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Jim Valentino's drawing: what he refused to do
The least spectacular of the 1992 founders, by choice. Why this bias cost him commercially and why he ages better.
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Signing a cover is not drawing the number
A name on the front does not guarantee anything on the pages. What's different about a cover story, and how to verify an attribution.
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Collecting Jim Valentino: the bibliography without a high point
Four sets between $4.96 and $7.99 median, no key numbers, and only one expense item that really matters. Statement of August 29, 2026.
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A Touch of Silver: the $3.96 autobiography of an Image founder
His most personal series is the least expensive in his bibliography and the only one without any certified advertisement. Statement of August 29, 2026.
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The supernatural in Usagi Yojimbo: why the spirits are not a departure
Folklore creatures, ghosts, possession. What this vein allows for the story, how it is staged, and why it extends the documentary requirement.
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Usagi Yojimbo is not a children's series
Animal drawing warns of nothing. How violence is treated, what stylization allows, and who we can really offer this series to.
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Usagi Yojimbo and the Ninja Turtles: what crossovers are really worth
Stan Sakai's best-known crossovers are the least expensive. Statement of August 29, 2026, identification pitfalls, and why the price difference does not measure importance.
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Usagi Yojimbo: issues or collections? The calculation is not what you think
Collections form a market ten times more dispersed than issues. Statement of August 29, 2026, cross-checks between collections and mixed method.
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Usagi Yojimbo changed publishers four times: what it really changes
Four numberings distributed from one, four raw medians in $1.51. Survey of August 29, 2026, identification traps and inventory method.
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The first appearances of Usagi Yojimbo: the only segment where everything is reversed
More classified ads than raw, a title taken over ten years later by another publisher. Statement dated August 29, 2026 and method of identification.
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Usagi Yojimbo's Recurring Characters: A Cast, Not a Crew
Forty years without a continuous plot, and yet continuity. How the spaced return of figures replaces the plot, and what we lose by reading out of order.
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The short story of Usagi Yojimbo: an almost extinct form
One to three chapters, a beginning, an end. What this format allows, what it costs, and why it saved the series from four publisher changes.
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