- Script
- Stan Sakai
- Pencils
- Stan Sakai
- Inks
- Stan Sakai
- Letters
- Stan Sakai
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi (featured) (also in flashback); Grandmother (first appearance, also in flashback); Lord Mifume (first appearance, flashback, death); Goblin [Buichi Toda] (first appearance, also in flashback, death)
- Reprints
First Usagi Yojimbo story published and done by Stan Sakai.
- Script
- Stan Sakai
- Pencils
- Stan Sakai
- Inks
- Stan Sakai
- Letters
- Stan Sakai
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical
- Characters
- Groo (cameo); Lord Hebi; Lord Hikiji; Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Noriyuki; Tomoe Ame; Neko Ninja Clan (first appearance); Hanzo (firts appearance, death)
- Synopsis
- Usagi meets Tomoe and Lord Noriyuki.
- Reprints
This version put together the two-part storyline from Albedo #3 and 4 in one single story. The page 11 of this edition is a reworked version of the first original page of Albedo #4 with new artwork done by Sakai.
- Script
- Stan Sakai
- Pencils
- Stan Sakai
- Inks
- Stan Sakai
- Letters
- Stan Sakai
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Lord Hebi; Miyamoto Usagi; Lord Noriyuki; Tomoe Ame; Nekohana (first appearance, death); Neko Ninja Clan; Lord Okii Ashiyubi (first appearance)
- Reprints
New story done for this edition.