“Great material-classic crazy Tezuka with a bloody medical heartbeat tuning out the sound of man's inhumanity to man.” - Newsrama Black Jack is a page-turner of the highest order, and I blew through 280+ pages and I'm hungry for more.”. Platinum Award.” - Advanced Media Network It was, and will be, more than worth the wait. “‘Iconic’ doesn't begin to sum up Black Jack's importance in the world of manga… I see a lot of Tezuka fans reaching for their wallets-not just for this volume alone, but for the whole of Black Jack as it's finally being re-released in the English-language edition it has always deserved. “Surely there’s nothing in this series more continually striking than the artist’s relentless, guaranteed depictions of surgery itself, happy rubber skin always peeled away to show realist meat and bone, minutely detailed organs mended or transplanted, then covered up again in the stuff of effortless napkin doodles… I found even the least of fascinating examples of an artist casting his net especially far, secure in his talented hands and firm in his fame-ready to confront any malady, striving to cut away any harm, instrument tips sharp Each volume will contain 16-20 stories, each running approximately 20-24 pages in length.īlack Jack is recognized as Osamu Tezuka's third most famous series, after Astro Boy and Kimba, the White Lion. The Black Jack series is told in short stories. But because Black Jack keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil.

This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations.īlack Jack charges exorbitant fees for his services, the proceeds from which he uses to fund environmental projects and to aid victims of crime and corrupt capitalists. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community's hypocrisy and corruption. Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats.

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