# List of Devilman volumes

The manga Devilman(デビルマン, Debiruman) was written and illustrated by Go Nagai and originally published by Kodansha from June11,1972(1972-06-11) to June24,1973(1973-06-24) in Shonen Magazine. The series has been published in tankōbon format several times, most of them by Kodansha (with the exception of the ebook format and some special editions). Starting the 1987 publishing, most Kodansha editions include, as part of the volumes, the manga Shin Devilman (which originally was not meant to be included in the canon of the original series).
Outside Japan, Devilman has been published in France, Hong Kong, Italy, South Korea and Taiwan. In France, it was published in 1999-2000 by Dynamic Visions, translated by Federico Colpi; in Hong Kong it has been published twice, one in 1993 and the other in 1999 and the Taiwanese edition is also available there; in Italy it has been published four times, the first time from 1991 to 1993 by Granata Press, the second time in 1996 by Dynamic Italia, the third time by d/visual from 2004 to 2005, and the last time by Jpop in 2013; and in Taiwan, it was published by d/visual taipei in 2005.
There is also a publication called Go Nagai's Devilman: The Devil's Incarnation published in 1986 by Dynamic Production for the United States. It contains chapters from the first tankōbon and it was translated by Willard Carroll with David Lewis. Seven Seas Entertainment published the English translation of the original manga in two volumes in 2018.
The Shin Devilman manga was partially released in a digitally colored version with slightly revised art in the US in 1995 by Glenn Danzig under his label Verotik under the title Devilman. The manga has also been published in Italy by d/visual where it is known as Devilman: Time Travellers.

## Volume list

* Kodansha (Kodansha Comics, 1972)
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
| 1 | October 20, 1972 (1972-10-20) | 406109176X |
| The story starts showing ancient times when demons inhabited Earth and fight each other. It then jumps to contemporary world when a group of people find demons in ice. Meanwhile, Akira Fudo, a shy and quiet high school student, is walking away from school with his friend Miki Makimura when he is harassed by some delinquents. He can do nothing when Miki is attacked but his childhood friend Ryo Asuka appears and saves them. He orders Akira to come with him and tells that his father has committed suicide pouring gasoline on himself. Ryo drives Akira his home, where he explains his father discovered the existence of demons. As they leave home, they are attacked by demons. After fighting them, they return to Ryo's house where Ryo brings Akira to his cellar. He explains his father was possessed by a demon and when he could not control himself anymore he killed himself. Ryo then tells Akira he should merge with a demon to fight them. On his cellar, Ryo reunited some hippies to attract the demons. He starts a fight and eventually they show up. Akira is able to merge with a demon called Amon and becomes "Devilman". The other day, he impresses Miki with his physical changes and beats the delinquents by himself. |||
| 2 | November 25, 1972 (1972-11-25) | 4061091778 |
| When rumors about Devilman spread, Sirène, the strongest demoness warrior, plans an attack against Akira. While he is in Miki Makimura's residence, she sends two demons to attack him. Akira kills the two demon minions. After that, Sirène kidnaps and immobilizes Akira, planning to take him to her superior, Lord Zennon. Ryo appears and is able to release Akira, who fights Sirène as Devilman. He almost kills her when her partner Kaim appears and they merge to fight Devilman. They almost kill him but die before because of Sirène's previous wounds. |||
| 3 | April 18, 1973 (1973-04-18) | 4061091891 |
| Ryo decides he and Akira should become demon hunters and he starts investigating people who suddenly changed their behavior. At school, Akira fights the delinquents once again. After defeating them, though, they are possessed by spiders released by a demon. Akira free them from the possession and they help him to fight against the rest of the possessed students. The demon flees away and Akira and Miki return home, where they are visited by a girl named Sachiko. The girl then takes a train that is attacked by Jinmen, who is a turtle-like demon that absorbs the people he kills into his shell. He tries to discourage Devilman by appealing to his humans' feelings but Akira kills him anyway. As more humans became possessed by demons, Akira realizes there must be other people like him, other Devilmen, to help him in his fight. When Lord Zennon announces three waves of attacks against humanity will start in five minutes, Ryo advises Akira not to fight. |||
| 4 | July 10, 1973 (1973-07-10) | 4061091980 |
| Ryo explains Akira should avoid being killed in the first wave and surprise Zennon in the next ones. However, as worldwide armies are easily defeated by the demons and a war against the United States and the Soviet Union starts, Akira decides to fight against Ryo's will. He is almost killed by the demons, but he is sparred it is informed that it is Satan's will that he survives. A light sphere appears over Russia and it disintegrates everything that comes close to it and turns them into salt. Meanwhile, Japan's government researches the nature of demons and based on the studies it creates a special corp to find the demons lurking among humankind. However, this starts a war of humans against themselves. Meanwhile, Akira starts to reunite his own Devilmen army to fight back the demons. |||
| 5 | September 10, 1973 (1973-09-10) | 4061092073 |
| Trying to be useful in the fight against the demons, Ryo returns home to find more information about the demons. However, he discovers that the evidence he had was either fake or non-existent, and that "Ryo Asuka" died in an accident. Some demons enter the house and say they are there to meet Ryo. After that, Ryo lies about the demons' origin and reveals that Akira is a demon on a TV broadcast. Initially warry, the Makimuras retreat from attacking Akira but ask him to leave their house. Meanwhile, Akira goes after Ryo, the anti-demon special corp arrives at Makimura's residence. After talking to Ryo, Akira suspects him to be Satan but he goes after Miki's parents at the corp's headquarters. He finds both of them dead, condemning the humans who killed them as the true demons. His last hope is gone when he finds Miki was also killed by a mob who judged her to be a witch. With nothing left to protect, Akira challenges Satan to the final battle between Demons and Devilmen. Satan's army wins, although Ryo laments killing his loved one and God's angels descend upon the destroyed earth. |||
* Kodansha (Kodansha Bunko, 1978)
| Japanese release date | Vol. |
| December 20, 1977 (1977-12-20) | 1 |
| January 30, 1978 (1978-01-30) | 2 |
| February 28, 1978 (1978-02-28) | 3 |
| March 31, 1978 (1978-03-31) | 4 |
| April 30, 1978 (1978-04-30) | 5 |
* Kodansha (Kodansha Comics, 1983)
| Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
| July 6, 1983 (1983-07-06) | 1 | 4061010476 |
| July 6, 1983 (1983-07-06) | 2 | 4061010484 |
| August 6, 1983 (1983-08-06) | 3 | 4061010492 |
* Kodansha (1987)
| Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
| September 7, 1987 (1987-09-07) | 1 | 4061769022 |
| September 7, 1987 (1987-09-07) | 2 | 4061769030 |
| October 17, 1987 (1987-10-17) | 3 | 4061769049 |
| November 17, 1987 (1987-11-17) | 4 | 4061769057 |
| December 17, 1987 (1987-12-17) | 5 | 4061769065 |
* Kodansha (KC Magazine, 1993)
| Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
| December 18, 1993 (1993-12-18) | 1 | 4063194353 |
| January 22, 1994 (1994-01-22) | 2 | 4063194361 |
| February 23, 1994 (1994-02-23) | 3 | 406319437X |
| March 23, 1994 (1994-03-23) | 4 | 4063194388 |
| April 23, 1994 (1994-04-23) | 5 | 4063194396 |
* Kodansha (Kodansha Bunko, 1997)
| Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
| April 11, 1997 (1997-04-11) | 1 | 4062603160 |
| April 11, 1997 (1997-04-11) | 2 | 4062603179 |
| April 11, 1997 (1997-04-11) | 3 | 4062603187 |
| June 12, 1997 (1997-06-12) | 4 | 4062603195 |
| June 12, 1997 (1997-06-12) | 5 | 4062603209 |
* Kodansha (Super Best KC, 2000)
| Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
| November 10, 2000 (2000-11-10) | 1 | 4063343464 |
| December 8, 2000 (2000-12-08) | 2 | 4063343545 |
| December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22) | 3 | 4063343596 |
* Kodansha (Bilingual Comics, 2002)
| Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
| September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27) | 1 | 4770027850 |
| October 25, 2002 (2002-10-25) | 2 | 4770027869 |
| November 21, 2002 (2002-11-21) | 3 | 4770027877 |
| December 13, 2002 (2002-12-13) | 4 | 4770027885 |
| January 24, 2003 (2003-01-24) | 5 | 4770027893 |
*This is the only edition that has been officially translated into English completely, although it was not released outside Japan. The translation was done by Jeffrey Playford.
* Kodansha (KPC, 2004)
| Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
| September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) | Devilman Tanjo (デビルマン誕生) | 4063532445 |
| October 6, 2004 (2004-10-06) | Sirène tai Devilman (シレーヌ対デビルマン) | 406353376X |
| October 27, 2004 (2004-10-27) | Devilman v.s. Akuma Saishu-sen (デビルマンＶ．Ｓ．悪魔最終戦) | 4063533921 |
* Kodansha (KCDX, 2008)
| Japanese release date | Vol. | Japanese ISBN |
| January 7, 2008 (2008-01-07) | Aizoban | 978-4063754292 |