--- product_id: 5663894 title: "The Summit of the Gods" price: "S$79" currency: SGD in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.sg/products/5663894-the-summit-of-the-gods store_origin: SG region: Singapore --- # New mint condition guaranteed Same-day dispatch before noon No-quibbles returns The Summit of the Gods **Price:** S$79 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🏔️ Conquer the peak of manga storytelling—summit your bookshelf now! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Summit of the Gods - **How much does it cost?** S$79 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sg](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/5663894-the-summit-of-the-gods) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Join the Cult:** Ranked top 10k in Manga Comics & Graphic Novels—don’t miss out on what 4.7-star readers are raving about. - • **Epic Storytelling:** Experience the breathtaking realism of mountaineering through Taniguchi’s vivid art and Baku’s gripping script. - • **Risk-Free Reading:** No quibbles returns mean you can dive into this epic manga without a second thought. - • **Instant Gratification:** Order before noon, get it shipped the very same day—because waiting is so last season. - • **Pristine Presentation:** New mint condition ensures your copy looks as legendary as the story inside. ## Overview The Summit of the Gods is a critically acclaimed manga series that blends breathtakingly realistic art with a gripping narrative about mountaineering passion, risk, and human endurance. Dispatched same day if ordered before noon, guaranteed new mint condition, and backed by hassle-free returns, this top-ranked manga (4.7 stars, #8,438 in Manga Comics) is a must-have for discerning readers craving an immersive, cinematic reading experience. ## Description Did the truth about Mallory's ascent of Mt Everest in 1924 - almost three decades before Hillary - die with him on those unforgiving slopes? Or was the secret buried deep within a simple camera? Taniguchi's realistic art and Baku's tireless script will take readers to the heights that only mountaineers dream of. Review: Great manga are epic! This book proves it... - SHIPPING: Arrived in great condition, though used, and ahead of the latest ETA. Would definitely order books from this seller again. PRODUCT: Long time manga fan going back to Epic Comics' (an imprint of Marvel) colorized and extremely well-translated U.S. monthly editions of Akira. It was the early nineties and I was in high school. I'd seen eighties anime on tv as a young boy but never read any manga. Katsuhiro Otomo's mastery of distinct facial characteristics & expressions; the realistically clunky and unwieldy design of machines like caretaker robots, cryogenic chambers and experimental transports & weapons like 'flying platforms' and 'laser canons' (drawn to look heavy, with clunky wirebound batteries that have to be clipped to a soldiers equipment belt and don't last past 5 or 6 shots...because they're still experimental); and the flawless cinematic progression of the panels that effortlessly guide your eye to the next visual step, like you're watching a movie, all set me up to understand that manga was a wholly different form of comic book planning, writing and reading distinct to Japan. But a non-Japanese can't know how different until they read a manga that isn't a sci-fi, action or adventure story, but a story about any other aspect of life, like sports, politics, romance or the corporate world (Yes, the corporate world!) and finds themself completely drawn into the goals, challenges, surprises and victories in each. If you have no interest in rock climbing, by the halfway point of Summit of the Gods' first issue, you should understand at least the passion men and women who engage this dangerous sport have, and the sense of conquering achievement one gets when they've thrown down the gauntlet to nature herself and said, "I'll take this mountain.", survive and stand at the summit to represent their country, their climbing team or their fallen comrades. By volume two, the minutiae of the bureaucracy involved in forming mountaineering clubs, applying for funding and sponsors, the life and limb risk and the plight of the family and friends of those who didn't make it, infected me and I was just as invested as the characters in seeing Joji Habu get back in the game to do the seemingly impossible. I'm currently in the middle of volume 3 and on the edge of my seat! Otomo, along with many others, carries on Osamu Tezuka's tradition. Now, Naoki Urasawa's generation carries on. Somehow the work of Summit's writer and artist, Jiro Taniguchi, escaped my attention but once I saw the cover and the details committed to his vivid vistas and landscapes, the the burning pain in his characters faces and the detail rendered in his depiction of mountaineering equipment, I knew I had to order this book. The sight of it captured my heart the way Otomo's did over 30 years ago! For stories about hobbies, sports, relationships and jobs, only manga can do that! Review: Reinhold Messner Otaku Style - Truly awesome, fantastic, inspiring manga - fine art illustration coupled with a plot that keeps moving along. This series is among my absolute favorites of Japanese artists, easily equal in depth to Tezuka Osamu's Adolf. Dig the tortured anti-hero dropping out of society, the introspective reporter trying to track him down while battling his own failures, and lots more turns and twists in later volumes. Evan Tick CITI ## Features - New - Mint Condition - Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon - Guaranteed packaging - No quibbles returns ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #231,031 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #8,438 in Manga Comics & Graphic Novels | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 69 Reviews | ## Images ![The Summit of the Gods - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71zMifmAR0L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great manga are epic! This book proves it... *by I***1 on December 10, 2019* SHIPPING: Arrived in great condition, though used, and ahead of the latest ETA. Would definitely order books from this seller again. PRODUCT: Long time manga fan going back to Epic Comics' (an imprint of Marvel) colorized and extremely well-translated U.S. monthly editions of Akira. It was the early nineties and I was in high school. I'd seen eighties anime on tv as a young boy but never read any manga. Katsuhiro Otomo's mastery of distinct facial characteristics & expressions; the realistically clunky and unwieldy design of machines like caretaker robots, cryogenic chambers and experimental transports & weapons like 'flying platforms' and 'laser canons' (drawn to look heavy, with clunky wirebound batteries that have to be clipped to a soldiers equipment belt and don't last past 5 or 6 shots...because they're still experimental); and the flawless cinematic progression of the panels that effortlessly guide your eye to the next visual step, like you're watching a movie, all set me up to understand that manga was a wholly different form of comic book planning, writing and reading distinct to Japan. But a non-Japanese can't know how different until they read a manga that isn't a sci-fi, action or adventure story, but a story about any other aspect of life, like sports, politics, romance or the corporate world (Yes, the corporate world!) and finds themself completely drawn into the goals, challenges, surprises and victories in each. If you have no interest in rock climbing, by the halfway point of Summit of the Gods' first issue, you should understand at least the passion men and women who engage this dangerous sport have, and the sense of conquering achievement one gets when they've thrown down the gauntlet to nature herself and said, "I'll take this mountain.", survive and stand at the summit to represent their country, their climbing team or their fallen comrades. By volume two, the minutiae of the bureaucracy involved in forming mountaineering clubs, applying for funding and sponsors, the life and limb risk and the plight of the family and friends of those who didn't make it, infected me and I was just as invested as the characters in seeing Joji Habu get back in the game to do the seemingly impossible. I'm currently in the middle of volume 3 and on the edge of my seat! Otomo, along with many others, carries on Osamu Tezuka's tradition. Now, Naoki Urasawa's generation carries on. Somehow the work of Summit's writer and artist, Jiro Taniguchi, escaped my attention but once I saw the cover and the details committed to his vivid vistas and landscapes, the the burning pain in his characters faces and the detail rendered in his depiction of mountaineering equipment, I knew I had to order this book. The sight of it captured my heart the way Otomo's did over 30 years ago! For stories about hobbies, sports, relationships and jobs, only manga can do that! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reinhold Messner Otaku Style *by E***K on October 20, 2012* Truly awesome, fantastic, inspiring manga - fine art illustration coupled with a plot that keeps moving along. This series is among my absolute favorites of Japanese artists, easily equal in depth to Tezuka Osamu's Adolf. Dig the tortured anti-hero dropping out of society, the introspective reporter trying to track him down while battling his own failures, and lots more turns and twists in later volumes. Evan Tick CITI ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible and emotionally powerful *by R***Y on November 26, 2015* One of the best graphic novels I have ever read. Incredibly evocative, and manages to capture the hubris of human ambition, everest as more than just a physical space and the end of the era of classic mountaineering. As someone who works in the Himalayas, this series was truly special. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Summit of the Gods - The Summit of the Gods, Vol. 2 - The Summit of the Gods, Vol. 3 --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sg/products/5663894-the-summit-of-the-gods](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/5663894-the-summit-of-the-gods) --- *Product available on Desertcart Singapore* *Store origin: SG* *Last updated: 2026-09-03*