High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! X-Men: The Manga (1998–1999), is a manga by Bamboo Comics/Marvel Comics Group inspired by its American counterpart produced for a Japanese audience. Marvel used this title as another attempt to break into the Japanese comic market (others being Spider-Man: The Manga and Hulk: The Manga in the 1970s). It is in 12 volumes, by Hiroshi Higuchi, Miyako Kojima, Koji Yasue, and others. The first manga has been translated and is being sold in America.