Stan Sakai’s internationally celebrated creation, Usagi Yojimbo, continues into its 20th year! This issue finds Usagi’s surly friend, Gen the bounty hunter, tracking down yet another reward. This bounty has attracted the attention of Gen’s archrival, Stray Dog, and is on the head of none other than the murderous Inazuma! The two samurai adversaries are in hot pursuit, neither realizing that the swordswoman has been possessed by the Black Soul. Will the new Blade of the Gods turn her demonic vengeance on “Gen and the Dog”? Find out this month in Usagi Yojimbo!

• Usagi Yojimbo is a 2004 Young Adult Library Services Association award winner!

• Stan Sakai has won many industry awards, including a Parents’ Choice Award, an Inkpot Award, multiple Eisner Awards and the prestigious National Cartoonists Society Comic Book Division Award.