Ultimate Muscle The Kinnikuman Legacy GN (2004-2011 Digest) comic books

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. What do you do when a team of evil super-powered wrestlers from another planet threatens the health and safety of the Earth? Organize a team of good super-powered wrestlers, of course! Kid Muscle, the son of legendary wrestler King Muscle, rockets to Earth and finds an evil wrestling gang called the D.M.P. tearing the place apart. The punks of the DMP are the weirdest, nastiest, most outlandishly powerful muscle-bound freaks the galaxy has ever known. Kid Muscle's only hope: form a team that's even wilder. Lazy and cowardly, the Kid sure doesn't look like the universe's last great hope, but when something upsets him - like, say, evil - he busts out in muscles just like his old man! The only possible result is earthshaking, body-slamming, ultimate-powered action that sends our entire planet sailing over the top rope! But before they can take on the DMP, Kid Muscle and his new partners must prove their mettle by defeating the most renowned fighters in the known universe. For Kid Muscle, that means taking down the one wrestler he never wanted to face in the ring: dear old Dad! NOTE: Not available outside the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Dial Bolic, the human cell phone with the psychologically devastating Trauma Call. The Pumpinator, who can transform himself into a giant sneaker and stomp his adversaries into the mat. Sunshine, who has vowed to train the meanest, nastiest wrestlers in the universe, and his proteges, the Nightmare Twins. Welcome to wrestling, Ultimate style. When Kid Muscle and his friends agreed to take down the evil wrestling organization known as the DMP, they had no idea what they were in for. Now they're facing members of the DMP for the first time, and it's not a pretty view. If the Kid wants to walk out of the ring alive, he'll have to think fast. He'll have to bust out unthinkable new moves. And he'll have to fight dirty. Reeeeeal dirty. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Kid Muscle, referee? Even though his teammates don't trust him any further than they can throw him (which, admittedly, is pretty far), the Kid finds himself refereeing a brutal match between Terry Kenyon, top-ranked wrestler for the side of Good, and Tyrannoclaw, who is exactly as evil as his name suggests. As for Kid Muscle's own battles, he's less interested in saving the Earth than he is in beefing up his ratings in the fan polls. But bad news waits in the wings: Checkmate, a chess-obsessed wrestler with three heads and no sense of pain. Not even the greatest wrestler in the galaxy can beat an opponent who can't be hurt. And Checkmate isn't about to fight the greatest wrestler in the galaxy: he's got his sights on Kid Muscle! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Kid Muscle and his teammates have survived battles with some of the nastiest superpowered scum in the galaxy, but they're about to face their most terrifying opponents yet: Generation Ex. The Gen Ex wrestlers have superior power and all the moves, and they're hell-bent on forcing Kid Muscle and friends into early retirement. Who are they? The latest graduates from the Muscle League's own Hercules Factory! Now the New Generation heroes we've all grown to know and love must defeat newcomer Jaeger's Red Rain of Pain and the limber liquid powers of Hydrozoa... or be banished from Earth forever! Will the New Generation be tossed aside like yesterday's beef bowl? And will Kid Muscle care? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Thanks to the Muscle League, peace has returned to Earth...but for how long? Vance McMadd, chairman of the Justice Federation, believes that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. But Kid Muscle and his friends believe in kicking back and partying. Dismayed by their lazy attitudes, McMadd sends Hercules Factory graduates (known as Generation Ex) to challenge the "Super Slackers." Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. It was supposed to be a friendly challenge. It was supposed to be a photo op. It was supposed to be fun. But when Generation Ex, the Muscle League's newest team of superpowered wrestlers, challenged Kid Muscle and his friends for the right to protect the Earth from evil, things quickly got personal. Real personal. Now Kid Muscle is the last member of his team still fighting, and three Generation Ex wrestlers stand between him and victory. There's Jaeger, master of the bloody Red Rain of Pain. Hydrazoa, the guy with the weird water powers. And the brutal Scarface, whose real name...and real agenda... remain shrouded in mystery. If the Kid can defeat this terrible trio, he'll become the galaxy's reigning champion of Good. If not, he'll be handed a one-way ticket off the planet Earth...if Generation Ex lets him leave the ring alive! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. It's a good thing the evil DMP hasn't made a bid for world domination lately, because the Muscle League sure has gotten itself into a heap of trouble. The League's tournament of champions, originally intended to determine whether Earth's safety should be entrusted to Kid Muscle and his friends or the gang of eager new recruits called Generation Ex, has escalated into what can only be called a bloodbath. The last wrestlers standing: fiery German fighter Jaeger, mysterious street brawler Scarface, and poor li'l Kid Muscle, who just wants to get past the fussin' and the fightin' and go out for karaoke. Alas, it is not to be. Kid Muscle's next battle in the squared circle promises to be his most bone-cracking confrontation yet, against an opponent who takes no prisoners and pulls no punches. And the DMP, which has kept a polite silence, may be closer to the action than anyone in the Muscle League suspects. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Kid Muscle's final opponent in the tournament against Generation Ex has been unmasked as an agent of the thoroughly evil DMP. And his current wrestling match has, admittedly, turned into another bone-cracking battle for the fate of the planet, with the DMP's ultimate champ on one side and poor li'l Kid Muscle on the other. But that's all in a day's work for the Muscle League's reluctant hero. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Travel bak in time to the golden age of the Muscle League, when King Muscle and Terryman were the greatest wrestlers in the galaxy, and, to the disappointment of rasslin' fans everywhere, the best of friends... in public. Their only fight has been a closely-guarded secret... until now! That's all very well and good, you may say, but what about Kid Muscle? Isn't anything interesting happening to the hero of our story? Only an interstellar death match, my friend. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 216 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. When Kid Muscle made a quick trip across the galaxy to visit the folks back home, he expected to take some heat about his not-so-heroic shenanigans on Earth. But he didn't expect the government of Planet Muscle - including his dear old dad - to put him through his paces by enrolling him in a tournament to the death! Now the Kid is taking on No Respect, a gang of reprobates who are all tickled pink by the opportunity to send him into traction. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. With one No Respect victory under his belt, Kid Muscle squares off against the wrestler Hanzo. But not even the Kid's snazziest moves have any effect against Hanzo's sneaky style and origami-based attacks. Faced with an opponent who's smarter than he is, will Kid Muscle simply lose the will to wrestle? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Say what you want about No Respect - the trio of reprobates released from an orbital prison to battle Kid Muscle - but the guys know how to put on a show. In addition to staging his battle with the Kid atop an enormous stone lion, the bitter and ruthless Lone Bone Cold has kidnapped Minch, that creepy little guy from Planet Muscle, and is holding him for ransom. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Ikemen's first act as chairman: revive one of the Muscle League's greatest traditions, the Superhuman Olympics. Suddenly, Kid Muscle finds himself battling his own teammates in contests of strength and skill - some difficult, some deadly, some just plain dumb. And to win a place as Japan's official representative, he has to defeat El Niño, a poor super-powered farmer just trying to make a buck. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Kid Muscle's rasslin' career has been one long string of ups and downs, but the Superhuman Olympics may be a new low. Kid Muscle is now competing with his fellow Muscle Leaguers in some of the silliest contests ever devised and he's competing against the weirdest rivals in superhuman history. Blame it all on Ikemen McMadd, the new head of the Justice Federation, who has it in for Kid Muscle in a big way. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. The Superhuman Olympics are underway, and Kid Muscle is already being taken for a ride by the Coasterman, a living roller coaster. It's all part of the continuing efforts of the shamefully biased Superhuman Oympics chairman, Ikemen McMadd, to boot the Kid out of the competition and into eternal obscurity and shame. Will Kid Muscle survive? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. While Kid Muscle wrestles a living toilet, his tall, dark, and dangerous rival Kevin Mask has problems of his own. In his first match of the Superhuman Olympics, the previously unstoppable Kevin is getting thrown around like a rag doll and a quick glimpse under his t-shirt reveals that he's wasted away to skin and bones. Has the onetime DMP powerhouse lost his edge, bought a one-way ticket to wrestling oblivion? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. It's Round Two of the Superhuman Olympics, and Kid Muscle faces double trouble in the form of Barrierfreeman, a Swedish wrestler with two bodies: one young, one old. Thanks to his promise to turn the world into a paradise for senior citizens, Barrierfreeman can depend on the support of the old-school fans in the crowd. When the wrinkly half of Barrierfreeman starts fighting dirty, Kid Muscle has no choice but to show a little disrespect to his elders! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Kid Muscle, Kid Muscle, Kid Muscle. It's always about him, isn't it? Alas, it always comes back to Kid Muscle, who won't get to kick back and let Jaeger take the heat for long. He's scheduled to fight the winner in the Punishment X ring. What's the Punishment X ring? Kid Muscle doesn't know, and he's pretty sure he doesn't want to find out! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. You know what Kid Muscle really, really hates? Pain. Too bad he's stuck in the Punishment X ring, where an enormous spike-studded cross waits to impale any wrestler who doesn't watch his step. And too bad he's fighting Ricardo, an elite Muscle Leaguer with genuine bad blood. Can Ricardo keep his evil genes from busting loose, turning a clean match into an all-out bloodbath? Of course he can't. Sorry, Kid Muscle. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. As you can see from the front cover, our slovenly hero has gotten his act together for the final round of the Superhuman Olympics, and is, as we rejoin the story, about to slam Kevin Mask into the canvas with an inescapable finisher. What, then, can account for the troubling image we see to the right? Is Kevin Mask about to muscle his way out the jaws of defeat? Is Kid Muscle about to get beaten like a red-headed stepchild? Is the superhuman wrestling world about to witness the most astonishing upset in all its storied history? Or can Meat make it to ringside in time to save the day and uphold the mighty Muscle legacy? Well, heck, I'm not telling. Stop staring at this cover and read the book! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 21 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. As you can see from the front cover, our slovenly hero has gotten his act together for the final round of the Superhuman Olympics, and is, as we rejoin the story, about to slam Kevin Mask into the canvas with an inescapable finisher. What, then, can account for the troubling image we see to the right? Is Kevin Mask about to muscle his way out the jaws of defeat? Is Kid Muscle about to get beaten like a red-headed stepchild? Is the superhuman wrestling world about to witness the most astonishing upset in all its storied history? Or can Meat make it to ringside in time to save the day and uphold the mighty Muscle legacy? Well, heck, I'm not telling. Stop staring at this cover and read the book! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 22 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. The beatings Kid Muscle endured at the sundry appendages of Barrierfreeman, Comrade Turbinski, Mars, Kevin Mask and Hanzo are nothing compared to the deep-down body hurt about to be doled out by the ancient evil rising from the depths of the Pacific at this very moment. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. In an unsettling development, Kid Muscle faces bad guys so evil they can only be countered with...other bad guys. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.95.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Since Kid Muscle's not a bad enough dude to save his friend Meat, the Army of Idols--a gang of former villains--has vowed to fight the evil Demon Seeds on their own evil turf. That's all well and good when the Idols in question are Mars, the Fire Challenge phenom, or Kevin Mask, champion of the Superhuman Olympics. But can Barrierfreeman, the half-young, half-old wrestler who spends more time groping girls than grappling opponents, really hold his own in battle? Especially when his dirty-old-man half insists on doing most of the fighting? The Muscle League finds out the hard way when Barrierfreeman faces the Tattooman at historic Goryôkaku Fortress. In one corner: a wall of tattooed muscle with a bag of ingenious Edo-themed tricks--and a giant gun in his arm if the subtle approach doesn't work. In the other corner: 90 pounds of fury in an adult diaper. Meat's chances don't look good. Heck, even Kid Muscle beat Barrierfreeman. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 25 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. So far the battle between the Army of Idols and the Demon Seeds has been boss and sweet as only a wrestling tournament between a bunch of superpowered bad guys and a bunch of even badder superpowered bad guys can be. Is there any way this earthshaking confrontation could get any better? Sorry, did somebody say tag team? Because that is exactly what supreme bad boys Kevin Mask and Mars are bringing. Facing off against the tag team Demolition, Kevin and Mars join forces, brainstorm a catchy team name and get ready to dominate. But the Demolition duo is more dangerous than it first appears. Who's the mysterious guy at ringside refusing to tap in and wearing, it must be pointed out, a highly suspicious hooded cloak? What kind of nasty mojo could radiate across Japan and drag evil wrestling coach Sunshine out of a booze-fueled stupor? And can you believe we haven't seen Sunshine since volume 4? What is up with that? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 26 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 27 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Kid Muscle, the son of legendary wrestler King Muscle, rockets to Earth and finds an evil wrestling gang called the DMP tearing the place apart. The punks on the DMP are the weirdest, nastiest, most outlandishly powerful musclebound freaks the galaxy has ever known. Kid Muscle's only hope: form a team that's even wilder. The only possible result is earthshaking, bodyslamming, ultimate-powered action that sends our entire planet sailing over the top rope! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 28 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Has it come to this? Really? Does the fate of the earth-nay, the galaxy-rest on the shoulders of the phenomenally unreliable Kid Muscle? Alas, it would appear so. In their tag team match against the two evilest wrestlers in creation, Kid Muscle and Kevin Mask have finally learned to stop punching each other long enough to punch the bad guys. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 29 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yudetamago. Final Volume! Battle 29! This is it, Muscleheads. That's right--we've coined a new term for those of us whose passion for Ultimate Muscle has carried us all the way to volume 29 of the interplanetary superhuman wrestling epic. We are the few, the proud, the Muscleheads. And now it's time to hope that Kid Muscle can, against all odds, make us proud. Can Kid Muscle save Meat and planet Earth from the mind-numbing evil of General Terror? Can the ruthless, flawless Shivano be defeated? Can Kevin Mask and countless others be avenged for the havoc wreaked by the Demon Seeds? When these and other questions have been answered, stick around for piles of bonus material, including an epic flashback to the adventures of legendary Muscle League heroes Robin Mask and Terry the Kid! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.