dead before continuing on their march towards Lord Hikiju.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #2

  • Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #2
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  • Writer: Stan Sakai
  • Artist: Stan Sakai

The second issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen picks up immediately from where the first issue ended in the classic hero misunderstanding with the friends mistakenly taking the newly arrived Turtles for the Kappa who have been terrorizing the area. This provides the only real action of the issue which ends with the arrival of Miyamoto Usagi, introducing LeonardoDonatelloMichelangelo, and Raphael to his friends.

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