Black Jack, Volume 17
“What  makes Black Jack so great, in addition to Tezuka’s artwork and   whirlwind narrative velocity (you can either breeze through these   volumes or linger on the details), is his bottomless bag of stories.   Tezuka effortlessly integrates scores of different surgical procedures   into short, sharp tales that eviscerate the codified vicissitudes   (especially reticence and duty) of Japanese society with, yes, surgical   precision.” —Richard Gehr, The Village Voice“Manga master Osamu   Tezuka may be best known for Astro Boy, but this installment of Black   Jack continues the adventures of a far superior character… With his   shock of white hair and rock-star demeanour, Black Jack transfers well   to the manga version of the operating room. The book is peppered with   enough knowledge to hint at Tezuka’s fascination with the frailty of the   human body. [I]t means he can avoid the clichés of most manga   storylines.”—The Guardian (U.K.)“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)