Case Closed TPB (2004- Viz) comic books 2009-2011

Volume 27 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Conan and his friends take a well-deserved break at a video arcade--until one unlucky gamer is found dead in the seat of a virtual-reality game. As Conan and Rachel investigate, they're joined by an unlikely new accomplice: Rachel's English teacher, Ms. Saintemillion. Outside the classroom, the fast-talking American turns out to have an itchy trigger finger--at least when it comes to video games--and a suspiciously keen interest in Conan. Has the shrunken sleuth stumbled upon a valuable new ally...or an enemy agent?

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 28 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

While Conan tries to prove that a corpse found deep in the woods was the victim of more than just a hunting accident, the Junior Detective League gains a new member: a curious bear cub!

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 29 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Anita can't help noticing that wherever Conan's beautiful, mysterious new ally goes, the Syndicate never seems to be far behind...

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.

Volume 30 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Long ago, Sunset Manor was the site of a gruesome massacre...and an unsolved mystery. Now six master detectives have been invited to the manor to play a deadly game hosted by Japan's greatest phantom thief!

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 31 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

It's no surprise to find a corpse in Kashiragami Forest, a popular destination for suicides. But the latest suicide has the local police suspecting foul play!

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 32 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

The legendary samurai Toyotomi Hideyoshi has just died a second time: a historical re-enactor playing Hideyoshi has been killed at the daimyo's own Osaka Castle. Time for Conan to make history stop repeating itself--and for Osaka native Harley Hartwell to pick up a wooden sword and eke out some old-fashioned justice! Then Detective Moore attends a star-studded engagement party on the arm of idol singer Yoko Okino...but the festivities are cut short when one of the stars of Yoko's old girl group is found dead in the bathroom. And Conan races to save an American tourist from kidnappers who may be connected to the Syndicate!

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 33 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Love is in the air as Conan and company face the most dangerous time of the year: Valentine's Day! Detective Sato of the Metropolitan Police has reluctantly agreed to an arranged marriage--unless her partner Takagi can work up the nerve to confess his feelings for her. But first he's got to catch a convenience store stickup artist who looks completely different to every witness! Can a phone call from Jimmy Kudo help him crack the case before he loses the girl? Then Rachel and Serena head to a snowbound cottage in the mountains to make some of the famous local chocolate for Valentine's Day. But the legendary snow goddess who haunts the mountains seems determined to turn their outing from sweet to bitter... When ace high school detective Jimmy Kudo is fed a mysterious substance by a pair of nefarious men in black--poof! He is physically tranformed 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!

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 34 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

The death of a private detective puts Conan back on the trail of the mysterious Syndicate. Now he believes he's identified one of the Men in Black--or, rather, a Woman in Black--as American actress Chris Vineyard. But could the elusive mistress of disguise be closer than Conan realizes? When Conan and Harley Hartwell investigate a suicide in the apartment building of daffy English teacher Jodie Santemillion, they discover more than just foul play. Who is Miss Jodie?

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 35 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

Flash back to one of the cases that made Jimmy Kudo famous before he became Conan! While visiting his actress mother on Broadway, Jimmy discovers some rotten apples in the Big Apple. Someone is trying to kill the stars of Golden Apple, a musical based on Greek mythology, and the only clue is a golden apple inscribed "For the Fairest."

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 36 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

When a car bomb goes off at a ticker-tape parade, Conan is onto one of the biggest cases of his career: a terrorist attack on Tokyo. A videotape intercepted from the crime scene may have captured the culprit's face, but while the Metropolitan Police and the Junior Detective League study the footage without success, the bombings keep escalating! And for Detective Sato, the case brings back bad memories. Can she and Conan crack the mystery before the bomber takes down the biggest target of all: Touto Tower?

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 37 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

It started as a simple case: find a missing computer programmer suspected of scamming his clients. But when Detective Moore finds his man, Conan finds something else-evidence of the elusive Men in Black! Can an abandoned diary put Conan on the trail of the criminal syndicate that de-aged him? What clues are coded into the go board the computer genius left behind? For the first time, Conan gets close to the Black Organization-too close for comfort!

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 38 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

A pro wrestler is murdered before a match, and the killer is caught on camera: the famous masked wrestler Wolf Face! But was it really Wolf Face behind the mask, or is someone trying to frame the champ? It's up to Conan to identify the murderer--and up to Rachel to pin him to the mat!

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 39 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

While wrapping up a kidnapping case, Conan and Harley find themselves on the trail of another criminal: a serial arsonist who leaves a model of a red horse at the scene of each fire. The police and fire departments are stumped, but to Conan, the case feels eerily familiar. Can he jog his memory before the arsonist claims another victim? And what will he and Harley do when Rachel and Kazuha receive the fatal red horse? It's up to Conan to identify the murderer--and up to Rachel to pin him to the mat!

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

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 40 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama.

The Metropolitan Police force is in an uproar over the big news: at long last, star-crossed police detectives Sato and Takagi are going on a date! But their romantic afternoon at an amusement park turns into a roller-coaster ride when they find a backpack full of smuggled heroin. Can Conan catch the drug runners and save the detectives' date? Then the Junior Detective League decides to track down Doc Agasa's long-lost first love. But to find her, they'll have to crack a numerical code that takes them on a wild goose chase through the local zoo!

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

Cover price $9.99.