This Wednesday, March 5th, Dark Horse Comics‘ imprint Dogu Publishing is set to release USAGI YOJIMBO: Ten Thousand Plums #1 (of 5) – an all-new color Usagi story from Stan Sakai, featuring the return of fan-favorite character, Gen!
Here’s a look at the covers, storyline, and preview pages
for this week’s new release from Dark Horse Comics…
USAGI YOJIMBO: Ten Thousand Plums #1 (of 5)
Written by Stan Sakai
Art by Stan Sakai
Colored by Hi-Fi Colour Design
Letters by Stan Sakai
Covers & Cover Artists:
Stan Sakai w/ Emi Fujii (Cover A)
Esau Escorza & Isaac Escorza (Cover B)
Arita Mitsuhiro (Cover C)
Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Media Tie-In
Format: FC, 32 pages; Miniseries
SRP: $4.99
Publication Date: March 05, 2025
One of the Shogun’s samurai strongmen becomes immediately suspicious when Usagi, Yukichi, and Gen are found wandering in a huge field of the Shogun’s prized plum trees… With a series of strange events gripping the local village with fear, can their appearance be a mere coincidence?
About Dark Horse Comics:
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Over the years, Dark Horse has published the work of creative legends such as Yoshitaka Amano, Margaret Atwood, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Will Eisner, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Faith Erin Hicks, Kazuo Koike, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Kentaro Miura, Moebius, Chuck Palahniuk, Wendy Pini, Richard Pini, and Gerard Way. In addition, Dark Horse has a long tradition of establishing exciting new creative talent throughout all of its divisions.
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