0 0 8 ▁issue . ▁The ▁individual ▁chap ters ▁are ▁collected ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁tank ō bon ▁volumes ▁by ▁Sh ō nen ▁G ah os ha , ▁with ▁all ▁ 1 0 ▁volumes ▁released ▁as ▁of ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁Hir ano ▁began ▁publishing ▁chap ters ▁of ▁a ▁pre quel ▁series , ▁Hell sing : ▁The ▁Da wn , ▁in ▁special ▁ed itions ▁of ▁Young ▁King ▁O UR s , ▁with ▁six ▁chap ters ▁released ▁as ▁of ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Hell sing ▁chron icles ▁the ▁efforts ▁of ▁the ▁myster ious ▁and ▁secret ▁Hell sing ▁Organ ization , ▁as ▁it ▁comb ats ▁v amp ires , ▁z omb ies ▁called ▁" g hou ls ", ▁and ▁other ▁super natural ▁fo es ▁who ▁threaten ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁is ▁lic ensed ▁for ▁an ▁English ▁language ▁release ▁in ▁North ▁America ▁by ▁Dark ▁Hor se ▁Comics . ▁The ▁first ▁volume ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁and ▁as ▁of ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁company ▁has ▁published ▁nine ▁translated ▁volumes . ▁Ch u ang ▁Y i ▁is ▁re le asing ▁the ▁series ▁in ▁English ▁in ▁Singapore , ▁with ▁six ▁volumes ▁released ▁as ▁of ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁and ▁through ▁an ▁agreement ▁with ▁the ▁company , ▁Mad man ▁Entertainment ▁is ▁re - re le asing ▁those ▁volumes ▁in ▁Australia ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁Hell sing ▁is ▁also ▁lic ensed