Published May 8, 2026, 5:18 PM EDT Return to Kanto for classic adventures in Viz Media's new collection Julia Lee/Polygon Sign in to your Polygon.com account The classic Pokémon comic series Pokémon Adventures returns this fall with a deluxe rerelease, publisher Viz Media and Simon & Schuster announced this week. Pokémon Adventures: Red and Blue Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 spans 476 pages and will officially be released on Oct. 27. Pokémon Adventures: Red and Blue "reveals the franchise’s dark side," we said in our retrospective of the official Pokémon manga . Satoshi Tajiri, creator of Pokémon, said of the series, "This is the comic that most resembles the world I was trying to convey." Written by Hidenori Kusaka and originally illustrated by Mato, the Pokémon Adventures manga is split into arcs based on the Pokémon games released by Game Freak.…