Violence Jack (バイオレンスジャック, Baiorensu Jakku) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Go Nagai and first serialized from July 22, 1973 (1973-07-22) to September 29, 1974 (1974-09-29) in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, published by Kodansha.
Five years later, the serialization continued this time in the magazine Weekly Manga Goraku, published by Nihonbungeisha, and ran from August 5, 1983 (1983-08-05) to March 23, 1990 (1990-03-23).
In November 1, 1993 (1993-11-01), three years later after the end of the previous serialization, a special tankōbon called Violence Jack: Mao Korin Hen (バイオレンスジャック 魔王降臨編, baiorensu jakku maō kōrin hen) was released by Nihonbungeisha.
[2][8][9] Seven years later, in December 10, 2001 (2001-12-10) a special one-shot story, Violence Jack: Sengoku Majinden (バイオレンスジャック 戦国魔人伝, baiorensu jakku sengoku majinden), was published by Shueisha in a special edition of Weekly Young Jump, Bessatsu Young Jump #14.
[2][11][12] This serialization was irregularly published, stopping in August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19) and restarting in November 2, 2007 (2007-11-02) to end in April 11, 2008 (2008-04-11) in number 17 of Weekly Comic Bunch.