Volume 1 · October 20, 1972

Volume 1 · October 20, 1972 — from The First Edition (Kodansha Comics · 1972–73) in the Devilman Manga Gallery. What you are looking at: Volume 1 · October 20, 1972.

The original cover art: Akira above the face of Devilman, the image reference works reach for first, and the art that has fronted the series ever since. Catalogued as ISBN 406109176X. (Copy photographed: the 1987 Deluxe hardcover, which reprinted the original art.)

Shown here at its verified native size, 481×640 — the largest honest scan the Library holds for this cover.