Black Jack, Vol. 16
“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)