Charmander (Pokémon)/Manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
's Charmander makes a few appearances in the manga The Electric Tale of Pikachu.

The capture of Ash's Charmander diverges considerably from the anime. In the manga, Damian seems to have abandoned his Charmander at the beginning of the chapter Pikachu's Excellent Adventure, but it turns out that he had just been injured and went to the hospital.

Ash is shown to own a Charmander despite this, his own Charmander first appears in You Gotta Have Friends. Ash's Charmander's capture is not shown in the manga, instead, when Charmander first appears from its Poké Ball, it is simply stated that "Ash has been busy since the last comic".

Ash's Charmander reappears as a in the chapter The Indigo Finals at the Indigo Plateau Conference. In this chapter, Charizard battles Charley, Ritchie's own Charizard.

In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
In Magical Pokémon Journey, the sickly Trainer Peanut owns an aggressive Charmander. Peanut's Charmander first appears in the chapter Charmander's Peanut.

Mandy is a female Charmander from the Magical Pokémon Journey manga.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


Charmander debuted in the first round of the, A Glimpse of the Glow, where one appeared in a fantasy of 's and as one of 's first Pokémon, received from his grandfather. He has since evolved into before facing off against Brock of Pewter City, and then to  before the Silph Co. s against Team Rocket. The major powerhouse of his team with his newly learned attack, his battle skills (being able to defeat 's Poliwhirl easily even before evolving) are complimented by his fast flight, for which he was traded to Red twice, during both the  and the. It is worth noting that, as Charmeleon, he was accidentally traded to Red many years earlier.

A Charmander appeared as a silhouette when talks about  in The Jynx Jinx.

After 's Marisso's loss to him in a battle, X decided to take him and named him Salamè in Chespin Sows the Seeds of Change. He later evolved into a Charmeleon alongside Marisso, who evolved into a in Quilladin Stands.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga series, 's rival,, chose Charmander as his starter Pokémon. Green's Charmander is mischievous and has a rivalry with Red's Clefairy.

Green's Charmander has evolved into. It seems to be able to skip the stage, as it was seen evolving directly into Charizard. Although it has devolved back to the Charmander stage, it currently seems to have permanently evolved back into Charizard.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga
In Pokémon Zensho, chooses Charmander as his starter Pokémon, while  chooses a.