Iron Wok Jan GN (2005-2007 COMICS ONE) comic books 1980 or later

Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. Jan is a talented young chef at Gottancho, a top-class restaurant in Tokyo. Jan is very arrogant and full of self-confidence regarding his cooking technique, and he always challenges Kiriko, another talented young chef at Gottancho. Both Jan and Kiriko have entered a cooking competition. Who will win the culinary battle? This unique series will appeal to fans of the Iron Chef TV show and will be published in the original Japanese right-to-left format. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 202 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. That cocky cook Jan is back continuing his non-stop quest in being the best chef in the world. In this volume, Jan takes his first step towards becoming the world's greatest cuisine master, by entering the first All Japan Cooking Tournament. Hundreds of chefs, including Jan's uppity rival Kiriko, flock to the Tokyo Dome for the competition. Will these chefs show Jan what true flavor is? Or will he turn the tables on them and become culinary king of Japan? Remember, "Cooking is a battle!" Well, according to Jan it is. Printed in its original Japanese right-to-left format. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 202 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. The All Japan Cooking Competition continues in the third Volume of Iron Wok Jan! What dirty tricks for winning does Jan have this time? Will he be able to defeat Yuji Kawhara, the chef who cooks with the latest in technological appliances? According to Yuji, "Cooking is about Technology!" Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. It's the All-Japan Cooking Competition finals, and the finalists are the jovial Serena, Kobe's Celine Yang, the uppity Kiriko (heiress to the Gobancho Restaurant), and the cocky Jan, who believes "Cooking is a Battle!" The theme of this final cook-off: Noodles! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. It's down to the finals of the First National Young Adult Chinese Cooking Contest! Jan, Kiriko, and Celine must use their knowledge of preparing desserts to win this battle! Will the judges pick Celine's roasted papaya pudding, Kiriko's triple sweet soup, or Jan's candied blood eggs? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. With the Cooking Competition at an end, it's back to the Gobancho restaurant for more great food and a possible new recruit. Also a hotheaded chef thinks he's ready to challenge the mighty Iron Wok Jan! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo.Jan is a talented, arrogant young chef on a non-stop quest to become the world's greatest cuisine master. In this volume, the head of the Gobancho restaurant, Mutsuju Gobancho himself, slips on an apron and shows the Gobancho students exactly why he is the "Finest Chinese Cuisine Chef in Japan." Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. Jan is a talented, arrogant young chef on a non-stop quest to become the world's greatest cuisine master. Mr. Otani, the famous food critic is in for a huge surprise when he is served his own head on a platter?!?! Tasty! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. Mr. Otani continues with his latest scheme to discredit his greatest rival - the young culinary savant, Jan Akiyama. Defiantly, Jan happily adopts the "devilish" persona Otani has propagated to the media and contest spectators. But how will this help Jan defeat his stiffest competition? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. Having barely survived his grueling cooking battle with The Taoist Gogyo, Jan must now face the music, since his fellow chefs are less than pleased with the impetuous culinary genius. Jan's latest hot-headed antics nearly ruined the famed Gobancho name. In the wake of Jan's showdown, will Gobancho be given yet another new recruit? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. The great cook-off between Heaven and Hell reaches its climax as the competitors push the bounds of human endurance, sinking further and further beyond the confines of everyday cooking! But now Jan Akiyama has succeeded in revealing The Mirage Head Chef Gogyo's "true" face, and his new demonic demeanor may rival even Jan's bombastic wit and rebellious nature! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. With the Great Cookoff between heaven and hell behind them, Jan heads back to the quiet of the Gobancho Restaurant. But the frying pans never stop sizzling as a new face reveals itself with the skills and audacity to rival Jan's sadistic cooking style! Competition reigns again! Bring out the rare ingredients, rare dishes and more mouth watering fun! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. A mysterious self-proclaimed cooking genius has defeated 99 other gourmet chefs. Now his culinary cross-hairs are placed squarely on Jan. Can Jan come out on top against this new contender and his female cooking partner? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. The kid gloves are off and Otani is back. Organizing another cooking battle, Otani hopes to squash Jan's culinary career before it even starts. Yet this battle will be like none other!! But first, can Jan handle Karin's gourmet grace? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. Like a hangnail that just won't stay gone, the jealous and vengeful Mr. Otani makes his cantankerous return. With this fresh new edible idea to sully Jan's good name Otani may have Jan just where he wants him. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. The Second Rising Stars of Chinese Cooking Competition is about to begin! As Jan, Kiriko, and Serena train diligently for the competition, Otani prepares tricky multiple-choice questions for the preliminaries to eliminate Jan before the first round. How will Jan fare? How about Kiriko and Serena? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. At the current cook-off Jan scores a surprisingly low 15 points for his Parrot Bass Tofu in a Soymilk-Based Soup Boiled with Heated Stones. Also for the first, catch a flashback of young aspiring savants - Mutsuju and Kaiichiro (Jan's grandfather) battling head-to-head with the king of the Chinese culinary empire in Asia, Bai Lan Wang! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. The culinary craziness continues. When last we saw Jan he had just scored an astonishing low 15-point score for his parrot bass and tofu in a soymilk-based soup boiled with heated stones. Will he be able to recover in the next round? It looks unlikely! Plus Mutsuju Vs. Kaiichiro (Jan's grandfather) Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. Here we're treated to another intense flashback. Learn how Suguru-the self appointed All Around Genius-came to know his servant and partner. This was no heartwarming introduction. It was surrounded by a grueling cooking battle. Battle Spice to be specific! Also Suguru meets a strange new chef with arrogance and skill rivaling his own. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. It's the seasoning battle at the Second Annual Chinese Cooking Competition, and Jan creates his original chili oil against Ganou Riku's grey spotted grouper sauce. Also, trouble in the ranks! Will Celine's rage and secret ingredient be enough to prove that "cooking is about abundance" against Ransei Koh's sheer ingenuity? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 21 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. After making his floating dragon display of fried lobster, Kou Ransei leaves Celine Yang behind to advance on to the semifinals. Little do they know, for the next round, Judge Otani has a very big surprise for them swimming around in a large underground water tank. It can't be... shark? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 22 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. Shark meat is the most difficult to cook. However Jan, Kiriko, Kou, and Juliano battle on to make the best shark meat dish ever! Juliano has a turkey in the oven and Kiriko's dish smells heavenly. Jan? Where did he go? He's gone into the freezer! What is he doing in there, and what is with all the syringes? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. Just when Ransei Kou thinks he's got the cooking competition semi-final in the palm of his hand ready to leave Jan behind in the dust he finds out his score is.. 95 points!? How can that be!? And what is the competition going to do about the tie between Jan and Kou? A triple-play-off final!? And the theme.... ostrich?! What's Otani got up his sleeve this time? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. The ostrich competition is on! But every time Jan gets near one of the ostriches they run for their lives! Jan's bloodthirsty nature drives their adrenaline up making for very poor ostrich meat... but never fear for Jan has a trusted ally! He's small, cute, golden and he's Jan's key to success! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 25 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. While Kou and Kiriko are sweating over their dish to add personality to the bland ostrich meat, Jan pulls out his secret weapon "the magic box". He hangs the meat inside the box and ...voila! What is this box that turns the ostrich meat black, then white, then red again? Find out the secret behind Akiyama's magic! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 26 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. Judging begins for the final dishes! There is Kiriko's ostrich meat and salt millefeuille baked in salt, and Ransei's stuffed lotus roots for the 21st century. With Jan's survival-style ostrich carpaccio to be judged last, will his dish retain the magic until the judges try it? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 27 - 1st printing. By Shinji Saijyo. Jan is a talented - though arrogant - young chef at Tokyo's top restaurant, Gobancho. He always challenges Kiriko, a talented chef at Gobancho and niece of the head chef. In this final volume, both Jan and Kiriko have entered a cooking competition. Who will win the culinary battle? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages. B&W. Cover price $9.95.