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This page is from the manga “A Woman's Case” featured in Volume 3 of the 17- volume Black Jack series being published in North America by Vertical, Inc. Black Jack is renowned in Japan for the heroic ambiguity of its lead character and its graphic depiction of surgery. Image by: Osamu Tezuka
According to the cover blurb of Volume 1, above, “Black Jack chronicles the travails of an enigmatic surgeon-for-hire who is more good than he pretends to be.” Each volume is approximately 300 pages long and features 12 episodes. They sell for $18.95 each. Image by: Peter Mendelsund for Vertical, Inc.