Black Jack, Vol. 1 - Osamu Tezuka

8.6	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Vertical
Release date : 23 September 2008
ISBN-10 : 193428727X | ISBN-13 : 9781934287279

Vertical (3), Manga (3), Doctor (1), Tezuka (1), Drama (1), Medical (1)

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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 ... (more)

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Osamu Tezuka

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Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Oct 1 21:18

A year or so ago, I read the first few chapters of Black Jack by scanlation since the original Viz editions are impossible to find. I was immediately hooked, so when I found out Vertical had licensed a re-release I put the first volume on pre-order right away. This volume of Black Jack contains twelve one-shot stories. Most interesting are the "origin" stories of Black Jack himself: the origin of his career as a surgeon and an unusual tale of lost love. Tezuka’s medical knowledge comes in handy throughout; technical terms are constantly used and the surgeries are depicted fairly graphically. Although some of the storylines are a bit improbable (a supercomputer in 1970?), each offers an honest glimpse of humanity at its best and worst. Black Jack ultimately demonstrates Tezuka’s in...Read more

Rating : 9/10

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