Black Jack, Volume 3 - Paperback
by Osamu Tezuka
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Availability:In StockContributor:Osamu TezukaSeries:Black Jack (Vertical)Publish date:2009-01-20Pages:320
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Vertical ComicsISBN-13:9781934287415ISBN-10:1934287415UPC:9781934287415Book Category:Comics & Graphic Novels, MedicalBook Subcategory:Manga, Science Fiction, SurgerySize:7.80 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCM5HRR15H
Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. 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. This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations. Black 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. But because Black Jack keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil. The Black Jack series is told in short stories. Each volume will contain 16-20 stories, each running approximately 20-24 pages in length. Black Jack is recognized as Osamu Tezuka's third most famous series, after Astro Boy and Kimba, the White Lion.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Vertical ComicsISBN-13:9781934287415ISBN-10:1934287415UPC:9781934287415Book Category:Comics & Graphic Novels, MedicalBook Subcategory:Manga, Science Fiction, SurgerySize:7.80 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCM5HRR15H
Osamu Tezuka (1928-89) is the godfather of Japanese manga comics. He originally intended to become a doctor and earned his degree before turning to what was then a medium for children. His many early masterpieces include the series known in the U.S. as Astro Boy. With his sweeping vision, deftly intertwined plots, feel for the workings of power, and indefatigable commitment to human dignity, Tezuka elevated manga to an art form. The later Tezuka, when he authored Buddha, often had in mind the mature readership that manga gained in the sixties and that had only grown ever since. The Kurosawa of Japanese pop culture, Osamu Tezuka is a twentieth century classic.
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