{"product_id":"black-jack-volume-3-isbn-9781934287415","title":"Black Jack, Volume 3","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlack Jack\u003c\/i\u003e is recognized as Osamu Tezuka's third most famous series, after \u003ci\u003eAstro Boy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKimba, the White Lion\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR OSAMU TEZUKA’S \u003ci\u003eBLACK JACK\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Black Jack is a dramatic, nearly Byronic figure… With genre-spanning stories–horror, sci-fi, romance–and Tezuka’s signature blend of drama, bathos and extreme broad comedy jammed together on every page, \u003ci\u003eBlack Jack\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild but extravagantly entertaining ride that’s far more accessible than the author’s novel-length epics.” \u003ci\u003e–Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Black Jack, the tortured renegade surgeon who operates on the desperately needy (and, on occasion, himself)…makes TV’s Dr. House look like Mary Poppins.” \u003ci\u003e  –Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The stories are a unique mix of an Isaac Bashevis Singer morality tale, and outstanding creative medicine. Though \u003ci\u003eBlack Jack\u003c\/i\u003e is aimed at a young audience, it has maturity not found in adult works. It’s a piece of comic art that excels in form, and message.” \u003ci\u003e    –Ain’t It Cool News\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“While \u003ci\u003eAstro Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is more iconic and \u003ci\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/i\u003e is more epic in scope, \u003ci\u003eBlack Jack\u003c\/i\u003e is arguably Tezuka’s best and most enjoyable work… [It] hits Tezuka’s sweet spot where his heart, his head and his sense of humor meet in perfect company.”                                                          \u003ci\u003e–About.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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 [these stories] 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 for making flesh whole.”    \u003ci\u003e–Jog The Blog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“‘Iconic’ doesn’t begin to sum up \u003ci\u003eBlack Jack\u003c\/i\u003e’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 \u003ci\u003eBlack Jack\u003c\/i\u003e as it’s finally being re-released in the English-language edition it has always deserved. It was, and will be, more than worth the wait. \u003ci\u003ePlatinum Award\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003ci\u003e   –Advanced Media Network\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Great material–classic crazy Tezuka with a bloody medical heartbeat tuning out the sound of man’s inhumanity to man.”  \u003ci\u003e–Newsrama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Totally fun, totally engrossing. \u003ci\u003eBlack Jack\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turner of the highest order, and I blew through 280+ pages and I’m hungry for more.”  \u003ci\u003e –Comics212.net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“To match the beautiful outside, Camellia Nieh did a fantastic job with the translation. The entire book was a fantastic read cover-to-cover that I refused to put down. Whether you’re just getting into manga, or have been a fan for decades, it would be a shame not to own this seminal title.”                                                                                       \u003ci\u003e–Japanator\u003c\/i\u003eOsamu 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 \u003ci\u003eAstro Boy\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 \u003ci\u003eBuddha\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.","brand":"Vertical Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304625656037,"sku":"NP9781934287415","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781934287415.jpg?v=1767722702","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/black-jack-volume-3-isbn-9781934287415","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}