Manga

Featured are Manga adaptations in U.S. comics that have a value of double the original retail price

Viz Jan 1998

Dragon Ball #1

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Promotional preview of Dragon Ball with Dragon Ball Z preview flip-book on reverse
No price on cover
Viz Apr 2005

Dr. Slump #1

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Created by Akira Toriyama, prior to the publication of Dragon Ball
192-page softcover first printing
Blast Books Jan 1989

Panorama of Hell

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One-shot horror anthology translated in English from an award-winning Japanese Manga publication
First U.S. published Manga to remain in its 'unflipped' original form - read from right to left
Shueisha Sep 1999

Weekly Shonen Jump #43

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First chapter of Naruto, serialized in Shonen Jump
Prototype of the Naruto universe was published in Akamaru Jump in 1997
[February 2024 - a Naruto movie is in development with Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi) attached to direct]
Viz Dec 2001

Bastard #1

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Comic book adaptation of the Japaneses role-playing game influenced by dark fantasy and heavy metal
Copies ordered by retailers: 4,709
Viz Aug 2002

Shonen Jump #0

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56-page preview of Shonen Jump #1 with stories including: Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Naruto, One Piece, Sandland, Shaman King and Yuyu Hakusho
90,000 copies of this preview was circulated nationwide
Dark Horse Comics Jun 1988

Godzilla #1

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Six-issue English translation of the manga series, The Return of Godzilla which was an adaptation of the 1984 Japanese film of the same name
Viz Jan 1993

Genocyber #1

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Five-issue manga series about a seemingly normal woman who transforms into the ultimate cyber weapon
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104-page hardcover manga collection of stories about life for a common Japanese family in the decades after the atomic bomb
First published in Weekly Manga Action
Adapted into a film titled Sakura Country
Multiple award winner including the Grand Prize for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival (2004) and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Creative Prize (2005)
Marvel Sep 2015

Silk #7

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Variant cover art by Gurihiru
Comic shops qualified to order this variant after matching the quantity of copies ordered for Silk #4
Dark Horse Comics Dec 2003

Hellsing #1

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First Hellsing manga story published by Dark Horse Comics
First published in Japanese as serialized story in Young King OURs (May 1997)
[March 2021 - Derek Kolstad (John Wick) and Amazon Studios are developing a live-action feature film based on the iconic Japanese action-horror manga Hellsing]
Marvel May 2016 Vol 2

All-New Hawkeye #5

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Variant cover art by Chika Ogaki
Manga edition
Comic shops qualified to order this variant if their orders matched or exceeded the quantity ordered of issue #2
Dark Horse Comics Mar 1995

Domu: A Child's Dream #1

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Three issue limited series, black and white, 80 pgs
An old man with extrasensory powers psychically controls the residents of an entire block of apartments until a young girl with similar abilities arrives to challenge him
Tokyo Pop Mar 2002

Cowboy Bebop #1

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Premiere issue of the first U.S. Cowboy Bebop standard comic book based on the Japanese anime series created in 1997

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