Black Butler GN (2010- Yen Press) comic books 2011-2013

Volume 4 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

Ciel, Sebastian, and Lau investigate a case where British citizens returning from India are attacked, stripped, and hung upside down outside Indian pubs in London. They are helped by the Indian Prince Soma and his butler Agni who are searching for Soma's servant Meena. Although Agni is human, he is on par with Sebastian's fighting skills. Their quest will take them into the home of Lord West and pit them against the villain in a curry contest.

Softcover, 5-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 $11.99.

Volume 4 - 2nd printing.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

Ciel, Sebastian, and Lau investigate a case where British citizens returning from India are attacked, stripped, and hung upside down outside Indian pubs in London. They are helped by the Indian Prince Soma and his butler Agni who are searching for Soma's servant Meena. Although Agni is human, he is on par with Sebastian's fighting skills. Their quest will take them into the home of Lord West and pit them against the villain in a curry contest.

Softcover, 5-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 $11.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

For an impeccable gentleman's butler like Sebastian Michaelis, the word "impossible" is just not his vocabulary. Everything demanded of him under the English sun is well within his grasp. But do his talents extend to things under the scalding Indian sun? Earl Ciel Phantomhive sets Sebastian to the task of creating an incomparable curry to defeat a despicable trader. But how can Sebastian possibly best Agni, the man with the Right Hand of God?

Softcover, 5-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 $11.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

The cheer of the holidays has passed, but the Noah's Ark traveling circus has been making the rounds, bringing fun and joy to children of all ages. However, a disturbing trend begins to surface in the wake of the colorful entourage. Children are disappearing whenever the circus packs up for its next destination, and there are neither clues nor corpses to be found. Dismayed by these occurrences, Queen Victoria dispatches Earl Phantomhive and his most able butler Sebastian to locate and reunite the missing children and their loved ones.

Softcover, 5-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 $11.99.

Volume 6 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

The cheer of the holidays has passed, but the Noah's Ark traveling circus has been making the rounds, bringing fun and joy to children of all ages. However, a disturbing trend begins to surface in the wake of the colorful entourage. Children are disappearing whenever the circus packs up for its next destination, and there are neither clues nor corpses to be found. Dismayed by these occurrences, Queen Victoria dispatches Earl Phantomhive and his most able butler Sebastian to locate and reunite the missing children and their loved ones.

Softcover, 5-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 $11.99.

Volume 7 - 1stprinting.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

Having successfully infiltrated the Noah's Ark Circus as the stage personas Smile and Black, Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his consummate butler, Sebastian set about gathering clues backstage as to the whereabouts of the missing children Queen Victoria wishes them to recover. But between the duties required of them as the newest members of the troupe and their death defying performances, even this most efficient master and servant find themselves short on time.

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 7 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

Having successfully infiltrated the Noah's Ark Circus as the stage personas Smile and Black, Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his consummate butler, Sebastian set about gathering clues backstage as to the whereabouts of the missing children Queen Victoria wishes them to recover. But between the duties required of them as the newest members of the troupe and their death defying performances, even this most efficient master and servant find themselves short on time.

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 8 - 1stprinting.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

When one curtain falls upon the stage at the big top, another rises behind the scenes, as young Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his virtuoso butler Sebastian face off against the villain behind the children's disappearances. But as Sebastian, under orders from his master, singlehandedly draws the gruesome tale to its sad conclusion on one front, battle lines are drawn on another! Is Ciel's home once again headed for the same tragedy that took the lives of the young earl's parents?

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 8 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

When one curtain falls upon the stage at the big top, another rises behind the scenes, as young Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his virtuoso butler Sebastian face off against the villain behind the children's disappearances. But as Sebastian, under orders from his master, singlehandedly draws the gruesome tale to its sad conclusion on one front, battle lines are drawn on another! Is Ciel's home once again headed for the same tragedy that took the lives of the young earl's parents?

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

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Volume 9 - 1stprinting.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

Earl Ciel Phantomhive's quietude following the conclusion of the case of Noah's Ark Circus is short-lived, as Queen Victoria's very own butlers commandeer Phantomhive Manor and all its residents for a lavish banquet sanctioned by Her Majesty. Preparations for such an event are quick work in the hands of Sebastian, the house's most able butler, but corralling eminent guests during his young master's first-ever attempt at playing host may prove to be rather more of a challenge!

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 10 - 1stprinting.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

His royally sanctioned dinner part a shambles and a murderer on the loose, Ciel Phantomhive is a veritable prisoner in his own home, alongside those of his guests who still live. And in the most shocking of turns, the young earl finds himself now without his indispensible manservent, Sebastian. Never one to take misfortune lying down, Ciel seizes control of the investigation into the mysterious deaths. But as the mystery deepens, there happens upon the young Earl's door an odd priest, wearing an insolent smile and an Inverness cape!

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 10 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

His royally sanctioned dinner part a shambles and a murderer on the loose, Ciel Phantomhive is a veritable prisoner in his own home, alongside those of his guests who still live. And in the most shocking of turns, the young earl finds himself now without his indispensible manservent, Sebastian. Never one to take misfortune lying down, Ciel seizes control of the investigation into the mysterious deaths. But as the mystery deepens, there happens upon the young Earl's door an odd priest, wearing an insolent smile and an Inverness cape!

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 11 - 1stprinting.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

Is that butler really deceased? Jeremy, the great detective who arrives at Phantomhive Manor at the behest of the late Sebastian, is actually...? In order to effectively execute his own plan to catch a killer at the manor before his untimely passing, what other machinations did the unparalleled manservant put in to motion? Will the case of the Phantomhive Manor Murders finally be closed? And will the house get its butler back? Or is this really the end?

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 12 - 1stprinting.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

A pleasure cruise turns to horror when chaos descends upon the maiden voyage of the luxury liner Campania, the reanimation of corpses under the influence of the mysterious Aurora Society's "absolute salvation" going awry. Earl Ciel Phantomive and his singular butler Sebastian get more than they bargained for as soulless loved ones return from the grave only to attack their families and other passengers on a ship that is now all but a floating coffin.

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

Ciel Phantomhive, having just managed to escape by the skin of his teeth from the threat of the ravening corpses in the Campania's hold thanks to his fiancée Elizabeth's sword skills finally arrives at the secret behind the Aurora Society's resurrection of the dead. As the platinum blond locks of the handsome, young kaiser, who holds all the keys to this horrific case, undulate in the sea breeze, another shocking turn of events involving an old ally sets the young earl's ship reeling as a storm on the high seas begins to unfurl.

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 14 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

The veil of mystery lying over the Aurora Society and its Absolute Salvation is torn asunder when the true mastermind behind the horrors that have sealed the fate of the Campania is revealed. Caught in the middle of a battle between reaper and butler, Earl Ciel Phantomhive looks on as Sebastian, his infaliable manservent, is struck down by the death scythe of an unexpected combatant.

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.

Volume 15 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Yana Toboso.

When several students refuse to return from an English boarding school that numbers elite bloodlines among its student body, Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his indomitable butler, Sebastian, infiltrate the lush grounds and stately halls of this distinguished house of learning at Her Majesty's behest. But this cannot be accomplished without some masterful artifice. The butler takes on the role of housemaster, his master that of student-parts to which both are more than just a little accustomed. As their dorm lives of deceit begin, they turn their eyes upon the conspicuous and colourful waistcoats of the four school prefects, from whose attention nothing at the school escapes.

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W.

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

Cover price $11.99.