Usagi Yojimbo - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:46:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Usagi Yojimbo - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Spider-Man/Superman, In Your Skin and more CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/22/spider-man-superman-in-your-skin-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56596 Marvel takes its turn teaming up its friendly neighborhood wall-crawler with the Man of Steel in Spider-Man/Superman #1. Click for more Staff Picks!

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]]> 56596 Flash sees a Bad Moon Rising, plus Mr. Terrific, quilts and more in this week’s CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/23/staff-picks-july23/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53480 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Flash: Bad Moon Rising Special #1: Bad Moon Rising...

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]]> 53480 Supergirl’s new adventures, a game of Exquisite Corpses and more in this week’s CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/14/staff-picks-may14/ Wed, 14 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52598 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Scott’s pick: Supergirl #1: Kara Zor-El has been a key member...

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]]> 52598 Godzilla meets Dracula, plus Absolute Wonder Woman, Mystique and more Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/22/staff-picks-jan22/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51433 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Austin’s pick: Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre #3: Even in the face of...

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]]> 51433 Hickman and Capullo help Wolverine get Revenge in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/21/staff-picks-aug21/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49911 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Tony’s pick: Wolverine: Revenge #1: He’s been beaten. He’s been bloodied....

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]]> 49911 Now and forever, Phoenix #1 leads this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/17/staff-picks-july17/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49586 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Austin’s pick: Phoenix #1: She is Jean Grey. She is Phoenix. She saves the world. She brings death. One woman, alone in space, who not only must do what no one...

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]]> 49586 Who will be the Heir of Apocalypse, and what else will be in this week’s Staff Picks? https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/12/staff-picks-june12/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49195 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Austin’s pick: X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse #1: For centuries, Apocalypse tested the mutants of Earth to guarantee that only the strong would survive. Now, as he takes his throne on Arakko, another must rise...

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]]> 49195 Ba studies Robin, tri-color Turtles and more of this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/08/staff-picks-may8/ Wed, 08 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48846 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: The Boy Wonder #1: The young prince Damian Wayne was raised to be the heir to the fearsome League of Assassins. But everything changed when his father, the Batman, reclaimed him and...

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]]> 48846 Usagi Yojimbo DOES NOT cross over with The Crow in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/03/staff-picks-april3/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48434 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s pick: Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1: Finally making it out of the frozen mountains, Usagi and Yukichi come across a merchant being attacked by four brigands. They rescue the supposed merchant only to...

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]]> 48434 Polaris will have you seeing green in a special Valentine’s Day Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/14/staff-picks-feb-14/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47921 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: Fall of the House of X #2: In which Polaris leads an invasion of Brood against Orchis. Come on, Uncle Gerry, you’ve had some rough ones lately. Don’t screw this up. Written by...

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]]> 47921 If Santa is a mutant, does that make this Batman team-up an intercompany crossover?: Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/06/staff-picks-dec-6/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47327 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ pick: Batman-Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1: A not-so-jolly St. Nick hits Gotham City to investigate a brutal crime in the days leading up to Christmas. With the help of his former student, Batman, Santa...

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]]> 47327 Spider-Boy, king of thieves, weave your little webs of opacity all over this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/01/staff-picks-nov-1/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47007 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. No one asked for this; we just wanted an excuse to put Taylor Swift lyrics in the headline: Spider-Boy #1: After the events of The End of the Spider-Verse, Spider-Boy’s secret history as Spider-Man’s sidekick...

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]]> 47007 You think Gotham City’s bad, check out the Gotham Below in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/11/staff-picks-oct-11/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46760 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: Batman: City of Madness #1: Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham, a living nightmare, populated by twisted mirrors of our Gotham’s denizens, fueled by the fear and hatred flowing down...

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]]> 46760 Get a front-row seat to the Frost-Stark wedding in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/27/staff-picks-sept-27/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46631 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s pick: Invincible Iron Man #10: You are cordially invited to the wedding of Anthony Edward Stark and Emma Grace Frost. Come join the lucky couple as they exchange vows. Attire is Hellfire formal. Orchis...

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]]> 46631 Happy Belated Father’s Day, Big Daddy [A] Is Back in Our Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/28/happy-belated-fathers-day-big-daddy-a-is-back-in-our-staff-picks/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45844 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: X-Men: Before the Fall: Heralds of Apocalypse: In ancient days, Genesis turned back the hordes of Amenth. In ancient days, Genesis forced Annihilation into a parley. What words were spoken in her mind?...

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]]> 45844 A Big Batman Issue and 3 Kyle Starks Comics in This Week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/03/a-big-batman-issue-and-3-kyle-starks-comics-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 03 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45359 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: Batman #135/#900: It’s Batman versus Red Mask in a brutal Gotham that’s never known hope and a comic so big it needs two separate issue numbers!. Can the Dark Knight overcome the terrifying...

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]]> 45359 Staff Picks Are Back, and So Is Your Dad’s Superboy https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/19/staff-picks-are-back-and-so-is-your-dads-superboy/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45255 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Superboy: The Man of Tomorrow #1: Your dad’s Superboy is back, and he’s ready to Jnco Jeans your Macarena straight into the Steve Urkel! Written by Kenny Porter (DC Mech) and drawn by...

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]]> 45255 Usagi Yojimbo #24 Is a Great Jumping-on Point, Even at the End of an Arc https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/26/usagi-yojimbo-24-is-a-great-jumping-on-point-even-at-the-end-of-an-arc/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35446 Kiyoko has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom by the local mob. Boss Hasegawa wants the ledger of bribes Kitsune had stolen, but how can they buy Kiyoko’s freedom when that book had been stolen from the thief? Usagi, Yukichi and Kitsune try to bluff their way with Boss Hasegawa, but their scheme...

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]]> 35446 Black Panther, the Best Hawkeye and … The Rob? … Top Our Staff Picks for Nov. 24 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/22/black-panther-the-best-hawkeye-and-the-rob-top-our-staff-picks-for-nov-24/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35350 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s Pick: Black Panther #1: A new creative team takes Wakanda into a new era. Join writer John Ridley (Other History of the DC Universe) and artist Juann Cabal (Guardians of the Galaxy) as T’Challa...

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]]> 35350 From Vampires to Zombies, This Week’s Staff Picks are Spooky AF https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/25/from-vampires-to-zombies-this-weeks-staff-picks-are-spooky-af/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34793 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick: House of Slaughter #1: James Tynion IV’s Tiny Empire expands with this prequel spinoff of his BOOM Studios series Something Is Killing the Children, focused on monster hunter Aaron Slaughter, co-written by Tate...

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]]> 34793 Comics Legend Stan Sakai, Canadian Jay Baruchel Round Out Our Exclusive Preview Of Deadpool: Black, White & Blood #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/30/comics-legend-stan-sakai-canadian-jay-baruchel-round-out-our-exclusive-preview-of-deadpool-black-white-blood-3/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34170 Anthologies are hard. It’s enough of a challenge to get one creative team to tell a solid story, much less three. Deadpool: Black, White & Blood #3 sidesteps that challenge by making the appeal come from the creators. You have Stan Sakai, the legend behind Usagi Yojimbo, a comic that has never been bad. You...

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]]> 34170 The Student Becomes the Master in Usagi Yojimbo #22 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/16/the-student-becomes-the-master-in-usagi-yojimbo-22/ Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33798 Usagi and Yukichi have left Lord Hikiji’s province, so their troubles are behind them … or so they thought! They meet up with Kitsune, the street performer/thief, who brings her own troubles. Kitsune has stolen a ledger recording bribes by a gang leader to local politicians. Usagi wants to turn it over to the area...

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]]> 33798 Batman Goes Global, Thanos Rises and More Staff Picks for Sept. 15 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/13/batman-goes-global-thanos-rises-and-more-staff-picks-for-sept-15/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33627 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s Pick: Batman: The World: Batman goes beyond borders as a platoon of international writers and artists tell tales of the Dark Knight set in their home countries, led by the Batman: Damned team of...

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]]> 33627 Comics’ Best Bunny Has a Nice Time in Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/29/comics-best-bunny-has-a-nice-time-in-chibi-usagi-attack-of-the-heebie-chibis/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30226 Stan Sakai’s beloved rabbit samurai has won countless fans over his 35-year history, thanks to a clever blend of thrilling action, heartwarming characters and realistic portrayal of Japanese culture. Chibi Usagi brings these fun and thoughtful stories to middle grade readers as an original graphic novel packed with adorable art and captivating energy by Julie...

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]]> 30226 Green Arrow’s Birthday, X-Factor’s Finale and More Staff Picks for June 30 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/28/green-arrows-birthday-x-factors-finale-and-more-staff-picks-for-june-30/ Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30174 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Greek Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular: Celebrate eight decades of the Emerald Archer with this all-star anthology featuring stories by Mariko Tamaki, Tom Taylor, Stephanie Phillips, Benjamin Percy, Otto Schmidt, Javier Rodriguez,...

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