Black Jack, Vol. 2: Two-Fisted Surgeon (Paperback)

by Osamu Tezuka (Author, Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Review
PRAISE FOR OSAMU TEZUKA’S BLACK JACK:

“Surely there’s nothing in this series more continually striking than the artist’s relentless, guaranteed depictions of surgery itself, happy rubber skin always peeled away to show realist meat and bone, minutely detailed organs mended or transplanted, then covered up again in the stuff of effortless napkin doodles… I found even the least of [these stories] fascinating examples of an artist casting his net especially far, secure in his talented hands and firm in his fame—ready to confront any malady, striving to cut away any harm, instrument tips sharp
for making flesh whole.” —Jog –The Blog

“‘Iconic’ doesn't begin to sum up Black Jack's importance in the world of manga… I see a lot of Tezuka fans reaching for their wallets—not just for this volume alone, but for the whole of Black Jack as it's finally being re-released in the English-language edition it has always deserved. It was, and will be, more than worth the wait. Platinum Award.” —Advanced Media Network

“Totally fun, totally engrossing. Black Jack is a page-turner of the highest order, and I blew through 280+ pages and I'm hungry for more.” —Comics212.net

“Great material—classic crazy Tezuka with a bloody medical heartbeat tuning out the sound of man's inhumanity to man.” —Newsrama

“While Astro Boy is more iconic and Phoenix is more epic in scope, Black Jack is arguably Tezuka’s best and most enjoyable work… [It] hits Tezuka's sweet spot where his heart, his head and his sense of humor meet in perfect company.” —About.com

“To match the beautiful outside, Camellia Nieh did a fantastic job with the translation. The entire book was a fantastic read cover-to-cover that I refused to put down. Whether you're just getting into manga, or have been a fan for decades, it would be a shame not to own this seminal title.” —Japanator

“Black Jack is a dramatic, nearly Byronic figure… With genre-spanning stories—horror, sci-fi, romance—and Tezuka's signature blend of drama, bathos and extreme broad comedy jammed together on every page, Black Jack is a wild but extravagantly entertaining ride that’s far more accessible than the author’s novel-length epics.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The stories are a unique mix of an Isaac Bashevis Singer morality tale, and outstanding creative medicine. Though Black Jack is aimed at a young audience, it has maturity not found in adult works. It's a piece of comic art that excels in form, and message.” —Ain’t It Cool News

“Vertical, Inc. has promised 17 volumes of Black Jack to be released every other month over the next three years. That seems like a bold commitment, until you start reading the stories… From sores that look like faces (and talk, too) to eyes that see ghosts, the busy doctors on ‘E.R.’ never had to deal with any of these unique patients. Osamu Tezuka’s attention to detail on close-ups for surgeries and strange growths makes for some rubber-necking horror hard to turn away from. Black Jack is a 10.” —Comics Village

“Black Jack was Tezuka at his best; moving beyond his comfort zone, away from licensable children’s robot characters (for him) uncharted gekiga manga territory… You don’t need a doctor’s prescription and there’s no complicated follow-up medication or painful physical therapy—just some serious entertainment from the pen of one of the world’s masters of comics.”—Let’s Anime --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description
Somewhere between medical drama, cartoon humor, and film noir lies Black Jack, the ongoing adventures of an underground doctor who is the last resort for some very unusual patients. In this volume, the risk-taking Black Jack is at the mercy of a doctor after a horrible car wreck.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 1 edition (June 5, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569313636
• ISBN-13: 978-1569313633
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,335,016 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A sequel of the Black Jack series, April 20, 2000

By	"dr_kazu" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This is the second volume of Black Jack series published in English. This is a story about an unlicenced surgeon, who is genuis in surgery. Although you can learn how he became a surgeon, or how he got his assistant, Pinoco, in the previous volume, all the episodes are basically independent and you can enjoy the story no matter which volume you choose to read first.

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Great One from Tezuka, April 11, 2005

By	R. Brown "JapanVisitor.com" (Kyoto) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Black Jack: Two Fisted Surgeon is the tale of the world's greatest surgeon. The great Tezuka-himself a medical doctor prior to abandoning the scalpel for the pen-carves this premise into a thriller. Black Jack is thrown into all sorts of situations and zany plot twists that will keep you reading.
There are 9 short stories in this book. Terrorists take over a hospital, an epidemic is carried by dingoes in Australia, and Black Jack himself is operated on by a doctor who is profoundly jealous of his patient's superior skills. For those who grew up loving Kimba and the many well-known works by Tezuka, this will be a treat and a discovery.

5.0 out of 5 stars Role and limit of medicine, March 24, 2005

A Kid's Review

It was completely enchanted to the technique of Mr. Tezuka who drew by concrete production of surgical operation an abstract theme like sadness of the mind which was not saved and emptiness to temporary extension of life whose mortality rate is absolutely 100%

Though it is a bytalk
it becomes prohibition of sale disposal by social conditions, and there are many stories of the uncollection in the book by author's intention, and the typical one includes "Seat of pleasure", "Money, Money and Money", "Wall", "Visited memories", "Phoenix", "Falling object", and "Plant man", etc. at that time.

For instance, the Robotome operation is a theme in "Seat of pleasure".

The Robotome operation was performed as a kind of the brain medical treatment for a certain period of time. This is the one to destroy the frontal lobe with throwing in of the most the wire from the eye socket.
Tezuka himself became the result of leaving the comment by saying that it had been drawn comparatively affirmatively back , saying that "No consideration passed".