Black Jack

Manga English Name: Black Jack

Manga Native Name: ブラック・ジャック

Status: N/A

Chapter Count: 243

Genres: Drama

Release Date: 1973

Country: N/A

Average Score: 81%

Description

Among adult readers in Japan Black Jack is Osamu Tezuka’s most popular achievement, and perhaps the most close to the creator’s heart, as Tezuka considered entering the medical field—majoring in medicine in college—before devoting his life to comics. Black Jack is a genius surgeon who never acquired his license due to his clashes with the medical establishment. He is hired out by anyone willing to pay his exorbitant rates and is perceived as a heartless rogue because of his enigmatic nature and antisocial manner. But as readers will soon discover, that is not the whole story.

(Source: Kodansha USA)

Note: Won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category in 1977.