Issue: #5
For his 14th birthday, Kiyo received a strange little boy named Zatch Bell as a bizarre gift from his father. Kiyo soon discovers 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: Mamoru Iwajima, Zeon Bell, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Steng, Baltro, Sekkoro, Mariko Nakamura, Professor D'artagnan
Creators: Makoto Raiku
Characters: Zatch Bell, Mamoru Iwajima, Takeshi Kaneyama, Zeon Bell, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Steng, Seitaro Takamine, Baltro, Suzume Mizuno, Sekkoro, Mariko Nakamura, Professor D'artagnan