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Black Jack, Vol. 2 (1974)

by Osamu Tezuka(Favorite Author)

4.21 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1934287288 (ISBN13: 9781934287286)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Vertical

series

Black Jack

review 1: The illustration is nostalgic. I've always wondered if the exaggerated features on the characters were representative of anything (kind of like in Peking Opera where a red painted face is symbolic of a misunderstood hero). The storytelling is good too. I like the notion of a renegade "Doctor for Hire" who hides his concern underneath enormous fees. My favorite stories are "Granny" and the "Blind Acupuncturist". There are obvious but not overbearing moral points in both. In fact, most of the stories in this volume succeed at not being overbearing on the moral end. I'm looking forward to reading Volume 1. I am assuming starting with Volume 2 does not detract from it. I'm actually hoping Pinoko's origins are covered in the first volume. Pinoko is the doctor's young companion.... more There is some issue regarding how old she looks and how old she is. This volume contains the origin story for Black Jack.
review 2: I'm a little surprised I finished this and even more surprised I frequently reached for it when there was a variety of other reading material around. A comic about a renegade surgeon with a tortured past and a seemingly conflicting morals, a baby/teenager/thing companion that is part synthetic, frequent drawings of the internal workings of surgery - - - ? Not typically my thing but, for whatever reason, I read it front to back with very few breaks. less

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