Case Closed TPB (2004- Viz) comic books 2004-2006

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

High-school mystery fan Shin'ichi Kudo is actually one of his high school's best minds, but he gets his reality checks from his childhood friend and almost-girlfriend Ran Mori. Nothing can keep Shin'ichi from a case, until he follows a suspicious man into a park, is accosted from behind and fed a strange chemical which renders him unconscious. When he awakens, he has been transformed into a puny grade schooler!

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

High-school mystery fan Shin'ichi Kudo is actually one of his high school's best minds, but he gets his reality checks from his childhood friend and almost-girlfriend Ran Mori. Nothing can keep Shin'ichi from a case, until he follows a suspicious man into a park, is accosted from behind and fed a strange chemical which renders him unconscious. When he awakens, he has been transformed into a puny grade schooler!

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

While he's waiting to be restored to his adolescence, Shin'ichi takes on the name Conan Edogawa (borrowed from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the last name of the famous Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo). As Conan, he plays the part of the little brother that Ran never had, and helps her incompetent private-detective father solve all of the gruesome murder mysteries that come their way.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Ace high school detective Jimmy Kudo is renowned for his amazing powers of deductive reasoning. Hot on the trail of a pair of mysterious men in black, Jimmy is attacked from behind and is administered a strange substance which physically transforms him into a first grader. Until Jimmy can track down the sinister culprits and to find a cure for his most peculiar pint-sized condition, he takes on the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and solves all the cases that come his way. In this suspense-filled volume: Jimmy, Rachel and Richard take a vacation aboard a cruise ship - little do they know that the patriarch of the wealthy Hatamoto family is about to be murdered. With the perpetrator still aboard ship can you figure out whodunit before Conan does!?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Bloody murder is committed at a museum when a scene from a gruesome painting is reproduced. Later, the men in black are back! Will Conan be able to come any closer to getting his old body back? Also, Conan's friends from grade school find a treasure map-but will it only lead them to a trove of trouble.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

When ace high school detective Jimmy Kudo is fed a mysterious substance by a pair of nefarious men in black-poof! His body is physically transformed into a first grader. Until Jimmy can find a cure for his miniature malady, he takes on the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and continues to solve all the cases that come his way. A vicious murderer whose face is covered in bandages is on the lose. Will Conan be able to catch him before he strikes again? And later, Rachel and Sonoko want to blow off some steam but they get more than they bargain for when they discover murder at the karaoke box!

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

When ace high school detective Jimmy Kudo is fed a mysterious substance by a pair of nefarious men in black-poof! His body is physically transformed into a first grader. Until Jimmy can find a cure for his miniature malady, he takes on the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and continues to solve all the cases that come his way. In this exciting volume: It's Conan versus the Phantom Thief! Who is this mysterious masked man? And why does he know Conan's true identity? Later, an investigation of an extramarital affair turns into bloody murder! Also, Conan's elementary school friends decide to become super sleuths when they form the Junior Detective League! But will they get into more trouble than they can handle? Can you figure out whodunit before Conan does?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

On a remote island a job request comes in from a pianist who's been dead for over 10 years. Can Conan uncover the case of the cursed piano? And later, a mysterious woman shows up claiming to be Jimmy's girlfriend. The only problem is, Conan's never seen her before in his life!

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Conan enters a mystery contest where he must be the first to discover the true identity of the Night Baron. But the contest turns into a real-life murder. Later, Rachel's high school teacher is about to get married. But the wedding bells stop ringing when someone tries to murder the beautiful bride. All the clues are there, can you figure out whodunit before Conan does?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

While playing hide and seek, first-grader Amy discovers a chopped off head. And when Richard Moore P.I. attends a reunion of his college friends, one of them ends up with a bullet hole to her temple and a gun in her hand. Later, Conan, Richard, and Rachel attend the birthday party where the daughter of a wealthy financier. But Conan's deductive skills are put to the test when the birthday girl ends up missing and a dead body turns up.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

The husband of a diplomat is found dead in his study and Conan's on the case. But what exactly happened? Then Conan and his pals get swept up in a missing person caper at the local library. Is there a connection? Conan thinks he knows the answer but he's got more pressing things to worry about-like escaping the deadly grasp of the fiendish miscreant!

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 11 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Stuck in the middle of a forest, Conan, Rachel, and Richard seek shelter at a temple where a Tengu is said to have murdered people. That night, the elder priest is found dead hanging from a beam in a room with an incredibly high ceiling. Nobody could have possibly hung themselves from up there, and it couldn't be the work of any other human. Could the Tengu have really done it?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 12 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Doc Agasa takes Conan and his young Junior Detective League pals to an old, abandoned mansion for a treasure hunt. When the pint-size investigators find a mysterious box, they open it and discover it is full of smashed toys and a violently stabbed teddy bear! Conan follows the trail of clues and runs smack dab into a dead old man in an attic! Who killed the old man, and more importantly, who killed teddy?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Conan and Rachel are invited to Serena's family beach house. Serena's sister has a fiancé with a family beach house next door, and the fiancé plans to introduce his bride-to-be to his father and brothers that weekend. But plans go awry when Conan witnesses the fiancé killing his father! It turns out the suspected murderer is one of three identical triplets! Can Conan figure out who the real killer is?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 14 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

When a master magician commits suicide, his wife suspects foul play and pays a visit to private detective Richard Moore's office. The culprit is one of the dead magician's three assistants. Can Conan find out which one of them had something deadly up their sleeve?

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $9.99.