A key issue noted for First appearance of Pavel Ocheredko and First appearance of Jhanijsh. Demonslayer #1 was published by Bubble on March 1, 2017, as part of a series that began in 2017. Alex Xatchett writes, and art comes from Anastasiya Kim, Denis Popov and Lada Akishina. It features Demonslayer, Shmyg, Yana, Black Dog and Balor, among 8 characters cataloged on VerseDB.