Written and illustrated by Takao Saito, Golgo 13 has been serialized in the semimonthly manga magazine Big Comic since its January 1969 issue, published in October 1968. The chapters have been collected into volumes by Shogakukan and Leed Publishing, a spinoff of the author's own Saito Production, since June 21, 1973. As of August 2026, 221 volumes of the edition have been published, while the bunkoban edition has 177 volumes.
In 2006, Golgo 13 was brought back by Viz as part of their Viz Signature collection. The stories are picked from the forty-year history of the manga, and do not necessarily represent the original's order of publication. A total of thirteen volumes were published, with the thirteenth volume being published on February 19, 2008. Each volume ends with an editorial commentary on Golgo 13 as a cultural phenomenon in Japan.
In 2021, the manga broke the Guinness World Record for "most volumes published for a single manga series". The series was tied with Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo which published its 200th and final volume on September 17, 2016.
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Golgo 13 SP Tankōbon
Chapters not yet in Tankōbon format 599. 601. 602. 603. 604. 605. 606. 607. 608. 609. 610. 611. 612. 613. 614. 615. 616. 617. 618. 619. 620. 621. 622. 623. 624. 625. 626. 627. 628. 629. 630. 631. 632. 633. 634. 635. 636. 637. 638. 639. 640. 641. 642. 643. 644. 645. 646. 647.
Chapters left out from the books These chapters have been left out completely from the SP editions. 237. This chapter was pulled from reprints due to protests from the Iranian Embassy over the portrayal of the country and Ayatollah Khomeini within the story. 245. This chapter was originally pulled from the editions due to the unfavorable portrayal of the Palestine Liberation Organization, but was later included in vol. 175 of the sōshūhen edition; in that edition, the PLO was substituted with a fictional, equivalent organization. 266. This chapter was pulled from the due to the portrayal of the Vatican, with money laundering and other criminal actions depicted within Vatican. Special 20. This chapter contained a case of an actor being blackmailed due to him testing positive for AIDS; it was likely pulled due to insensitivities regarding the disease. It is however, available in early editions of vol. 83 of the edition. Special 32. This chapter, dealing with a former Nazi doctor, featured an image of Duke Togo wearing a Nazi uniform.
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