Black Jack (GN 9)
Title: Black Jack
Volume: GN 9
Pages: 300
Distributor: Vertical
Release date: 2010-01-19
Suggested retail price: $16.95
Age rating: 13+
SKU: VEBJ-09
ISBN-10: 1934287733
ISBN-13: 9781934287736
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.
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.
Story and art by Osamu Tezuka.
(added on 2009-08-19, modified on 2009-08-19)
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