Duel Masters Manga

The Duel Masters Manga is written by Shigenobu Matsumoto, and is published by Shogakukan in the CoroCoro Comic magazine.

While it has not been licensed for the U.S market, there has been an American created comic book by Dreamwave Productions. There are no plans for the Japanese version of the manga to be acquired by any U.S. publishing company.

Tokyopop also released a Cine-Manga adaptation of the Duel Masters anime, however it is now out of print.

Plot
A mysterious organization is interested in fledgling duelist Shobu Kirifuda's ability to bring Duel Master creatures from the creature world to life in his card battles. With the support of his friends, Shobu duels with passion, discipline, and heart as he strives to be like his father and become the next Kaijudo master.

The story centers around the card game of Duel Masters, which revolves around five civilizations (Fire, Water, Nature, Light and Darkness). It was written and drawn by MATSUMOTO Shigenobu (松本しげのぶ), and was published in Shogakukan magazine as well as CoroCoro comic

Series
The first manga series introduces Shobu and his group of friends as he duels against Hakuoh, Kokujo and Zakira.

After the success of this series, the Duel Masters Cross manga was adapted for the anime.

In Summer 2005, another manga series was released as a continuation of the Duel Masters Cross manga, called Fighting Edge.

In 2009, a mini series of Large Feature volumes were released as a summer vacation special. The manga also contains another series not covering the anime, Duel Masters Gaiden. Both manga feature the same group of characters, but with different adventures.

The Zero Duel Masters manga was released in 2007, and focuses on new stories about the TV series of Zero Duel masters. Rather then a series of volumes, Zero Duel Masters only has one volume that covers the entire Zero Duel Masters anime story.

There is also a Nova Bright Duel Masters Flash series that was released with only one volume in 2007.

Duel Masters: Star Cross was released in 2009, and was the last manga released that focused on Shobu and the events after Duel Masters Cross. It wass created and drawn by the previous author and artists.

In November 2010, a new manga was released for the "CoroCoro G" magazine called Duel Masters: Legend Champion VICTORY.

To coincide with the new Duel Masters Victory series of the anime, a new manga series Duel Masters Victory: Manga was released.

In late 2012, Duel Masters: Revolution was released.