As the title of the first miniseries implies, Space Usagi puts Sakai's sword-wielding hero into a very different milieu than the one to which his legions of fans have become accustomed. In this series, Usagi must accompany the leader of his clan, Lord Kiyoshi, on a perilous quest through space to recover his clan's lost treasure and to prove that the youthful liege is fit to rule.
"Space Usagi is a very solid adventure story," said editor Jamie S. Rich. "It's the sort of story fans have wanted to see return to comics for a long time. It's a suspenseful tale of loyalty and betrayal."
Retailers can obtain a special 16-page preview booklet of Space Usagi #1 by sending a business card to Dark Horse Comics to the attention of the marketing department. "The preview booklet is free," said vice president of sales and marketing Lou Bank. "It's a very high-quality package, with a color cover, and it can be handed to customers to interest them in the series. And in the back of the preview is a sign-up sheet, so that those interested customers can give you a concrete promise that they will buy the comic from you if you'll order it from Diamond. This is a very simple, common-sense approach to elightening retailers and consumers to a series about which they may know nothing."
Space Usagi is a three-issue monthly black-and-white miniseries, starting in January 1996.