Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums #3

Part three of five in the "Ten Thousand Plums" arc finds Stan Sakai's beloved rabbit ronin in a precarious spot — the cover, by Sakai and e. Fujii, shows Usagi scrambling up a steep thatched slope while a snarling wolf adversary lunges at him from above, and a formidable rhinoceros warrior waits sword-in-hand at the bottom. The dynamic composition conveys a warrior caught between two dangerous opponents with nowhere easy to go, which is exactly the kind of beautifully orchestrated peril that has kept this series thriving for decades. Dark Horse and Dogu Publishing deliver another handsomely crafted chapter of feudal-Japan adventure for $4.99.