List of Electric Tale of Pikachu monthly issues

This is a list of monthly issues of the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu. These monthly American-style comic books were released by VIZ Media before the release of the collected volumes.

Each volume of The Electric Tale of Pikachu was given a name by VIZ Media, and the monthly comic issues that compose each individual volume correspond to each volume's name. Therefore, the numbering of the issues resets at the beginning of every new volume. For example, ET05 is the chapter in the first issue of Pikachu Shocks Back, and the fifth monthly issue overall.

While the English versions of these manga books have been translated into other languages worldwide, they are not available in Japan or Singapore.

List of Electric Tale of Pikachu monthly issues

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Cover artwork Issue number Release date
  Electric Tale of Pikachu issue 1 November 27, 1998
  Electric Tale of Pikachu issue 2 December 4, 1998
  Electric Tale of Pikachu issue 3 January 15, 1999
  Electric Tale of Pikachu issue 4 February 20, 1999

Pikachu Shocks Back

Cover artwork Issue number Release date
  Pikachu Shocks Back issue 1 March 1999
  Pikachu Shocks Back issue 2 April 16, 1999
  Pikachu Shocks Back issue 3 May 21, 1999
  Pikachu Shocks Back issue 4 June 1999

Electric Pikachu Boogaloo

Cover artwork Issue number Release date
  Electric Pikachu Boogaloo issue 1 July 23, 1999
  Electric Pikachu Boogaloo issue 2 September 17, 1999
  Electric Pikachu Boogaloo issue 3 September 17, 1999
  Electric Pikachu Boogaloo issue 4 October 22, 1999

Surf's Up, Pikachu

Cover artwork Issue number Release date
  Surf's Up, Pikachu issue 1 November 19, 1999
  Surf's Up, Pikachu issue 2 December 17, 1999
  Surf's Up, Pikachu issue 3 January 21, 2000
  Surf's Up, Pikachu issue 4 February 2000


  This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.