Issue: #4
For his 14th birthday, Kiyo received a strange little boy named Zatch Bell as a bizarre gift from his father. Kiyo soon discovered that there's more to Zatch than his dad ever realized - Zatch is a mamodo child with magic powers that are unleashed by reading spells from a mysterious red book... and there are 99 other kids like Zatch who must fight one another to become the king of the mamodo world...
First appearances: Tia, Parco Folgore, Kyanchome, Maruss, Rembrant, Tsukushi Kinoyama, Mr. Tōyama, Megumi Oumi, Ryukku, Robnos
Creators: David Ury, Fred Burke, Makoto Raiku, Izumi Hirayama, Melanie Lewis, Annette Roman, Frances E. Wall
Characters: Zatch Bell, Tia, Brago, Parco Folgore, Kyanchome, Maruss, Rembrant, Tsukushi Kinoyama, Suzume Mizuno, Sherry Belmont, Mr. Tōyama, Megumi Oumi, Naomi, Ryukku, Robnos