manga series · Japan

1973 to 1983

Created by
Osamu Tezuka

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Cover of Black Jack

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Black Jack.

ブラック・ジャック

Black Jack (Japanese: ブラック・ジャック, Hepburn: Burakku Jakku), often abbreviated as B・J, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack. Black Jack consists of hundreds of short, self-contained stories that are typically about 20 pages long. Black Jack has also been animated into an OVA, two television series (directed by Satoshi Kuwahara and Tezuka's son Makoto Tezuka) and two films.

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Type
manga series
Country
Japan
Published
1973 to 1983
Publisher
Akita Shoten
Appeared in
Weekly Shōnen Champion
Language
Japanese

Run

In print
The story

Black Jack, in three panels

  1. 1973. Black Jack begins in Japan.

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