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Norrin_Radd

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  1. Read Usagi Volume 14 "Demon Mask" (222 pages). A nice collection of stories including Mystery of Demon Mask, The Inn on Moon Shadow Hill, Deserters, Potter's Tale, Kumo, and Reunion where Usagi is reunited with Gennosuke and Sanshobo just in time to repel a hoard of assassins.
  2. Read Usagi Volume 13 (198 pages). Usagi teams up with a police inspector to solve crimes.
  3. Read Usagi Volume 12 "Grasscutter" (246 pages). This was the first volume of Usagi I ever read and is a favorite. It tells the back story of a sacred sword. There is a plot to recover the lost sword and use it to overthrow the shogun and reinstate the emperor. It falls in the hands of Usagi then the demon Jei. Who eventually is on the receiving end of it in a fierce battle to the death with Usagi. This is the third time Usagi has defeated Jei, but the "blade of the gods" always returns. Will this time be different?
  4. I didn't start reading & collecting comics until I was an adult. My first trip to a local comic shop was 3/12/2001. Bought these three comics. This selection was mostly based on what I watched on TV - Super Friends and The Incredible Hulk as a kid and Futurama as an adult.
  5. Read Usagi Yojimbo volumes 11 (194 pages pages from UY 7–12, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: Green Persimmon 1, and stories from Usagi Yojimbo Roleplaying Game and The Art of Usagi Yojimbo 1). More good stories including the return of the villain Jei.
  6. Read Usagi Yojimbo Saga book 1 comprised of volumes 8-10 (590 pages pages from UY 1-16 volume 2 and UY 1-6 volume 3). Many great stories including a crossover with the TMNT. A possible new love interest - Chizu from the Neko ninja clan. An old love interest from his past - Princess Kinuko. Teaming up with a new mysterious bounty hunter - Stray Dog. And, as always, more duels to the death ☠️ - with Usagi always winning. Lots of fun samurai action.
  7. Read Usagi Yojimbo volume 7 (187 pages from UY 32-38 and Critters 38). More great stories with a new character (Kitsune) and Gen's origin story. It's good to see Usagi and Gen in action together.
  8. Read Usagi Yojimbo volume 6 (163 pages from UY 25-31 and Critters 50). Circles storyline follows Usagi and his journey back home and his discovery that his sensei he thought dead is still alive. Lots of touching tales like The Duel and Usagi's relationship with his old flame Mariko.
  9. Read Usagi Yojimbo volume 5 (142 pages from UY 19-24 volume 1). A collection of action-filled stories including Lone Goat and Kid (homage to Lone Wolf and Cub).
  10. Read Usagi Yojimbo volume 4 (179 pages from UY 13-18 volume 1). "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy" is my favorite Usagi storyline that I've read. Wonderful story and art full of action. Bounty hunter Murikami Gennosuke looses his horn in combat with the blind warrior pig Zato Ino. And the story builds to an explosive climax.
  11. Read Usagi Yojimbo volume 3 (146 pages from UY 7-12 volume 1). More action and the first appearance of the villainous Jei. Also, run in with the Neko ninja Shingen.
  12. Read Usagi Yojimbo volume 2 (141 pages from UY 1-6 volume 1). Lots of action and humor with some great artwork.
  13. Read Usagi Yojimbo volume 1 (144 pages from Albedo, Critters, and Summer Special). Love these early Usagi stories where the characters are introduced. Lots of action and humor.
  14. Started reading Usagi Yojimbo from the beginning (Albedo #2). I've read quite a bit of Usagi before but it's been a few years and I'd like to see if I can read through to present this year. I started this same challenge in 2020 but quickly got derailed during the pandemic.
  15. Read Tintin and the Picaros (1976) for the first time. Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus get drawn into political intrigue when their friends Bianca Castafiore and the Thom(p)son are arrested in San Theodoras for espionage. They end up teaming up with their old acquaintance General Alcazar and the Picaros to lead a coup d’état in the Latin American country and foil the plot of their old enemy from Borduria Colonel Sponsz during carnival. This is the last completed Hergé Tintin adventure and so my year of reading Tintin comes to a close (and just in the nick of time).
  16. Read Flight 714 to Sydney (1968) for the first time. An interesting adventure where the team hitch a ride on a millionaire's jet to Sydney only to find themselves kidnapped and back in the clutches of.... Rastapopoulos! (and Allan) Tintin foils their plot, they rescue the millionaire, and things get rather explosive. But they are saved with some special help. Truly an adventure that's out of this world.
  17. Read The Castafiore Emerald (1962) for the first time. Recurring character Italian singer Bianca Castafiore visits Captain Haddock and Tintin at Marlinespike Hall (much to their chagrin). Humorous situations, misunderstandings, and intrigue follow leading to the theft of her prized emerald. Thompson and Thomson are on the case but Tintin cracks it as usual.
  18. Read Tintin in Tibet (1960) for the first time. Tintin has a premonition of his friend Chang (whom he befriended in The Blue Lotus adventure) then learns his plane crashed in the Himalayas in Tibet. He is determined to go and search for his friend and has a perilous journey, but against all odds is successful - his friend being saved and guarded by a yeti.
  19. Read The Red Sea Sharks (1958) for the first time. Wow, a lot of reoccurring character appearances in this story - General Alcazar, Abdullah, Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab, Doctor Müller, Oliveira da Figueira, Jolyon Wagg, Bianca Castafiore, and the reappearance of villains Rastapopoulos and ship captain Allan Thompson. A fun adventure with many perilous situations but, as usual, with a satisfactory ending. Although the villain Rastapopoulos does escape in spectacular fashion.
  20. Read The Calculus Affair (1956). A fun Tintin tale of espionage with lots of cool cars and chases. Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Snowy succeed in solving the mystery and rescuing Professor Calculus.
  21. My favorite comic acquisitions this year. Three very good old Batman comics. One Penguin, one Joker, and one Riddler. I enjoy reading them.