List of Golgo 13 chapters

Written and illustrated by Takao Saito, Golgo 13 has been serialized in the semimonthly manga magazine Big Comic since its January 1969 issue, published in October 1968.[1] The chapters have been collected into tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan and Leed Publishing, a spinoff of the author's own Saito Production,[2] since June 21, 1973.[3] As of October 2024, 214 volumes of the tankōbon edition have been published,[4] while the bunkoban edition has 173 volumes.[5]

In 2006, Golgo 13 was brought back by Viz as part of their Viz Signature collection. The stories are picked from the forty-year history of the manga, and do not necessarily represent the original's order of publication. A total of thirteen volumes were published, with the thirteenth volume being published on February 19, 2008. Each volume ends with an editorial commentary on Golgo 13 as a cultural phenomenon in Japan.[6]

In 2021, the manga broke the Guinness World Record for "most volumes published for a single manga series". The series was tied with Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo which published its 200th and final volume on September 17, 2016.[7]

  1. ^ ゴルゴ13（さいとう・プロ） [Golgo 13 (Saito Production)] (in Japanese). Saito Production. Archived from the original on October 24, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  2. ^ "Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga – Golgo 13". Anime News Network. 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  3. ^ 「ゴルゴ13 1」 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Golgo13Vol214 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ ［文庫］ゴルゴ１３ （173） (in Japanese). LEED Publishing. Archived from the original on 2024-09-18. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  6. ^ "Japanese manga series Golgo 13 is still important after 40 years". Vanguard. Archived from the original on 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  7. ^ "Golgo 13 Manga Ties Guinness World Record for Most Volumes". Archived from the original on 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-05.