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Cover of the first volume of Violence Jack.

Violence Jack (バイオレンスジャック Baiorensu Jakku?) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Go Nagai and first serialized from July 22, 1973 (1973-07-22) to September 29, 1974 (1974-09-29) in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, published by Kodansha.[1][2][3] The second ran in Monthly Shōnen Magazine, also published by Kodansha, from January 1977 (1977-01) to December 1978 (1978-12), with a few gaps between months.[2][4][5] This two serializations of Kodansha were originally published in 7 volumes.

Five years later, the serialization continued this time in the magazine Weekly Manga Goraku, published by Nihonbungeisha, and ran from August 5, 1983 (1983-08-05) to March 23, 1990 (1990-03-23).[2][6][7] This serialization originally produced 31 volumes in total.

In November 1, 1993 (1993-11-01), three years later after the end of the previous serialization, a special tankōbon called Violence Jack: Mao Korin Hen (バイオレンスジャック 魔王降臨編 baiorensu jakku maō kōrin hen?) was released by Nihonbungeisha.[2][8][9]. Seven years later, in December 10, 2001 (2001-12-10) a special one-shot story, Violence Jack: Sengoku Majinden (バイオレンスジャック 戦国魔人伝 baiorensu jakku sengoku majinden?), was published by Shueisha in a special edition of Weekly Young Jump, Bessatsu Young Jump #14.[2][10][11] This story has not been re-printed or compiled yet.

In May 2005 (2005-05) (cover date 2005-05-13·20) the magazine Weekly Comic Bunch published by Coamix, the most recent serialization started, with Shin Violence Jack (新バイオレンスジャック shin baiorensu jakku?).[2][11][12] This serialization was irregularly published, stopping in August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19) and re-starting in November 2, 2007 (2007-11-02) to end in April 11, 2008 (2008-04-11) in number 17 of Weekly Comic Bunch.[12][13][14] It was compiled in tankobon by Media Factory in 2010.

Volume list[]

The series has been published in tankōbon format several times. Because of the different serializations, each version is different from the previous. As such, only a few of them have the complete series (excluding Violence Jack: Sengoku Majinden and Shin Violence Jack which haven't been compiled yet).

  • Kodansha (1974–1978)
Japanese release date Vol. Japanese ISBN
1974-04-20 1 406109243X
1974-04-20 2 4061092448
1974-08-15 3 4061092561
1977-06-20 4 4061094580
1977-10-30 5 4061094599
1978-05-25 6 4061735047
1978-12-15 7 4061735187
  • Nihonbungeisha (1984–1990)
Japanese release date Vol. Japanese ISBN
1984-05-25 01 4537010177
1984-08-25 02 4537010185
1984-11-25 03 4537010193
1985-01-25 04 4537010207
1985-06-10 05 4537010568
1985-07-25 06 4537010576
1985-10-25 07 4537010584
1986-01-25 08 4537030011
1986-03-25 09 4537030135
1986-06-25 10 4537030313
1986-08-25 11 4537030445
1986-11-10 12 4537030593
1987-01-25 13 4537030739
1987-04-25 14 4537030917
1987-08-25 15 4537031158
1987-11-25 16 4537031336
1988-04-10 17 4537031468
1988-04-25 18 453703162X
1988-07-25 19 4537031786
1988-11-10 20 4537032006
1989-01-25 21
1989-04-25 22 4537032359
1989-07-25 23 4537035447
1989-11-10 24 4537035684
1990-01-25 25 4537035846
1990-05-10 26 453703601X
1990-05-25 27 4537036060
1990-06-25 28 4537036117
1990-07-25 29 4537036168
1990-08-25 30 4537036222
1990-09-25 31 453703629X
  • Kodansha (1984–1985)
Japanese release date Vol. Japanese ISBN
1984-10-06 1 4061010913
1984-10-06 2 4061010921
1984-11-06 3 406101093X
1984-12-06 4 4061010948
1985-01-10 5 4061010956
1985-02-06 6 406101126X
  • Nihonbungeisha (1989)
Japanese release date Vol. Japanese ISBN
1989-01-25 Evil Town 4537032138

A special tankōbon which contains the story arc Jigokugai, better known as Evil Town, released to coincide with the OVA release of the same name.

  • Kodansha (Deluxe edition) (1990–1991)
Japanese release date Vol. Japanese ISBN
1990-07-17 1 406313301X
1990-08-17 2 4063133028
1990-09-17 3 4063133036
1990-10-17 4 4063133044
1990-11-17 5 4063133052
1990-12-14 6 4063133060
1991-01-07 7 4063133079
  • Chuokouron-sha (Complete edition) (1996)
Japanese release date Vol. Japanese ISBN
1996-07-25 01 4120025640
1996-07-25 02 4120025659
1996-08-25 03 4120025667
1996-08-25 04 4120025675
1996-09-25 05 4120025683
1996-09-25 06 4120025691
1996-10-25 07 4120025705
1996-10-25 08 4120025713
1996-11-25 09 4120025721
1996-11-25 10 412002573X

This was the first edition to have the whole series up to that point, including all previous serializations. Each volume is around 900 pages long.

  • Kodansha (Deluxe edition) (1998)
Japanese release date Vol. Japanese ISBN
1998-03-23 1 4063199126
1998-03-26 2 4063199134
1998-03-26 3 4063199142
1998-04-23 4 4063199290
1998-04-23 5 4063199304
1998-04-23 6 4063199312
1998-04-23 7 4063199320
  • Chuokouron-sha (Complete edition) (1998)
Japanese release date Vol. Japanese ISBN
1998-04-18 01 412203129X
1998-04-18 02 4122031303
1998-05-18 03 4122031532
1998-05-18 04 4122031540
1998-06-18 05 4122031788
1998-06-18 06 4122031796
1998-07-18 07 4122032032
1998-07-18 08 4122032040
1998-08-18 09 412203227X
1998-08-18 10 4122032288
1998-09-18 11 4122032512
1998-09-18 12 4122032520
1998-10-18 13 4122032741
1998-10-18 14 412203275X
1998-11-18 15 4122032989
1998-11-18 16 4122032997
1998-12-18 17 4122033209
1998-12-18 18 4122033217

This edition has the whole series up to that point, including all previous serializations. Each volume is around 500 pages long.

  • Shogakukan (2000)
Japanese release date Vol. Japanese ISBN
2000-07-21 01 4091093507
2000-07-21 02 4091093558
2000-08-04 03 4091093590
2000-08-25 04 4091093736
2000-09-08 05 4091093760
2000-09-15 06 4091093817
2000-09-22 07 409109385X
2000-10-20 08 4091094031
2000-10-27 09 4091094082
2000-11-03 10 4091094139

Shin Violence Jack[]

No.Release date ISBN
First July 23, 2010 (2010-07-23)ISBN 9784840133449
Last July 23, 2010 (2010-07-23)ISBN 9784840133456

See also[]

References[]

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Go Nagai work chronology" (in Japanese). Japan: The World of Go Nagai. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
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  11. 11.0 11.1 "Go Nagai works list 2001-". Nagai Go Special Corner (in Japanese). Japan: eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
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  14. "Comic Bunch 2008 #17". Magazine (in Japanese). Japan: Goraku Academics. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
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